Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 42W(1) amended by No. 11/2021 s. 21(1).
(1) A remote point must be taken to be part of the court point, and to be court premises within the meaning of the Court Security Act 1980 , while a person is at the remote point for the purpose of appearing before, or giving evidence or making a submission to, the court in accordance with Division 2 or 3.
(2) Subsection (1) has effect, for example, for the purposes of laws relating to evidence, procedure, contempt of court and perjury.
S. 42W(3) amended by No. 11/2021 s. 21(2).
(3) Subsection (1) also has the effect that any offence committed at a remote point must be taken to have been committed at the court point for the purposes of the laws in force in Victoria.
S. 42X inserted by No.
4/1997
s. 3, amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch.
item 54.47).