Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 15YQ

  (1)   If there is a jury in a proceeding in which a person to whom subsection   (2) applies has given or will give evidence, the judge is not to warn the jury, or suggest to the jury in any way:

  (a)   that the law regards persons to whom subsection   (2) applies as an unreliable class of witness; or

  (b)   that the law requires greater or lesser weight to be given to evidence that is given by closed - circuit television or alternative arrangements under Division   4; or

  (c)   that the law requires greater or lesser weight to be given to evidence that is given by a video recording under Division   5; or

  (d)   that the law requires greater or lesser weight to be given to evidence because an adult accompanies the person under section   15YO.

  (2)   This subsection applies to the following persons:

  (a)   for a child proceeding--a child witness;

  (b)   for a vulnerable adult proceeding--a vulnerable adult complainant;

  (c)   for a special witness proceeding--a special witness.