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Evidence Act 2011
14Compellability—reduced capacity
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14 Compellability—reduced capacity A person is not compellable to give evidence on a particular matter if the court is satisfied that— (a) substantial cost or delay would be incurred in ensuring that the person would have the capacity to understand a question about the matter or to give an answer that can be understood to a question about the matter; and (b) adequate evidence on the matter has been given, or will be able to be given, from 1 or more other people or sources.