Exception—electronic communications

In force

The hearsay rule does not apply to a representation contained in a document recording an electronic communication so far as the representation is a representation as to—

(a)

the identity of the person from whom or on whose behalf the communication was sent; or

(b)

the date or time when the communication was sent; or

(c)

the communication’s destination or the identity of the person to whom the communication was addressed.

Note 1

Div 4.3.3 contains presumptions about electronic communications.

Note 2

The Commonwealth Act, s 182 gives the Commonwealth Act, s 71 a wider application in relation to Commonwealth records.

Note 3

Electronic communication—see the dictionary.

This Act’s bill:Explanatory statement Second reading speech

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71 Exception—electronic communications