Agreements as to facts
191 Agreements as to facts
In this section:
agreed fact means a fact that the parties to a proceeding have agreed is not, for the purposes of the proceeding, to be disputed.
In a proceeding:
evidence is not required to prove the existence of an agreed fact; and
evidence may not be adduced to contradict or qualify an agreed fact;
unless the court gives leave.
Subsection (2) does not apply unless the agreed fact:
is stated in an agreement in writing signed by the parties or by Australian legal practitioners, legal counsel or prosecutors representing the parties and adduced in evidence in the proceeding; or
with the leave of the court, is stated by a party before the court with the agreement of all other parties.
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