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Sports Tribunal Act 2006

Sports Tribunal of New Zealand - Jurisdiction and procedure

40: Evidence in proceedings before Tribunal

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"What evidence the Sports Tribunal can use to make a decision"

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When you are in a proceeding before the Sports Tribunal of New Zealand, the Tribunal can consider any information that helps them make a decision. The Tribunal can decide what evidence to accept, even if it would not be allowed in a regular court. They can also ask people to swear an oath to tell the truth.

The Tribunal can ask you to give evidence in person, or they can let you provide a written statement and then ask you to confirm it's true by oath. If you do give a written statement, the Tribunal might ask you to verify it by oath. This means you would promise that what you wrote is true.

The Tribunal generally follows the same rules as a court when it comes to evidence, as outlined in the Evidence Act 2006. This means that the Tribunal uses the same guidelines as a court to decide what evidence is allowed. The Tribunal uses these rules to help them make fair decisions.

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Jurisdiction and procedure

40Evidence in proceedings before Tribunal

  1. The Tribunal may receive as evidence any statement, document, information, or matter that may in its opinion assist it to deal effectively with the matters before it, whether or not the same would be admissible in a court of law.

  2. The Tribunal may take evidence on oath, and for that purpose any member or officer of the Tribunal may administer an oath.

  3. The Tribunal may permit a person appearing as a witness before it to give evidence by tendering a written statement and, if the Tribunal thinks fit, verifying it by oath.

  4. Subject to subsections (1) to (3), the Evidence Act 2006 applies to the Tribunal in the same manner as if the Tribunal were a court within the meaning of that Act.

Notes
  • Section 40(4): amended, on , by section 69 of the Integrity Sport and Recreation Act 2023 (2023 No 48).