Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

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RECORDS OF DEPOSITIONS ACT - SECT 13

Furnishing of copy of depositions

13. Furnishing of copy of depositions

(1) Subject to subsection (2) and section 14, the clerk of a court, on application in writing, shall -

(a) upon payment of the prescribed fee, furnish to the applicant -

(i) a copy; or

(ii) a copy, certified by writing under the hand of the clerk to be a true copy,

of -

(iii) a transcript of the record; or

(iv) the record,

as the case requires, of the depositions of a witness in a proceeding before the court; or

(b) if the depositions were recorded by means of sound-recording apparatus and neither the record nor a transcript of the record is available - advise the applicant accordingly.

(2) Nothing in subsection (1) requires or permits the clerk of a court to furnish a copy referred to in that subsection to a person, not being a party to the relevant proceeding, unless the clerk or a Stipendiary Magistrate for the Territory is satisfied that there is good reason for the person being furnished with the copy.



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