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Sentencing Act 1991
8OExamination of victim
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8O Examination of victim
(1) The court may, at the request of the offender or the prosecutor, call a victim who has made a victim impact statement, or a person who has made a victim impact statement on behalf of a victim, or a medical expert who made a medical report attached to a victim impact statement, to give evidence.
(2) A victim or other person who gives evidence under subsection (1) may be cross-examined and re‑examined.
S. 8P inserted by No. 65/2011 s. 7.