Supreme Court Rules 1987

(1) The deposition of a person examined before an examiner shall be:

(a) taken down by the examiner;

(b) taken down by a shorthand writer or some other person in the presence of the examiner; or

(c) recorded by mechanical means in the presence of the examiner, if the place for the examination is equipped with sound recording apparatus that is operative at the commencement of the examination, and the examiner ensures that a transcript of the record of depositions is prepared.

(2) Subject to subrule (3) and rule 41.06(a), the deposition need not set out every question and answer if it contains as nearly as may be the statement of the person examined.

(3) The examiner may direct that the words of a question and the answer to the question be set out in the deposition.