EVIDENCE ACT 1958

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EVIDENCE ACT 1958 - NOTES

No. 6246 of 1958
Version incorporating amendments as at 17 December 2008

ENDNOTES

1. General Information
The Evidence Act 1958 was assented to on 30 September 1958 and came into operation on 1 April 1959: Government Gazette 18 March 1959 page 892.
2. Table of Amendments
This Version incorporates amendments made to the Evidence Act 1958 by Acts and subordinate instruments.
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Statute Law Revision Act 1959, No. 6505/1959
Assent Date:
5.5.59
Commencement Date:
1.4.59: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Amendment) Act 1959, No. 6540/1959
Assent Date:
29.9.59
Commencement Date:
29.9.59
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Social Welfare Act 1960, No. 6651/1960
Assent Date:
15.6.60
Commencement Date:
S. 58 on 11.7.60: Government Gazette 6.7.60 p. 2210
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Statute Law Revision Act 1960, No. 6716/1960
Assent Date:
21.12.60
Commencement Date:
1.4.59: s. 3
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Children) Act 1961, No. 6758/1961
Assent Date:
26.4.61
Commencement Date:
26.4.61
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Amendment) Act 1962, No. 6855/1962
Assent Date:
11.4.62
Commencement Date:
11.4.62
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Subordinate Legislation Act 1962, No. 6886/1962
Assent Date:
8.5.62
Commencement Date:
1.8.62: Government Gazette 4.7.62 p. 2314
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law (Further Revision) Act 1962, No. 6961/1962
Assent Date:
18.12.62
Commencement Date:
18.12.62: subject to s. 3
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Affidavits) Act 1963, No. 7039/1963
Assent Date:
12.11.63
Commencement Date:
12.11.63
Current State:
All of Act in operation

Public Lands and Works Act 1964, No. 7228/1964
Assent Date:
15.12.64
Commencement Date:
15.3.65: Government Gazette 11.3.65 p. 557
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Reproductions) Act 1965, No. 7324/1965
Assent Date:
7.12.65
Commencement Date:
1.3.66: Government Gazette 23.2.66 p. 652
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Amendment) Act 1965, No. 7366/1965
Endnotes
Assent Date:
21.12.65
Commencement Date:
21.12.65
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Medical Evidence) Act 1966, No. 7418/1966
Assent Date:
24.5.66
Commencement Date:
1.7.66: Government Gazette 22.6.66 p. 2205
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Foreign Tribunals) Act 1966, No. 7460/1966
Assent Date:
22.11.66
Commencement Date:
22.11.66
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Juries Act 1967, No. 7651/1967
Assent Date:
19.12.67
Commencement Date:
S. 2(1)(Sch. 1 Pt 2 item 4) on 1.1.69: Government Gazette 4.12.68 p. 3919
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Evidence (Attestations) Act 1968, No. 7660/1968
Assent Date:
26.3.68
Commencement Date:
26.3.68
Current State:
All of Act in operation 
Abolition of Bailiwicks Act 1968, No. 7703/1968
Assent Date:
15.10.68
Commencement Date:
1.1.69: Government Gazette 4.12.68 p. 3920
Current State:
All of Act in operation
County Court (Jurisdiction) Act 1968, No. 7705/1968
Assent Date:
15.10.68
Commencement Date:
1.1.69: Government Gazette 4.12.68 p. 3919
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Mines (Abolition of Courts) Act 1969, No. 7840/1969
Assent Date:
20.5.69
Commencement Date:
20.5.69
Current State:
All of Act in operation


