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1995 No
99
1997 No
55
1997 No
122
1998 No
54
1999 No
48
1999 No
94
1999 No
94
2000 No
53
1998 No
107
2001 No
34
2001 No
109
2002 No
73
2001 No
121
2005 No
25
2007 No
46
2007 No
94
2010 No
69
2011 No
18
1998 No
158
2013 No
9
2013 No
80
2014 No
5
2015 No
7
2018 No
28
2018 No
29
2018 No
4
2019 No
25
2020 No 8
2022 No
70
Evidence Act 1995 No 25
date of commencement of Part 1.1 and Dictionary, assent, sec 2
(1)
date of commencement of the remainder, 1.9.1995, sec 2 (2) and GG No 102
of 25.8.1995, p 4354
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1995 No 99
date of commencement of Sch 2.6, assent, sec 2 (2)
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997
No 55
date of commencement of Sch 1.7, 1.8.1997, Sch 1.7 and GG No 86 of
1.8.1997, p 5834
Evidence Amendment (Confidential Communications) Act
1997 No 122
date of commencement, 1.1.1998, sec 2 and GG No 149 of 19.12.1997, p
10091
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No 2)
1997 No 147
Sch 1.7 was not commenced and was repealed by Sch 3.23 to the Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000
No 53 with effect from 29.6.2000
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1998
No 54
date of commencement of Sch 2.15, assent, sec 2 (2)
Criminal Procedure Legislation Amendment (Bail Agreements)
Act 1998 No 107
date of commencement of Sch 3.4, 1.10.2000, sec 2 and GG No 127 of
29.9.2000, p 10810
Children and Young Persons Legislation (Repeal and
Amendment) Act 1998 No 158
date of commencement of Sch 2.14, 9.12.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (625) LW
9.12.2011
Criminal Procedure Amendment (Sexual Assault Communications
Privilege) Act 1999 No 48
date of commencement, 5.11.1999, sec 2 and GG No 126 of 5.11.1999, p
10403
Crimes Legislation Amendment (Sentencing) Act
1999 No 94
date of commencement of Sch 4.21 [1], 25.2.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 29
of 25.2.2000, p 1321
Sch 4.21 [2] and [3] were without effect as the sections being amended
were substituted or repealed by the Criminal Procedure
Amendment (Sexual Assault Communications Privilege) Act 1999 No
48 with effect from 5.11.1999
date of commencement of Sch 4.70, 1.1.2000, sec 2 (1) and GG No 144 of
24.12.1999, p 12184
Statute Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2000
No 53
date of commencement of Sch 1.5, assent, sec 2 (2)
Corporations (Consequential Amendments) Act 2001
No 34
date of commencement of Sch 4.17, 15.7.2001, sec 2 (1) and Commonwealth
Gazette No S 285 of 13.7.2001
Evidence Legislation Amendment Act 2001 No
109
date of commencement, 26.7.2002, sec 2 and GG No 122 of 26.7.2002, p
5541
Justices Legislation Repeal and Amendment Act
2001 No 121
date of commencement of Sch 2, 7.7.2003, sec 2 and GG No 104 of
27.6.2003, p 5978
Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Relationships) Act
2002 No 73
date of commencement, 1.11.2002, sec 2 and GG No 201 of 1.11.2002, p
9302
Criminal Procedure Further Amendment (Evidence) Act
2005 No 25
date of commencement of Sch 2.3, 12.8.2005, sec 2 and GG No 102 of
12.8.2005, p 4309
Evidence Amendment Act 2007 No 46
date of commencement, 1.1.2009, sec 2 and GG No 158 of 19.12.2008, p
12305
Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act
2008 No 107
date of commencement of Sch 12, assent, sec 2 (1)
Miscellaneous Acts (Local Court) Amendment Act
2007 No 94
date of commencement of Sch 2, 6.7.2009, sec 2 and 2009 (314) LW
3.7.2009
Courts and Crimes Legislation Further Amendment Act
2008 No 107
The amendment made by Sch 11 was without effect as the provision being
amended was amended by the Evidence Amendment Act
2007 No 46
Evidence Amendment Act 2010 No 69
date of commencement, 14.1.2011, sec 2 and 2011 (2) LW
14.1.2011
Evidence Amendment (Journalist Privilege) Act
2011 No 18
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Evidence Amendment (Evidence of Silence) Act
2013 No 9
date of commencement, 1.9.2013, sec 2 and 2013 (446) LW
23.8.2013
Crimes and Courts Legislation Amendment Act 2013
No 80
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Bail (Consequential Amendments) Act 2014 No
5
date of commencement, 20.5.2014, sec 2 and 2014 (235) LW
24.4.2014
Legal Profession Uniform Law Application Legislation
Amendment Act 2015 No 7
date of commencement of Sch 2, 1.7.2015, sec 2 (2) and 2015 (299) LW
19.6.2015
Justice Legislation Amendment Act 2018 No
4
date of commencement of Sch 1.8, 2.7.2018, sec 2 (2) and 2018 (133) LW
13.4.2018
Miscellaneous Acts Amendment (Marriages) Act
2018 No 28
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
Justice Legislation Amendment Act (No 2) 2018 No
29
date of commencement of Sch 2, assent, sec 2 (1)
Children’s Guardian Act 2019 No
25
date of commencement of Sch 5.19, 1.3.2020, sec 2(1)
Evidence Amendment (Tendency and Coincidence) Act
2020 No 8
date of commencement, 1.7.2020, sec 2
Crimes Amendment (Protection of Criminal Defence Lawyers)
Act 2022 No 70 of 2020
date of commencement, assent, sec 2
1History
notes
Sec 4
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [1]
[2]; 2014 No 5, Sch 2.18 [1].
