Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts6.(1) The Governor in Council may from time to time for the purposes of this Act appoint fit and proper persons to be--
(a) shorthand reporters;
(b) in relation to the recording under this Act of legal proceedings by mechanical means--recorders.
(1A) However, if so requested by the court or
judicial person who has directed the recording under this Act of the
legal proceeding by shorthand or mechanical means, the Minister may appoint a
shorthand reporter or, as the case may be, recorder for the purpose of a
particular legal proceeding.
(2) A person may hold--
(a) any such office in conjunction with any other office held by the person;
(b) the office of shorthand reporter as well as the office of recorder.
(3) Subject to
subsection (2), the provisions of this Act shall not prejudice or otherwise
affect the application of the provisions of the Public Service Act 1996 to any
office referred to in subsection (1), or to any person appointed or deemed to
be appointed to any such office, and shall not prejudice or otherwise affect
any lawful exemption from that Act of any such office or officer.
(4) The
Minister may cause--
(a) any appointment made under this section;
(b) any appointment as a shorthand reporter continued by this Act in force for the purposes hereof;
(c) any cancellation or other determination of any such appointment;
to be notified in the Gazette and judicial notice shall be taken of every such notification.