Part 1Preliminary1Short titleThis regulation may be cited as the Evidence and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2025.2Commencement(1)Part 2 commences on 20 September 2025.(2)Section 7(1) is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2024, immediately after the commencement of the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2023, section 231.Part 2Amendment of Evidence Regulation 20173Regulation amendedThis part amends the Evidence Regulation 2017.4Replacement of s 4C (Prescribed places for relevant proceeding)Section 4C—omit, insert—4CPrescribed places for relevant proceedings—Act, s 103ZZGA(1)This section prescribes the places for section 103ZZGA of the Act, definition relevant proceeding, paragraph (b).(2)For the Supreme Court and the District Court, the places are—

(a)Brisbane; and

(b)Townsville.

(3)For the Magistrates Court, the places are—

(a)Brisbane; and

(b)Caboolture; and

(c)Cleveland; and

(d)Redcliffe; and

(e)Townsville.

(4)For the Childrens Court, the places are—

(a)Brisbane; and

(b)Caboolture; and

(c)Cleveland; and

(d)Redcliffe; and

(e)Townsville.

5Insertion of new s 5AAfter section 5—insert—5ARequirements for notices—Act, s 129AGFor section 129AG(1) of the Act, a notice given under section 129AD(1)(a) or 129AF(1)(a) of the Act must include the following—

(a)a statement as to whether the party giving the notice seeks to adduce tendency evidence or coincidence evidence;

(b)the substance of the evidence to which the notice relates;

(c)particulars of the conduct or event to which the evidence relates, to the extent known by the party giving the notice;

(d)the name of each person who saw, heard or otherwise perceived the conduct or event to which the evidence relates, to the extent the identity of the person is known by the party giving the notice.

Part 3Amendment of Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) Regulation 20196Regulation amendedThis part amends the Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) Regulation 2019.7Amendment of sch 1 (Supreme Court and District Court fees—proceedings generally)(1)Schedule 1, item 1(2)(a), second column, ‘2,991.90’—omit, insert—2,911.90(2)Schedule 1, item 1—insert—(3A)Filing an application for a complainant privacy order under the Evidence Act 1977, section 103ZZZEnilnil(3)Schedule 1, item 1(4), after ‘subitem (2)’—insert—or (4)(4)Schedule 1, item 1(3A) to (5)—renumber as schedule 1, item 1(4) to (6).(5)Schedule 1, item 7(a), ‘(4) or (5)’—omit, insert—(5) or (6)8Amendment of sch 2 (Magistrates Courts fees—proceedings generally)(1)Schedule 2, heading before item 1—omit, insert—Filing claim, particular application or other document(2)Schedule 2—insert—3AFiling an application for a complainant privacy order under the Evidence Act 1977, section 103ZZZEnil(3)Schedule 2, item 4, after ‘claim’—insert—or an application mentioned in item 4(4)Schedule 2, items 3A to 12—renumber as schedule 2, items 4 to 13.