Practice Direction No. 5 of 2023

This Practice Direction sets out the processes to give effect to Part 8.2A of the Criminal Procedure Act 2009 (CPA) providing for ground rules hearings and intermediaries in eligible proceedings involving:

• a witness under the age of 18 years; or
• a witness who is cognitively impaired.

This Practice Direction revokes Practice Directions No. 2 of 2015, No. 6 of 2018 and No. 23 of 2020.