Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472:section:182:p1
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 182 (pt 1/2)
Character Range: 208090–211026

182  Application of certain sections in relation to Commonwealth records, postal articles sent by Commonwealth agencies and certain Commonwealth documents
 (1) Subject to this section, the provisions of this Act referred to in the following Table apply in relation to documents that:
 (a) are, or form part of, Commonwealth records; or
 (b) at the time they were produced were, or formed part of, Commonwealth records;
as if those sections applied to the extent provided for in section 5.

TABLE
Provisions of this Act       Subject matter
Sections 47, 48, 49 and 51   Documentary evidence
Section 69                   Hearsay exception for business records
Subsection 70(1)             Hearsay exception for tags, labels and other writing
Section 71                   Hearsay exception for electronic communications
Section 147                  Documents produced by processes, machines etc. in the course of business
Section 149                  Attestation of documents
Section 152                  Documents produced from proper custody
Section 156                  Public documents
Sections 161 and 162         Electronic communications, lettergrams and telegrams
Division 1 of Part 4.6       Requests to produce documents or call witnesses
Division 2 of Part 4.6       Proof of certain matters by affidavit or written statements
Section 183                  Inferences about documents etc.

 (2) For the purposes of subsection (1), section 69, subsection 70(1) and section 71 apply in relation to proceedings, other than proceedings in a federal court, as if the references in those sections to the hearsay rule were references to any rule of law restricting the admissibility or use of hearsay evidence.
 (3) Subsection (1) applies to subsection 70(1) only in relation to tags or labels that may reasonably be supposed to have been attached to objects in the course of carrying on an activity engaged in by a body, person or organisation referred to in the definition of Commonwealth record in the Dictionary.
 (4) For the purposes of subsection (1) in relation to the application of subsection 70(1):
 (a) the reference in subsection (1) to documents includes a reference to writing placed on objects; and
 (b) the reference in subsection (3) to tags or labels attached to objects includes a reference to writing placed on objects.
 (4A) Section 160 applies in relation to postal articles sent by a Commonwealth agency as if that section applied to the extent provided for in section 5.
 (4B) Sections 47, 48, 49, 51, 147, 149 and 152, Divisions 1 and 2 of Part 4.6 and section 183 apply in relation to a Commonwealth document that:
 (a) is in the possession of a Commonwealth entity; or
 (b) has been destroyed but was, immediately before its destruction, in the possession of a Commonwealth entity or someone else to whom it had been given by a Commonwealth entity for destruction;
as if the section or Division applied to the