Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 9C

9C Expert evidence about witness’s ability to give evidence

(1) This section applies to a proceeding if—

(a) under section 9A , the court is deciding whether a person is able to give an intelligible account of events which he or she has observed or experienced; or

(b) under section 9B , the court is deciding whether a person understands the matters mentioned in section 9B (2) (a) and (b) ; or

(c) the evidence of a child under 12 years is admitted.

(2) Expert evidence is admissible in the proceeding about the person’s or child’s level of intelligence, including the person’s or child’s powers of perception, memory and expression, or another matter relevant to the person’s or child’s competence to give evidence, competence to give evidence on oath, or ability to give reliable evidence.