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Evidence Act 2006

Trial process - Documentary evidence and evidence produced by machine, device, or technical process - Special rules relating to public documents admissible under Australian law

149: Evidence of other public documents

You could also call this:

"Using Australian public documents as evidence in New Zealand"

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If you have a copy of a public document from Australia, you can use it as evidence in New Zealand. This is allowed if the copy is proved to be correct or it appears to be signed and certified as correct by the person in charge of the original document. The person in charge must also confirm they have the original document.

You can find more information about this by looking at the related law from 1990. This law helps you understand what documents can be used as evidence. It is based on the rules for public documents in Australia.

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Documentary evidence and evidence produced by machine, device, or technical process: Special rules relating to public documents admissible under Australian law

149Evidence of other public documents

  1. A copy of, or an extract from, an Australian document that is, by reason of its public nature, admissible in evidence in Australia merely on its production from the proper custody, is admissible in evidence if—

  2. the copy or extract is proved to be an examined copy or extract; or
    1. the copy or extract appears to be signed or certified as a true copy or extract by the person who has custody of the document and that person also certifies that he or she has custody of it.

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