Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts5. Recording of depositions
(1) Subject to this section, where a proceeding before a court is conducted in a room that is equipped with sound-recording apparatus that is operative at the commencement of the proceeding, the depositions of a witness in the proceeding shall be recorded by means of the sound-recording apparatus.
(2) Where a court considers there to be a substantial reason for the depositions of a witness in a proceeding before the court conducted in a room equipped with sound-recording apparatus being recorded by a means other than sound-recording apparatus, the court may direct that the depositions shall be recorded by means of shorthand or in writing and thereupon the depositions shall be recorded accordingly.
(3) Where a proceeding before a court is conducted -
(a) in a room or at another place where there is not any sound-recording apparatus; or
(b) in a room that is equipped with sound-recording apparatus that -
(i) is not operative at the commencement of the proceeding; or
(ii) becomes inoperative in the course of the proceeding,
the depositions of a witness in the proceeding shall be or shall henceforth be, as the case requires, recorded by means of shorthand or in writing as the court directs.