Legislation to note: Evidence Amendment Bill 2008 (Cth)
Wed May 28 2008Attorney-General Robert McClelland�has introduced the Evidence Amendment Bill 2008�(Cth). The object of the Bill, as provided by the explanatory memorandum, is to amend the Evidence Act 1995 to implement the majority of the recommendations made by the Australian Law Reform Commission, New South Wales Law Reform Commission and the Victorian Law Reform Commission in their inquiry into the operation of the uniform Evidence Acts. The report, entitled Uniform Evidence Law, was released on 8 February 2006.
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28 May 2008