Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

EVIDENCE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) AMENDMENT ACT 2019 (NO. 41 OF 2019) - SECT 11

after section 3, insert

Part 2     Witness intermediaries

3A     Intermediaries administrator—Act, s 4AG (2), definition of intermediaries administrator

The intermediaries administrator is the victims of crime commissioner.

3B     Prescribed witnesses—Act, s 4AK (1)

    (1)     The following witnesses are prescribed:

        (a)     a child complainant in a sexual offence proceeding;

        (b)     a child in a serious violent offence proceeding involving the death of a person.

    (2)     In this section:

"child", in a proceeding, see the Act

, section 42.

"complainant", in relation to a proceeding for an offence—see the Act

, section 42.

"serious violent offence proceeding"––see the Act

, section 40.

"sexual offence proceeding"––see the Act

, section 41.