Commonwealth Numbered Regulations Commonwealth Numbered Regulations(1) The overarching purpose of these Rules is to facilitate the fair, efficient and timely determination of criminal proceedings in the Court.
Note: The Court may dispense with compliance with these Rules, or make orders inconsistent with these Rules--see rules 1.06 and 1.07.
(2) Without limiting subrule (1), the overarching purpose includes the following objectives:
(a) the efficient use of the judicial and administrative resources available for the purposes of the Court;
(b) the efficient use of legal and other resources available to the parties to criminal proceedings;
(c) the fair, efficient and timely disposal of the Court's overall criminal caseload;
(d) as far as possible, all preliminary issues (such as admissibility of evidence, or other evidentiary, privilege or interpretation issues) are heard and adjudicated before the start of a trial;
(e) maximising the use of electronic or digital evidence to advance these objectives.
Note: The Evidence Act 1995 applies to proceedings in the Court. In particular, the following provisions of that Act may be relevant to criminal proceedings:
(a) section 50 (proof of voluminous or complex documents);
(b) section 144 (proof of matters of common knowledge or matters capable of verification by reference to a document the authority of which cannot reasonably be questioned);
(c) Part 4.3 (facilitation of proof);
(d) section 177 (certificates of expert evidence);
(e) section 182 (Commonwealth records, postal articles sent by Commonwealth agencies and certain Commonwealth documents);
(f) section 184 (accused may admit matters and give consents);
(g) section 191 (agreements as to facts).