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Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
131AApplication of Division to preliminary proceedings of courts
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131A Application of Division to preliminary proceedings of courts
(a) a person is required by a disclosure requirement to give
information, or to produce a document, which would result in
the disclosure of a communication, a document or its contents
or other information of a kind referred to in Division 1, 1A or 3;
and
(b) the person objects to giving that information or providing that
document;
the court must determine the objection by applying the provisions of
this Part (other than sections 123 and 128) with any necessary
modifications as if the objection to giving information or producing
the document were an objection to the giving or adducing of
(2) In this section:
disclosure requirement means a process or order of a court that
requires the disclosure of information or a document and includes
(a) a summons or subpoena to produce documents or give
evidence;
(b) pre-trial discovery;
(c) non-party discovery;
(d) interrogatories;
(e) a notice to produce;
(f) a request to produce a document under Part 4.6, Division 1.