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STATUTES AMENDMENT (VULNERABLE WITNESSES) ACT 2015 (NO 16 OF 2015) - SECT 21

21—Amendment of section 48B—Certain trials of sexual offences to be given priority

        (1)         Section 48B(1)—delete "child" and substitute:

person to whom this section applies

        (2)         Section 48B(2)—before the definition of "sexual offence insert:

"person to whom this section applies" means—

            (a)         a child; or

            (b)         a person with a disability that adversely affects the person's capacity to give a coherent account of the person's experiences or to respond rationally to questions;

        (3)         Section 48B(2), definition of "sexual offence"—after paragraph (e) insert:

            (ea)         an offence of sexual exploitation of a person with a cognitive impairment under section 51 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935

; or



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