S 50EC repealed by No 42 of 2010, s 3 and Sch 1 item 1, effective 15 April 2010. S 50EC formerly read:
SECTION 50EC Technical requirements for video link
(1)
A witness can give evidence under a direction only if:
(a)
the courtroom or other place in Australia where the court is sitting (
the Australian point
); and
(b)
the place where the evidence is given (
the overseas point
);
are equipped with video facilities that:
(c)
enable appropriate persons at the Australian point to see and hear the witness give the evidence; and
(d)
enable appropriate persons at the overseas point to see and hear appropriate persons at the Australian point.
(2)
In subsection (1):
appropriate persons
means such persons as the court considers appropriate.