Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

FOREIGN EVIDENCE ACT 1994 - SECT 20

             (1)  This Part applies to a proceeding, in any Australian court, that is:

                     (a)  a criminal proceeding for an offence against the law of the Commonwealth; or

                     (b)  a related civil proceeding; or

                     (c)  a proceeding under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in relation to a designated offence.

             (2)  This Part also applies to a proceeding, in any court of a State or Territory specified in the regulations, that is:

                     (a)  a criminal proceeding for an offence against the law of that State or Territory; or

                     (b)  a related civil proceeding of a kind specified in the regulations in respect of that State or Territory.