Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A court sentencing
an offender may, on its own initiative or on an application by the prosecutor
or the offender, direct that the offender appear before it by video link from
a place in this State.
(2) The court shall
not make a direction under subsection (1) unless it is satisfied
that —
(a) the
video link is available or can reasonably be made available; and
(b) the
direction is in the interests of justice.
(3) The place where an
offender attends for sentencing by video link is taken to be part of the court
for the purposes of the sentencing.
(4) In this
section —
video link means facilities (including closed
circuit television) that enable, at the same time, a court at one place to see
and hear a person at another place and vice versa.
[Section 14A inserted by No. 48 of 1998
s. 14.]
[Section 14A. Modifications to be applied in order
to give effect to Cross-border Justice Act 2008: section altered 1 Nov 2009.
See endnote 1M.]