This Amendment Paper amends the Victims of Sexual Violence (Strengthening Legal Protections) Legislation Bill by inserting new subclauses into clause 8, which amends section 203 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (the Act). Section 203 of the Act deals with the automatic suppression of the identity of complainants in sexual cases. The amendments extend the application of section 203 of the Act to include all offences of a sexual nature as well as the current reference to sections 128 to 142A or section 144A of the Crimes Act 1961. This will align section 203 of the Act with—

• sections 199(3) and 199AA(5) of the Act:

• the definition of sexual case in section 4(1) of the Evidence Act 2006:

• the definition of sexual case in section 4 of the Victims’ Rights Act 2002.