The Special Measures for Child Witnesses (Sexual Offences) Regulations 2013

• Citation: S.I. 2013/2971
• Sections: 2

Section 1 Citation, commencement and extent

These Regulations—

(a) may be cited as the Special Measures for Child Witnesses (Sexual Offences) Regulations 2013;

(b) come into force on 18th December 2013; and

(c) extend to England and Wales.

Section 2 Amendments to the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999

In section 33 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 (Interpretation etc of Chapter 1)—

(a) in subsection (5), for “a human trafficking offence” substitute “a relevant offence”; and

(b) for subsection (6), substitute—

(6) In subsection (5) “relevant offence” means—

(a) a sexual offence;

(b) an offence under section 1 of the Protection of Children Act 1978 ;

(c) an offence under section 160 of the Criminal Justice Act 1988 ;

(d) an offence under section 4 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 .