This section applies where a person (the witness) is called to give evidence in criminal proceedings.
If a previous statement by the witness is admitted as evidence to rebut a suggestion that his oral evidence has been fabricated, that statement is admissible as evidence of any matter stated of which oral evidence by the witness would be admissible.
A statement made by the witness in a document—
is admissible as evidence of any matter stated of which oral evidence by him would be admissible.
A previous statement by the witness is admissible as evidence of any matter stated of which oral evidence by him would be admissible, if—
The first condition is that the statement identifies or describes a person, object or place.
The second condition is that the statement was made by the witness when the matters stated were fresh in his memory but he does not remember them, and cannot reasonably be expected to remember them, well enough to give oral evidence of them in the proceedings.
The third condition is that—
For the purposes of subsection (7) the fact that the complaint was elicited (for example, by a leading question) is irrelevant unless a threat or a promise was involved.