Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 103ZZF

103ZZF Engagement of person included on sexual offence expert evidence panel

(1) A party to a relevant proceeding may engage a person who is included on the sexual offence expert evidence panel to give relevant evidence about the defendant in the proceeding.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent a party to a relevant proceeding engaging an expert other than a person who is included on the sexual offence expert evidence panel to give relevant evidence about the defendant in the proceeding.

(3) A person may be engaged under subsection (1) or (2) only if the person is not an excluded person.

(4) For subsection (3) , a person is an
"excluded person" if the person—

(a) is a relative, friend or acquaintance of the defendant; or

(b) is a party to the relevant proceeding; or

(c) is a potential witness in the relevant proceeding.