Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 33

             (1)  Despite section 32, in any criminal proceeding, a police officer may give evidence in chief for the prosecution by reading or being led through a written statement previously made by the police officer.

             (2)  Evidence may not be so given unless:

                     (a)  the statement was made by the police officer at the time of or soon after the occurrence of the events to which it refers; and

                     (b)  the police officer signed the statement when it was made; and

                     (c)  a copy of the statement had been given to the person charged or to his or her Australian legal practitioner or legal counsel a reasonable time before the hearing of the evidence for the prosecution.

             (3)  A reference in this section to a police officer includes a reference to a person who, at the time the statement concerned was made, was a police officer.