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Evidence Act 1977
sec.21AAPurposes of div 4A
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### sec.21AA Purposes of div 4A
The purposes of this division are—
to preserve, to the greatest extent practicable, the integrity of an affected child’s evidence; and
to require, wherever practicable, that an affected child’s evidence be taken in an environment that limits, to the greatest extent practicable, the distress and trauma that might otherwise be experienced by the child when giving evidence.
s 21AA ins 2003 No. 55 s 60
- (a) to preserve, to the greatest extent practicable, the integrity of an affected child’s evidence; and
- (b) to require, wherever practicable, that an affected child’s evidence be taken in an environment that limits, to the greatest extent practicable, the distress and trauma that might otherwise be experienced by the child when giving evidence.