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Evidence Act 2006

Miscellaneous - Transitional provisions

209: Transitional provision relating to cross-examination by unrepresented parties

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"Special help for witnesses when someone without a lawyer asks them questions"

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If you are a witness or you are calling a witness, you can ask for a special order. You can ask for this order under section 95(2) before it starts. This order can restrict how someone questions your witness after the new rule begins.

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Part 5Miscellaneous
Transitional provisions

209Transitional provision relating to cross-examination by unrepresented parties

  1. A witness, or a party calling a witness, may apply under section 95(2), before the commencement of that provision, for an order under that provision, restricting any cross-examination that is to take place after the commencement of that provision.