Skip to main content

Table of Contents

Chapters

Preamble
Acknowledgments
Acknowledgements for the Second Edition
Foreward
Foreward to the Second Edition
Definitions
Introduction
Recommended Standards for Courts and Tribunals
- Standard 1 - Model Rules
- Standard 2 – Proceedings generally to be conducted in English
- Standard 3 – Engagement of interpreters to ensure procedural fairness
- Standard 4 – Provision of information to the public about the availability of interpreters
- Standard 5 – Training of Judicial Officers and Court and Tribunal Staff
- Standard 6 – Engaging an interpreter in accordance with these Standards
- Standard 7 – Budget for interpreters
- Standard 8 – Coordinating the engagement of interpreters
- Standard 9 – Support for interpreters
- Standard 10 – Assessing the need for an interpreter
- Standard 11 – Engaging an interpreter
- Standard 12 – Provision of professional development to interpreters on the Standards
- Optimal Standard 1 – Simultaneous interpreting equipment
- Optimal Standard 2 – Provision of tandem or team interpreting
- Optimal Standard 3 – Provision of professional mentors
- Optimal Standard 4 – Establishment of an interpreters’ portal
Recommended Standards for Judicial Officers
- Standard 13 – Judicial Officers’ duties
- Standard 14 – Plain English
- Standard 15 – Training of judicial officers for working with interpreters
- Standard 16 – Assessing the need for an interpreter
- Standard 17 – Proceedings with an interpreter
Recommended Standards for Interpreters
- Standard 18 – Interpreters as officers of the court
- Standard 19 – Code of Conduct for Interpreters in Legal Proceedings
- Standard 20 – Duties of interpreters
Recommended Standards for Legal Practitioners
- Standard 21 – Assessing the need for an interpreter
- Standard 22 – Booking interpreters
- Standard 23 – Engaging an interpreter in accordance with these Standards
- Standard 24 – Briefing interpreters
- Standard 25 – Plain English
- Standard 26 – Documents
Model Rules
- Divison 1: Definitions
- Division 2: Proceedings to be conducted in English
- Division 3: When interpreters may be required
- Division 4: Who may carry out the office of interpreter
- Division 5: What is the function of the interpreter
- Division 6: Code of conduct for interpreters
- Division 7: Evidence adduced through interpreters
- Division 8: Court may give directions concerning interpreters
- Schedule 1 – Code of Conduct for Interpreters in Legal Proceedings
Model Practice Note
Annotated Standards: Recommended Standards for Courts
- Standard 1 - Model Rules
- Standard 2 – Proceedings generally to be conducted in English
- Standard 3 – Engagement of interpreters to ensure procedural fairness
- Standard 4 – Provision of information to the public about the availability of interpreters
- Standard 5 – Training of judicial officers and court and tribunal staff
- Standard 6 – Engaging an interpreter in accordance with these Standards
- Standard 7 – Budget for interpreters
- Standard 8 – Coordinating the engagement of interpreters
- Standard 9 – Support for interpreters
- Standard 10 – Assessing the need for an interpreter
- Standard 11 – Engaging an interpreter
- Standard 12 – Provision of professional development to interpreters on the Standards
- Optimal Standard 1 – Simultaneous interpreting equipment
- Optimal Standard 2 – Provision of tandem or team interpreting
- Optimal Standard 3 – Provision of professional mentors
- Optimal Standard 4 – Establishment of an interpreters’ portal
Annotated Standards: Recommended Standards for Judicial Officers
- Standard 13 – Judicial officers’ duties
- Standard 14 – Plain English
- Standard 15 – Training of judicial officers for working with interpreters
- Standard 16 – Assessing the need for an interpreter
- Standard 17 – Proceedings with an interpreter
Annotated Standards: Recommended Standards for Interpreters
- Standard 18 – Interpreters as officers of the court
- Standard 19 – Code of Conduct for Interpreters in Legal Proceedings
- Standard 20 – Duties of interpreters
Annotated Standards: Recommended Standards for Legal Practitioners
- Standard 21 – Assessing the need for an interpreter
- Standard 22 – Booking interpreters
- Standard 23 – Engaging an interpreter in accordance with these Standards
- Standard 24 – Briefing Interpreters
- Standard 25 – Plain English
- Standard 26 – Documents
Legal Appendix: Engagement of interpreters to ensure procedural fairness – legal requirements for interpreting
- 1.1 International legal rights framework
- 1.2 Statutory sources of the right to an interpreter in criminal and civil proceedings
- 1.3 Criminal Trials
- 1.4 Civil proceedings
- 1.5 Commonwealth and State and Territory government access and equity legislation policies and guidelines
Annexure 1 – Top languages spoken at home by State and Territory
Annexure 2 – An Overview of the Profession of Interpreting and Translating
- A2.1 Key Terms
- A2.2 Interpreter qualifications, certifications and professional associations
Annexure 3 – Plain English Strategies
Annexure 4 – Four-part test for determining need for an interpreter
- A4.1 – Part 1: Ask the party or witness about an interpreter
- A4.2 – Part 2: Assessing speaking ability – ask questions that require a narrative response
- A4.3 – Part 3: Assessing comprehension and speaking relevant to the context
- A4.4 – Part 4: Assessing communication
Annexure 5 – Summary: what judicial officers can do to assist the interpreter
Annexure 6 – Interpreting in matters where a party or the interpreter appears via audio-visual link (AVL), or where the entire hearing takes place via AVL
- A6.1 – Interpreting for a party who appears via audio-visual link (AVL) in an otherwise face- to-face hearing:
- A6.2 – Interpreting for a witness who gives evidence via AVL in an otherwise face-to-face hearing:
- A6.3 – Interpreting when the interpreter is present with a party off-site in an otherwise face-to-face hearing:
- A6.4 – Interpreting when the interpreter is present in the hearing room and the party appears via AVL:
- A6.5 – Interpreting when the entire hearing takes place via audio-visual link (AVL)

Annexure 1 – Top languages spoken at home by State and Territory

	NSW	VIC	QLD	WA	SA	ACT	TAS	NT
Non-English Language Spoken	26.5	27.8	13.5	19.4	17.4	23.8	6.5	24.4
English Only	68.5	67.9	81.2	75.2	78.2	72.7	88.3	58.0
Arabic	2.7	1.3
Mandarin	3.2	3.2	1.5	1.9	1.7	3.1	0.8
Cantonese	1.9		0.5	0.8	0.6	1.0
Vietnamese	1.4	1.7	0.6	0.8	1.1	1.1
Greek	1.1	1.9			1.4		0.2	1.4
Italian		1.9	0.4	1.2	1.7		0.2
German							0.3
Spanish			0.4			0.8
Hindi						0.9
Nepali							0.3
Tagalog				0.6				1.3
Kriol								1.9
Djambarrpuyngu								1.9
Warlpiri								0.9
Other	16.2	17.8	10.1	14.1	10.9	16.9	4.7	17.0

Source: Australian Bureau of Statistics 2016 Census QuickStats

Previous Page Next Page