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79DDisclosure requirement is ongoing
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79D Disclosure requirement is ongoing (1) The obligation to comply with the requirements for pre-trial disclosure in relation to expert evidence under this division applies until— (a) the accused person is convicted or acquitted of the charges in the indictment; or (b) the prosecution is brought to an end. (2) If a party becomes aware of a notifiable development in relation to expert evidence disclosed under this division after the evidence was disclosed the party must notify each other party to the proceeding about the development as soon as practicable. (3) A party may, with the leave of the court, amend notice given by the party under this division if notification about a notifiable development is received from another party that would affect the contents of the party’s notice. (4) A party that amends the party’s notice in accordance with subsection (3) must give the amended notice to each other party to the notifiable development, in relation to expert evidence required to be disclosed under this division in a proceeding, means any information, document, thing or occurrence relevant to— (a) an understanding of the expert evidence; or
(b) the reliability of the expert evidence or a person who is proposed to give the evidence in the proceeding; or (c) the use or effect of the expert evidence in a proceeding.