# The Dumping at Sea Act 1974 (Overseas Territories) Order 1975, Paragraph 8: Evidence


(1) In any civil or criminal proceedings a written statement purporting to be a report made by a local or foreign enforcement officer on matters ascertained in the course of exercising his powers under this Act shall be admissible as evidence to the like extent as oral evidence to the like effect by that officer.
(2) Subsection (1) above shall be taken to be in addition to and not to derogate from the provisions of any other law relating to the reception or admissibility of documentary evidence.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1975/1831/schedule/1/paragraph/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/dumping-at-sea-act-1974-overseas-territories-order-1975/schedule-1/paragraph-8
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