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Elements and Performance Criteria

  1. Identify the context of legal terminology
  2. Develop understanding of legal terminology
  3. Use appropriate oral or signed communication in legal contexts
  4. Identify the context of legal terminology
  5. Develop understanding of legal terminology
  6. Use appropriate oral or signed communication in legal contexts

Performance Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified, the candidate must demonstrate evidence of performance of the following on at least two occasions.

using social, cultural and professional conventions appropriate to the languages being used in legal and policing contexts, including:

customs, protocols and taboos

dialect, idiom, colloquialisms and language conventions

social conventions and consistent use of forms of address


Knowledge Evidence

Evidence required to demonstrate competence must satisfy all of the requirements of the elements and performance criteria. If not otherwise specified, the depth of knowledge demonstrated must be appropriate to the job context of the candidate.

areas of law

lower court, civil and administrative tribunals and routine legal processes

legal and financial consequences of incorrect interpreting

hierarchy of courts and tribunals

key documentation relevant to general policing, and routine legal and judicial processes

legal privilege

legal systems (common law, code law)

information sources for increasing legal knowledge and terminology

legal principles relating to the role of the interpreter, including the right of a defendant to be ‘linguistically present’

procedures for preparing affidavits

relevant legislation, government policies and court guidelines

WHS relevant to working in legal and policing contexts, including personal safety and fatigue