Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 590BA

590BA Advance notice of intention to rely on expert evidence under s 348A

(1) If an accused person intends to adduce expert evidence under section 348A (6) in the person’s trial, the accused person must, within the prescribed period, give notice of that intention.

(2) If the accused person does not give notice as required by subsection (1) , the accused person may not, without the leave of the court, adduce the expert evidence.

(3) A notice under this section—

(a) must be in writing; and

(b) must be given to the director of public prosecutions; and

(c) is taken to be given if it is delivered to or left at the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions or sent by certified mail addressed to the director of public prosecutions at the director’s office.

(4) In this section—

"prescribed period" means the period of 14 days after the date of the committal for trial of the accused person.