CRIMES (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 2006 (NO 2 OF 2006) - SECT 22 Directions hearing

CRIMES (SEXUAL OFFENCES) ACT 2006 (NO 2 OF 2006) - SECT 22

After section 5(4)(b) of the Crimes (Criminal Trials) Act 1999 insert —

    "(ba)     in the case of a trial for a sexual offence in which the complainant is a child or a person with a cognitive impairment, require the prosecutor to advise as to the availability of the complainant, and the accused to advise as to his or her own availability, for the special hearing to be held under section 41G of the Evidence Act 1958 ;".