52Police interview audiovisual recording may be admitted

52 Police interview audiovisual recording may be admitted as evidence (1) An audiovisual recording may— (a) be played at the hearing of a relevant proceeding for the offence the subject of the proceeding; and (b) if the recording is played at the hearing—be admitted as the witness’s evidence in chief in the proceeding as if the witness gave the evidence at the hearing in person. (2) However, the court may refuse to admit all or any part of the audiovisual recording. (3) The witness must not be in the courtroom, or visible to anyone in the courtroom by audiovisual link, while the audiovisual recording is played at the hearing. (4) This section is subject to section 56.