Regulatory Impact Statement child witnesses in the criminal courts proposed reforms [pdf, 258 KB]
...making applications for children’s evidence-in-chief and cross-examination to be pre-recorded and played back at the later trial, in reliance of s 105 of the Act. However, the jurisdictional basis for pre- recording is currently the subject of two appeals before the Court of Appeal. Depending on the Court of Appeal decision, it is possible that holding pre-trial hearings to pre-record children’s cross- and re-examination will soon be standard practice in Auckland. It is also...