Justices (Amendment) Act 1969, No. 7876/1969
Endnotes
Assent Date:
25.11.69
Commencement Date:
All of Act (except ss 3, 5, 6, 7(k)(m)-(o)) on 1.4.70; ss 3, 5, 6, 7(k)(m)-(o) on 1.7.70: Government Gazette 25.2.70 p. 463
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Bankers' Books) Act 1969, No. 7881/1969
Assent Date:
25.11.69
Commencement Date:
25.11.69
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Boards and Commissions) Act 1970, No. 7933/1970
Assent Date:
25.2.70
Commencement Date:
25.2.70
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Scientific Tests) Act 1970, No. 8003/1970
Assent Date:
17.11.70
Commencement Date:
1.3.71: Government Gazette 17.2.71 p. 389
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Registration of Commissioners) Act 1971, No. 8139/1971
Assent Date:
4.5.71
Commencement Date:
1.12.72: Government Gazette 1.3.72 p. 501
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1971, No. 8181/1971
Assent Date:
23.11.71
Commencement Date:
23.11.71
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Boards and Commissions) Act 1971, No. 8190/1971
Assent Date:
30.11.71
Commencement Date:
30.11.71
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Documents) Act 1971, No. 8228/1971
Assent Date:
14.12.71
Commencement Date:
14.12.71
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence Act 1972, No. 8327/1972
Assent Date:
28.11.72
Commencement Date:
1.3.74: Government Gazette 13.2.74 p. 377
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Companies (Interstate Corporate Affairs Commission) Act 1974, No. 8565/1974
Assent Date:
14.5.74
Commencement Date:
1.7.74: Government Gazette 29.5.74 p. 1869
Current State:
All of Act in operation


Courts Administration Act 1975, No. 8752/1975
Endnotes
Assent Date:
18.11.75
Commencement Date:
1.12.75: Government Gazette 26.11.75 p. 3888
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Companies Act 1975, No. 8787/1975
Assent Date:
2.12.75
Commencement Date:
All of Act (except s. 28) on 1.3.76; s. 28 on 24.2.76: Government Gazette 24.2.76 p. 575
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Rape Offences (Proceedings) Act 1976, No. 8950/1976
Assent Date:
14.12.76
Commencement Date:
1.7.77: Government Gazette 22.6.77 p. 1712
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1977, No. 9019/1977
Assent Date:
17.5.77
Commencement Date:
17.5.77: subject to s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Commissioners and Justices Act 1977, No. 9042/1977
Assent Date:
22.11.77
Commencement Date:
1.1.78: s. 1(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1977, No. 9059/1977
Assent Date:
29.11.77
Commencement Date:
29.11.77: subject to s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Amendment) Act 1978, No. 9156/1978
Assent Date:
30.5.78
Commencement Date:
16.9.79: Government Gazette 5.9.79 p. 2791
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Crimes (Competence and Compellability of Spouse Witnesses) Act 1978, No. 9230/1978
Assent Date:
19.12.78
Commencement Date:
1.7.79: Government Gazette 4.4.79 p. 901
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Imperial Law Re-enactment Act 1980, No. 9407/1980
Assent Date:
20.5.80
Commencement Date:
2.7.80: Government Gazette 2.7.80 p. 2257
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1980, No. 9427/1980
Assent Date:
27.5.80
Commencement Date:
27.5.80: see s. 6(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation


Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 1980, No. 9509/1980
Endnotes
Assent Date:
23.12.80
Commencement Date:
1.3.81: Government Gazette 4.2.81 p. 338
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Penalties and Sentences Act 1981, No. 9554/1981
Assent Date:
19.5.81
Commencement Date:
S. 2(2)(Sch. 2 items 66-69) on 1.9.81: Government Gazette 26.8.81 p. 2700
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Crimes (Classification of Offences) Act 1981, No. 9576/1981
Assent Date:
26.5.81
Commencement Date:
1.9.81: Government Gazette 26.8.81 p. 2799
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Companies (Administration) Act 1981, No. 9698/1981
Assent Date:
5.1.82
Commencement Date:
Ss 1, 2, 15 on 5.1.82; rest of Act on 1.7.82: Government Gazette 30.6.82 p. 2108
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Companies (Consequential Amendments) Act 1981, No. 9699/1981
Assent Date:
5.1.82
Commencement Date:
Ss 9, 14, 18 on 1.7.81: s. 2(2); s. 19 on 1.10.81: s. 2(3); s. 22 on 5.1.82: s. 2(4); rest of Act on 1.7.82: s. 2(1)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Associations Incorporation Act 1981, No. 9713/1981
Assent Date:
5.1.82
Commencement Date:
1.7.83: Government Gazette 25.5.83 p. 1238
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1983, No. 9902/1983
Assent Date:
15.6.83
Commencement Date:
15.6.83: subject to s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Penalties and Sentences (Amendment) Act 1983, No. 9945/1983
Assent Date:
20.9.83
Commencement Date:
S. 2 on 1.9.83: s. 1(14); s. 8 never proclaimed, repealed by No. 10096; rest of Act on 20.12.83: Government Gazette 14.12.83 p. 4035
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Evidence (Amendment) Act 1984, No. 10074/1984
Assent Date:
15.5.84
Commencement Date:
1.7.84: Government Gazette 27.6.84 p. 2120
Current State:
All of Act in operation


