Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 31

             (1)  A witness who cannot hear adequately may be questioned in any appropriate way.

             (2)  A witness who cannot speak adequately may give evidence by any appropriate means.

             (3)  The court may give directions concerning either or both of the following:

                     (a)  the way in which a witness may be questioned under subsection (1);

                     (b)  the means by which a witness may give evidence under subsection (2).

             (4)  This section does not affect the right of a witness to whom this section applies to give evidence about a fact through an interpreter under section 30.