EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 21AA Purposes of div 4A
EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 21AA
Purposes of div 4A21AA Purposes of div 4A
The purposes of this division are—
(a) to preserve, to the greatest extent practicable, the integrity of an affected child’s evidence; and
(b) to require, wherever practicable, that an affected child’s evidence be taken in an environment that limits, to the greatest extent practicable, the distress and trauma that might otherwise be experienced by the child when giving evidence.