Crimes (General Amendment) Act 1984, No. 10084/1984
Endnotes
Assent Date:
22.5.84
Commencement Date:
1.7.84: Government Gazette 27.6.84 p. 2119
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Statute Law Revision Act 1984, No. 10087/1984
Assent Date:
22.5.84
Commencement Date:
22.5.84: subject to s. 3(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Accident Compensation Act 1985, No. 10191/1985
Assent Date:
30.7.85
Commencement Date:
S. 276(Sch. 2) on 31.8.85 (at 4 p.m.): Government Gazette 30.8.85 p. 3401
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Evidence (Amendment) Act 1985, No. 10231/1985
Assent Date:
10.12.85
Commencement Date:
1.2.86: Government Gazette 22.1.86 p. 144
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Coroners Act 1985, No. 10257/1985
Assent Date:
10.12.85
Commencement Date:
Ss 1-3, Pt 9 on 12.2.86: Government Gazette 12.2.86 p. 382; rest of Act on 1.6.86: Government Gazette 30.4.86 p. 1115
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Courts Amendment Act 1986, No. 16/1986
Assent Date:
22.4.86
Commencement Date:
S. 30(Sch.) on 1.7.86: Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2180
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Crimes (Amendment) Act 1986, No. 37/1986
Assent Date:
20.5.86
Commencement Date:
1.7.86: Government Gazette 25.6.86 p. 2239
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Crimes (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1986, No. 101/1986
Assent Date:
16.12.86
Commencement Date:
1.8.87: Government Gazette 22.7.87 p. 1924
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Supreme Court Act 1986, No. 110/1986
Assent Date:
16.12.86
Commencement Date:
1.1.87: s. 2
Current State:
All of Act in operation


Corrections Act 1986, No. 117/1986
Assent Date:
23.12.86
Commencement Date:
S. 6(Sch. 1 item 1(11)) on 1.3.88: Government Gazette 24.2.88 p. 363
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Road Safety Act 1986, No. 127/1986
Assent Date:
23.12.86
Commencement Date:
Sch. 4 item 9 on 1.3.87: Government Gazette 25.2.87 p. 445
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Evidence (Neighbourhood Mediation Centres) Act 1987, No. 42/1987
Endnotes
Assent Date:
19.5.87
Commencement Date:
2.9.87: Government Gazette 2.9.87 p. 2328
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Accident Compensation (Amendment) Act 1987, No. 83/1987
Assent Date:
1.12.87
Commencement Date:
S. 6(2) on 30.7.85: s. 2(2); s. 45(1) on 1.1.88: s. 2(3); rest of Act on 1.12.87: s. 2(1)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Courts (Amendment) Act 1987, No. 85/1987
Assent Date:
1.12.87
Commencement Date:
S. 6 on 1.12.87: s. 2(2); rest of Act on 13.1.88: Government Gazette 13.1.88 p. 35
Current State:
All of Act in operation
State Bank Act 1988, No. 29/1988
Assent Date:
17.5.88
Commencement Date:
9.6.88: Government Gazette 8.6.88 p. 1582
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Local Government (Consequential Provisions) Act 1989, No. 12/1989
Assent Date:
9.5.89
Commencement Date:
Sch. 2 items 41.1-41.5 on 1.11.89: Government Gazette 1.11.89 p. 2798
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
County Court (Amendment) Act 1989, No. 19/1989
Assent Date:
16.5.89
Commencement Date:
1.8.89: Government Gazette 26.7.89 p. 1858
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Magistrates' Court Act 1989, No. 51/1989 (as amended by No. 34/1990)
Assent Date:
14.6.89
Commencement Date:
S. 144(2) on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2216
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958

