CRIMINAL TRIAL COURTS BENCH BOOK

Agreement for Use

The suggested directions and accompanying text of the Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book are produced as guidelines only; they are not intended to lay down or develop any principles of criminal law, but to reflect the law as it stands at any given time.

This publication is copyright. Other than for the purposes of, and subject to the conditions prescribed under, the Copyright Act 1968 (Cth), no part of it may in any form or by any means (electronic, mechanical, microcopying, photocopying, recording or otherwise) be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted without prior permission.

By opening the Criminal Trial Courts Bench Book you are agreeing—

1. not to use the suggested directions and/or accompanying text for reproduction in any commercial publication or as a part of any commercial activity, other than for the purposes of preparing for a criminal court case, either as a practitioner (that is, a solicitor or a barrister) or as a member of the judiciary.
2. other than as above (note 1), that the suggested directions and/or accompanying text will be for personal use only and any alterations made to the text will not be circulated.
3. that if you wish to use the suggested directions and/or accompanying text in any other way, you will contact the

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