Criminal Procedure Act 1986 No 209
Current version for 13 May 2013 to date (accessed 24 May 2013 at 05:13)

306C   Complainant not compellable to give further evidence

If a record of the original evidence of the complainant (or any part of the record) is admitted in proceedings under this Division, the complainant is not compellable to give any further evidence in the proceedings (despite anything to the contrary in this Act or the Evidence Act 1995), including for the purpose of any examination in chief, cross-examination or re-examination by or at the request of the accused person or his or her Australian legal practitioner.
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