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EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 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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