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| Acts Interpretation Act 1901 (Cth) |
| Sections 25 and 25A                |
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Acts Interpretation Act 1901 - Section 25
References to writing, documents and records
  25. In any Act, unless the contrary intention appears:

  "document" includes:
   (a)  any paper or other material on which there is writing ;
   (b)  any paper or other material on which there are marks, figures, symbols
        or perforations having a meaning for persons qualified to interpret
        them; and
   (c)  any article or material from which sounds, images or writings are
        capable of being reproduced with or without the aid of any other
        article or device;

  "record" includes information stored or recorded by means of a computer;
[Inserted by No. 108 of 1989]

  "writing" includes any mode of representing or reproducing words, figures,
drawings or symbols in a visible form.


Acts Interpretation Act 1901 - Section 25A
Production of records kept in computers etc.
  25A. Where a person who keeps a record of information by means of a
mechanical, electronic or other device is required by or under an Act to
produce the information or a document containing the information to, or make a
document containing the information available for inspection by, a court,
tribunal or person, then, unless the court, tribunal or person otherwise
directs, the requirement shall be deemed to oblige the person to produce or
make available for inspection, as the case may be, a writing that reproduces
the information in a form capable of being understood by the court, tribunal
or person, and the production of such a writing to the court, tribunal or
person constitutes compliance with the requirement.