Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00182:section:80
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00182
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 80
Character Range: 396408–397597

80  Copies of, or extracts from, certain books
 (1) A copy of, or an extract from, a book relating to:
 (a) affairs of a body corporate; or
 (aa) an audit‑related matter referred to in subparagraph 30A(2)(a)(i); or
 (ab) a matter referred to in paragraph 30B(2)(a); or
 (b) a matter referred to in any of paragraphs 31(1)(g) to (m), inclusive; or
 (c) a matter referred to in paragraph 32A(c) or (d);
is admissible in evidence in a proceeding as if the copy were the original book, or the extract were the relevant part of the original book, as the case may be, whether or not the copy or extract was made under section 37.
 (2) A copy of, or an extract from, a book is not admissible in evidence under subsection (1) unless it is proved that the copy or extract is a true copy of the book, or of the relevant part of the book, as the case may be.
 (3) For the purposes of subsection (2), a person who has compared:
 (a) a copy of a book with the book; or
 (b) an extract from a book with the relevant part of the book;
may give evidence, either orally or by an affidavit or statutory declaration, that the copy or extract is a true copy of the book or relevant part, as the case may be.