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Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
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14 Compellability – reduced capacity
A person is not compellable to give evidence on a particular matter
if the court is satisfied that:
(a) substantial cost or delay would be incurred in ensuring that the
person would have the capacity to understand a question
about the matter or to give an answer that can be understood
to a question about the matter; and
(b) adequate evidence on that matter has been given, or will be
able to be given, from one or more other persons or sources.
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