28.1 Scope of this Part
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(1) This Part sets out rules about the disclosure and inspection of documents.
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(2) In this Part —
“copy”, in relation to a document, means anything onto which information recorded in the document has been copied, by whatever means and whether directly or indirectly; and
“document” means anything on or in which information of any description is recorded.
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(3) A party “discloses” a document by revealing that the document exists or has existed.
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(4) For the purposes of this Part a document is “directly relevant” if —
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(a) the party with control of the document intends to rely on it;
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(b) it tends to adversely affect that party's case; or
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(c) it tends to support another party's case; but
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the rule of law known as “the rule in Peruvian Guano” does not apply.