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Evidence Act 2006

Evidence from overseas or to be used overseas - Proceedings in Australia and New Zealand - Audio links and audiovisual links in Australian proceedings

180: Assistance to Australian court

You could also call this:

"Helping an Australian court from New Zealand"

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If an Australian court asks, an officer of a New Zealand court can help. You can think of a court officer like a person who assists the judge in a court. The officer can go to a place in New Zealand where someone is giving evidence, being examined, or making submissions to the Australian court by audio link or audiovisual link. The officer can do what the Australian court tells them to make the court process work smoothly. The officer can also help the Australian court when someone needs to take an oath or make an affirmation, which is a promise to tell the truth.

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Part 4Evidence from overseas or to be used overseas
Proceedings in Australia and New Zealand: Audio links and audiovisual links in Australian proceedings

180Assistance to Australian court

  1. An officer of a New Zealand court may, at the request of an Australian court,—

  2. attend at the place in New Zealand where evidence is being or will be given, an examination is being or will be made, or submissions are being or will be made by audio link or audiovisual link in a proceeding before the Australian court; and
    1. take any action that the Australian court directs to facilitate the proceeding; and
      1. assist with the administering by the Australian court of an oath or affirmation.

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        Notes
        • Section 180(a): amended, on , by section 10(1) of the Trans-Tasman Proceedings Act 2010 (2010 No 108).