# Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999, Section 22: Extension of provisions of section 21 to certain witnesses over 18.

Extent: 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 18 when a relevant recording was made;
(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.
(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).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1999/23/section/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/youth-justice-and-criminal-evidence-act-1999/section-22
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