South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (VULNERABLE WITNESSES) ACT 2015 (NO 16 OF 2015) - SECT 30

30—Amendment of section 104—Preliminary examination of charges of indictable offences

        (1)         Section 104(3)(b)—delete "a videotape or audiotape recording" and substitute:

an audio visual record or audio record

        (2)         Section 104(4)—delete "child under the age of 12 years or a person who is illiterate or suffers from an intellectual handicap" and substitute:

witness to whom this subsection applies

        (3)         Section 104(4)(a)(ii)—delete "a videotape or audiotape" and substitute:

an audio visual record or audio

        (4)         Section 104(4)(b)—delete "videotape or audiotape" and substitute:

recording

        (5)         Section 104(4)—delete "tape" wherever occurring and substitute in each case:

recording

        (6)         Section 104—after subsection (4) insert:

        (4a)         Subsection (4) applies to a witness who is—

            (a)         illiterate; or

            (b)         a child of or under the age of 14 years; or

            (c)         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.

        (7)         Section 104, Note—delete the note at the foot of the section