Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472:section:70
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 70
Character Range: 80691–81775

70  Exception: contents of tags, labels and writing
 (1) The hearsay rule does not apply to a tag or label attached to, or writing placed on, an object (including a document) if the tag or label or writing may reasonably be supposed to have been so attached or placed:
 (a) in the course of a business; and
 (b) for the purpose of describing or stating the identity, nature, ownership, destination, origin or weight of the object, or of the contents (if any) of the object.
Note: Section 182 gives this subsection a wider application in relation to Commonwealth records.
 (2) This section, and any provision of a law of a State or Territory that permits the use in evidence of such a tag, label or writing as an exception to a rule of law restricting the admissibility or use of hearsay evidence, does not apply to:
 (a) a Customs prosecution within the meaning of Part XIV of the Customs Act 1901; or
 (b) an Excise prosecution within the meaning of Part XI of the Excise Act 1901.
Note: Section 5 extends the application of this subsection to proceedings in all Australian courts.