Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

CRIMES ACT 1914 - SECT 15YY

  (1)   A witness can give evidence under a section   15YV direction or order only if:

  (a)   the courtroom or other place where the court is sitting (the courtroom point ); and

  (b)   the place where the evidence is given (the witness point );

are equipped with video facilities that:

  (c)   enable appropriate persons at the courtroom point to see and hear the witness give the evidence; and

  (d)   enable appropriate persons at the witness point to see and hear appropriate persons at the courtroom point.

  (2)   In subsection   (1):

"appropriate persons" means such persons as the court considers appropriate.