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SUMMARY OFFENCES REGULATIONS 2016 - REG 18

18—Interpretation

        (1)         In this Part—

"intoxication" means a temporary disorder, abnormality or impairment of the mind that results from the consumption or administration of intoxicants and will pass on metabolism or elimination of intoxicants from the body;

"prescribed communication assistant"—see regulation 22(1);

"prescribed communication device"—see regulation 22(2);

"prescribed companion"—see regulation 21;

"prescribed interviewer"—see regulation 20;

"suspect" has the same meaning as in section 74D of the Act;

"vulnerable witness" means a witness to whom Part 17 Division 3 of the Act applies.

        (2)         For the purposes of this Part, a person who is to be interviewed may be taken to have "complex communication needs" if the person has significant difficulty in communicating effectively with the interviewer, whether the communication difficulty is temporary or permanent and whether caused by disability, illness or injury, but not by intoxication.



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