New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 306ZE

306ZE Giving identification evidence when closed-circuit television is used

(1) Subject to subsection (4), if a vulnerable person is entitled to give evidence by means of closed-circuit television facilities or any other similar technology, that person may not give identification evidence by those means.

(2) However, such a person is entitled to refuse to give identification evidence until after the completion of the person's other evidence (including examination in chief, cross-examination and re-examination).

(3) In addition, the court must ensure that such a person is not in the presence of the accused for any longer than is necessary for the vulnerable person to give identification evidence.

(4) Subsection (1) does not prevent the giving of identification evidence by means of closed-circuit television facilities or any other similar technology that relates to evidence that is not a fact in issue.

Note--:
"Identification evidence" is defined in the Evidence Act 1995 .