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Evidence Act 2006

Miscellaneous - Periodic review of operation of Act

201A: Regulations made under section 201(1)(a) may authorise Judge to make order restricting attendance by, or excluding, members of media at making, before trial, of video record of sexual case complainant’s or propensity witness’s evidence

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"A Judge can stop media from attending a video recording of a sexual case witness."

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Regulations can let a Judge decide to stop media people from being at a video recording. This recording is of a person who has been affected by a sexual crime, or someone who is giving evidence about what kind of person someone is. You can find out what a media person is by looking at the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. This rule is part of a bigger law that lets Judges make decisions about things like this, and it is also part of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.

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Part 5Miscellaneous
Periodic review of operation of Act

201ARegulations made under section 201(1)(a) may authorise Judge to make order restricting attendance by, or excluding, members of media at making, before trial, of video record of sexual case complainant’s or propensity witness’s evidence

  1. Regulations made under section 201(1)(a) may authorise a Judge to make an order restricting attendance by, or excluding, any member of the media at any making, before trial, of a video record of a sexual case complainant’s or propensity witness’s evidence.

  2. In this section, member of the media has the same meaning as in section 198(2) of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.

  3. This section does not limit the generality of section 201(1)(a), and applies despite anything to the contrary in the Criminal Procedure Act 2011.

Notes
  • Section 201A: inserted, on , by section 23 of the Sexual Violence Legislation Act 2021 (2021 No 60).