(1) Where a cross-examiner of a document—
(a) is cross-examining or has cross-examined a witness about a prior inconsistent statement alleged to have been made by the witness; or
(b) in cross-examination of a witness, is using or has used a previous representation alleged to have been made by some other person,
being a statement or representation that is recorded in a document, the cross-examiner shall, if the court so orders or if some other party so requires, produce the document or such evidence of the contents of the document as is available to the cross-examiner, to the court or to that other party.
(2) Where a document or evidence has been produced in accordance with subsection (1), the court may—
(a) examine it;
(b) give directions as to its use; and
(c) subject to this Act, admit it notwithstanding that it has not been tendered by a party.
(3) A cross-examiner shall not, by reason only of having produced a document to a witness who is being cross-examined, be required to tender the document as evidence to the court.