New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 306S

306S Ways in which evidence of vulnerable person may be given

(1) Subject to this Part, a vulnerable person may give evidence of a previous representation to which this Division applies made by the person in any criminal proceeding wholly or partly--

(a) in the form of a recording of the previous representation made by an investigating official of the interview in the course of which the previous representation was made and that is viewed or heard, or both, by the court, or

(b) orally in the courtroom, or

(c) if the evidence is given in any proceeding to which Division 4 applies--in accordance with alternative arrangements made under section 306W.

Note : See section 306ZA.

(2) Evidence in the form of a recording given by a vulnerable person under subsection (1) (a) is not required to be served on a party to any proceeding (including proceedings in relation to apprehended violence commenced under the Crimes (Domestic and Personal Violence) Act 2007 ).

(3) Nothing in this section affects the giving of evidence by means of a written statement for the purposes of Division 3 of Part 2 of Chapter 3.

Note : See also section 306ZN.