Hearing record

(Statutory reference: 31-244a) (a) The Referee shall prepare or arrange to have prepared, by cassette tape recording or other means susceptible to transcription, a complete hearing record of all proceedings at any hearing before the Referee. Such hearing record shall be the official hearing record. (b) Any party or witness at a hearing before the Referee may arrange for the preparation of a private record of such hearing provided: (1) the Referee may at any time refuse to permit or may order such person to discontinue the preparation of such private record if the Referee deems the preparation of such private record to limit the fairness or effectiveness of the hearing on the condition that the Referee state on the hearing record the Referee's reasons for such order; and (2) such private record of the hearing may not, except upon the stipulation of all parties and the consent of the Referee, be allowed to contravene, supplement or otherwise affect the official hearing record prepared by the Referee. (c) The Referee may permit limited discussions to occur off the hearing record for good cause. If the Referee permits any such proceedings to occur off the record, the Referee shall, prior to going off the record, announce such fact, including the reason therefor, and immediately upon thereafter resuming proceedings on the record the Referee shall summarize the essentials of such off-the-record discussions.