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So the guidance says "it is the responsibility of the prosecutor to notify the court that translation services are needed" - but in practical terms, how would the prosecutor necessarily know that the Defendant doesn't speak English? As was the case here, it might only come to light once the hearing starts.

Is there no responsibility on the party who *requires* the interpreter to notify the court? If they haven't understood any of the foregoing correspondence etc then fair enough, it may have to be dealt with once the hearing starts in any case, but I'm still not sure how the prosecutor is supposed to pre-empt this.