Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999

22 Extension of provisions of section 21 to certain witnesses over [F118].E+W

(1)For the purposes of this section—

(a)a witness in criminal proceedings (other than the accused) is a “qualifying witness” if he—

(i)is not an eligible witness at the time of the hearing (as defined by section 16(3)), but

(ii)was under the age of [F218] when a relevant recording was made;

F3(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and

(c)a “relevant recording”, in relation to a witness, is a video recording of an interview of the witness made with a view to its admission as evidence in chief of the witness.

[F4(2)Subsections (2) to (4) and (4C) of section 21, so far as relating to the giving of a direction complying with the requirement contained in section 21(3)(a), apply to a qualifying witness in respect of the relevant recording as they apply to a child witness (within the meaning of that section).]