(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 about 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—
(a) through an interpreter under section 30; or
(b) with the assistance of an intermediary under the Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1991
, chapter 1B (Witness intermediaries—criminal proceedings).
Note The Commonwealth Act
does not include intermediaries.