(1) An examiner must ensure, if practicable, evidence
given at an examination in Queensland is recorded under the
Recording of Evidence Act 1962or recorded in another way and authenticated by
the examiner.
(2) The examiner must authenticate and sign any deposition or
other recording.
(3) If evidence given at an examination is recorded in a
deposition, it must—
(a) contain, in question and answer form, the evidence
of the person examined; and
(b) be transcribed and read over by or to the
witness in the examiner’s presence and in the presence of such of the
parties as wish to attend; and
(c) be signed by the witness, or, if the
witness refuses to sign the deposition, by the examiner for the witness.
