Criminal Code Act 1899

Any person who is committed for trial or granted bail for any indictable offence is entitled to have on demand from the person who has the lawful custody thereof copies of the depositions of the witnesses on whose depositions the person has been so committed or granted bail.

However, if the demand is not made before the day appointed for the commencement of the sittings of the court at which the trial of the person on whose behalf the demand is made is to take place, the person is not entitled to have any such copy unless the judge is of opinion that the copy may be made and delivered without delay or inconvenience to the trial.

The court may postpone a trial on account of the accused person not having previously had a copy of the depositions. sch 1 pt 8 ch 71 s 705 amd 1980 No. 35 s 4 (1) sch 1