Western Australian Current Acts

RESTRAINING ORDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 53D

53D .         Cross-examination of child by unrepresented person

                If, in any proceedings under this Act, a person who is not represented wishes to cross-examine a child who, in accordance with section 53A, has given oral evidence, the examiner —

            (a)         is not entitled to do so directly; but

            (b)         may put any question to the child by stating the question to a judicial officer or a person approved by the court,

                and that person is to repeat the question accurately to the child.

        [Section 53D inserted: No. 38 of 2004 s. 37.]