5(1)Schedule 1A to the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (proceedings in which witnesses are automatically eligible for assistance on grounds of fear or distress about testifying) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)After paragraph 29 insert—
29AAn offence under section 75A of the Serious Crime Act 2015 (strangulation or suffocation) in a case where it is alleged that—
(a)the accused was carrying a firearm or knife at any time during the commission of the offence, and
(b)a person other than the accused knew or believed at any time during the commission of the offence that the accused was carrying a firearm or knife.”
(3)In paragraph 30, after “paragraphs 1 to 8” insert “ and 29A ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 5 in force at 7.6.2022 by S.I. 2022/553, regs. 1(2), 3(b)