12Notice of intention to adduce hearsay evidence

12 Notice of intention to adduce hearsay evidence

If a notice given before the commencement day is taken, by the operation of clause 11, to have been given under section 67(1), the period for an objection to be made under section 68 to the tender of evidence to which the notice relates is the later of the period ending—

(b) 21 days after the notice was given to the party concerned.

13 Notice of intention to adduce evidence as to tendency or coincidence

(1) References in sections 97(1)(a) and 98(1)(a) to giving notice are taken to include references to giving notice of the kind referred to in those sections before the commencement day.

(2) Despite clause 11(1)(b), a notice of a kind referred to in section 97 or 98 given before the commencement day is taken to have been given in accordance with any regulations or rules made for the purposes for section 99.

14 Time limits for making requests

(1) A request made before the commencement day that would, if it were made after the commencement day be a request under section 167, is taken to be such a request.

(2) If a notice given before the commencement day is taken, by the operation of clause 11, to have been given under section 168(1) or (3), the period for a request to be made under section 168(1) or (3) is the later of the period ending—

(b) 21 days after the notice was given to the party concerned.

(3) If a copy of a document served before the commencement day is taken, by the operation of clause 11, to have been served under section 168(5) or (6), the period for a request to be made under section 168(5) or (6) is the later of the period ending—

(b) 21 days after the document was served on the party concerned.

(4) If a request made under section 168 was received before the commencement day, in determining what is a reasonable time after receiving a request for the purposes of section 169(2), the court may take into account time passed before the commencement day.

15 Requests under section 173

A request made before the commencement day that would, if it were made after the commencement day be a request under section 173(2), is taken to be such a request.

16 Proof of voluminous or complex documents

If a court has given a direction under section 42B of the Evidence Act 1958, as in force immediately before its repeal, and a party has been provided with a copy of the evidence in the form specified in that direction, the party is taken, for the purposes of section 50(2)(b), to have been given a reasonable opportunity to examine or copy documents.