E1SCHEDULE 9 Minor Amendments
Annotations:
Extent Information
Competence of children
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In section 33A of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (inserted by section 52(1) of the Criminal Justice Act 1991), after subsection (2) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
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A child’s evidence shall be received unless it appears to the court that the child is incapable of giving intelligible testimony.
Sch. 9 does not extend to Scotland in so far as it relates to s. 17(1) of the Video Act 1984 see s. 172(16)