7EInterpretation

7E Interpretation

[Section 7E Inserted by No. 26 of 2020, s. 12, Applied:01 Mar 2021] In this Part –

adult means a person who has attained the age of 18 years;

assessment report means a report prepared by a witness intermediary in relation to a witness’s communication and other related needs;

communication need – see section 7F ;

ground rules hearing means a hearing in a specified proceeding where a judge –

(a) considers the communication or other related needs of a prescribed witness who is to give evidence in the proceeding that have been identified by a witness intermediary; and

(b) gives directions on how the proceeding must be conducted to meet those needs fairly and effectively;

intermediaries panel means the panel established and maintained under section 7G ;

Secretary means the Secretary of the Department;

witness intermediary means a person –

(a) on the intermediaries panel; or

(b) on a panel (however described) in another State or a Territory the powers, functions and duties of which substantially correspond with those of the intermediaries panel.