Magistrates' Court (Consequential Amendments) Act 1989, No. 57/1989
Assent Date:
14.6.89
Commencement Date:
S. 4(1)(a)-(e)(2) on 1.9.89: Government Gazette 30.8.89 p. 2210; rest of Act on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2217
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Courts (Children's and Magistrates') Act 1990, No. 34/1990
Assent Date:
13.6.90
Commencement Date:
S. 6 on 1.9.90: Government Gazette 25.7.90 p. 2216
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Evidence (Amendment) Act 1990, No. 57/1990
Assent Date:
13.11.90
Commencement Date:
Ss 8-10 on 12.12.90: Special Gazette (No. 63) 11.12.90 p. 1; rest of Act on 1.6.91: Government Gazette 29.5.91 p. 1386
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Courts (Amendment) Act 1990, No. 64/1990
Assent Date:
20.11.90
Commencement Date:
S. 17 on 1.1.91: Government Gazette 19.12.90 p. 3750
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
State Bank (Succession of Commonwealth Bank) Act 1990, No. 94/1990
Assent Date:
18.12.90
Commencement Date:
S. 40(5) on 1.1.91: Special Gazette (No. 73) 31.12.90 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 1991, No. 8/1991 (as amended by No. 81/1991)
Assent Date:
16.4.91
Commencement Date:
Ss 7, 8, 10 on 5.8.91: Government Gazette 5.8.91 p. 2026; s. 11(1A) on 1.2.92: Government Gazette 22.1.92 p. 114; ss 11(1)(2) on 20.12.94: Government Gazette 15.12.94 p. 3308; s. 9 on 1.7.98
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Local Government (Rating) Act 1991, No. 78/1991 (as amended by No. 22/1992)
Assent Date:
3.12.91
Commencement Date:
S. 26 on 1.11.89: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Crimes (Rape) Act 1991, No. 81/1991
Assent Date:
3.12.91
Commencement Date:
S. 4 on 1.1.92: Government Gazette 18.12.91 p. 3486; s. 5 on 1.2.92: Government Gazette 22.1.92 p. 114
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958

Evidence (Unsworn Evidence) Act 1993, No. 12/1993
Assent Date:
11.5.93
Commencement Date:
11.5.93
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Crimes (Criminal Trials) Act 1993, No. 60/1993
Assent Date:
8.6.93
Commencement Date:
Ss 24, 25 on 1.7.93: Government Gazette 1.7.93 p. 1735
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Evidence (Proof of Offences) Act 1993, No. 74/1993
Assent Date:
26.10.93
Commencement Date:
Ss 1, 2 on 26.10.93: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.1.94: s. 2(2)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Local Government (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1993, No. 125/1993
Assent Date:
7.12.93
Commencement Date:
S. 20(4) on 7.12.93: s. 2(4)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Medical Practice Act 1994, No. 23/1994
Assent Date:
17.5.94
Commencement Date:
Ss 1, 2 on 17.5.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.7.94: Government Gazette 23.6.94 p. 1672
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Financial Management (Consequential Amendments) Act 1994, No. 31/1994
Assent Date:
31.5.94
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. 1 item 25) on 7.7.94: Government Gazette 7.7.94 p. 1878-see Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Magistrates' Court (Amendment) Act 1994, No. 33/1994
Endnotes
Assent Date:
31.5.94
Commencement Date:
S. 17(2) on 24.10.94: Government Gazette 20.10.94 p. 2789
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Public Prosecutions Act 1994, No. 43/1994
Assent Date:
7.6.94
Commencement Date:
Pt 1 (ss 1-3) on 7.6.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 1.7.94: s. 2(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation


