Section 1 definitions of "authorized reporter" and "sound recording apparatus" BEFORE amended by BC Reg 234/2021, effective September 13, 2021.
has the same meaning as in the Official Reporters Regulation, B.C. Reg. 222/84;
"sound recording apparatus" means
(c) digital sound recording computer software produced by FTR Pty Ltd. specifically for recording court proceedings and compatible computer hardware.
Section 5 (g) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 277/2023, effective January 15, 2024.
(g) any evidence, argument or other statements that the judge, master or registrar orders, under section 7, are to be included in the official record.
Section 6 (4) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 234/2021, effective September 13, 2021.
(4) Sections 3 and 3.01 and Schedule 1 of the Official Reporters Regulation, B.C. Reg. 222/84, apply to a transcript made in whole or in part from a sound recording, when prepared by an official reporter.
Section 6 (1) (b) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 277/2023, effective January 15, 2024.
(b) any amendments of or supplements to that recording ordered by the judge, master or registrar under section 7.
Section 6 (3) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 166/2024, effective July 2, 2024.
(3) The registrar may make an audio tape of the original recording and may provide that audio tape along with copies of any orders referred to in subsection (1) (b) to the person retained to make a transcript of the proceeding or to any other person authorized by the minister.
Section 7 (1) BEFORE amended by BC Reg 75/2022, effective March 30, 2022.
(1) If and to the extent that a judge, master or registrar is satisfied that a recording has not been made of some or all of a proceeding or that the recording made of a proceeding is otherwise incomplete or indecipherable, the judge, master or registrar may, on his or her own motion or on the motion of any party, make an order declaring the evidence, argument or other material that is to be included in the official record in the place of one or more of the gaps in, or indecipherable portions of, the original recording of the proceeding.
Section 7 BEFORE amended by BC Reg 277/2023, effective January 15, 2024.
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7 (1) If and to the extent that a judge, master or registrar is satisfied that a recording has not been made of some or all of a proceeding or that the recording made of a proceeding is otherwise incomplete or indecipherable, the judge, master or registrar may, on the judge, master or registrar's own motion or on the motion of any party, make an order declaring the evidence, argument or other material that is to be included in the official record in the place of one or more of the gaps in, or indecipherable portions of, the original recording of the proceeding.
(2) The judge, master or registrar may base an order under subsection (1) on one or more of the following:
(a) notes taken by any authorized reporter in attendance at any part of the proceeding;
(b) notes taken during the proceeding by the judge, master or registrar or by counsel;
(c) any other material considered by the judge, master or registrar to be appropriate.
[en. B.C. Reg. 421/97, s. 2; am. B.C. Reg. 75/2022, s. 3.]