EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 193 Additional powers

EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 193

  (1)   The powers of a court in relation to:

  (a)   the discovery or inspection of documents; and

  (b)   ordering disclosure and exchange of evidence, intended evidence, documents and reports;

extend to enabling the court to make such orders as the court thinks fit (including orders about methods of inspection, adjournments and costs) to ensure that the parties to a proceeding can adequately, and in an appropriate manner, inspect documents of the kind referred to in paragraph   ( b) or (c) of the definition of document in the Dictionary.

  (2)   The power of a person or body to make rules of court extends to making rules, not inconsistent with this Act or the regulations, prescribing matters:

  (a)   required or permitted by this Act to be prescribed; or

  (b)   necessary or convenient to be prescribed for carrying out or giving effect to this Act.

  (3)   Without limiting subsection   ( 2), rules made under that subsection may provide for the discovery, exchange, inspection or disclosure of intended evidence, documents and reports of persons intended to be called by a party to give evidence in a proceeding.

  (4)   Without limiting subsection   ( 2), rules made under that subsection may provide for the exclusion of evidence, or for its admission on specified terms, if the rules are not complied with.