Transport Accident (General Amendment) Act 1994, No. 84/1994
Assent Date:
29.11.94
Commencement Date:
S. 62 on 18.12.94: Special Gazette (No. 96) 13.12.94 pp 1, 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Prostitution Control Act 1994, No. 102/1994
Assent Date:
13.12.94
Commencement Date:
Ss 1, 2 on 13.12.94: s. 2(1); rest of Act on 13.6.95: s. 2(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Legal Aid Commission (Amendment) Act 1995, No. 48/1995
Assent Date:
14.6.95
Commencement Date:
S. 11(4) on 14.12.95: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Miscellaneous Acts (Omnibus Amendments) Act 1995, No. 100/1995
Assent Date:
5.12.95
Commencement Date:
Ss 22, 23 on 5.12.95: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Legal Practice Act 1996, No. 35/1996
Assent Date:
6.11.96
Commencement Date:
S. 453(Sch. 1 item 29) on 1.1.97: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Evidence (Audio Visual and Audio Linking) Act 1997, No. 4/1997
Assent Date:
22.4.97
Commencement Date:
Ss 3, 4 on 22.12.97: Government Gazette 18.12.97 p. 3612
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Veterinary Practice Act 1997, No. 58/1997
Endnotes
Assent Date:
28.10.97
Commencement Date:
S. 96(Sch. item 4) on 17.3.98: Government Gazette 12.3.98 p. 520
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Crimes (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 81/1997
Assent Date:
2.12.97
Commencement Date:
Ss 9-11 on 1.1.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958


Legal Practice (Amendment) Act 1997, No. 102/1997
Assent Date:
16.12.97
Commencement Date:
S. 49(Sch. item 2) on 16.12.97: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Confiscation Act 1997, No. 108/1997
Assent Date:
23.12.97
Commencement Date:
S. 153 on 1.7.98: Government Gazette 18.6.98 p. 1512
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Evidence (Confidential Communications) Act 1998, No. 21/1998
Assent Date:
5.5.98
Commencement Date:
Ss 1-3 on 5.5.98: s. 2(1); ss 4, 5 on 1.9.98: s. 2(3)
Current State:
All of Act in operation
Public Sector Reform (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 1998, No. 46/1998
Assent Date:
26.5.98
Commencement Date:
S. 7(Sch. 1) on 1.7.98: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Crimes, Confiscation and Evidence Acts (Amendment) Act 1998, No. 80/1998
Assent Date:
13.11.98
Commencement Date:
Pt 4 (s. 6) on 20.10.98: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Magistrates' Court (Amendment) Act 1999, No. 10/1999
Assent Date:
11.5.99
Commencement Date:
S. 8(6) on 1.7.99: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Crimes (Criminal Trials) Act 1999, No. 35/1999
Assent Date:
8.6.99
Commencement Date:
S. 35 on 1.9.99: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Surveillance Devices Act 1999, No. 21/1999
Assent Date:
18.5.99
Commencement Date:
S. 40 on 1.1.00: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Dental Practice Act 1999, No. 26/1999
Assent Date:
1.6.99
Commencement Date:
S. 107(Sch. item 3) on 1.7.00: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958

Courts and Tribunals Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2000, No. 78/2000
Assent Date:
28.11.00
Commencement Date:
S. 5 on 28.11.00: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Magistrates' Court (Committal Proceedings) Act 2000, No. 92/2000
Assent Date:
5.12.00
Commencement Date:
Ss 13, 14 on 1.7.01: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Statute Law Amendment (Authorised Deposit-taking Institutions) Act 2001, No. 11/2001
Assent Date:
8.5.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 25) on 1.6.01: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001, No. 44/2001
Assent Date:
27.6.01
Commencement Date:
S. 3(Sch. item 40) on 15.7.01: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Corrections (Custody) Act 2001, No. 45/2001
Assent Date:
27.6.01
Commencement Date:
S. 41 on 1.3.02: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Public Notaries Act 2001, No. 52/2001
Assent Date:
25.9.01
Commencement Date:
S. 13(2) on 6.6.02: Government Gazette 30.5.02 p. 1118
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Justice Legislation (Sexual Offences and Bail) Act 2004, No. 20/2004
Assent Date:
18.5.04
Commencement Date:
S. 8 on 19.5.04: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Evidence (Witness Identity Protection) Act 2004, No. 60/2004 (as amended by No. 18/2005)
Assent Date:
12.10.04
Commencement Date:
Ss 3-5 on 1.7.06: Government Gazette 29.6.06 p. 1314
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958

