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76C Ongoing duty of disclosure by prosecutor (1) The prosecutor in a criminal proceeding must give an accused person a copy of, or a written notice about the right to inspect, any information, document or other thing that— (a) comes into the prosecutor’s possession or control, or to their notice, after complying with section 76B (1); and (b) is mentioned in that subsection; and (c) has not been given to the accused person. Note The prosecutor must comply with this subsection as soon as possible after the information, document or other thing comes into their possession or control, or to their notice (see Legislation Act, s 151B).
(2) The prosecutor must give the accused person a notice under subsection (1) about the right to inspect information, a document or another thing only if— (a) it is impracticable to copy the information, document or other thing; or (b) the accused person agrees to inspect the information, document or other thing instead of receiving a copy of it.