Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 182

182 Right to interpreter

(1) This section applies if the presiding officer at a commission hearing reasonably suspects a witness is unable, because of inadequate knowledge of the English language or a physical disability, to understand what is being said or to speak with reasonable fluency in English.

(2) Before the witness is questioned, the presiding officer must arrange for the presence of an interpreter and delay the questioning until the interpreter is present.