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Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
146Evidence produced by processes, machines and other devices
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146 Evidence produced by processes, machines and other devices
(1) This section applies to a document or thing:
(a) that is produced wholly or partly by a device or process; and
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(b) that is tendered by a party who asserts that, in producing the
document or thing, the device or process has produced a
particular outcome.
(2) If it is reasonably open to find that the device or process is one that,
or is of a kind that, if properly used, ordinarily produces that
outcome, it is presumed (unless evidence sufficient to raise doubt
about the presumption is adduced) that, in producing the document
or thing on the occasion in question, the device or process
produced that outcome.
Example for section 146
It would not be necessary to call evidence to prove that a photocopier normally
produced complete copies of documents and that it was working properly when it
was used to photocopy a particular document.