CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 359B Alternative arrangements for examination

CHILDREN, YOUTH AND FAMILIES ACT 2005 - SECT 359B

    (1)     On the application of a person who gives evidence under section 359(7) or (9), on the application of the prosecutor or on its own motion, the Court may direct that alternative arrangements be made for the examination and cross-examination of that person, including arrangements—

        (a)     permitting the person to be examined and cross-examined from a place other than the court room by means of a closed-circuit television or other facilities that enable communication between that place and the court room;

        (b)     using screens to remove the person from the direct line of vision of the child;

        (c)     permitting a person, chosen by the person being examined and cross-examined and approved by the Court for this purpose, to be beside the person being examined and cross-examined during the examination and cross-examination, for the purpose of providing emotional support for the person being examined and cross-examined;

        (d)     permitting only persons specified by the Court to be present while the person is being examined and cross-examined.

    (2)     The Court may, on the application of a person who gives evidence under section 359(7) or (9), on the application of the prosecutor or on its own motion, revoke or vary a direction made under subsection (1).

Ch. 5 Pt 5.3 (Heading) substituted by No. 68/2009 s. 68(1)(a).

Part 5.3—Sentences

Division 1—Sentencing generally

S. 360 (Heading) substituted by No. 68/2009 s. 68(1)(b).