Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472:section:191
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2021C00472
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 191
Character Range: 218375–219132

191  Agreements as to facts
 (1) In this section:
agreed fact means a fact that the parties to a proceeding have agreed is not, for the purposes of the proceeding, to be disputed.
 (2) In a proceeding:
 (a) evidence is not required to prove the existence of an agreed fact; and
 (b) evidence may not be adduced to contradict or qualify an agreed fact;
unless the court gives leave.
 (3) Subsection (2) does not apply unless the agreed fact:
 (a) is stated in an agreement in writing signed by the parties or by Australian legal practitioners, legal counsel or prosecutors representing the parties and adduced in evidence in the proceeding; or
 (b) with the leave of the court, is stated by a party before the court with the agreement of all other parties.