(1) With the consent of the parties, the court may order that the evidence of a witness be taken as if before an examiner, but without an examiner being appointed or present.
(2) Where such an order is made then, subject to any directions that may be contained in the order —
(a) a legal practitioner for any party may administer the oath to a witness;
(b) any person transcribing evidence given need not be sworn but must certify as correct the transcript of the evidence and deliver it to the legal practitioner for the party whose witness was examined;
(c) the legal practitioner for the party whose witness was examined must file the original transcript and deliver a true copy to all other parties and to the witness who was examined;
(d) the party whose witness is to be examined must provide a means of recording the evidence of the witness; and
(e) if the witness or any legal practitioner present at the hearing is of the opinion that the transcript does not accurately represent any evidence given, he or she may —
(i) endorse on the copy transcript the corrections which in his or her opinion should be made,
(ii) file the endorsed copy transcript, and
(iii) serve a copy of it on all other parties.