Date:

04/18/2005

[3] Supreme Court Rules 1970 [Amendment 404]

Part 75 [Criminal proceedings]

Explanatory note

1. The object of these Rules is to amend Part 75 of the Supreme Court Rules 1970 to clarify that evidence in criminal proceedings may be video recorded.


Supreme Court Rules (Amendment
No 404) 2005

under the
Supreme Court Act 1970


The Supreme Court Rule Committee made the following rules of court under the
Supreme Court Act 1970 on 18 April 2005.


Steven Jupp
Secretary of the Rule Committee

Explanatory note
The object of these Rules is to amend Part 75 of the Supreme Court Rules 1970 to clarify that
evidence in criminal proceedings may be video recorded.


Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 404) 2005

under the
Supreme Court Act 1970

1 Name of Rules
These Rules are the Supreme Court Rules (Amendment No 404) 2005.

2 Amendment of Supreme Court Rules 1970
The Supreme Court Rules 1970 are amended as set out in Schedule 1.


Schedule 1 Amendment

(Rule 2)
Part 75, rule 3L
Insert after rule 3K:

3L Recording of evidence
(1) This rule applies to all criminal proceedings in the Court
(including those specified in the Third Schedule to the Act).
(2) Evidence given by a witness may be recorded by video or by any
other audio-visual method as directed by the Court.