Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132:section:15yad
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00132
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 15YAD
Character Range: 750430–750924

15YAD  Child witnesses
 (1) A child witness, in relation to a child proceeding:
 (a) is a child (including a child complainant) who is a witness in the proceeding; and
 (b) includes a witness in the proceeding who was a child at the time the offence concerned was alleged to have been committed.
 (2) However, a person who is 18 or over is not a child witness if the person informs the court that the person does not wish to be treated as such a witness.

Division 2—Admissibility of evidence