389D
CurrentAttendance for ground rules hearings
Chapter 8General
Part 8.2AGround rules hearings and intermediaries
Division 1Ground rules hearings
389D Attendance for ground rules hearings
S. 389D inserted by No. 5/2018 s. 25.
(1)
The following persons must attend a ground rules hearing—
(a)
a person acting for the prosecution;
(b)
the legal practitioner representing the accused or, if the accused is unrepresented, the accused;
(c)
the intermediary appointed for a witness, if any.
(2)
A witness is not required to attend a ground rules hearing.
(3)
The court may make an order that a witness for whom an intermediary is appointed not attend a ground rules hearing.
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