Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01638:reg:134
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2024L01638
Segment Type: reg
Provision Reference: reg 134
Character Range: 168867–169915

134  Admissibility of evidence given in Recovery Convention countries
  In proceedings under this Division in a court, a statement contained in a document that purports:
 (a) to set out or summarise evidence given in proceedings in a court in a Recovery Convention country and to have been signed by the person before whom the evidence was given; or
 (b) to set out or summarise evidence taken in a Recovery Convention country for the purpose of proceedings under this Division (whether in response to a request made by the court or otherwise) and to have been signed by the person before whom the evidence was taken; or
 (c) to have been received as evidence in proceedings in a court in a Recovery Convention country and to have been signed by a judge or other officer of the court;
is admissible as evidence of any fact stated in the document to the same extent as oral evidence of that fact is admissible in the proceedings, without proof of the signature of the person purporting to have signed it or of the official position of that person.