Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 171

171 Sexual assault counselling privilege

(1) This section applies to any of the following (a
"relevant action" ) done before the commencement of this section—

(a) an exercise or purported exercise of a court’s jurisdiction in dealing with a leave application;

(b) anything else done or purportedly done by a court or person in relation to a leave application.

(2) The rights and liabilities of all persons affected by the relevant action are the same, and are taken to have always been the same, as they would be or would have been if amended section 14H had been in force at the time of the relevant action.

(3) Subsection (2) applies for all purposes, including for the purpose of a leave application made but not decided before the commencement.

(4) In this section—

"amended section 14H" means section 14H as amended by the Integrity and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024 .

"leave application" means an application for the leave of the court under part 2, division 2A, subdivision 3.