EVIDENCE REGULATIONS 2012
NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
EVIDENCE REGULATIONS 2012
As in force at 1 January 2013
Table of provisions
1 Citation ............................................................................................ 1
2 Commencement .............................................................................. 1
3 Prescribed qualifications for reporting scientist................................ 1
4 Order for taking of evidence ............................................................ 1
5 Regulations repealed ....................................................................... 2
Schedule Repealed Regulations
ENDNOTES
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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA
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As in force at 1 January 2013
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EVIDENCE REGULATIONS 2012
Regulations under the Evidence Act 1939
1 Citation
These Regulations may be cited as the Evidence Regulations 2012.
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence:
(a) if these Regulations are notified in the Gazette before the
commencement of the Evidence (National Uniform
Legislation) Act 2012 – on the commencement of that Act; or
(b) otherwise – from the date these Regulations are notified in the
Gazette.
3 Prescribed qualifications for reporting scientist
For the definition reporting scientist in section 24 of the Act, each
of the following is a prescribed qualification:
(a) a degree of Bachelor of Molecular Biology awarded by a
university in Australia or New Zealand;
(b) a degree equivalent to a degree mentioned in paragraph (a);
(c) another science degree that, combined with at least 6 months
experience as a forensic scientist at a laboratory, is equivalent
to a degree mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).
4 Order for taking of evidence
For section 50(3)(a) of the Act, each of the following is an
appropriate judicial authority:
(a) the Supreme Court of a State or another Territory;
(b) the District Court of New South Wales, Queensland or South
Australia;
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(c) the County Court of Victoria;
(d) the Local Court of New South Wales;
(e) the Magistrates Court of Queensland, South Australia or the
Australian Capital Territory.
5 Regulations repealed
The Regulations specified in the Schedule are repealed.
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Schedule Repealed Regulations
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Schedule Repealed Regulations
regulation 5
Evidence Regulations Subordinate Legislation
No. 7 of 1991
Amendment of Evidence Regulations Subordinate Legislation
No. 55 of 2003
Evidence Amendment (Authorised Persons)
Regulations 2007
Subordinate Legislation
No. 32 of 2007
Evidence (Order for Taking Of Evidence)
Regulations
Subordinate Legislation
No. 52 of 1992
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1 KEY
Key to abbreviations
amd = amended od = order
app = appendix om = omitted
bl = by-law pt = Part
ch = Chapter r = regulation/rule
cl = clause rem = remainder
div = Division renum = renumbered
exp = expires/expired rep = repealed
f = forms s = section
Gaz = Gazette sch = Schedule
hdg = heading sdiv = Subdivision
ins = inserted SL = Subordinate Legislation
lt = long title sub = substituted
nc = not commenced
2 LIST OF LEGISLATION
Evidence Regulations (SL No. 47, 2012)
Notified 14 December 2012
Commenced 1 January 2013 (r 2, s 2 Evidence (National Uniform
Legislation) Act 2011 (Act No. 33, 2011) and Gaz G51,
19 December 2012, p 4)
3 GENERAL AMENDMENTS
General amendments of a formal nature (which are not referred to in the table
of amendments to this reprint) are made by the Interpretation Legislation
Amendment Act 2018 (Act No. 22, 2018) to: r 1.
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