34DNInterpreter provided at request of prescribed authority

34DN Interpreter provided at request of prescribed authority

(1) This section applies if: (a) the subject of a questioning warrant appears before a prescribed authority for questioning under the warrant; and (b) the prescribed authority believes on reasonable grounds that the subject is unable, because of inadequate knowledge of the English language or a physical disability, to communicate with reasonable fluency in that language. (2) A person exercising authority under the warrant must arrange for the presence of an interpreter. (3) The prescribed authority must: (a) defer informing the subject under section 34DC and, if applicable, section 34DD until the interpreter is present; and (b) give a direction under paragraph 34DE(1)(d) deferring questioning of the subject under the warrant until the interpreter is present.