New South Wales Repealed Regulations

This legislation has been repealed.

EVIDENCE (CHILDREN) REGULATION 1999 - NOTES

His Excellency the Governor, with the advice of the Executive Council, has made the following Regulation under the Evidence (Children) Act 1997.
Attorney General

Explanatory note

The Evidence (Children) Act 1997 allows children to give evidence of a previous representation wholly or partly in the form of a recording made by an investigating official of an interview with the child where the child was questioned regarding the alleged commission of an offence by the child or by another person. Section 12 (2) of the Act provides that in proceedings where the accused person is not the child who was interviewed, such a recording is not to be admissible as evidence unless the accused person and his or her lawyer (if any) have been given a reasonable opportunity to listen to and, in the case of a video recording, view the recording in accordance with the regulations. The object of this Regulation is to set out a procedure by which a recording can be made available to an accused person and his or her lawyer.
This Regulation is made under the Evidence (Children) Act 1997, including section 12 (2) and 31 (the general regulation-making power).
This Regulation comprises or relates to matter of a machinery nature.

Historical notes

The following abbreviations are used in the Historical notes:

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