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Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
70Exception – contents of tags, labels and writing
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70 Exception – contents of tags, labels and writing
The hearsay rule does not apply to a tag or label attached to, or
writing placed on, an object (including a document) if the tag or
label or writing may reasonably be supposed to have been so
attached or placed:
(a) in the course of a business; and
(b) for the purpose of describing or stating the identity, nature,
ownership, destination, origin or weight of the object, or of the
contents (if any) of the object.
Note for section 70
The Commonwealth Act has an additional subsection. It provides that the
exception does not apply to Customs and Excise prosecutions. Section 5 of the
Commonwealth Act extends the application of that subsection to proceedings in
all Australian courts.