South Australian Numbered Acts

STATUTES AMENDMENT (EVIDENCE AND PROCEDURE) ACT 2008 (NO 7 OF 2008) - SECT 23

23—Insertion of section 48B

After section 48A insert:

48B—Trials of sexual offences involving children to be given priority

        (1)         The Court will give the necessary directions to ensure that a trial of a sexual offence where the alleged victim of the offence is a child is given priority over any less urgent criminal trial and is dealt with as expeditiously as the proper administration of justice allows.

        (2)         In this section—

"sexual offence" means—

            (a)         rape; or

            (b)         indecent assault; or

            (c)         any offence involving unlawful sexual intercourse or an act of gross indecency; or

            (d)         incest; or

            (e)         any offence involving sexual exploitation or abuse of a child, or exploitation of a child as an object of prurient interest; or

            (f)         any attempt to commit, or assault with intent to commit, any of the offences referred to in a preceding paragraph.