Queensland Numbered Acts

HEALTH AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 - SECT 35

35 Insertion of new s 6

After section 5C —
insert —

6 Legal proceedings before prescribed tribunals

(1) This section applies in relation to a legal proceeding before a tribunal, other than QCAT, prescribed by regulation.

(2) The judicial person prescribed by regulation for the tribunal may arrange for—

(a) the recording of relevant matter in the legal proceeding under section 5; or

(b) the transcription of a record under this Act of the legal proceeding.

(3) For subsection (2), the recording or transcription may be carried out by a member or staff of the tribunal or by someone else, including, for example, a person who also provides services to the chief executive under an arrangement mentioned in section 5A(1).

(4) Also, the judicial person prescribed by regulation for the tribunal must ensure appropriate arrangements are in place to ensure the availability to any person of—

(a) copies of records under this Act; or

(b) copies of transcriptions of records under this Act.

(5) For subsection (4), the copies of records or transcriptions must be available on request to—

(a) a judicial person at no cost; and

(b) another person at the cost, if any, prescribed by regulation.

(6) However, subsection (4) does not apply in relation to a copy of a record or transcription to the extent that, under this or another Act, or under an order of a court or judicial person, the copy of the record or transcription must not be made available to a person.