Western Australian Numbered Acts

CRIMINAL CODE AMENDMENT ACT 2004 (NO. 4 OF 2004) - SECT 70

70 .         Section 570B amended

        (1)         Section 570B(1) is amended in the definition of “authorised person” as follows:

            (a)         by inserting after paragraph (c) the following paragraph —

“
            (ca)         a legal practitioner acting for or representing the State;

”;

            (b)         by inserting after paragraph (db) the following paragraph —

“
            (dc)         a coroner or a person acting at the direction of a coroner;

”.

        (2)         After section 570B(3)(a) the following paragraph is inserted —

“
            (ab)         the videotape is played for purposes connected with proceedings before a coroner;

”.

        (3)         Section 570B(5) is amended by deleting “(d), (da), (db)” and inserting instead —

                “ (ca), (d), (da), (db), (dc) ”.