Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472:section:197:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 197 (pt 2/8)
Character Range: 224828–227524

consent of parties, to hear, receive and examine evidence; or
 (f) a person or body that, in exercising a function under an Australian law, is required to apply the laws of evidence.
Australian law means a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory.
Note: See clause 9 of Part 2 of the Dictionary for the meaning of law.
Australian lawyer means a person who is admitted to the legal profession by a Supreme Court of a State or Territory under a law of a State or Territory specified in the regulations.
Australian legal practitioner means an Australian lawyer who holds a practising certificate under a law of a State or Territory specified in the regulations.
Australian or overseas proceeding means a proceeding (however described) in an Australian court or a foreign court.
Australian Parliament means the Parliament, a Parliament of a State or a Legislative Assembly of a Territory.
Australian practising certificate means a practising certificate granted under a law of a State or Territory specified in the regulations.
Australian‑registered foreign lawyer means a person who is registered as a foreign lawyer under a law of a State or Territory specified in the regulations.
Australian Statistician means the Australian Statistician referred to in subsection 5(2) of the Australian Bureau of Statistics Act 1975, and includes any person to whom the powers of the Australian Statistician under section 12 of the Census and Statistics Act 1905 have been delegated.
business is defined in clause 1 of Part 2 of this Dictionary.
case of a party means the facts in issue in respect of which the party bears the legal burden of proof.
child means a child of any age and includes the meaning given in subclause 10(1) of Part 2 of this Dictionary.
civil penalty is defined in clause 3 of Part 2 of this Dictionary.
civil proceeding means a proceeding other than a criminal proceeding.
client is defined in section 117.
coincidence evidence means evidence of a kind referred to in subsection 98(1) that a party seeks to have adduced for the purpose referred to in that subsection.
coincidence rule means subsection 98(1).
Commonwealth agency means:
 (a) an Agency within the meaning of the Public Service Act 1999; or
 (b) a House of the Parliament; or
 (c) a person or body holding office, or exercising power, under or because of the Constitution or a law of the Commonwealth; or
 (d) a body or organisation, whether incorporated or unincorporated, established for a public purpose:
 (i) by or under a law of the Commonwealth or of a Territory (other than the Australian Capital Territory, the Northern Territory or Norfolk Island); or
 (ii) by the Governor‑General; or
 (iii) by a Minister.