Foreign Evidence Act 1994
| Term(s) | Definition | Defined in Legislation | See Section(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASIC | means the Australian Securities and Investments Commission. |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| Australian court | means: (a) the High Court; or (b) a court exercising federal jurisdiction; or (c) a court of a State or Territory; or (d) a judge, justice or arbitrator under an Australian law; or |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| Australian law | means a law (whether written or unwritten) of or in force in the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory. |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| business | is defined in clause 1 of Part 2 of this Dictionary. |
Evidence Act 1995 | |
| business record | means a document that: (a) is or forms part of the records belonging to or kept by a person, body or organisation in the course of, or for the purposes of, a business; or (b) at any time was or formed part of such a record. |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| civil proceeding | means a proceeding other than a criminal proceeding. |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| Convention | means the Hague Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule. |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| designated offence | means: (a) a sexual offence; or (b) any other offence against the person if the victim of the offence was under 18 at the time the offence was committed. |
Crimes Act 1914 |
Crimes Act 1914 - 85ZL Interpretation of Part
Crimes Act 1914 - 85ZL Interpretation of Part |
| document | means any record of information, and includes: (a) anything on which there is writing; and (b) anything on which there are marks, figures, symbols or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret them; and |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| duress | has the meaning given by subsection 27D(3). |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 27D Admissibility of material adduced
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| examination | includes any proceeding that is for the taking of evidence of a person conducted by the judicial authorities of a foreign country in relation to a letter of request issued as a result of an order made by a superior court under Part 2. |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| foreign authority | means an authority of a foreign country or of part of a foreign country. |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| foreign business authority | means a person or body that has, under a law of a foreign country, functions relating to the administration or enforcement of a law of that country that regulates, or relates to the regulation of, business or persons engaged in business. |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| foreign government material | means material provided by a foreign authority to an authority of the Commonwealth. |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| foreign law | means a law (whether written or unwritten) of or in force in a foreign country. |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| foreign material | means: (a) for the purposes of Part 3—the testimony of a person that: (i) was obtained as a result of a request of a kind referred to in section 21; and (ii) complies with the requirements of section 22; |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 21 Requests for foreign material
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 29 Requests for foreign material Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| foreign public document | means a document to which Article 1 of the Convention applies, other than a document executed in a foreign country (if any) that has objected to Australia’s accession to the Convention. |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 | Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| inferior court | means any of the following courts (other than a superior court): (a) a court of a State when exercising federal jurisdiction; (b) subject to subsection (2), a court of a Territory (other than the Northern Territory); |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 |
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 2 Commencement
Foreign Evidence Act 1994 - 3 Definitions |
| member of the Australian Federal Police | means any of the following: (a) the Commissioner of Police; (b) a Deputy Commissioner of Police; (c) an AFP employee in respect of whom a declaration under section 40B is in force. |
Australian Federal Police Act 1979 |
Australian Federal Police Act 1979 - 4 Interpretation
Australian Federal Police Act 1979 - 40B AFP employees who are members of the Australian Federal Police |
| questioning warrant | means: (a) an adult questioning warrant; or (b) a minor questioning warrant. |
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 |
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 - 34A Definitions
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 - 34A Definitions |