Sec 8
Am 2001 No 34, Sch 4.17
[1].
Sec 13
Subst 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[3].
Sec 14
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[4].
Sec 18
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 19
Am 1998 No 158, Sch
2.14; 1999 No 94, Sch 4.21 [1]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.103 [1]. Subst 2013 No 80,
Sch 8. Am 2018 No 29, Sch 2.8; 2019 No 25, Sch 5.19[1]
[2].
Sec 20
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[6] [7].
Sec 21
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[8].
Sec 22
Am 2001 No 109, Sch 1
[1] [2].
Sec 23
Am 2001 No 109, Sch 1
[3] [4].
Sec 24A
Ins 2001 No 109, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 29
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[9].
Sec 33
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[10].
Sec 37
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[11].
Sec 41
Am 2005 No 25, Sch
2.3. Subst 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [12].
Sec 48
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[1] [2].
Sec 49
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[3].
Sec 50
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[4]; 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [13].
Sec 51
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[5].
Chapter 3,
introductory note
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[14].
Chapter 3,
introductory note, diagram
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[15].
Sec 59
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[6]; 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [16]–[18].
Sec 60
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[19] [20].
Sec 61
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[21] [22].
Sec 62
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[23].
Sec 63
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[7].
Sec 64
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[8]; 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [24].
Sec 65
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[9]; 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [25]–[27].
Sec 66
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[28].
Sec 66A
Ins 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[29].
Sec 71
Subst 2007 No 46, Sch
1 [30].
Sec 72
Subst 2007 No 46, Sch
1 [31].
Sec 73
Am 2018 No 28, Sch 4
[1].
Sec 76
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[10]; 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [32].
Sec 78A
Ins 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[33].
Sec 79
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[34].
Sec 82
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[11]; 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [35].
Sec 85
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[36].
Sec 89
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[37]; 2013 No 9, Sch 1 [1].
Sec 89A
Ins 2013 No 9, Sch 1
[2].
Sec 94
Am 2020 No 8, Sch
1[1].
Sec 97
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[38].
Sec 97A
Ins 2020 No 8, Sch
1[2].
Sec 98
Subst 2007 No 46, Sch
1 [39]. Am 2020 No 8, Sch 1[3].
Sec 101
Am 2020 No 8, Sch
1[4].
Part 3.7, Div 1 (sec
101A)
Ins 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[40].
Part 3.7, Div 2,
heading
Ins 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[40].
Sec 102
Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.7
[1]–[3]. Subst 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [40].
Sec 103
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[41] [42].
Sec 104
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[43]–[46].
Sec 106
Subst 2007 No 46, Sch
1 [47].
Sec 107
Rep 1997 No 55, Sch
1.7 [4].
Sec 108
Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.7
[5] [6].
Part 3.7, Div 3,
heading
Ins 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[48].
Sec
108A
Ins 1997 No 55, Sch
1.7 [7]. Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [49] [50].
Sec
108B
Ins 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[51].
Part 3.7, Div 4 (sec
108C)
Ins 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[51].
Sec 112
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[52].
Sec 114
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[53].
Sec 117
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[54] [55]; 2015 No 7, Sch 2.17 [1].
Sec 118
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[56].
Sec 120
Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.7
[8].
Sec 122
Subst 2007 No 46, Sch
1 [57].
Part 3.10, Div
1A
Ins 1997 No 122, Sch
1.
Part 3.10, Div 1A,
note
Ins 1998 No 54, Sch
2.15 [1]. Rep 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [58].
Sec
126A
Ins 1997 No 122, Sch
1. Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [59]; 2011 No 18, Sch 1 [1].
Sec
126B
Ins 1997 No 122, Sch
1. Am 2011 No 18, Sch 1 [2].
Secs
126C–126E
Ins 1997 No 122, Sch
1.
