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Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011
86Exclusion of records of oral questioning
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86 Exclusion of records of oral questioning
(1) This section applies only in a criminal proceeding and only if an oral
admission was made by a defendant to an investigating official in
response to a question put or a representation made by the official.
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(2) A document prepared by or on behalf of the official is not
admissible to prove the contents of the question, representation or
response unless the defendant has acknowledged that the
document is a true record of the question, representation or
response.
(3) The acknowledgement must be made by signing, initialling or
otherwise marking the document.
document does not include:
(a) a sound recording, or a transcript of a sound recording; or
(b) a recording of visual images and sounds, or a transcript of the
sounds so recorded.