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Evidence Act 2006

Trial process - Alternative ways of giving evidence - Giving of evidence by anonymous witnesses

117: Variation or discharge of witness anonymity order during trial

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"A judge can change or cancel a secret witness order during a trial."

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If you are in a trial, a High Court Judge can change or cancel a witness anonymity order at any time before the witness gives evidence. The judge can do this on their own or because one of the parties in the trial asked them to. The witness anonymity order would have been made under section 112 for the purposes of the trial.

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Part 3Trial process
Alternative ways of giving evidence: Giving of evidence by anonymous witnesses

117Variation or discharge of witness anonymity order during trial

  1. At any time before a witness gives evidence during a trial, a High Court Judge may, on his or her own motion or on the application of either party, vary or discharge a witness anonymity order made for the purposes of the proceeding under section 112.

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