15MO
In forceDirections to jury
Volume 2Parts IAB to IC (sections 15G to 23W)
Part IACAWitness identity protection for operatives
Division 2Witness Identity Protection Certificates for Operatives
15MO Directions to jury
(1)
This section applies if:
(a)
a witness identity protection certificate for an operative in relation to a proceeding is filed in a court; and
(b)
there is a jury in the proceeding; and
(c)
the operative gives evidence.
(2)
The court must (unless it considers it inappropriate) direct the jury not to give the operative’s evidence any more or less weight, or draw any adverse inferences against the defendant or another party to the proceeding, because:
(a)
there is a witness identity protection certificate for the operative; or
(b)
the court has made an order under section 15MK or subsection 15MM(8), (9) or (10).
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