PART 6INCIDENTAL PROCEDURE: SPECIAL PROCEDURES

CHAPTER 26VULNERABLE WITNESSES

Taking of evidence by commissioner: lodging and custody of video record and documentsI126.9

1

The commissioner must lodge the video record of the commission and any relevant documents with the Clerk.

2

When the video record and any relevant document are lodged, the Clerk must notify every party—

a

that the video record has been lodged;

b

whether any relevant documents have been lodged;

c

of the date on which they were lodged.

3

The video record and any relevant documents must be kept by the Clerk.

4

Where the video record has been lodged—

a

the name and address of the vulnerable witness and the record of the witness’s evidence are to be treated as being in the knowledge of the parties;

b

the parties need not include—

i

the name of the witness in any list of witnesses; or

ii

the record of evidence in any list of productions.