Evidence Bill

This Bill draws together the common law and statutory provisions relating to evidence into one comprehensive scheme. It will replace most of the existing evidence law on the admisibility and use of evidence in court proceedings.

Bill Events

Event	Date		Ayes	Noes	Abstentions
Royal Assent	4 Dec 2006
Third Reading	23 Nov 2006	Bill read a third time.
In Committee	21 Nov 2006	Bill reported with amendment. Report adopted.
Second Reading	14 Nov 2006, 15 Nov 2006 (resumed)	Bill read a second time.
SC Reports	24 Oct 2006	The Justice and Electoral Committee reported on this bill.
Submissions Due	12 Aug 2005
First Reading	10 May 2005		n/a *	n/a *	n/a *
Introduction	3 May 2005

* We don't have voting data from before Nov 2005 in our database at present.