Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated ActsIn this Part, unless the contrary intention appears:
"adult" means a person who is 18 or over.
"child" means a person who is under 18.
"child complainant" has the meaning given by section 15YAC.
"child proceeding" means a proceeding to which subsection 15Y(1) applies.
"child witness" has the meaning given by section 15YAD.
"closed-circuit television" includes any similar technology specified in the regulations.
"credibility" has the meaning given by the Evidence Act 1995 .
"cross-examination" has the meaning given by the Evidence Act 1995 .
"evidence in chief" means evidence given in examination in chief within the meaning of the Evidence Act 1995 .
"evidence recording hearing" means a hearing ordered under section 15YDB(1).
"party" to a proceeding includes the prosecutor, each defendant and each person named in evidence given in the proceeding.
"proceeding" means a proceeding to which one or more of subsections 15Y(1), (2) and (3) apply.
"special witness" has the meaning given by subsection 15YAB(1).
"special witness proceeding" means a proceeding to which subsection 15Y(3) applies.
"vulnerable adult complainant" has the meaning given by section 15YAA.
"vulnerable adult proceeding" means a proceeding to which subsection 15Y(2) applies.