How will the National Register benefit you?

Professional Recognition

Public Service Organisations and agencies that they work through use the National Register to gain access to your services. As a Registered Public Service interpreter you will be entitled to use the designation RPSI after your name. Your entry in the National Register will include your interpreting qualifications, specialist area of work and interpreting experience - all of which will be included on the secure On-line Register and CD-ROM. Only the first part of your postcode, and contact details will be included on the Register, for security reasons your full address will not appear.

Great Work Opportunities

Tha National Register is used by the public service across the country so that your details are available to:

• Legal services
• Health services
• Local Government

In addition, the introduction of the European Community Human Rights Legislation in the UK means that every defendant has the right to be understood and to understand. For those whose command of English does not allow this, the name of an interpreter from the National Register will be indispensable.

The Inter-agency Trials Issues Group (TIG), announced that by the end of 2001 the aim is that every interpreter working in the criminal justice system in England and Wales should be selected from the National Register of Public Service Interpreters, whenever possible.