EVIDENCE ACT 2001 - SECT 191 Agreements as to facts
EVIDENCE ACT 2001 - SECT 191
Agreements as to facts
(1) In this section,agreed fact means a fact that the parties to a proceeding have agreed is not, for the purpose of the proceeding, to be disputed.(2) In a proceeding unless the court gives leave.(a) evidence is not required to prove the existence of an agreed fact; and(b) evidence may not be adduced to contradict or qualify an agreed fact (3) Subsection (2) does not apply unless the agreed fact (a) is stated in an agreement in writing signed by the parties or by Australian legal practitioners, legal counsel or prosecutors representing the parties and adduced in evidence in the proceeding; or(b) with the leave of the court, is stated by a party before the court with the agreement of all other parties.