RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 132
Admissibility of evidence of train safety recordings in civil proceedings
RAIL SAFETY NATIONAL LAW (NSW) - SECT 132
Admissibility of evidence of train safety recordings in civil proceedings
132 Admissibility of evidence of train safety recordings in civil proceedings
(1) A train safety recording is not admissible in evidence in any civil
proceedings against a rail safety worker.
(2) A party to civil proceedings
may, at any time before the determination of the proceedings, apply to the
court in which the proceedings have been instituted for an order that a train
safety recording, or part of a train safety recording, be admissible in
evidence in the proceedings.
(3) If an application is made to a court under
subsection (2), the court must--
(a) examine the train safety recording; and
(b) if satisfied that--
(i) a material question of fact in the proceedings
will not be able to be properly determined from other evidence available to
the court; and
(ii) the train safety recording, or a part of the train safety
recording, if admitted in evidence in the proceedings, will assist in the
proper determination of that material question of fact; and
(iii) in the
circumstances of the case, the public interest in the proper determination of
that material question of fact outweighs the public interest in protecting the
privacy of rail safety workers,
the court may order that the train safety
recording, or that part of the train safety recording, be admissible in
evidence in the proceedings.
(4) If the court makes an order referred to in
subsection (3), the train safety recording is (despite subsection (1))
admissible in evidence in the proceedings.
Note : Part 6 of the
Transport Safety Investigation Act 2003 of the Commonwealth provides for
limitations on the disclosure and use of train safety recordings in court
proceedings.