Administrative Review Tribunal Act 2024 (40 of 2024)

Part 4   Proceedings

Division 5   Tribunal procedure

Subdivision B   Parties and representation

68   Tribunal may appoint interpreter

Tribunal may appoint interpreter on request

 

(1) A person appearing at a Tribunal case event may request the Tribunal to appoint an interpreter for the person.

      

(2) The Tribunal must comply with the request unless the Tribunal considers that the person does not require an interpreter for the purposes of:

(a) communication with the Tribunal; or

(b) understanding evidence and submissions given to the Tribunal.

Tribunal must appoint interpreter in certain circumstances

      

(3) If:

(a) the Tribunal considers that a person appearing at a Tribunal case event requires an interpreter for the purposes of:

(i) communication with the Tribunal; or

(ii) understanding evidence and submissions given to the Tribunal; and

(b) the person does not request the Tribunal to appoint an interpreter;

the Tribunal must, on its own initiative, appoint an interpreter for the purposes of communication between the person and the Tribunal.

Conflict of interest

      

(4) The Tribunal may appoint a person to be an interpreter for another person only if the person has no conflict of interest in acting as an interpreter for the other person.

Tribunal may appoint interpreters in other situations

      

(5) Subsections (2) and (3) do not limit the power of the Tribunal to appoint an interpreter.

Oath or affirmation for interpreter

      

(6) The Tribunal may require an interpreter appointed by the Tribunal to take an oath or make an affirmation. A member or a staff member may administer an oath or affirmation to the interpreter.

      

(7) The oath or affirmation is an oath or affirmation that the interpretation the interpreter will give will be true.