29 Examination of witness through intermediary
Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (1999 c 23) | Legislation

29  Examination of witness through intermediary

(1)     A special measures direction may provide for any examination of the witness (however and wherever conducted) to be conducted through an interpreter or other person approved by the court for the purposes of this section (“an intermediary”).

(2)     The function of an intermediary is to communicate—

(a)     to the witness, questions put to the witness, and

(b)     to any person asking such questions, the answers given by the witness in reply to them,

and to explain such questions or answers so far as necessary to enable them to be understood by the witness or person in question.

(3)

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