Evidence Act 1906
1The *Evidence Amendment Act 1990* s. 4(2) reads as follows:
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1 The Evidence Amendment Act 1990 s. 4(2) reads as follows:
(2) Subsection (2a) inserted in section 11 of the principal Act by subsection (1) applies to a certificate given under subsection (2) of that section in respect of evidence given on or after the day on which this section comes into operation.
2 The Interpretation Act 1918 was repealed by the Interpretation Act 1984.
3 The Newspaper Libel and Registration Act 1884 was repealed by the Defamation Act 2005.
4 The Acts Amendment (Video and Audio Links) Act 1998 s. 3 reads as follows:
- Power to use certain technology
(1) Nothing in the amended provisions is to be taken as preventing the use by a court or other person acting judicially of a video link or audio link (as those terms are defined in section 121 of the Evidence Act 1906) in any case where the court or person thinks fit and where the use of the video link or audio link would not be contrary to law.
(2) In subsection (1) —
amended provisions means —
(a) The Criminal Code;
(b) the Evidence Act 1906;
(c) the Justices Act 1902; and
(d) the Sentencing Act 1995,
as amended by this Act.
5 The amendment in the Land Information Authority Act 2006 s. 133 to the Fifth Schedule is not included because the entry it sought to amend had been amended by the Machinery of Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006 s. 37.
6 The Evidence Act Amendment Act 1974 is not included as it was repealed before it came into operation by the Evidence Amendment Act 1987 s. 10*.*