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Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958
42UPutting documents to a remote person
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42U Putting documents to a remote person
S. 42U(1) substituted by No. 11/2021 s. 19.
(1) If, in the course of an examination by audio visual link or audio link of a person at a remote point (the ***key remote point***), it is necessary to put a document to the person, the presiding judge or magistrate may permit the document to be put to the person—
(a) if the document is at the court point or another remote point—by transmitting a copy of it to the key remote point by any means and that copy being put to the person; or
(b) if the document is at the key remote point, by putting it to the person and then transmitting a copy of it to the court point and any other remote point by any means.
(2) A document put to a person in accordance with subsection (1) is admissible in evidence without proof that the transmitted copy is a true copy of the relevant document.
(3) Nothing in this section prevents a document or exhibit being shown to a person over the audio visual link itself.
S. 42UA inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 20.
42UA Practice directions
The head of jurisdiction of a court from time to time may issue practice directions, statements or notes relating to the exercise by the court of its discretion in relation to an application made in accordance with any of the following sections—
(a) section 42E;
(b) section 42L;
(c) section 42M;
S. 42UA(ca) inserted by No. 44/2021 s. 7.
(ca) section 42MAA;
(d) section 42N;
(e) section 42P.
S. 42V inserted by No. 4/1997
s. 3, amended by No. 68/2009 s. 97(Sch. item 54.46), repealed by No. 37/2017 s. 19.
S. 42W inserted by No. 4/1997