Sec
126F
Ins 1997 No 122, Sch
1. Am 1999 No 48, Sch 2.1 [1]; 2001 No 121, Sch 2.103 [2]; 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[60].
Part 3.10, Div
1B
Ins 1997 No 122, Sch
1. Subst 1999 No 48, Sch 2.1 [2].
Part 3.10, Div 1B,
note
Ins 1998 No 54, Sch
2.15 [1]. Subst 1999 No 48, Sch 2.1 [2].
Sec
126G
Ins 1997 No 122, Sch
1. Subst 1999 No 48, Sch 2.1 [2]. Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.70 [1]; 2001 No 121,
Sch 2.103 [3].
Sec
126H
Ins 1997 No 122, Sch
1. Subst 1999 No 48, Sch 2.1 [2]. Am 1999 No 94, Sch 4.70 [2]; 2001 No 121,
Sch 2.103 [4].
Sec
126I
Ins 1997 No 122, Sch
1. Subst 1999 No 48, Sch 2.1 [2].
Part 3.10, Div
1C
Ins 2011 No 18, Sch 1
[3].
Sec
126J
Ins 1997 No 122, Sch
1. Rep 1999 No 48, Sch 2.1 [2]. Ins 2011 No 18, Sch 1
[3].
Sec
126K
Ins 1997 No 122, Sch
1. Am 1998 No 54, Sch 2.15 [2]. Rep 1999 No 48, Sch 2.1 [2]. Ins 2011 No 18,
Sch 1 [3].
Sec
126L
Ins 1997 No 122, Sch
1. Rep 1999 No 48, Sch 2.1 [2]. Ins 2011 No 18, Sch 1
[3].
Sec 128
Am 1995 No 99, Sch
2.6; 1997 No 55, Sch 1.7 [9] [10]. Subst 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [61] (am 2008 No
107, Sch 12 [1]). Am 2010 No 69, Sch 1 [1]–[4].
Sec
128A
Ins 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[62] (am 2008 No 107, Sch 12 [2]). Am 2010 No 69, Sch 1
[5].
Sec 129
Am 2022 No 70, Sch
2.2.
Sec
131A
Ins 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[63]. Am 2011 No 18, Sch 1 [4].
Part 3.11,
heading
Subst 2007 No 46, Sch
1 [64].
Sec 138,
heading
Am 1998 No 54, Sch
2.15 [3].
Sec 139
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[65].
Sec 147
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[12].
Sec 148
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[66] [67].
Sec 149
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[13].
Sec 152
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[14].
Sec 154
Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.7
[11].
Sec 155
Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.7
[12].
Sec
155A
Ins 2000 No 53, Sch
1.5 [15].
Sec 158
Am 1997 No 55, Sch 1.7
[13].
Sec 160
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[16]; 2018 No 4, Sch 1.8.
Sec 161
Subst 2007 No 46, Sch
1 [68].
Part 4.5,
heading
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[69].
Sec 165
Am 2001 No 109, Sch 1
[6] [7]; 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [70] [71].
Secs 165A,
165B
Ins 2001 No 109, Sch 1
[8]. Subst 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [72].
Part 4.6, Div 1,
note
Am 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5
[17].
Part 4.6, Div 2,
note
Am 2000 No 53, Sch
1.5 [18].
Sec
183
Am 2000 No 53, Sch
1.5 [19].
Sec
184
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[73] [74].
Sec
189
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[75].
Sec
190
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[10].
Sec
191
Am 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[76].
Sec
192A
Ins 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[77].
Sec
194
Am 1998 No 107, Sch
3.4; 2014 No 5, Sch 2.18 [2].
Sec
196
Am 2001 No 121, Sch
2.103 [5]; 2007 No 94, Sch 2.
Sec
198
Ins 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[78].
Sch 2
Ins 2007 No 46, Sch 1
[79]. Am 2007 No 46, Schs 1 [80], Sch 2.4 (cll 2–15 of Part 2
transferred from the Evidence (Consequential and Other
Provisions) Act 1995 No 27); 2010 No 69, Sch 1 [6]; 2011
No 18, Sch 1 [5]; 2013 No 9, Sch 1 [3] [4]; 2018 No 28, Sch 4 [2]; 2020 No 8,
Sch 1[5].
Dictionary
Am 1997 No 55, Sch
1.7 [14]–[16]; 2000 No 53, Sch 1.5 [20] [21]; 2001 No 34, Sch 4.17 [2];
2002 No 73, Sch 1.10; 2007 No 46, Sch 1 [81]–[90]; 2010 No 69, Sch 1
[7]; 2015 No 7, Sch 2.17 [2]–[4].
1995 No 25