Article 74D Interpretation of Chapter 7F1

(1)

In this Chapter—

“the 1999 Act” means the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999;
“eligible witness” means a witness eligible for assistance by virtue of rule 74E or 74F;
“intermediary” has the same meaning as in section 29 of the 1999 Act;
“special measures direction” means a direction providing for one or more of the special measures available in relation to a witness to apply to evidence given by the witness;
“the special measures provisions” means the provisions of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the 1999 Act applied by an order under section 61(1) of that Act.

(2)

In this Chapter—

(a)

references to the quality of a witness’s evidence are to its quality in terms of completeness, coherence and accuracy (and for this purpose “coherence” refers to a witness’s ability in giving evidence to give answers which address the questions put to the witness and can be understood both individually and collectively); and

(b)

references to the special measures available in relation to a witness are to be construed in accordance with rule 74G.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Pt. 11 Ch. 7 inserted (16.11.2015) by The Armed Forces (Service Courts Rules) (Amendment) Rules 2015 (S.I. 2015/1812), rules 1, 6