What the official record says
This Act is the Evidence Amendment Act . This Act comes into force on the earlier of the following: a date appointed by the Governor-General by Order in Council (and 1 or more orders may be made bringing different provisions into force on different dates): . This Part amends the Evidence Act 2006 (the ). In section 4(1), insert in their appropriate alphabetical order: , in relation to any proceeding, means a witness who is a child when the proceeding commences, and includes a child complainant but does not include a defendant who is a child has the meaning given in means a criminal proceeding in which a person is charged with, or is waiting to be sentenced or otherwise dealt with for,— any of the offences listed in section 87(5)(b) of the Sentencing Act 2002; or any other offence of a vio