EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 49 Proof of standard rules, codes and specifications

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 49

49 Proof of standard rules, codes and specifications

If an Act or statutory instrument adopts by way of reference, wholly or in part, any of the standard rules, codes or specifications of the bodies known as the Standards Association of Australia, Standards Australia, the British Standards Institution or other body expressly or impliedly identified in the Act , evidence of any such standard rule, code or specification may be given—

(a) by the production of a document purporting to be a copy of it and purporting to be published by or on behalf of the Standards Association of Australia, Standards Australia, the British Standards Institution or other body concerned; or

(b) by the production of a document purporting to be a copy of it and purporting to be printed by the government printer or by the authority of the Government of the State.