(1)The Lord Chancellor may, with the consent of the Treasury, make rules as to the provision and employment of interpreters of the Welsh and English languages for the purposes of proceedings-before courts in Wales, and for the payment of remuneration in respect of their services, in accordance with such scales as may be prescribed by the rules, out of the same fund as the expenses of the court are payable.
(2)The records of all proceedings in courts in Wales shall continue to be kept in the English language and, subject to the provisions of the last foregoing section and of any rules made under this section, the judge or chairman in any such proceedings shall require any part of the proceedings spoken or written in the Welsh language to be translated into the English language unless, in his opinion, the translation thereof is not necessary for securing the due and public administration of justice.