Exception: contents of tags, labels and writing
70 Exception: contents of tags, labels and writing
The hearsay rule does not apply to a tag or label attached to, or writing placed on, an object (including a document) if the tag or label or writing may reasonably be supposed to have been so attached or placed:
in the course of a business; and
for the purpose of describing or stating the identity, nature, ownership, destination, origin or weight of the object, or of the contents (if any) of the object.
Section 182 gives this subsection a wider application in relation to Commonwealth records.
This section, and any provision of a law of a State or Territory that permits the use in evidence of such a tag, label or writing as an exception to a rule of law restricting the admissibility or use of hearsay evidence, does not apply to:
a Customs prosecution within the meaning of Part XIV of the Customs Act 1901; or
an Excise prosecution within the meaning of Part XI of the Excise Act 1901.
Section 5 extends the application of this subsection to proceedings in all Australian courts.
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