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2009-09-19

The devil is in the detail

I'm leafing through the new Criminal Procedure Amendment (Consequential and Transitional Provisions) Bill 2009 released last week.

There certainly are consequences in it for evidence law in Victoria, though how extensive they are I don't know. Most of the evidentiary changes in the amending legislation simply preserve the rules for sex offences, family violence and other provisions of the Evidence Act 1958 and Magistrates' Court Act 1989 (which following commencement, will continue to exist but apply to the civil jurisdiction only).

In NSW, the regulations for the Evidence Act 1995 (NSW) held lots of important modifications to the UEA. No word on when they'll be ready ...

Posted by Dr Manhattan at 11:58 PM
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