Interpreter provided at request of prescribed authority
34DN Interpreter provided at request of prescribed authority
This section applies if:
the subject of a questioning warrant appears before a prescribed authority for questioning under the warrant; and
the prescribed authority believes on reasonable grounds that the subject is unable, because of inadequate knowledge of the English language or a physical disability, to communicate with reasonable fluency in that language.
A person exercising authority under the warrant must arrange for the presence of an interpreter.
The prescribed authority must:
defer informing the subject under section 34DC and, if applicable, section 34DD until the interpreter is present; and
give a direction under paragraph 34DE(1)(d) deferring questioning of the subject under the warrant until the interpreter is present.
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