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68K Meaning of fresh and compelling evidence—pt 8AA
(1) For this part, evidence against a person acquitted of an offence is
fresh if the evidence—
(a) was not tendered in the proceeding in which the person was
acquitted of the offence; and
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(b) could not, in the course of an exercise of reasonable diligence,
have been tendered in the proceeding.
(2) However, for this part, evidence against a person acquitted of an
offence is not fresh if the evidence—
(a) was, or was considered to be, inadmissible in the proceeding in
which the person was acquitted of the offence; and
(b) would, as a result of a change in the law on or after the person
was acquitted of the offence, be admissible in a proceeding in
which the person is retried for the offence.
(3) For this part, evidence against a person acquitted of an offence is
compelling if the evidence is—
(a) reliable; and
(b) substantial; and
(c) highly probative of the guilt of the acquitted person in the
context of the issues in dispute in the proceeding in which the
person was acquitted.