Summary Offences Act 1953

This

Division applies to a person being interviewed as a potential witness who is—

a child of or under the age of 14 years; or

a person with a disability that adversely affects the person's capacity to give a coherent account of the person's experiences or to respond rationally to questions.

This

Division also applies to a person (not being a person described in subsection (1)) who is being interviewed as the victim of an alleged child sexual offence.

In this Division—

child sexual offence means a sexual offence committed in relation to a person under the age of 18 years;

serious offence against the person means—

murder or attempted murder; or

manslaughter or attempted manslaughter; or

a sexual offence; or

—

an offence of criminal neglect under section 14 of the Criminal

Law Consolidation Act 1935;

or

an offence of stalking and harassment under section 19AA of the

Criminal

Law Consolidation Act 1935;

or

an offence of causing serious harm under section 23 of the

Criminal

Law Consolidation Act 1935;

or

an offence of causing harm under section 24 of the Criminal

Law Consolidation Act 1935;

or

an offence involving an unlawful threat to kill or endanger life; or

an offence involving abduction; or

an offence involving blackmail; or

an attempt to commit, or assault with intent to commit, any of the offences in the preceding subparagraphs; or

an offence of contravening or failing to comply with an intervention order under the Intervention

Orders (Prevention of Abuse) Act 2009;

or

an offence of contravening or failing to comply with a restraining order under the Summary

Procedure Act 1921;

sexual offence means—

rape;

or

compelled sexual manipulation; or

indecent assault; or

any offence involving unlawful sexual intercourse or an act of gross indecency; or

incest;

or

any offence involving sexual exploitation or abuse of a child, or exploitation of a child as an object of prurient interest; or

an offence of sexual exploitation of a person with a cognitive impairment under section 51 of the Criminal

Law Consolidation Act 1935;

or

any attempt to commit, or assault with intent to commit, any of the foregoing offences.