New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 147

147 Disclosure requirements are ongoing

(1) The obligation to comply with the requirements for pre-trial disclosure imposed by or under this Division continues until any of the following happens--

(a) the accused person is convicted or acquitted of the charges in the indictment,

(b) the prosecution is terminated.

(2) Accordingly, if any information, document or other thing is obtained or anything else occurs after pre-trial disclosure is made by a party to the proceedings, that would have affected that pre-trial disclosure had the information, document or thing been obtained or the thing occurred before pre-trial disclosure was made, the information, document, thing or occurrence is to be disclosed to the other party to the proceedings as soon as practicable.

(3) An accused person may, with the leave of the court, amend the notice of the defence response given under section 143 if any information, document or other thing is obtained from the prosecution after the notice of the defence response was given that would affect the contents of that notice.

(4) The accused person must give the amended notice of the defence response to the prosecutor.