294AADirection to be given by Judge in relation to complainants’ evidence

294AA Direction to be given by Judge in relation to complainants’ evidence

294AA Direction to be given by Judge in relation to complainants’ evidence

(1) A judge in any proceedings to which this Division applies must not direct a jury, or make any suggestion to a jury, that complainants as a class are unreliable witnesses.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), that subsection prohibits a direction to a jury of the danger of convicting on the uncorroborated evidence of any complainant.

(3) Sections 164 and 165 of the Evidence Act 1995 are subject to this section.

s 294AA: Ins 2006 No 88, Sch 1 [8]. Am 2021 No 43, Sch 2[14]–[16].