6Application for order for special hearing

6 Application for order for special hearing

[Section 6 Substituted by No. 63 of 2013, s. 7, Applied:01 Mar 2014]

(1)  [Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 26 of 2020, s. 8, Applied:01 Mar 2021] In a prescribed proceeding or a specified proceeding, the prosecutor may apply to a judge for an order directing –

(a) [Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2019, s. 11, Applied:02 Oct 2019] that the whole of an affected person's evidence (including cross-examination and re-examination) be –

(i) taken at a special hearing and audio visually recorded; and

(ii) presented to the court in the form of that audio visual recording; and

(b) [Section 6 Subsection (1) amended by No. 29 of 2019, s. 11, Applied:02 Oct 2019] that the affected person not be present at the trial.

(2)  The defendant is to be served with a copy of, and is entitled to be heard on, an application under subsection (1) .