Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 103ZO

103ZO Application of division

(1) This division applies in relation to a criminal proceeding—

(a) that is a trial by jury or by a judge sitting alone; and

(b) that relates, wholly or partly, to a charge of a sexual offence.

(2) For a trial by a judge sitting alone, the court’s reasoning with respect to any matter mentioned in subdivision 3 or 4 must, to the extent the court thinks fit, be consistent with how a jury would be directed about the matter under subdivision 3 or 4 in the particular case.