40—Amendment of section 4—Interpretation
(1) Section 4—after the definition of "spouse" insert:
"statement" includes a statement however made;
(2) Section 4, definition of "vulnerable witness —after paragraph (d) insert:
or
(e) in the case of proceedings for a serious and organised crime offence (within the meaning of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 )—a person who will only consent to being a witness in the proceedings if he or she is treated as a vulnerable witness for the purposes of the proceedings;