# County Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1980, Article 53: Interpreters and shorthand-writers


(1) Where a judge is satisfied that the services of an interpreter or a shorthand-writer are necessary or expedient for the doing of justice between the parties to any proceedings before him, he may, subject to directions given by the Lord Chancellor, appoint as interpreter or as shorthand-writer in those proceedings any person appearing to him to be properly qualified.
(2) The remuneration and expenses of any person appointed as aforesaid shall be in accordance with such scale as may be fixed by the Lord Chancellor with the approval of the Minister for the Civil Service.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1980/397/article/53 (the official version)
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