South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (VULNERABLE WITNESSES) ACT 2015 (NO 16 OF 2015) - SECT 24

24—Amendment of section 74D—Obligation to record interviews with suspects

        (1)         Section 74D(1)(a) and (b)—delete paragraphs (a) and (b) and substitute:

            (a)         if it is reasonably practicable to make an audio visual record of the interview, an audio visual record of the interview must be made;

            (b)         if it is not reasonably practicable to make an audio visual record of the interview but it is reasonably practicable to make an audio record of the interview, an audio record of the interview must be made;

        (2)         Section 74D(1)(c)—delete "if it is neither reasonably practicable to record the interview on videotape nor reasonably practicable to record the interview on audiotape" and substitute:

if it is not reasonably practicable to make either an audio visual record or audio record of the interview

        (3)         Section 74D(1)(c)(ii)—delete "the reading must be recorded on videotape" and substitute:

an audio visual record made of the reading

        (4)         Section 74D(1)(c)(iii)—delete "videotape" and substitute:

audio visual

        (5)         Section 74D(1)(c)(v)—delete "videotape" and substitute:

audio visual

        (6)         Section 74D(3)—delete "a videotape or audiotape recording" and substitute:

an audio visual record or audio record

        (7)         Section 74D(3)(c)—delete paragraph (c) and substitute:

            (c)         a refusal of the interviewee to allow an audio visual record or audio record of the interview to be made;

        (8)         Section 74D(4)—delete subsection (4) and substitute:

        (4)         As soon as practicable after an audio visual record or audio record of an interview is made under this Part, the investigating officer must give the suspect a written statement—

            (a)         if an audio visual record was made—of the right of the suspect or the suspect's legal adviser (or both) to view the recording and to obtain from the audio visual record an audio record; or

            (b)         if an audio record but no audio visual record was made—of the right of the suspect to obtain a copy of the audio record.

        (9)         Section 74D(5)—delete "a videotape" and substitute:

an audio visual record

        (10)         Section 74D(6)(a) and (b)—delete paragraphs (a) and (b) and substitute:

            (a)         an audio record of the audio visual record of an interview with the suspect under this Division; or

            (b)         a copy of an audio record of an interview with the suspect under this Division.