PART 1VICTIMS AND WITNESSES
CHAPTER 2VULNERABLE AND INTIMIDATED WITNESSES
Special measures for vulnerable and intimidated witnesses
11Video-recorded evidence in chief: supplementary testimony
1
Article 15 of the Criminal Evidence (Northern Ireland) Order 1999 (video recorded evidence in chief) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (5) for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—
b
the witness may not without the permission of the court give evidence in chief otherwise than by means of the recording as to any matter which, in the opinion of the court, is dealt with in the witness’s recorded testimony.
3
In paragraph (7)—
a
for “paragraph (5)(b)(ii)” substitute “paragraph (5)(b)”, and
b
in sub-paragraph (a) omit the words from “if there” to “relevant time,”.
4
Omit paragraph (8) (definition of “the relevant time”).
5
In paragraph (9) for “paragraph (5)(b)(ii)” substitute “paragraph (5)(b)”.