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PART IIN.I.SPECIAL MEASURES DIRECTIONS IN CASE OF VULNERABLE AND INTIMIDATED WITNESSES

Special measures directionsN.I.

Extension of provisions of Article 9 to certain witnesses over [F118]N.I.

10.—(1) For the purposes of this Article—

(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 Article 4(3)), but

(ii)was under the age of [F218] when a relevant recording was made;

(b)F3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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.

[F4(2) Paragraphs (2) to (4) and (4C) of Article 9, so far as relating to the giving of a direction complying with the requirement contained in Article 9(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 Article).]