Western Australian Current Acts

RESTRAINING ORDERS ACT 1997 - SECT 53A

53A .         Children not to give oral evidence without leave of court, other than in Children’s Court

        (1)         A child is not to give oral evidence in any proceedings under this Act unless —

            (a)         a court makes an order allowing the child to give oral evidence; or

            (b)         the evidence is given in the Children’s Court.

        (2)         A court is not to make an order under subsection (1)(a) unless the court, having weighed the availability of other evidence and the interests of the child, is satisfied that exceptional circumstances exist which, in the interests of justice, justify the making of the order.

        [Section 53A inserted: No. 38 of 2004 s. 37.]