Shorthand Reporters Amendment Act 1951
Shorthand Reporters Amendment Act 1951
Shorthand Reporters Amendment Act 1951
Shorthand Reporters Amendment Act 1951
Public Act |
1951 No 16 |
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Date of assent |
23 November 1951 |
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Contents
An Act to amend the Shorthand Reporters Act 1908.
BE IT ENACTED by the General Assembly of New Zealand in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1 Short Title.
This Act may be cited as the Shorthand Reporters Amendment Act 1951, and shall be read together with and deemed part of the Shorthand Reporters Act 1908 (hereinafter referred to as the principal Act).
2 Appointment of shorthand reporters.
The principal Act is hereby amended by repealing section two, and substituting the following section:—
“2
“(1)
Subject to the provisions of this section, the Secretary for Justice may from time to time appoint fit persons as shorthand reporters under this Act.
“(2)
No person shall be so appointed unless—
“(a)
He has passed an examination under this Act, conducted by examiners to be appointed by the Public Service Commission, as to his fitness and capacity as a shorthand reporter:
“(b)
He has attained the age of twenty-one years.”
3 Status of authorized reporters.
The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing section three, and substituting the following section:—
“3
The following provisions shall apply to every person appointed, whether before or after the passing of this section, as a shorthand reporter under this Act (hereinafter referred to as an authorized reporter), namely:—
“(a)
His appointment shall continue during the pleasure of the Secretary for Justice, and while it continues he shall be deemed to be an officer of the Supreme Court:
“(b)
He shall not, by reason only of his appointment under this Act, be debarred from holding any other office in any Department of the Government Service or from exercising his vocation, as a reporter or otherwise, apart from this Act:
“(c)
If he holds any other office in any Department of the Government Service as aforesaid, he shall not be entitled or required to exercise his functions under this Act except with the consent of the Public Service Commission, if he is employed in a Department to which the Public Service Act 1912 applies, or of the Permanent Head of the Department if he is employed in a Department to which that Act does not apply:
“(d)
Unless he is employed in the Government Service, he shall be entitled to such fees in respect of the actual exercise of his functions under this Act as are prescribed.”
4 Public Service Act 1912 and Superannuation Act 1947 not to apply. 1947, No. 57
The principal Act is hereby further amended by inserting, after section three, as substituted by the last preceding section, the following section:—-
“3a
No person shall be deemed to be employed in the service of His Majesty for the purposes of the Public Service Act 1912 or the Superannuation Act 1947 by reason only of his appointment under this Act as an examiner or as a shorthand reporter.”
5 Making and transcription of official report.
The principal Act is hereby further amended by inserting, after section eight, the following section:—
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“(1)
The report to be made by the authorized reporter who attends any proceedings pursuant to an order made under section four of this Act shall be made in shorthand, or in such other mode as may be directed by the presiding Judge, Magistrate, or Justices.
“(2)
Upon being directed so to do by the presiding Judge, Magistrate, or Justices, the authorized reporter shall, as soon as practicable, make or cause to be made in longhand writing or in typewriting a transcription of the report or of so much thereof as may be directed.”
Compare: 1939, No. 39, s. 67
6 Filing of shorthand notes and transcription.
The principal Act is hereby further amended by repealing section eleven, and substituting the following section:—
“11
The shorthand notes, together with the certified transcription (if any), shall be the property of His Majesty, and shall be filed with the other papers in the proceedings.”
7 Repeal. 1939, No. 39
Section sixty-seven of the Statutes Amendment Act 1939 is hereby repealed.