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Youth Justice Act 1992
sec.159Audio visual link or audio link may be used to sentence
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### sec.159 Audio visual link or audio link may be used to sentence
The court may allow anything that must or may be done in relation to the sentencing of a child who is legally represented to be done over an audio visual link or audio link, if the prosecutor and the child agree to the use of the link.
The provisions of the Evidence Act 1977 relating to the use of an audio visual link or audio link in criminal proceedings apply for, and are not limited by, subsection (1) .
s 159 prev s 159 om 2002 No. 39 s 78
pres s 159 ins 1999 No. 65 s 8
amd 2002 No. 39 s 54
(sec.159-ssec.1) The court may allow anything that must or may be done in relation to the sentencing of a child who is legally represented to be done over an audio visual link or audio link, if the prosecutor and the child agree to the use of the link.
(sec.159-ssec.2) The provisions of the Evidence Act 1977 relating to the use of an audio visual link or audio link in criminal proceedings apply for, and are not limited by, subsection (1) .