Evidence (Visual Recording of Interviews with Children and Persons with Mental Impairment) Regulations 2004 (WA)

Western Australia Evidence Act 1906 Evidence (Visual Recording of Interviews with Children and Persons with Mental Impairment) Regulations 2004 Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 1 August 2014

Western Australia Evidence (Visual Recording of Interviews with Children and Persons with Mental Impairment) Regulations 2004 Contents 1. Citation 1 2. Commencement 1 3. Terms used 1 4A. Authorisation of persons 2 4. Prescribed class of persons — s. 106HA(1)(a) and (1a)(a) 2 5. Prescribed requirements and extent to which they are to be met — s. 106HA(1)(b) 3 6A. Prescribed requirements and extent to which they are to be met — s. 106HA(1a)(b) 4 6. Opportunity of accused to view visually recorded interview — s. 106HB(2)(b) 5 7. Certificate to accompany visually recorded interview 5 Notes Compilation table 7 Defined terms Reprinted under the Reprints Act 1984 as at 1 August 2014

Western Australia Evidence Act 1906 Evidence (Visual Recording of Interviews with Children and Persons with Mental Impairment) Regulations 2004

1. Citation These regulations are the Evidence (Visual Recording of Interviews with Children and Persons with Mental Impairment) Regulations 2004 1. [Regulation 1 amended: Gazette 20 May 2014 p. 1600.]

2. Commencement These regulations come into operation on the same day as the Criminal Law Amendment (Sexual Assault and Other Matters) Act 2004 comes into operation 1.

3. Terms used (1) In these regulations — Commissioner of Police means the Commissioner of Police appointed under the Police Act 1892 section 5; department means the department of the Public Service principally assisting in the administration of the Children and Community Services Act 2004; relevant person means a person — (a) who is a member of the Police Force; or (b) authorised by the Commissioner of Police under regulation 4A; or (c) who is an officer as defined in the Children and Community Services Act 2004 section 3; section means a section of the Act. (2) If a word or expression used in these regulations is defined in section 106A then it has the same meaning in these regulations. [Regulation 3 amended: Gazette 20 May 2014 p. 1600.]