Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991
93Notice of evidence of dangerously ill person
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93 Notice of evidence of dangerously ill person (1) Before taking the evidence of the dangerously ill person, the court must give a notice that the court proposes to take the evidence and of the time and place where it will be taken— (a) to the person charged or who may be charged; and (b) if the evidence is evidence on behalf of the person charged and it is practicable to do so—to the DPP or a person authorised by the DPP. (2) A person given a notice under subsection (1) (the notified person) may— (a) be present while the evidence is being taken; and (b) cross-examine the person giving the evidence. (3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if this Act or another territory law prohibits the notified person from doing a thing mentioned in the subsection.