Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts4. In this Act--
"court" includes the Supreme Court and any Judge thereof, a District Court and any Judge thereof, the Industrial Court, a Magistrates Court, and any court established and constituted by or under any law of this State.
"dictation-tape" means a tape (other than a master-tape) containing the record or any part of the record made under this Act by mechanical means of a legal proceeding.
"judicial person" includes any Stipendiary Magistrate, Industrial Magistrate, justice, or coroner, and any arbitrator, commissioner, officer, registrar, or other person or body having by law or by consent of parties authority to hear or receive evidence or examine witnesses or other persons.
"legal proceeding" includes any proceeding (whether civil or criminal) in or before any court, any proceeding before justices, and any proceeding before any court, tribunal, or person (including any inquiry, examination, or arbitration) in which evidence is or may be given, as well as any part of any legal proceeding.
"master-tape" means the tape containing a complete record made under this Act by mechanical means of a legal proceeding.
"mechanical means" , in relation to the recording under this Act of any legal proceeding, means the recording by a tape recording machine or any mechanical, electronic, or other device (a "mechanical device" ).
"record under this Act" , in relation to any legal proceeding, means the evidence (if any) and other matter (if any) recorded in any manner authorised by this Act.
"recorder" means a person holding for the time being the appointment under and for the purposes of this Act as a recorder.
"shorthand reporter" means a person holding for the time being the appointment under and for the purposes of this Act as a shorthand reporter.
"tape" means a tape or other item from which a record made under this Act by mechanical means may be reproduced.
"transcription" , in relation to any record under this Act, means the transcription to longhand writing, typewriting or other mode of the record.