22 Extension of provisions of section 21 to certain witnesses over [18].E+W
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(1)For the purposes of this section—
(a)a witness in criminal proceedings (other than the accused) is a “qualifying witness” if he—
(i)is not an eligible witness at the time of the hearing (as defined by section 16(3)), but
(ii)was under the age of [18] when a relevant recording was made;
(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and
(c)a “relevant recording”, in relation to a witness, is a video recording of an interview of the witness made with a view to its admission as evidence in chief of the witness.
[(2)Subsections (2) to (4) and (4C) of section 21, so far as relating to the giving of a direction complying with the requirement contained in section 21(3)(a), apply to a qualifying witness in respect of the relevant recording as they apply to a child witness (within the meaning of that section).]
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