Northern Territory Numbered Acts

EVIDENCE OF CHILDREN AMENDMENT ACT 2007 (NO 16 OF 2007)

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title  
   2.      Commencement  

   PART 2--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT

   3.      Act amended  
   4.      Amendment of section 4 (Interpretation)  
   5.      Amendment of section 105AA (Evidence of child witness in sexual offence matter)  
   6.      Amendment of section 105A (Procedure where prosecutor proposes to tender written or recorded statements to the Court)  
   7.      Amendment of section 105B (Written and recorded statements may be admitted in evidence)  

   PART 3--AMENDMENT OF EVIDENCE ACT

   8.      Act amended  
   9.      Amendment of section 21A (Evidence of vulnerable witnesses)  
   10.     Repeal and substitution of sections 21B and 21C  
   11.     Amendment of section 21D (Principles in relation to child witnesses)  
   12.     New sections 21E and 21F  
   13.     Amendment of section 26E (Exception to rule against hearsay evidence)  

   PART 4--AMENDMENT OF SEXUAL OFFENCES (EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE) ACT

   14.     Act amended  
   15.     Amendment of section 3 (Definitions)