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the notice is the period ending:

    (a) 7 days after the commencement of that section; or

    (b) 21 days after the notice was given to the party concerned; whichever is later.

(5) If a copy of a document served before the commencement of subsection 168(5) or (6) of the Evidence Act 1995 is taken because of this section to have been served under one of those subsections, the period for a request to be made under that subsection in connection with the document is the period ending:

    (a) 7 days after the commencement of that section; or

    (b) 21 days after the document was served on the party concerned; whichever is later.

Proof of voluminous or complex documents

6. A person is taken, for the purposes of paragraph 50(2)(b) of the Evidence Act 1995, to have been given a reasonable opportunity to examine or copy documents if such an opportunity was given to the person before the commencement of section 50 of the Evidence Act 1995.

Notices for the purposes of sections 97 and 98 of the Evidence Act 1995

7. References in paragraphs 97(1)(a) and 98(1)(a) of the Evidence Act 1995 to giving notice are taken to include references to giving notice of the kind referred to in those paragraphs before the commencement of section 97 of that Act or section 98 of that Act, as the case requires.

Requests under section 167 of the Evidence Act 1995

8. The reference in section 167 of the Evidence Act 1995 to making a request is taken to include a reference to making a request of the kind referred to in that section before the commencement of that section.

Approval of persons for the purposes of section 171 of the Evidence Act 1995

9. The reference in paragraph (d) of the definition of "authorised person" in subsection 171(3) of the Evidence Act 1995 to a person authorised by the Attorney-General is taken to include a reference to:

    (a) any person who, immediately before the commencement of section 171 of the Evidence Act 1995, was a person authorised by the Attorney-General under paragraph 7J(4)(b) of the Evidence Act 1905; and

    (b) any person who, before that commencement, is authorised by the Attorney-General under this section.

Requests under section 173 of the Evidence Act 1995

10. The reference in subsection 173(2) of the Evidence Act 1995 to a request is taken to include a reference to a request of the kind referred to in that subsection made before the commencement of section 173 of the Evidence Act 1995.

Agreements under section 191 of the Evidence Act 1995

11. The reference in paragraph 191(3)(a) of the Evidence Act 1995 to an agreement is taken