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EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 103E

Requirements for making recorded statements

103E Requirements for making recorded statements

(1) A recorded statement must—
(a) be made as soon as practicable after the events happen that constitute the alleged domestic violence offence to which the recorded statement relates; and
(b) be taken by a trained police officer.
(2) However, failure to comply with subsection (1) does not prevent a complainant’s evidence being taken or recorded under this part or affect the admissibility of the evidence.
(3) Also, a recorded statement must—
(a) be made with the complainant’s informed consent under section 103F ; and
(b) include the complainant’s acknowledgement, or declaration under the Oaths Act 1867 , that—
(i) the recorded statement is true to the best of the complainant’s knowledge and belief; and
(ii) the complainant made the recorded statement knowing the complainant may be prosecuted for stating in the statement anything the complainant knows is false; and
(c) contain an oral translation in English of any part of the recorded statement that is in a language other than English.
(4) In this section—

"trained police officer" means a police officer who has successfully completed a domestic and family violence training course, approved by the police commissioner, for the purpose of taking recorded statements.



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