Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1995 - SECT 71

                   The hearsay rule does not apply to a representation contained in a document recording an electronic communication so far as the representation is a representation as to:

                     (a)  the identity of the person from whom or on whose behalf the communication was sent; or

                     (b)  the date on which or the time at which the communication was sent; or

                     (c)  the destination of the communication or the identity of the person to whom the communication was addressed.

Note 1:       Division 3 of Part 4.3 contains presumptions about electronic communications.

Note 2:       Section 182 gives this section a wider application in relation to Commonwealth records.

Note 3:       Electronic communication is defined in the Dictionary.