7DViewing of video-taped evidence by law reform body

7D Viewing of video-taped evidence by law reform body

[Section 7D Inserted by No. 29 of 2019, s. 16, Applied:02 Oct 2019]

(1)  In this section –

law reform body means a body or organisation prescribed for the purposes of this definition.

(2)  The Attorney General may, on application by a law reform body, approve the viewing of an audio visual recording of evidence by members of that body for the purposes of a review into the laws of evidence by that body.

(3)  An approval under subsection (2) may be subject to such conditions as the Attorney-General considers appropriate.

(4)  If a person has authority to possess and use an audio visual recording of evidence under section 7C , that person also has authority to play that recording to a member of a law reform body if –

(a) the playing of the audio visual recording of evidence is in accordance with an approval under subsection (2) ; and

(b) all legal proceedings in relation to the evidence given in the audio visual recording have been concluded; and

(c) the witness giving evidence in the audio visual recording has –

(i) been de-identified in the audio visual recording; or

(ii) in the case of a witness who has attained the age of 18 years, consented to the use of the recording by the law reform body.