55Provision of interpreters

55 Provision of interpreters (a) evidence is to be given by a witness in a criminal proceeding through an interpreter; and (i) the witness does not wish to provide the interpreter; or (ii) the court considers that the person provided, or proposed to be provided, by the witness as an interpreter is not competent to interpret for the witness in the proceeding. Note The Evidence Act 2011, s 30 provides that a witness in a proceeding in an ACT court may give evidence through an interpreter unless the witness can understand and speak the English language sufficiently to enable the witness to understand, and to make an adequate reply to, a question put to the witness. (2) The prosecutor must provide a person who is competent to interpret for the witness in the proceeding.