Foreign Evidence (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1994

No. 43 of 1994

An Act to make transitional provisions and certain amendments relating to the Foreign Evidence Act 1994

[Assented to 15 March 1994]

The Parliament of Australia enacts:
1 Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Foreign Evidence (Transitional Provisions and Consequential Amendments) Act 1994.

Commencement

2.(1) Sections 1, 2 and 5 commence on the day on which this Act receives the Royal Assent.

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(2) Sections 3, 4 and 6 commence on the day on which Parts 2 and 6 of the Foreign Evidence Act 1994 commence.
3 Repeal

3. Parts IIIB and IIIC of the Evidence Act 1905 are repealed.

Proceedings already begun

4.(1) Parts 2 and 6 of the Foreign Evidence Act 1994 do not apply in relation to proceedings that began before the commencement of this section.

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(2) A provision of the Evidence Act 1905 that is repealed under section 3 of this Act continues to apply in relation to such proceedings.

Hearings already begun

5.(1) Part 3 of the Foreign Evidence Act 1994 does not apply in relation to proceedings the hearing of which began before the commencement of that Part.

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(2) Part 4 of the Foreign Evidence Act 1994 does not apply in relation to proceedings the hearing of which began before the commencement of that Part.

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(3) Part 5 of the Foreign Evidence Act 1994 does not apply in relation to proceedings the hearing of which began before the commencement of that Part.
6 Proceedings in courts of the Australian Capital Territory

6. Subsection 3(2) of the Foreign Evidence Act 1994 does not apply in relation to proceedings before a court of the Australian Capital Territory that began before the day fixed by Proclamation under that subsection.

[Minister’s second reading speech made in—

Senate on 16 December 1993

House of Representatives on 2 March 1994]