5(1)A shorthand writer shall attend the trial of an election petition and shall be sworn faithfully and truly to take down at length the evidence given at the trial and from time to time as occasion requires to transcribe that evidence or cause it to be transcribed.N.I.
(2)The shorthand writer shall take down the evidence and from time to time transcribe it or cause it to be transcribed.
(3)In the case of a parliamentary election petition—
(a)the shorthand writer shall be a shorthand writer appointed by the Clerk of the Parliaments and shall be sworn by one of the judges of the election court;
(b)a copy of the evidence shall accompany the certificate given by the election court to the Speaker;
(c)the expenses of the shorthand writer shall be deemed to be part of the expenses incurred in providing the court.
(4)In the case of a local election petition—
(a)the shorthand writer shall be sworn by the election court;
(b)a copy of the evidence shall, if the election court so directs, accompany the certificate of that court.