Police Offences Act 1935

In this section – coincidence evidence has the same meaning as in the Evidence Act 2001; family violence offence means a family violence offence within the meaning of the Family Violence Act 2004; first charge evidence means evidence that could have been offered by the prosecution in a hearing of an offence that is a first charge within the meaning of this section; sexual offence means an offence of a sexual or indecent nature; tendency evidence has the same meaning as in the Evidence Act 2001.

If – a person is charged with a family violence offence or a sexual offence (the first charge) in a court of summary jurisdiction but is acquitted because the prosecution has informed the court that it will not be offering any evidence in support of the first charge; and the person is charged with another family violence offence or sexual offence (the second charge), regardless of which court the second charge is to be determined by – the acquittal of the first charge does not prevent the admission, in a hearing on the second charge, of first charge evidence as evidence of the relationship between the person and another person, tendency evidence or coincidence evidence.