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Evidence Act 2001
168Time limits for making certain requests
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### 168 Time limits for making certain requests
> > (1) If a party has given to another party written notice of its intention to adduce evidence of a previous representation, the other party may only make a request to the party relating to the representation if the request is made within 21 days after the notice was given.
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> > (2) Despite [subsection (1)](#GS168@Gs1@EN) , the court may give the other party leave to make a request relating to the representation after the end of the 21-day period if satisfied that there is good reason to do so.
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> > (3) If a party has given to another party written notice of its intention to adduce evidence of a person's conviction of an offence in order to prove a fact in issue, the other party may only make a request relating to evidence of the conviction if the request is made within 21 days after the notice was given.
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> > (4) Despite [subsection (3)](#GS168@Gs3@EN) , the court may give the other party leave to make a request relating to evidence of the conviction after the end of the 21-day period if satisfied that there is good reason to do so.
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> > (5) If a party has served on another party a copy of a document that it intends to tender in evidence, the other party may only make a request relating to the document if the request is made within 21 days after service of the copy.
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> > (6) If the copy of the document served under [subsection (5)](#GS168@Gs5@EN) is accompanied by, or has endorsed on it, a notice stating that the document is to be tendered to prove the contents of another document, the other party may only make a request relating to the other document if the request is made within 21 days after service of the copy.
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> > (7) Despite [subsections (5)](#GS168@Gs5@EN) and [(6)](#GS168@Gs6@EN) , the court may give the other party leave to make the request relating to a document, or other document, after the end of the 21-day period if satisfied that there is good reason to do so.