(1) Any book or
document which if this Act had not been enacted would have been evidence in
respect of any matter for or against Challenge is, subject to this Act, on and
after the commencement time, to be admissible in evidence in respect of the
same matter for or against Westpac.
(2) Without limiting
subsection (1), the bankers’ books of Challenge are for the purposes of
sections 89 to 96 of the Evidence Act 1906 deemed to be, and to have been,
bankers’ books used in the ordinary business of Westpac.
(3) For the purposes
of this section —
bankers’ books has the same meaning as in
the Evidence Act 1906 .