Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472:section:31
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 31
Character Range: 36000–36615

31  Witnesses who cannot hear adequately or speak adequately
 (1) A witness who cannot hear adequately may be questioned in any appropriate way.
 (2) A witness who cannot speak adequately may give evidence by any appropriate means.
 (3) The court may give directions concerning either or both of the following:
 (a) the way in which a witness may be questioned under subsection (1);
 (b) the means by which a witness may give evidence under subsection (2).
 (4) This section does not affect the right of a witness to whom this section applies to give evidence about a fact through an interpreter under section 30.