Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2011C00176:clause:1_42
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2011C00176
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 42
Character Range: 18568–19282

42  Subsection 97(1)
Repeal the subsection, substitute:

 (1) Evidence of the character, reputation or conduct of a person, or a tendency that a person has or had, is not admissible to prove that a person has or had a tendency (whether because of the person's character or otherwise) to act in a particular way, or to have a particular state of mind unless:
 (a) the party seeking to adduce the evidence gave reasonable notice in writing to each other party of the party's intention to adduce the evidence; and
 (b) the court thinks that the evidence will, either by itself or having regard to other evidence adduced or to be adduced by the party seeking to adduce the evidence, have significant probative value.