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600Definitions—pt 2.8
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600 Definitions—pt 2.8 discoverable document means a document that is discoverable under rule 605 (Discoverable documents). document—see the Evidence Act, dictionary, part 1 and part 2, section 8. Note Document is defined in the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1 as any record of symbols or anything else having a meaning for people qualified to The Evidence Act, dict, pt 2, s 8 extends the meaning of document as follows: ‘A reference in this Act to a document includes a reference to the (a) any part of the document; (b) any copy, reproduction or duplicate of the document or of any part of the document; (c) any part of the copy, reproduction or duplicate.’.
Rule 601 government means— (a) the Commonwealth, a State or Territory; or (b) a Minister, department or agency of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory; or (c) the government of a foreign country. list of documents means a list of documents under rule 608 (List of discoverable and privileged documents etc). privileged from production—see rule 601. respondent, in relation to a notice for non-party production, means the person to whom the notice is directed.