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EVIDENCE ACT 2001 - SECT 131A Application of Division to preliminary proceedings of courts

EVIDENCE ACT 2001 - SECT 131A

Division 4 - General Application of Division to preliminary proceedings of courts

(1)  If –
(a) a person is required by a disclosure requirement to give information, or to produce a document, which would result in the disclosure of a communication, a document or its contents or other information of a kind referred to in Division 1 , 1A or 3 or section 127A or 127B ; and
(b) the person objects to giving that information or providing that document –
the court must determine the objection by applying the provisions of this part (other than sections 123 and 128 ) with any necessary modifications as if the objection to giving information or producing the document were an objection to the giving or adducing of evidence.
(2)  In this section –
disclosure requirement means a process or order of a court that requires the disclosure of information or a document and includes the following:
(a) a summons or subpoena to produce documents or give evidence;
(b) pre-trial discovery;
(c) non-party discovery;
(d) interrogatories;
(e) a notice to produce;
(f) a request to produce a document under Division 1 of Part 6 of Chapter 4 .