Evidence Regulation 2012

The Minister may approve forms for this regulation.

If the Minister approves a form for a particular purpose, the approved form must be used for that purpose.

Note For other provisions about forms, see the Legislation Act, s 255.

An approved form is a notifiable instrument.

Note A notifiable instrument must be notified under the Legislation Act.

Dictionary

(see s 3)

Note 1 The Legislation Act contains definitions and other provisions relevant to this regulation.

Note 2 For example, the Legislation Act, dict, pt 1, defines the following terms:

• document

• writing.

Note 3 Terms used in this regulation have the same meaning that they have in the Evidence Act 2011 (see Legislation Act, s 148). For example, the following terms are defined in the Evidence Act 2011, dict:

• civil proceeding

• coincidence evidence

• criminal proceeding

• document

• previous representation

• tendency evidence.

address includes a private, business or official address.

notice of coincidence evidence means a notice under the Act, section 98 (1).

notice of previous representation means a notice under the Act, section 67.

notice of tendency evidence means a notice under the Act, section 97 (1).

notifying party, in relation to a notice, means the party giving the notice.