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Evidence Act 2011
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114 Exclusion of visual identification evidence
picture identification evidence—see section 115.
visual identification evidence means identification evidence relating
to an identification based completely or partly on what a person saw
but does not include picture identification evidence.
(2) Visual identification evidence presented by the prosecutor is not
admissible unless—
(a) an identification parade that included the defendant was held
before the identification was made; or
(b) it would not have been reasonable to have held the parade; or
(c) the defendant refused to take part in the parade;
and the identification was made without the person who made it
having been intentionally influenced to identify the defendant.
(3) Without limiting the matters that may be taken into account by the
court in deciding whether it was reasonable to hold an identification
parade, it must take into account—
(a) the kind of offence, and the gravity of the offence; and
(b) the importance of the evidence; and
(c) the practicality of holding an identification parade having
regard, among other things—
(i) if the defendant failed to cooperate in the conduct of the
parade—to the manner and extent of, and the reason (if
any) for, the failure; and
(ii) in any case—to whether the identification was made at or
about the time of the commission of the offence; and
(d) the appropriateness of holding an identification parade having
regard, among other things, to the relationship (if any) between
the defendant and the person who made the identification.
(4) It is presumed that it would not have been reasonable to have held an
identification parade if it would have been unfair to the defendant for
the parade to have been held.
(5) If—
(a) the defendant refused to take part in an identification parade
unless an Australian legal practitioner or legal counsel acting for
the defendant, or someone else chosen by the defendant, was
present while it was being held; and
(b) there were, at the time when the parade was to have been
conducted, reasonable grounds to believe that it was not
reasonably practicable for a person mentioned in paragraph (a)
to be present;
it is presumed that it would not have been reasonable to have held an
identification parade at that time.
(6) In deciding whether it was reasonable to have held an identification
parade, the court must not take into account the availability of
pictures or photographs that could be used in making identifications.