South Australian Current Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 1953 - SECT 74EA

74EA—Application and interpretation

        (1)         This Division applies to a person being interviewed as a potential witness who is—

            (a)         a child of or under the age of 14 years; or

            (b)         a person with a disability that adversely affects the person's capacity to give a coherent account of the person's experiences or to respond rationally to questions.

        (1a)         This Division also applies to a person (not being a person described in subsection (1)) who is being interviewed as the victim of an alleged child sexual offence.

        (2)         In this Division—

"child sexual offence" means a sexual offence committed in relation to a person under the age of 18 years;

"serious offence against the person" means—

            (a)         murder or attempted murder; or

            (b)         manslaughter or attempted manslaughter; or

            (c)         a sexual offence; or

            (d)         —

            (ai)         an offence of criminal neglect under section 14 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 ; or

                  (i)         an offence of stalking under section 19AA of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 ; or

                  (ii)         an offence of causing serious harm under section 23 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 ; or

            (iia)         an offence of causing harm under section 24 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 ; or

                  (iii)         an offence involving an unlawful threat to kill or endanger life; or

                  (iv)         an offence involving abduction; or

                  (v)         an offence involving blackmail; or

                  (vi)         an attempt to commit, or assault with intent to commit, any of the offences in the preceding subparagraphs; or

            (e)         an offence of contravening or failing to comply with an intervention order under the Intervention Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009 ; or

            (f)         an offence of contravening or failing to comply with a restraining order under the Summary Procedure Act 1921 ;

"sexual offence" means—

            (a)         rape; or

            (b)         compelled sexual manipulation; or

            (c)         indecent assault; or

            (d)         any offence involving unlawful sexual intercourse or an act of gross indecency; or

            (e)         incest; or

            (f)         any offence involving sexual exploitation or abuse of a child, or exploitation of a child as an object of prurient interest; or

            (g)         an offence of sexual exploitation of a person with a cognitive impairment under section 51 of the Criminal Law Consolidation Act 1935 ; or

            (h)         any attempt to commit, or assault with intent to commit, any of the foregoing offences.