SUPREME COURT RULES 1970 - SECT 13.3
Manner in which recordings are to be made
SUPREME COURT RULES 1970 - SECT 13.3
Manner in which recordings are to be made
13.3 Manner in which recordings are to be made
(1) Unless the Court orders
otherwise and subject to any directions under rule 4, the recording of
judgment remarks of the Court for broadcasts permitted by the Court is to be
conducted in accordance with the requirements of this rule.
(2) There is to
be no more than one of each of the following allowed in the Court in
connection with the recording of its judgment remarks--
(a) a video camera
operator,
(b) a photographer,
(c) a microphone operator.
(3) Obtrusive
microphones or wiring are not to be used in connection with the making of a
recording.
(4) Moving equipment is not to be used in connection with the
making of a recording while the Court is in session.
(5) Proceedings of the
Court are not to be disrupted by the making of a recording (including from
distracting sounds or lights).
(6) The cost of installing, operating or
removing any equipment required for the making of a recording (including any
modifications made to existing equipment of the Court for that purpose) is to
be borne by the news media organisation whose equipment is being used to make,
or whose employees are involved in making, the recording and not by the Court.
(7) Any recording equipment used to make a recording is not to display any
trade mark, logo or other branding that identifies it as the equipment of any
particular news media organisation.
