6Purpose

1. The purpose of this Act is to help secure the just determination of proceedings by—

2. providing for facts to be established by the application of logical rules; and
3. providing rules of evidence that recognise the importance of the rights affirmed by the New Zealand Bill of Rights Act 1990; and
4. promoting fairness to parties and witnesses; and
5. protecting rights of confidentiality and other important public interests; and
6. avoiding unjustifiable expense and delay; and
7. enhancing access to the law of evidence.