Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 132BAA

132BAA Prohibited directions etc. in relation to reliability of children’s evidence

In a criminal proceeding the judge must not—

(a) direct, warn or suggest to the jury that children as a class are unreliable witnesses; or

(b) direct, warn or suggest to the jury in relation to the uncorroborated evidence of a child—

(i) that it would be dangerous or unsafe to convict the defendant on the evidence; or

(ii) that the evidence should be scrutinised with great care; or

(c) direct, warn or comment to the jury about the reliability of a child’s evidence solely on account of the child’s age.