New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 185A

185A Recordings of interviews with domestic violence complainants

(1) If the prosecutor intends to call a domestic violence complainant to give evidence in proceedings for a domestic violence offence, the brief of evidence may include a recorded statement relating to the offence.

(2) For the purpose of the service of a recorded statement included in a brief of evidence, the requirements of Division 3 of Part 4B of Chapter 6 in relation to service of, and access to, a recorded statement must be complied with.

(3) This Division (other than section 185 (1)) applies to a recorded statement included in a brief of evidence and the person whose representation is recorded in the recorded statement in the same way as it applies to a written statement included under this Division and the person who made the written statement.

(4) A brief of evidence that includes a recorded statement is not required also to include a written statement from the domestic violence complainant.

(5) This section does not affect section 289I (2).