Inquiry into the Evidence Amendment Bill 2008
Information about the Inquiry
On 18 June 2008, the
Senate referred the Evidence Amendment Bill 2008 to the
Legal and Constitutional Affairs Committee for inquiry and report by
25 September 2008.
The Bill will
amend the Evidence Act 1995 to implement the majority of
recommendations made by the ALRC, the NSW Law Reform Commission and the
Victorian Law Reform Commission as a result of their inquiry into the
operation of the uniform Evidence Acts.
The Committee will invites
written submissions by 25 July 2008. Submissions
should be sent to:
Committee
Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
Department of
the Senate
PO Box 6100
Parliament
House
Canberra ACT
2600
Australia
Persons lodging
submissions should note that this inquiry is into the bill only, and to be
considered relevant to the inquiry, submissions must address the provisions
of the bill.
The Committee requests that where possible, submissions
should also be provided by email to
legcon.sen@aph.gov.au,
preferably as MS Word or RTF format documents. Notes to assist in preparing
submissions are available from the website
https://www.aph.gov.au/senate/committee/wit_sub/index.htm or
telephone the Secretariat on 02 6277 3560, fax: 02 6277 5794, or e-mail at
the above address.
Once the Committee accepts your submission, it becomes
a confidential committee document and is protected by Parliamentary
Privilege. You must not release your submission without the
Committee’s permission. If you do, it is not protected by Parliamentary
Privilege. At some stage during the inquiry, the Committee normally makes
submissions public. Please indicate if you want your submission to be kept
confidential.
Inquiries from hearing and speech impaired people
should be directed to the Parliament House TTY number (02 6277 7799). Adobe
also provides tools for the blind and visually impaired to access PDF
documents. These tools are available at:
http://access.adobe.com/. If you
require any special arrangements in order to enable you to participate in a
committee inquiry, please contact the Committee Secretary.
For further information, contact:
Committee Secretary
Senate Standing Committees on Legal and Constitutional Affairs
PO Box 6100
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
Australia
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