Evidence Regulations 2012 (NT)

NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

EVIDENCE REGULATIONS 2012

As in force at 1 January 2013

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NORTHERN TERRITORY OF AUSTRALIA

As in force at 1 January 2013

EVIDENCE REGULATIONS 2012

Regulations under the Evidence Act 1939

1Citation

These Regulations may be cited as the Evidence Regulations 2012.

2Commencement

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.

3Prescribed 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).

4Order 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;

• (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.

5Regulations repealed

The Regulations specified in the Schedule are repealed.

ScheduleRepealed 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

ENDNOTES

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  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exp = expires/expired rep = repealed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

 

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  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)

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  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.