Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) In section 5(2) of the Crimes (Criminal Trials) Act 1999 , for "At the beginning" substitute "Except in the case of a trial referred to in subsection (4)(ba), at the beginning".
(2) After section 5(2) of the Crimes (Criminal Trials) Act 1999 insert —
"(2A) At a directions hearing in the case of a trial referred to in subsection (4)(ba), each count in the presentment may be read to the accused and the accused asked to plead to that count.".
(3) In section 5(4)(ba) of the Crimes (Criminal (Trials) Act 1999 for "is a child or a person with a cognitive impairment" substitute "was a child or a person who had a cognitive impairment at the time at which the legal proceeding commenced".