Communications Regulation Act 2002

46B

F135[Admissibility of expert evidence in proceedings under this Act and related enactments.

46B. (1) In civil or criminal proceedings under this Act F136[, the Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2023,] or a related enactment, the opinion of any witness who appears to the court to possess the appropriate qualifications or experience about the matter to which the witnesss evidence relates is admissible in evidence of matters that call for expertise or special knowledge relevant to the proceedings.

(2) A court that admits evidence under subsection (1) may, if it is of the opinion that it is in the interests of justice to do so, direct that the use of the evidence is to be limited to specified purposes only.]

Annotations

Amendments:

F135

Inserted (15.05.2007) by Communications Regulation (Amendment) Act 2007 (22/2007), s. 14, S.I. No. 224 of 2007.

F136

Inserted (9.06.2023) by Communications Regulation and Digital Hub Development Agency (Amendment) Act 2023 (4/2023), s. 129, S.I. No. 299 of 2023.