8.01-412.14 - Uniformity of application and construction; reciprocal privileges.

§ 8.01-412.14. Uniformity of application and construction; reciprocalprivileges.

In applying and construing this uniform act, consideration shall be given tothe need to promote uniformity of the law with respect to its subject matteramong states that enact it. The privilege extended to persons in other statesfor discovery under this article shall only apply if the jurisdiction wherethe action is pending has extended a similar privilege to persons in theCommonwealth, by that jurisdiction's enactment of the Uniform InterstateDepositions and Discovery Act, a predecessor uniform act, or anothercomparable law or rule of court providing substantially similar mechanismsfor use by out-of-state parties.

(2009, c. 701.)