Victorian Current Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 2008 - SECT 71

The hearsay rule does not apply to a representation contained in a document recording an electronic communication so far as the representation is a representation as to—

        (a)     the identity of the person from whom or on whose behalf the communication was sent; or

        (b)     the date on which or the time at which the communication was sent; or

        (c)     the destination of the communication or the identity of the person to whom the communication was addressed.

Notes

1     Division 3 of Part 4.3 contains presumptions about electronic communications.

2     Section 182 of the Commonwealth Act gives section 71 of the Commonwealth Act a wider application in relation to Commonwealth records.

3     Electronic communication is defined in the Dictionary.