Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts12.(1) A person shall not directly or indirectly hold himself or herself out as--
(a) a shorthand reporter; or
(b) a recorder;
unless the person then holds such appointment under and for the purposes of this Act.
Maximum penalty--4 penalty units.
(1A) Proceedings for an offence against subsection (1) may be taken in a
summary way under the Justices Act 1886 .
(2) Any person (whether a
shorthand reporter or a recorder or not) who--
(a) wilfully records or transcribes or causes any other person to record or transcribe, in a false or incorrect manner any evidence or other matter required to be recorded under this Act;
(b) unless authorised by or under this Act, destroys any record under this Act;
(c) wilfully alters or falsifies or causes or permits anyone to alter or falsify any record under this Act or any transcription thereof or any certificate under and for the purposes of this Act;
(d) wilfully certifies as correct any transcription of any record under this Act, which is false or incorrect;
shall be guilty of an indictable offence and is liable to imprisonment for 5-years.