Children and Young Persons (Age Jurisdiction) Act 2004, No. 72/2004
Assent Date:
9.11.04
Commencement Date:
Ss 41, 42 on 1.7.05: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Public Administration Act 2004, No. 108/2004
Assent Date:
21.12.04
Commencement Date:
S. 117(1)(Sch. 3 item 72) on 5.4.05: Government Gazette 31.3.05 p. 602
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Sentencing (Further Amendment) Act 2005, No. 15/2005
Assent Date:
10.5.05
Commencement Date:
Ss 9, 10 on 11.5.05: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Legal Profession (Consequential Amendments) Act 2005, No. 18/2005
Assent Date:
24.5.05
Commencement Date:
S. 18(Sch. 1 item 40) on 12.12.05: Government Gazette 1.12.05 p. 2781
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Defamation Act 2005, No. 75/2005
Assent Date:
2.11.05
Commencement Date:
S. 49(Sch. 4 item 1) on 1.1.06: s. 2
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Health Professions Registration Act 2005, No. 97/2005
Assent Date:
7.12.05
Commencement Date:
S. 182(Sch. 4 item 19) on 1.7.07: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 2006, No. 2/2006 (as amended by No. 76/2006)
Assent Date:
7.3.06
Commencement Date:
S. 35 on 22.8.06: Special Gazette (No. 214) 22.8.06 p. 1; ss 24-34, 36-38A on 1.12.06: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Amendments) Act 2006, No. 14/2006
Assent Date:
11.4.06
Commencement Date:
Ss 16, 17 on 12.4.06: s. 2(1)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958

Children, Youth and Families (Consequential and Other Amendments) Act 2006, No. 48/2006
Assent Date:
15.8.06
Commencement Date:
S. 42(Sch. item 13) on 23.4.07: s. 2(3)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Evidence (Document Unavailability) Act 2006, No. 53/2006
Assent Date:
15.8.06
Commencement Date:
Ss 3-5 on 1.9.06: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Crimes (Sexual Offences) (Further Amendment) Act 2006, No. 76/2006
Assent Date:
10.10.06
Commencement Date:
Ss 5-8 immediately after s. 38 of the Crimes (Sexual Offences) Act 2006 i.e. 1.12.06: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Justice Legislation Amendment (Sex Offences Procedure) Act 2008, No. 18/2008
Assent Date:
13.5.08
Commencement Date:
Ss 9-13 on 1.7.08: s. 2(2)
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Courts Legislation Amendment (Associate Judges) Act 2008, No. 24/2008
Assent Date:
3.6.08
Commencement Date:
S. 78 on 17.12.08: Special Gazette (No. 377) 16.12.08 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
Family Violence Protection Act 2008, No. 52/2008
Assent Date:
23.9.08
Commencement Date:
Ss 243, 244 on 8.12.08: Special Gazette (No. 339) 4.12.08 p. 1
Current State:
This information relates only to the provision/s amending the Evidence Act 1958
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3. Explanatory Details

1 Pt 1 Div. 1C: Section 7 of the Evidence (Amendment) Act 1990, No. 57/1990 reads as follows:
	7.	Repeals
	(1)	The following Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom are repealed in so far as they are part of the law of Victoria:
The Foreign Tribunals Evidence Act 1856
The Evidence by Commission Act 1859
The Evidence by Commission Act 1885
	(2)	Nothing in this section affects-
	(a)	any application to any court or judge which is pending at the commencement of this Act;
	(b)	any certificate given for the purposes of such an application;
	(c)	any power to make an order on such an application; or
	(d)	the operation or enforcement of any order made on such an application.

