Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
"adult" means a person who is 18 or over.
"child" means a person who is under 18.
"child complainant" , in relation to a child proceeding, means a child who is, or is alleged to be, a victim of an offence, of a kind referred to in subsection 15Y(1), to which the proceeding relates. The child need not be involved in the proceeding or the initiation of the proceeding.
"child proceeding" means a proceeding to which subsection 15Y(1) applies.
"child witness" , in relation to a child proceeding, means a child (including a child complainant) who is a witness in the proceeding.
"closed-circuit television" includes any similar technology specified in the regulations.
"credibility" has the meaning given by the Evidence Act 1995 .
"cross-examination" has the meaning given by the Evidence Act 1995 .
"evidence in chief" means evidence given in examination in chief within the meaning of the Evidence Act 1995 .
"party" to a proceeding includes the prosecutor, each defendant and each person named in evidence given in the proceeding.
"proceeding" means a proceeding to which one or more of subsections 15Y(1), (2) and (3) apply.
"special witness" has the meaning given by subsection 15YAB(1).
"special witness proceeding" means a proceeding to which subsection 15Y(3) applies.
"vulnerable adult complainant" has the meaning given by section 15YAA.
"vulnerable adult proceeding" means a proceeding to which subsection
15Y(2) applies.