Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 2011 - SECT 111

    (1)     The hearsay rule and tendency rule do not apply to evidence of a defendant's character if—

        (a)     the evidence is evidence of an opinion about the defendant presented by another defendant; and

        (b)     the person whose opinion it is has specialised knowledge based on the person's training, study or experience; and

        (c)     the opinion is completely or substantially based on that knowledge.

    (2)     If evidence mentioned in subsection (1) has been admitted, the hearsay rule, opinion rule and tendency rule do not apply to evidence presented to prove that the evidence should not be accepted.