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Evidence Act 2006

Trial process - Alternative ways of giving evidence - Giving of evidence by family violence complainants

106AA: Sections 106A and 106B apply to family violence complainants

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"Special rules help adults who are victims of family violence when they give evidence in court."

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If you are a family violence complainant who is not a child, and you are giving evidence in a family violence case, then sections 106A and 106B apply to you. These sections are part of the law that helps you when you are giving evidence. You can find more information about what these sections mean by looking at section 106A and section 106B.

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Part 3Trial process
Alternative ways of giving evidence: Giving of evidence by family violence complainants

106AASections 106A and 106B apply to family violence complainants

  1. Sections 106A and 106B apply to a complainant (a family violence complainant) who is not a child and who is to give or is giving evidence in a family violence case (which does not include a sexual case).

Notes
  • Section 106AA: inserted, on , by section 15 of the Sexual Violence Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 60).