Victorian Consolidated Regulations

SUPREME COURT (GENERAL CIVIL PROCEDURE) RULES 2015 - REG 44A.01

In this Order, unless the context or subject matter otherwise requires—

"accredited interpreter", in relation to an other language means an interpreter who is accredited, registered or recognised as an interpreter for the language by a recognised agency;

"code of conduct "means the court interpreters' code of conduct in Form 44AA;

interpret means the process by which spoken or signed language is conveyed from one language (the source language ) to another (the "target language") orally;

"other language" means a spoken or signed language other than English;

"recognised agency" means the National Accreditation Authority for Translators and Interpreters (NAATI);

sight translate means the process by which an interpreter or a translator presents a spoken interpretation of a written text;

translate means the process by which written language is conveyed from one language (the  source language ) to another (the target language ) in written form.

Rule 44A.02 inserted by S.R. No. 29/2020 rule 6.