Queensland Consolidated Acts

EVIDENCE ACT 1977 - SECT 21AZE

21AZE Making of practice directions authorising destruction

(1) The Chief Justice may make a practice direction authorising the principal registrar of the Supreme Court to destroy a recording held by or for the Supreme Court.

(2) The Chief Judge may make a practice direction authorising the principal registrar of the District Court to destroy a recording held by or for the District Court.

(3) The Chief Magistrate may make a practice direction authorising the principal registrar of Magistrates Courts to destroy a recording held by or for a Magistrates Court.

(4) A practice direction made under subsection (1) , (2) or (3) —

(a) must state the period (the
"minimum retention period" ) during which a recording or class of recordings may not be destroyed under the practice direction; and

(b) may authorise the principal registrar of the court to destroy a recording only after—

(i) the minimum retention period stated for the recording has ended; and

(ii) if an order under section 21AZF has been made in relation to the recording—the authorised destruction day stated in the order has passed.