Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1)
Section 106R(4)(b) is deleted and the following paragraphs are inserted
instead —
“
(b) in any proceeding for an offence, that the special
witness’s evidence be —
(i)
taken at a special hearing and recorded on video-tape;
and
(ii)
presented to the Court in the form of that video-taped
recording,
and that the special
witness not be present at the proceeding for the offence;
(c) in
any proceeding for an offence, that an arrangement of the kind described in
section 106N(2) or (4) is to be made.
”.
(2)
Section 106R(4a) is repealed and the following subsection is inserted
instead —
“
(4a) Where an arrangement under subsection (4)(b) or
(c) is directed to be made, section 106K or 106N, as the case requires,
applies, with any necessary changes, as if the special witness were an
affected child.
”.