South Australian Numbered Acts South Australian Numbered Acts21—Amendment of section 4—Interpretation
Section 4—after its present contents (now to be designated as subsection (1)) insert:
(2) For the purposes of this Act, a witness who is to give oral evidence in proceedings will be taken to have "complex communication needs" if the witness's ability to give the evidence is significantly affected by a difficulty to communicate effectively with the court, whether the communication difficulty is temporary or permanent and whether caused by disability, illness, injury or some other cause.
(3) However, a witness who is to give oral evidence in proceedings whose native language is not English will not be taken to have "complex communication needs merely because the witness is not reasonably fluent in English (although the witness may be entitled to give the evidence through an interpreter under section 14).