Civil Evidence Act 1995
Admissibility of hearsay evidence
1 Admissibility of hearsay evidence.
Safeguards in relation to hearsay evidence
2 Notice of proposal to adduce hearsay evidence.
3 Power to call witness for cross-examination on hearsay statement.
4 Considerations relevant to weighing of hearsay evidence.
Supplementary provisions as to hearsay evidence
5 Competence and credibility.
6 Previous statements of witnesses.
7 Evidence formerly admissible at common law.
Other matters
8 Proof of statements contained in documents.
9 Proof of records of business or public authority.
10 Admissibility and proof of Ogden Tables.
General
11 Meaning of “civil proceedings”.
12 Provisions as to rules of court.
13 Interpretation.
14 Savings.
15 Consequential amendments and repeals.
16 Short title, commencement and extent.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Consequential amendments
Army Act 1955 (c.18)
1For section 62 of the Army Act 1955 (making of...
Air Force Act 1955 (c.19)
2For section 62 of the Air Force Act 1955 (making...
Naval Discipline Act 1957 (c.53)
3For section 35 of the Naval Discipline Act 1957 (making...
Gaming Act 1968 (c.65)
4In section 43 of the Gaming Act 1968 (powers of...
Vehicle and Driving Licences Act 1969 (c.27)
5(1) Section 27 of the Vehicle and Driving Licences Act...
Taxes Management Act 1970 (c.9)
6In section 20D of the Taxes Management Act 1970 (interpretation...
Civil Evidence Act 1972 (c.30)
7(1) Section 5 of the Civil Evidence Act 1972 (interpretation...
International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs Act 1976 (c.58)
8In section 15 of the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs...
Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (c.60)
9(1) The Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 is amended...
Companies Act 1985 (c.6)
10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Finance Act 1985 (c.54)
11(1) Section 10 of the Finance Act 1985 (production of...
Criminal Justice Act 1988 (c.33)
12In Schedule 2 to the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (supplementary...
Finance Act 1988 (c.39)
13(1) Section 127 of the Finance Act 1988 (production of...
Housing Act 1988 (c.50)
14In section 97 of the Housing Act 1988 (information, &c....
Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988 (c.53)
15In section 13 of the Road Traffic Offenders Act 1988...
Children Act 1989 (c.41)
16In section 96(7) of the Children Act 1989 (evidence given...
Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban Development Act 1993 (c.28)
17In section 11(9) of the Leasehold Reform, Housing and Urban...
Finance Act 1993 (c.34)
18In Schedule 21 to the Finance Act 1993 (oil taxation:...
Vehicle Excise and Registration Act 1994 (c.22)
19In section 52 of the Vehicle Excise and Registration Act...
Value Added Tax Act 1994 (c.23)
20In section 96(1) of the Value Added Tax Act 1994...
SCHEDULE 2 Repeals

Civil Evidence Act 1995

1995 c. 38

E1C1C2 An Act to provide for the admissibility of hearsay evidence, the proof of certain documentary evidence and the admissibility and proof of official actuarial tables in civil proceedings; and for connected purposes.

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:
Extent Information
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Act extends to England and Wales, section 10 extends to Northern Ireland; the provisions of Schs. 1 and 2 are co-extensive with the enactments they amend or repeal, see s.16

Modifications etc. (not altering text)