Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 21R

21R Jury direction

(1) This section applies if there is a jury and a person charged—

(a) does not have a legal representative other than for the cross-examination of a protected witness; or

(b) does not have a legal representative for the cross-examination of a protected witness.

(2) The court must give the jury any warning the court considers necessary to ensure the person charged is not prejudiced by any inference that might be drawn from the fact the person charged has been prevented from cross-examining the protected witness in person.