Section 15YQ — Crimes Act 1914: Warnings etc. not to be given about vulnerable persons evidence

(1) If there is a jury in a proceeding in which a person to whom subsection (2) applies has given or will give evidence, the judge is not to warn the jury, or suggest to the jury in any way: (a) that the law regards persons to whom subsection (2) applies as an unreliable class of witness; or (b) that the law requires greater or lesser weight to be given to evidence that is given by closed-circuit television or alternative arrangements under Division 4; or (c) that the law requires greater or lesser weight to be given to evidence that is given by a video or audio recording under Division 5; or (d) that the law requires greater or lesser weight to be given to evidence because an adult accompanies the person under section 15YO. (2) This subsection applies to the following persons: (a) for a child proceeding—a child witness; (b) for a vulnerable adult proceeding—a vulnerable adult complainant; (c) for a special witness proceeding—a special witness.