42WApplication of laws about witnesses, etc.

42W Application of laws about witnesses, etc. S. 42W(1) amended by No. 11/2021 s. 21(1). (1) A remote point must be taken to be part of the court point, and to be court premises within the meaning of the **Court Security Act 1980**, while a person is at the remote point for the purpose of appearing before, or giving evidence or making a submission to, the court in accordance with Division 2 or 3. (2) Subsection (1) has effect, for example, for the purposes of laws relating to evidence, procedure, contempt of court and perjury. S. 42W(3) amended by No. 11/2021 s. 21(2). (3) Subsection (1) also has the effect that any offence committed at a remote point must be taken to have been committed at the court point for the purposes of the laws in force in Victoria. S. 42X inserted by No. 4/1997 s. 3, amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 54.47).