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CRIMES ACT 1914

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CRIMES ACT 1914 SECT 50EC

50EC Technical requirements for video link
(1)
A witness can give evidence under a direction only if:
(a)
the courtroom or other place in Australia where the court is sitting ( the Australian point ); and
(b)
the place where the evidence is given ( the overseas point );

are equipped with video facilities that:

(c)
enable appropriate persons at the Australian point to see and hear the witness give the evidence; and
(d)
enable appropriate persons at the overseas point to see and hear appropriate persons at the Australian point.
(2)
In subsection (1):
appropriate persons means such persons as the court considers appropriate.

 

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