2 S. 12: Sections 11, 12 of the Evidence (Audio Visual and Audio Linking) Act 1997, No. 4/1997 read as follows:
	11.	Construction of references to bringing person before court
A reference in any Act or in any subordinate instrument within the meaning of the Interpretation of Legislation Act 1984 to a person appearing before, or being brought before, a court includes a reference to a person appearing before, or being brought to a place where facilities exist to enable a person to appear before, the court by audio or audio visual link within the meaning of Part IIA of the Evidence Act 1958 in accordance with Division 2 or 3 of that Part.
	12.	Transitional provisions
	(1)	An amendment made by a provision of this Act to the Evidence Act 1958, the Supreme Court Act 1986, the County Court Act 1958, the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 or the Children and Young Persons Act 1989 applies to a proceeding that is commenced to be heard on or after the twenty-first day after the commencement of that amendment, irrespective of when the proceeding was commenced or when any offence to which the proceeding relates is alleged to have been committed.
	(2)	For the purposes of subsection (1) in its application to criminal proceedings-
	(a)	a trial is commenced to be heard on arraignment of the accused person; and
	(b)	a hearing of a charge for an offence is commenced to be heard on the taking of a formal plea from the accused person.

3 S. 15: See section 30.
4 S. 18: See note 3.
5 Pt 1 Div. 8: Section 9 of the Evidence (Amendment) Act 1990, No. 57/1990 reads as follows:
	9.	Transitional
	(1)	An organisation that, immediately before the commencement of this section, was a neighbourhood mediation centre within the meaning of Division 8 of Part I of the Principal Act is deemed to be a dispute settlement centre and to be the same body after as before that commencement.
	(2)	A person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, was a neighbourhood mediator within the meaning of Division 8 of Part I of the Principal Act is deemed, on that commencement, to be a mediator within the meaning of that Division as amended by this Act.
	(3)	An Order or notice made or given under Division 8 of Part I of the Principal Act in force immediately before the commencement of this section may be amended or revoked by an Order or notice made or given under that Division after that commencement.

6 S. 25: Section 7 of the Evidence (Unsworn Evidence) Act 1993, No. 12/1993 reads as follows:
	7.	Transitional
	(1)	The amendments made by this Act to the Evidence Act 1958, the Crimes Act 1958 and the Magistrates' Court Act 1989 apply to the trial or hearing of a charge for an offence that commences on or after the commencement of this Act, irrespective of when the offence was committed or alleged to have been committed.
	(2)	For the purposes of subsection (1)-
	(a)	a trial commences on arraignment of the accused;
	(b)	a hearing of a charge for an offence commences on the taking of a formal plea from the accused.

7 S. 26: See section 399 of the Crimes Act 1958.
8 Pt 2A: See note 2.

9 S. 42J: Examples of proceedings, apart from the trial or hearing of the charge, to which Division 3 applies are proceedings with respect to bail or the remand of the accused person in custody, committal proceedings, directions hearings under section 5 of the Crimes (Criminal Trials) Act 1999, proceedings under the Confiscation Act 1997 and proceedings under Division 1 or 2 of Part 4 of the Sentencing Act 1991.
10 S. 79(1): See section 150 of the Evidence Act 1995 of the Commonwealth.
As to signatures of members or the Secretary of the Adult Parole Board or officers, see the Corrections Act 1986, sections 68(1) and 106.
As to the signatures of the Mayor or Chief Executive Officer of any council under the Health Act 1958, see section 442 of that Act.
As to signatures of the Minister, Secretary or authorized officer under the Labour and Industry Act 1958, see section 191(4) of that Act.

11 S. 89: See section 18 of the Magistrates' Court Act 1989.
12 S. 126: See section 103.
13 Schedule 2: See note 2.
14 Schedule 3: The method of affixing the seal and of attesting thereto differs according as the by-law is a by-law of (i) a municipal corporation; (ii) any other corporation. See section 84.

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