Evidence
Evidence law is an area where the Commonwealth, States and Territories all have responsibilities. All these jurisdictions have evidence legislation.
The primary source of statutory evidence law applying in relation to proceedings in federal courts is the Evidence Act 1995, which also applies in the Australian Capital Territory courts. Similar Acts have been passed in New South Wales, Tasmania and Norfolk Island. These Acts are sometimes referred to as the uniform Evidence Acts.
A number of other federal laws also supply rules of evidence for certain types of cases (see for example the Family Law Act 1975).
Non statutory law or common law provides a number of significant principles of evidence law which operates along side statutory law. In those jurisdictions where the uniform Evidence Act applies, it may still be possible to find common law rules applying to the reception of evidence in courts, because the Evidence Act is not a code.