HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1988 - SECT 260 Evidence
HEALTH SERVICES ACT 1988 - SECT 260
Evidence(1) This section applies if—
(a) property or rights of a transferring agency vest in a receiving agency under section 253 or 254; or
(b) liabilities of a transferring agency become the liabilities of a receiving agency under section 253 or 254.
(2) Documentary or other evidence that would have been admissible for or against the interests of a transferring agency if the relevant Order had not been made under section 248, is admissible for or against the interests of the receiving agency.
S. 260(3) amended by No. 69/2009 s. 54(Sch. Pt 1 item 30.4).
(3) The Evidence Act 2008 applies with respect to the books of account of a transferring agency and to entries made in those books of account before the effective date of the relevant Order under section 248, whether or not they relate to the property, rights or liabilities, as if those books of account and entries were business records.
S. 260(4) repealed by No. 69/2009 s. 54(Sch. Pt 1 item 30.5).
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S. 261 inserted by No. 52/2004 s. 51.