reg 74 Interpretation of Chapter 6
(1) In this Chapter— “ eligible witness ” means a witness eligible for assistance by virtue of rule 75 or 76; “ intermediary ” has the same meaning as in section 29 of the 1999 Act; “modern slavery offence” means an offence under section 42 as respects which the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is— an offence under section 1 (slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour) or 2 (human trafficking) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015; an offence of attempting or conspiring to commit such an offence; or an offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (encouraging and assisting crime) where the offence (or one of the offences) which the offender intended or believed would be committed is a modern slavery offence; “ sexual offence ” means an offence under section 42 as respects which the corresponding offence under the law of England and Wales is— an offence which is— an offence under Part 1 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003, or a relevant superseded offence as defined by section 62(1A) of the 1999 Act (meaning of “sexual offence” and other references to offences); an offence of attempting or conspiring to commit, or of aiding, abetting, counselling or procuring or inciting the commission of, such an offence; or an offence under Part 2 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (encouraging and assisting crime) committed in relation to such an offence; “ special measures direction ” means a direction providing for one or more of the special measures available in relation to a witness to apply to evidence given by the witness; “ the special measures provisions ” means the provisions of Chapter 1 of Part 2 of the 1999 Act applied by an order under section 61(1) of that Act. (2) In this Chapter— (a) references to the quality of a witness's evidence are to its quality in terms of completeness, coherence and accuracy (and for this purpose “ coherence ” refers to a witness's ability in giving evidence to give answers which address the questions put to the witness and can be understood both individually and collectively); and (b) references to the special measures available in relation to a witness are to be construed in accordance with rule 77.