Evidence Act 2006

Part 5
Miscellaneous

Regulations

201 Regulations

  • The Governor-General may, by Order in Council, make regulations—

    • (a) prescribing the procedure to be followed, the type of equipment to be used, and the arrangements to be made where a person’s evidence is to be video recorded:

    • (b) providing for the approval of interviewers, or classes of interviewers, for child complainants, and providing for such approvals to be proved by production of certificates in the prescribed form:

    • (c) regulating the way in which evidence of a witness may be given in an alternative way:

    • (d) prescribing the form of certificate by which an interviewer is to formally identify a video record:

    • (e) regulating the video recording of evidence:

    • (f) providing for the consent of persons to be video recorded and specifying who may give consent on behalf of children who are to be video recorded:

    • (g) prescribing the uses to which any video records may be put and prohibiting their use for other purposes:

    • (h) providing for the safe custody of video records intended to be offered as evidence:

    • (i) providing for the preparation of transcripts of video records and for their uses and safe custody:

    • (j) regulating the provision of communication assistance to defendants and witnesses:

    • (k) providing for requirements, in addition to those set out in section 45(3), for formal procedures that are held to obtain visual identification evidence:

    • (l) providing for the determination of the amount of fees and expenses, including minimum and maximum amounts, payable in respect of professional services provided by counsel appointed under section 115:

    • (m) regulating the form of warnings or information that can be given by a Judge in relation to evidence given by children under the age of 6 years in a proceeding tried by a jury:

    • (n) regulating the translation of documents into English or Māori:

    • (o) providing for any other matters contemplated by this Act, necessary for its administration, or necessary for giving it full effect.