Recorded interview to be made available to suspect
117 Recorded interview to be made available to suspect
If an audiovisual recording is made of an interview and the suspect is charged with an offence to which the interview relates, a copy of the recording must be made available to the suspect or the suspect’s legal practitioner within 14 days after the suspect is so charged or, if that is not practicable, as soon as practicable after that period.
No person is entitled to a transcript of an audiovisual recording of an interview, or any part of such a recording.
A court must not order that such a transcript be made unless satisfied that —
words spoken in the interview cannot be understood satisfactorily; and
it is practicable to prepare such a transcript.
Subsections (2) and (3) do not prevent a person from making a transcript of an audiovisual recording of an interview and supplying a copy of it to any person.
[Section 117 amended: No. 21 of 2008 s. 656(3).]
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