New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ACT 1986 - SECT 142

142 Prosecution's notice

(1) For the purposes of section 141 (1) (a), the prosecution's notice is to contain the following--

(a) a copy of the indictment,

(b) a statement of facts,

(c) a copy of a statement of each witness whose evidence the prosecutor proposes to adduce at the trial,

(c1) in accordance with Division 3 of Part 4B of Chapter 6, a copy of any recorded statement that the prosecutor intends to adduce at the trial,

(c2) if the prosecutor proposes to adduce at the trial the transcript of an audio or a visual recording, a copy of that transcript,

Note--: This paragraph does not require the prosecution's notice to contain copies of transcripts of recorded statements (within the meaning of section 289D) unless the prosecutor proposes to adduce such transcripts at the trial.

(d) a copy of each document, evidence of the contents of which the prosecutor proposes to adduce at the trial,

(e) if the prosecutor proposes to adduce evidence at the trial in the form of a summary, a copy of the summary or, where the summary has not yet been prepared, an outline of the summary,

(f) a copy of any exhibit that the prosecutor proposes to adduce at the trial,

(g) a copy of any chart or explanatory material that the prosecutor proposes to adduce at the trial,

(h) if any expert witness is proposed to be called at the trial by the prosecutor, a copy of each report by the witness that is relevant to the case,

(i) a copy of any information, document or other thing provided by law enforcement or investigating officers to the prosecutor, or otherwise in the possession of the prosecutor, that would reasonably be regarded as relevant to the prosecution case or the defence case, and that has not otherwise been disclosed to the accused person,

(j) a list identifying--

(i) any information, document or other thing of which the prosecutor is aware and that would reasonably be regarded as being of relevance to the case but that is not in the prosecutor's possession and is not in the accused person's possession, and

(ii) the place at which the prosecutor believes the information, document or other thing is situated,

(k) a copy of any information in the possession of the prosecutor that is relevant to the reliability or credibility of a prosecution witness,

(l) a copy of any information, document or other thing in the possession of the prosecutor that would reasonably be regarded as adverse to the credit or credibility of the accused person,

(m) a list identifying the statements of those witnesses who are proposed to be called at the trial by the prosecutor.

(2) The regulations may make provision for or with respect to the form and content of a statement of facts for the purposes of this section.