Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) Section 106A
is amended by inserting in the appropriate alphabetical positions —
“
“serious sexual offence”
means —
(a) an
offence under a section or Chapter of The Criminal Code mentioned in Part B
of Schedule 7 for which the maximum penalty that may be imposed is
7 years, or more than 7 years;
(b) an
offence under a repealed section of The Criminal Code if —
(i)
the acts or omissions that constituted an offence under
that section are substantially the same as the acts or omissions that
constitute an offence
(the "new offence") under a section or Chapter of The Criminal Code mentioned
in Part B of Schedule 7; and
(ii)
the maximum penalty that may be imposed for the
new offence is 7 years, or more than 7 years;
or
(c) an
offence of attempting to commit an offence described in paragraph (a) or
(b);
“special witness” means a person
declared to be a special witness under section 106R(1);
“visually recorded interview” has the
meaning given to that term in section 106HA(3).
”.
(2) Section 106A
is amended as follows:
(a) in
the definition of “video-taped recording” by deleting
“video-taped” and inserting instead —
“ visual ”;
(b) in
the definition of “video-taped recording of evidence” —
(i)
by deleting “video-taped” in the first place
where it occurs and inserting instead —
“ visual ”;
(ii)
by deleting “video-taped” in the second place
where it occurs and inserting instead —
“ visual ”; and
(iii)
in paragraph (c), by deleting “or (5).”
and inserting instead —
“ or (5); ”.
(3) The provisions set
out in the Table to this subsection are amended by deleting
“video-tape” and inserting instead —
“ a visual recording ”.
Table
|
s. 106H(2c) |
s. 106R(4)(b)(i) |
|
s. 106I(1)(b)(i) |
s. 106T(1) and (2) |
|
s. 106N(3a) and (5) | |
(4) The provisions set
out in the Table to this subsection are amended by deleting
“video-taped” and inserting instead —
“ visual ”.
Table
|
s. 106I(1)(b)(ii) |
s 106MA(1)(a) and (b), (2) and (3) |
|
s. 106K(1)(b) |
s 106MB(1) |
|
s 106M(2) |
s. 106R(4)(b)(ii) |
(5)
Section 106M(1) is amended by deleting “recording of
video-taped” and inserting instead —
“ visual recording of ”.
(6)
Section 106T(3) is amended as follows:
(a) by
deleting “video-taped evidence” in the first place where it occurs
and inserting instead —
“ evidence on a visual recording ”;
(b) by
deleting “video-taped evidence” in the second place where it
occurs and inserting instead —
“ evidence on the visual recording ”.