{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999/section-22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999/section-22.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1999/23",
  "legislation_title": "Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999",
  "path": "section/22",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "22",
  "heading": "Extension of provisions of section 21 to certain witnesses over 18.",
  "text": "(1) For the purposes of this section—\n(a) a witness in criminal proceedings (other than the accused) is a “qualifying witness” if he—\n(i) is not an eligible witness at the time of the hearing (as defined by section 16(3)), but\n(ii) was under the age of 18 when a relevant recording was made;\n(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . and\n(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.\n(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).",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in s. 22(1)(a)(ii) substituted (27.6.2011) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 98(4)(b), 182(5) (with s. 180, Sch. 22 para. 23); S.I. 2011/1452, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "S. 22(1)(b) repealed (27.6.2011) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 100(8)(a), 182(5), Sch. 23 Pt. 3 (with s. 180, Sch. 22 para. 23); S.I. 2011/1452, art. 2(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "S. 22(2) substituted (27.6.2011) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 100(8)(b), 182(5) (with s. 180, Sch. 22 para. 23); S.I. 2011/1452, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in s. 22 title substituted (27.6.2011) by Coroners and Justice Act 2009 (c. 25), ss. 98(4)(a), 182(5) (with s. 180, Sch. 22 para. 23); S.I. 2011/1452, art. 2(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 22 applied (with modifications) (31.10.2009) by The Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Application to Service Courts) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/2083), arts. 1, 3, 4"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 22 wholly in force at 24.7.2002; Pt. II Chs. 1-4 (ss. 16-52) in force for certain purposes at Royal Assent, see s. 68(4); s. 22 in force in so far as not already in force at 24.7.2002 by S.I. 2002/1739, art. 2(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/23/section/22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:21:51.659271+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}