Use of recordings, copies or transcripts—intermediaries
17A Use of recordings, copies or transcripts—intermediaries
Victoria Police or the relevant court may provide to the Secretary to the Department a copy or transcript of any of the following recordings for a purpose referred to in subregulation (2)—
a Division 5 recording;
a Division 6 recording;
a Part 8.2A recording.
The Secretary to the Department may authorise a person to use a copy or transcript of a recording provided to the Secretary under subregulation (1) for the purpose of—
assisting an intermediary to perform a function set out in section 389I of the Act, including assessing a witness; or
subject to subregulation (3), training or evaluation of an intermediary.
The Secretary to the Department must not authorise the use of a copy or transcript of a recording provided to the Secretary to the Department under subregulation (2)(b) unless—
all legal proceedings relating to the subject matter of the recording have concluded and the appeal period has expired; and
the intermediary referred to in subregulation (2)(b) is the same intermediary who performed a function set out in section 389I of the Act in the recording.
An authorisation may authorise the use of a copy or transcript of—
a particular recording; or
all recordings of a particular kind.
An authorisation must—
be in writing; and
specify the name of the person authorised; and
if it authorises the use of a particular recording, specify the recording, a copy or transcript of which, the person is authorised to use; and
specify the purpose for which the recording or recordings may be used.
Reg. 17B inserted by S.R. No. 104/2025 reg. 11.
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