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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.