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Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
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50 Proof of voluminous or complex documents
(1) The court may, on the application of a party, direct that the party
may adduce evidence of the contents of 2 or more documents in
question in the form of a summary if the court is satisfied that it
would not otherwise be possible conveniently to examine the
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evidence because of the volume or complexity of the documents in
question.
(2) The court may only make such a direction if the party seeking to
adduce the evidence in the form of a summary has:
(a) served on each other party a copy of the summary that
discloses the name and address of the person who prepared
the summary; and
(b) given each other party a reasonable opportunity to examine or
copy the documents in question.
(3) The opinion rule does not apply to evidence adduced in accordance
with a direction under this section.