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Evidence Act 1977
sec.39YPutting documents to a person at an external location
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### sec.39Y Putting documents to a person at an external location
If in the course of examination of a person by audio visual link or audio link it is necessary to put a document to the person, the court may permit the document to be put to the person—
if the document is at the court location—by sending a copy of it to the external location in any way and the copy then put to the person; or
if the document is at the external location—by putting it to the person and then sending it to the court location in any way.
A document put to a person under subsection (1) is admissible as evidence without proof that the transmitted copy is a true copy of the relevant document.
s 39Y ins 1999 No. 65 s 4
(sec.39Y-ssec.1) If in the course of examination of a person by audio visual link or audio link it is necessary to put a document to the person, the court may permit the document to be put to the person— if the document is at the court location—by sending a copy of it to the external location in any way and the copy then put to the person; or if the document is at the external location—by putting it to the person and then sending it to the court location in any way.
(sec.39Y-ssec.2) A document put to a person under subsection (1) is admissible as evidence without proof that the transmitted copy is a true copy of the relevant document.
- (a) if the document is at the court location—by sending a copy of it to the external location in any way and the copy then put to the person; or
- (b) if the document is at the external location—by putting it to the person and then sending it to the court location in any way.