9. The Opinion Rule and its Exceptions

9–1 Section 79 of the uniform Evidence Acts should be amended to provide that, to avoid doubt, the provision applies to evidence of a person who has specialised knowledge of child development and behaviour (including specialised knowledge of the effect of sexual abuse on children and of their behaviour during and following the abuse), being evidence in relation to either or both of the following:

(a) the development and behaviour of children generally;

(b) the development and behaviour of children who have been the victims of sexual offences, or offences similar to sexual offences.