81Record of evidence of witnesses

81 Record of evidence of witnesses (1) A record of the evidence of a witness at an inquiry shall be made in the manner specified by the Board. (2) The Registrar shall have the custody of a record of evidence made in accordance with subsection (1). (3) The Registrar may give directions that a transcript of the record of any evidence made in accordance with subsection (1) be prepared. (4) Where a transcript of a record is prepared in accordance with the directions of the Registrar given under subsection (3), the person who prepared the transcript, or under whose supervision the transcript was prepared, shall certify on the transcript in writing that the transcript is a true transcript of a record produced out of the custody of the Registrar. (5) Where a record that purports to be a record made in accordance with subsection (1) of the evidence of a witness at an inquiry is produced out of the custody of the Registrar, the record is, unless the contrary is proved, evidence that the person gave that evidence at that inquiry.

Agents Licensing Act 1979 60 (6) Where: (a) a document purports to be a transcript, or a copy of a transcript, of a record, made in accordance with subsection (1), of evidence given by a witness at an inquiry; and (b) the document bears a certificate that purports to be a certificate made in accordance with subsection (4), the document is, unless the contrary is proved, evidence that the witness gave at that inquiry the evidence of which the document purports to be a transcript. (7) On an application made to the Registrar by: (a) a person represented at an inquiry; or (b) a person who satisfies the Registrar that the person has good reason for requiring a copy of a transcript or of any evidence recorded in accordance with this section, the Registrar may, upon payment by the applicant of the prescribed fee, supply to the applicant a copy of the transcript or of the evidence so recorded.