In Part 5 of Schedule 5 to the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 , before clause 12 insert —
"11A. No cross-examination of certain witnesses
Despite anything to the contrary in this Part, the Court must not grant leave to cross-examine a witness who—
(a) is a complainant in a legal proceeding that relates (wholly or partly) to a charge for a sexual offence; and
(b) is a child or a person with a cognitive impairment; and
(c) made a statement a copy of which was served in the hand-up brief or a transcript of a recording of whose evidence-in-chief or examination under section 56A was served in the hand-up brief.".
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