COURT PROCEDURES AMENDMENT RULES 2011 (NO 4) (NO 34 OF 2011) - REG 4 Rule 600, definition of document

COURT PROCEDURES AMENDMENT RULES 2011 (NO 4) (NO 34 OF 2011) - REG 4

substitute

"document"—see the Evidence Act, dictionary, part 1 and part 2, section 8.

Note     Document is defined in the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1 as any record of information, and includes—

        (a)     anything on which there is writing; or

        (b)     anything on which there are figures, marks, numbers, perforations, symbols or anything else having a meaning for people qualified to interpret them; or

        (c)     anything from which images, sounds, messages or writings can be produced or reproduced, whether with or without the aid of anything else; or

        (d)     a drawing, map, photograph or plan.

The Evidence Act, dict, pt 2, s 8 extends the meaning of document as follows:

‘A reference in this Act to a document includes a reference to the following:

        (a)     any part of the document;

        (b)     any copy, reproduction or duplicate of the document or of any part of the document;

        (c)     any part of the copy, reproduction or duplicate.'.