Ground rules hearings—directions
4AF Ground rules hearings—directions
At a ground rules hearing for a witness in a criminal proceeding, the court may make any direction the court considers is in the interests of justice, including any of the following:
a direction about how a witness may be questioned;
a direction about how long a witness may be questioned;
a direction about the questions that may or may not be asked of a witness;
if there is more than 1 accused—a direction about the allocation among the accused of the topics about which a witness may be asked;
a direction about the use of models, plans, body maps or other aids to help communicate a question or an answer;
a direction about the use of a support animal by the witness;
a direction that if a party intends to give evidence that contradicts or challenges the evidence of a witness or that otherwise discredits a witness, the party is not obliged to put that evidence in its entirety to the witness in cross-examination.
If an intermediary’s report has been given to the court under section 4AE, the court must consider the matters mentioned in the report in making the direction.
Chapter 1B Witness intermediaries—criminal proceedings
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