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366 Interpreters
(1) Subject to subsection (3), a party may be assisted at a hearing by an interpreter or another person who is necessary or desirable to make the hearing intelligible to that party.
(2) The Mental Health Tribunal may appoint or call for the assistance of an interpreter to provide interpreting services for the purposes of any hearing conducted under this Act.
(3) If the Mental Health Tribunal is satisfied that it is appropriate in the circumstances, the Tribunal may direct that a hearing under this Act continue without the assistance of an interpreter.