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Criminal Code Act 1899
sch.1-sec.450EAAdmissibility of adequate prescribed record
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### sch.1-sec.450EA Admissibility of adequate prescribed record
An adequate prescribed record of an animal is admissible in a proceeding on the charge in relation to which the prescribed record was made by, or made available to, a police officer or on a related charge, as evidence of the matters it depicts, including any of the following—
the existence of the animal when the prescribed record was made;
the condition of the animal at that time;
a brand or other mark or feature of identification on the animal at that time.
Subsection (3) applies if an adequate prescribed record of an animal connected with a charge and seized by a police officer is tendered as evidence of matters depicted by the record in a proceeding on the charge or a related charge.
No objection can be taken or allowed to the admission as evidence of matters depicted by the adequate prescribed record.
Subsections (1) and (3) apply in relation to a proceeding whether it is started before or after the commencement of this section.
In this section—
related charge , for a charge, means a charge based on the same act or omission as the act or omission that charge is based on.
sch 1 pt 6 div 1 ch 44A ch div 2 s 450EA ins 2014 No. 13 s 14
(sch.1-sec.450EA-ssec.1) An adequate prescribed record of an animal is admissible in a proceeding on the charge in relation to which the prescribed record was made by, or made available to, a police officer or on a related charge, as evidence of the matters it depicts, including any of the following— the existence of the animal when the prescribed record was made; the condition of the animal at that time; a brand or other mark or feature of identification on the animal at that time.
(sch.1-sec.450EA-ssec.2) Subsection (3) applies if an adequate prescribed record of an animal connected with a charge and seized by a police officer is tendered as evidence of matters depicted by the record in a proceeding on the charge or a related charge.
(sch.1-sec.450EA-ssec.3) No objection can be taken or allowed to the admission as evidence of matters depicted by the adequate prescribed record.
(sch.1-sec.450EA-ssec.4) Subsections (1) and (3) apply in relation to a proceeding whether it is started before or after the commencement of this section.
(sch.1-sec.450EA-ssec.5) In this section— related charge , for a charge, means a charge based on the same act or omission as the act or omission that charge is based on.
- (a) the existence of the animal when the prescribed record was made;
- (b) the condition of the animal at that time;
- (c) a brand or other mark or feature of identification on the animal at that time.