Australian Capital Territory Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 2011 - SECT 49

No paragraph of section 48 (1) (other than paragraph (a)) applies to a document that is in a foreign country unless—

        (a)     the party who presents evidence of the contents of the document in question has, not less than 28 days (or any other period prescribed by regulation or by rules of court) before the day on which the evidence is presented, served on each other party a copy of the document proposed to be tendered; or

        (b)     the court directs that it must apply.

Note     The Commonwealth Act

, s 182 gives the Commonwealth Act

, s 49 a wider application in relation to Commonwealth records and certain Commonwealth documents.