Definitions—pt 2.8
600 Definitions—pt 2.8
In this part:
discoverable document means a document that is discoverable under rule 605 (Discoverable documents).
document—see the Evidence Act, dictionary, part 1 and part 2, section 8.
Document is defined in the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1 as any record of information, and includes—
anything on which there is writing; or
anything on which there are figures, marks, numbers, perforations, symbols or anything else having a meaning for people qualified to interpret them; or
anything from which images, sounds, messages or writings can be produced or reproduced, whether with or without the aid of anything else; or
a drawing, map, photograph or plan.
The Evidence Act, dict, pt 2, s 8 extends the meaning of document as follows:
‘A reference in this Act to a document includes a reference to the following:
any part of the document;
any copy, reproduction or duplicate of the document or of any part of the document;
any part of the copy, reproduction or duplicate.’.
government means—
the Commonwealth, a State or Territory; or
a Minister, department or agency of the Commonwealth, a State or Territory; or
the government of a foreign country.
list of documents means a list of documents under rule 608 (List of discoverable and privileged documents etc).
privileged from production—see rule 601.
respondent, in relation to a notice for non-party production, means the person to whom the notice is directed.
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