Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

EVIDENCE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1991 - SECT 64

    (1)     This section applies if—

        (a)     a relevant proceeding is a trial by jury; and

        (b)     an audiovisual recording of a witness's evidence given at a pre-trial hearing is admitted in evidence at the hearing of the proceeding.

    (2)     The court must tell the jury that—

        (a)     the witness gave the evidence by audiovisual link at a pre-trial hearing; and

        (b)     admission of the audiovisual recording is a usual practice; and

        (c)     the jury must not draw any inference against the accused person, or give the evidence more or less weight, because the evidence was given in that way.