Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), a witness may be cross-examined about—
(a) statement made by the witness in writing or by the witness and reduced into writing whether by the witness or another person; or
(b) evidence given by the witness before a court;
without the statement, or the deposition or transcript containing the evidence, being shown to the witness.
(2) Proof of the making of a statement or of the giving of the evidence referred to in subsection (1) shall not be given for the purpose of contradicting the witness unless the attention of the witness has been directed towards those parts of the statement or evidence that are to be used to contradict him or her.
(3) Notwithstanding subsection (2), a court may at any time during the hearing of a proceeding direct that the writing containing a statement or the deposition or transcript containing the evidence referred to in subsection (1) be produced to the court, and the court may make any use in the proceeding of the writing, deposition or transcript that the court considers appropriate.