Part IAD
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Protecting vulnerable persons
History
Pt IAD heading substituted by No 74 of 2013, s 3 and Sch 2 item 1, applicable in relation to offences committed (or alleged to have been committed) on or after 29 June 2013. The heading formerly read:
Part IAD
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Protection of children in proceedings for sexual offences
Pt IAD inserted by No 136 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 3 item 1, effective 29 October 2001.
Division 3
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Cross-examination
History
Div 3 inserted by No 136 of 2001, s 3 and Sch 3 item 1, effective 29 October 2001.
SECTION 15YHA
Committal proceedings
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cross-examination of vulnerable persons
(1)
A person is not to cross-examine, at committal proceedings or proceedings of a similar kind, a person to whom subsection (2) applies.
(2)
This subsection applies to the following persons:
(a)
for a child proceeding
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a child witness;
(b)
for a vulnerable adult proceeding
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a vulnerable adult complainant;
(c)
for a special witness proceeding
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a special witness for whom an order under subsection
15YAB(3)
is in force for this section.
History
S 15YHA inserted by No 70 of 2020, s 3 and Sch 3 item 5, applicable in relation to proceedings begun on or after 20 July 2020.