Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current Acts(1) The contact that a person being detained under this Part has with another person under section 13AZQ may take place only if it is conducted in such a way that the contact, and the content and meaning of the communication that takes place during the contact, can be effectively monitored by a police officer exercising authority under this Part.
(2) The contact may take place in a language other than English only if the content and meaning of the communication that takes place during the contact can be effectively monitored with the assistance of an interpreter.
(3) Without limiting subsection (2), the interpreter referred to in that subsection may be a police officer.
(4) If the person being detained indicates that they wish the contact to take place in a language other than English, the police officer who is detaining the person must—
(a) arrange for the services of an appropriate interpreter to be provided if it is reasonably practicable to do so during the period during which the person is being detained; and
(b) if it is reasonably practicable to do so—arrange for those services to be provided as soon as practicable.
S. 13AZY inserted by No. 32/2018 s. 9.