Criminal Justice Act, 1999
Amendment of section 16 of Act of 1992. |
20.—Section 16(1) of the Act of 1992 is hereby amended— | |
(a) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a): | ||
“(a) a videorecording of any evidence given, in relation to an offence to which this Part applies, by a person under 17 years of age through a live television link in proceedings under Part IA of the Criminal Procedure Act, 1967 , and”, and | ||
(b) by the substitution of the following for the proviso: | ||
“Provided that, in the case of a videorecording mentioned in paragraph (b), the person whose statement was videorecorded is available at the trial for crossexamination.”. |