Crimes Act 1914

Part IAD - Protecting vulnerable persons  

Division 1 - Introduction  

SECTION 15YAD   Child witnesses  

(1)    
A child witness , in relation to a child proceeding:

(a)    is a child (including a child complainant) who is a witness in the proceeding; and

(b)    includes a witness in the proceeding who was a child at the time the offence concerned was alleged to have been committed.

(2)    
However, a person who is 18 or over is not a child witness if the person informs the court that the person does not wish to be treated as such a witness.