Tasmania regulation

Proclamation under the Evidence Amendment Act 1997

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Jurisdiction

Tasmania

Act Number

1 of 1998

Collection

regulation

Plain English Summary

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This proclamation fixes 28 January 1998 as the day the Evidence Amendment Act 1997 starts to operate, bringing its changes to evidence law into force. The decision is made by the Governor acting with the Executive Council and was notified in the Gazette.

From that date, courts, lawyers and parties in legal proceedings must apply the Act’s amendments. The Department of Justice administers this commencement; the proclamation itself does not change the Act’s substance.

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Proclamation under the Evidence Amendment Act 1997

Proclamation under the Evidence Amendment Act 1997

I, the Governor in and over the State of Tasmania and its Dependencies in the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Executive Council, by this my proclamation made under section 2 of the Evidence Amendment Act 1997 fix 28 January 1998 as the day on which that Act commences.

22 January 1998

G.S.M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

R.J. GROOM

Minister for Justice

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 28 January 1998

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.

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Sourced from Tasmanian Legislation Online (legislation.tas.gov.au), CC BY 4.0.

1 Proclamation under the Evidence Amendment Act 1997

Proclamation under the Evidence Amendment Act 1997

22 January 1998

G.S.M. GREEN

Governor

By His Excellency's Command,

R.J. GROOM

Minister for Justice

Displayed and numbered in accordance with the Rules Publication Act 1953.

Notified in the Gazette on 28 January 1998

This proclamation is administered in the Department of Justice.