New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 294L

294L Role of witness intermediaries

(1) A person appointed as a witness intermediary for a witness must, to the extent necessary--

(a) communicate to the Court whether the witness can understand questions put to the witness, and

(b) explain to the Court and the person asking questions the best way a witness can be asked questions the witness can understand.

(2) A witness intermediary for a witness--

(a) is an officer of the Court, and

(b) has a duty to impartially facilitate the communication of, and with, the witness so the witness may give the witness's best evidence.