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191 Agreements as to facts
agreed fact means a fact that the parties to a proceeding have agreed
is not, for the purposes of the proceeding, to be disputed.
(2) In a proceeding—
(a) evidence is not required to prove the existence of an agreed fact;
and
(b) evidence may not be presented to contradict or qualify an agreed
fact;
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply unless the agreed fact—
(a) is stated in an agreement in writing signed by the parties or by
Australian legal practitioners, legal counsel or prosecutors
representing the parties and presented in evidence in the
(b) with the leave of the court, is stated by a party before the court
with the agreement of all other parties.