EVIDENCE (CHILDREN AND SPECIAL WITNESSES) ACT 2001

EVIDENCE (CHILDREN AND SPECIAL WITNESSES) ACT 2001

- Act 79 of 2001
- Royal Assent 17 December 2001

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1 - Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Interpretation

   PART 1A - Principles in Relation to Child Witnesses

   3A.     Principles in relation to child witnesses

   PART 2 - Evidence of affected persons and special witnesses

   4.      Support person for child or prescribed witness
   5.      Admission of prior statement of affected child or prescribed witness
   5A.     Audio visual statement of certain witnesses admissible as evidence in
           chief
   6.      Application for order for special hearing
   6A.     Special hearing to take and record person's evidence in full
   6B.     Evidence of affected child or prescribed witness by audio visual
           link
   7.      Affected child or prescribed witness may give oral evidence in court
   7A.     Audio visual record of evidence given at trial
   7B.     Audio visual record may be admitted into evidence
   7C.     Unauthorised possession or dealing in video-taped evidence
   7D.     Viewing of video-taped evidence by law reform body

   PART 2A - Intermediary Scheme

   7E.     Interpretation
   7F.     Meaning of communication need
   7G.     Intermediaries panel
   7H.     Functions of witness intermediary
   7I.     Assessment report
   7J.     Use of witness intermediary
   7K.     Ground rules hearing
   7L.     Evidence
   7M.     Status of directions and orders if subsequent hearing or trial

   PART 3 - Declaration of Special Witness

   8.      Special witness

   PART 4 - Cross-examination of certain victims and witnesses

   8A.     Cross-examination of certain victims and witnesses

   PART 5 - Miscellaneous

   9.      Preliminary hearing
   9A.     Special hearing in proceedings for child sexual offence
   10.     Regulations
   11.     Administration of Act
           SCHEDULE 1


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