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Evidence (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1958
42YHearing not invalid because of failure to comply with technical requirements
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42Y Hearing not invalid because of failure to comply with technical requirements
A hearing is not invalid merely because of a failure to comply with the technical requirements specified in section 42G, 42R or 42RB.
S. 42YA inserted by No. 11/2021 s. 22, amended by No. 11/2022 s. 8(2).
42YA Repeal of temporary COVID-19 measures
On 27 April 2023—
(a) section 42JA(2A) is **repealed**; and
(b) in section 42RA(1) **omit** "or (2A)".
Pt 3 (Heading) substituted by No. 53/2006 s. 3.
Part III—Proof of documents, proof of facts by documents and document unavailability
Pt 3 Div. 1 (Heading and ss 43–47) amended by No. 8228 s. 2(2)(b)(c), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 12.
Pt 3 Div. 2 (Heading and ss 48–52) repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 13.
Pt 3 Div. 2A (Heading) inserted by No. 7324 s. 3.
Division 2A—Reproductions of documents
S. 53 substituted by No. 7324 s. 3, amended by No. 8228 s. 2(2)(d), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 14(1).
S. 53A inserted by No. 7324 s. 3, amended by Nos 8787 s. 33(a), 9713 s. 55(a)(b), 10074 s. 7, 10231 s. 6, 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 67.10), 46/1998
s. 7(Sch. 1), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 14(1).
S. 53B inserted by No. 7324 s. 3, repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 14(1).
Ss 53C–53F inserted by No. 7324 s. 3, repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 14(1).
S. 53G inserted by No. 7324 s. 3, amended by No. 57/1989 s. 3(Sch. item 67.11), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 14(1).
S. 53H inserted by No. 7324 s. 3, repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 14(1).
S. 53J
inserted by No. 7324 s. 3, amended by Nos 9699 s. 23, 12/1989 s. 4(1)(Sch. 2 item 41.1), 11/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 25.2), 44/2001 s. 3(Sch. item 40.1), repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 14(1).
Ss 53K–53P inserted by No. 7324 s. 3, repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 14(1).
S. 53Q inserted by No. 7324 s. 3, amended by No. 69/2009 s. 14(2).