Northern Territory: Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012

The Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2012 has been assented by the government of the Northern Territory. The Bill makes amendments necessary to enable the Evidence (National Uniform Legislation) Act, passed last year, to commence. The reforms bring the Northern Territory into line with the Uniform evidence law which has been adopted by the Commonwealth, the ACT, New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania, and Norfolk Island.

The legislation will commence on 1 September 2012. The Bill makes the necessary repeals and consequential amendments to the current Evidence Act. It also deals with technical amendments to various Northern Territory acts across a number of areas of evidence law where the Uniform Act will not apply and both the common law and existing Northern Territory acts continue to apply.

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