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Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
147Documents produced by processes, machines and other
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147 Documents produced by processes, machines and other
devices in the course of business
(1) This section applies to a document:
(a) that is produced wholly or partly by a device or process; and
(b) that is tendered by a party who asserts that, in producing the
document, the device or process has produced a particular
outcome.
(2) If:
(a) the document is, or was at the time it was produced, part of
the records of, or kept for the purposes of, a business
(whether or not the business is still in existence); and
(b) the device or process is or was at that time used for the
purposes of the business;
it is presumed (unless evidence sufficient to raise doubt about the
presumption is adduced) that, in producing the document on the
occasion in question, the device or process produced that outcome.
(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to the contents of a document that
was produced:
(a) for the purpose of conducting, or for or in contemplation of or
in connection with, an Australian or overseas proceeding; or
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(b) in connection with an investigation relating or leading to a
criminal proceeding.
Note for section 147
Section 182 of the Commonwealth Act gives section 147 of the Commonwealth