Northern Territory regulation

EVIDENCE REGULATIONS 2012

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These Regulations prescribe who counts as a "reporting scientist" for the Evidence Act and list which interstate courts are treated as appropriate authorities to order the taking of evidence. They apply to forensic practitioners, courts and parties relying on expert forensic reports. The Regulations also repeal earlier subordinate regulations to consolidate the rules and set when the new rules commence.

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EVIDENCE REGULATIONS 2012

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA EVIDENCE REGULATIONS 2012 As in force at 1 January 2013 Table of provisions 1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1 2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1 3 Prescribed qualifications for reporting scientist................................ 1 4 Order for taking of evidence ............................................................ 1 5 Regulations repealed ....................................................................... 2 Schedule Repealed Regulations ENDNOTES

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 1 January 2013

EVIDENCE REGULATIONS 2012 Regulations under the Evidence Act 1939 1 Citation These Regulations may be cited as the Evidence Regulations 2012. 2 Commencement These Regulations commence: (a) if these Regulations are notified in the Gazette before the commencement of the Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2012 – on the commencement of that Act; or (b) otherwise – from the date these Regulations are notified in the Gazette. 3 Prescribed qualifications for reporting scientist For the definition reporting scientist in section 24 of the Act, each of the following is a prescribed qualification: (a) a degree of Bachelor of Molecular Biology awarded by a university in Australia or New Zealand; (b) a degree equivalent to a degree mentioned in paragraph (a); (c) another science degree that, combined with at least 6 months experience as a forensic scientist at a laboratory, is equivalent to a degree mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b). 4 Order for taking of evidence For section 50(3)(a) of the Act, each of the following is an appropriate judicial authority: (a) the Supreme Court of a State or another Territory; (b) the District Court of New South Wales, Queensland or South Australia;

Evidence Regulations 2012 2 (c) the County Court of Victoria; (d) the Local Court of New South Wales; (e) the Magistrates Court of Queensland, South Australia or the Australian Capital Territory. 5 Regulations repealed The Regulations specified in the Schedule are repealed.

Schedule Repealed Regulations Evidence Regulations 2012 3 Schedule Repealed Regulations regulation 5 Evidence Regulations Subordinate Legislation No. 7 of 1991 Amendment of Evidence Regulations Subordinate Legislation No. 55 of 2003 Evidence Amendment (Authorised Persons) Regulations 2007 Subordinate Legislation No. 32 of 2007 Evidence (Order for Taking Of Evidence) Regulations Subordinate Legislation No. 52 of 1992

ENDNOTES Evidence Regulations 2012 4 ENDNOTES 1 KEY Key to abbreviations amd = amended od = order app = appendix om = omitted bl = by-law pt = Part ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule cl = clause rem = remainder div = Division renum = renumbered exp = expires/expired rep = repealed f = forms s = section Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation lt = long title sub = substituted nc = not commenced 2 LIST OF LEGISLATION Evidence Regulations (SL No. 47, 2012) Notified 14 December 2012 Commenced 1 January 2013 (r 2, s 2 Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act 2011 (Act No. 33, 2011) and Gaz G51, 19 December 2012, p 4) 3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: r 1.

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1 EVIDENCE REGULATIONS 2012

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 1 January 2013