Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) Subject to subregulation (2), a party to an arbitration must not be represented by a legal practitioner at the hearing.
(2) Subject to subregulation (3), the arbitrator may permit a party to be represented by a legal practitioner if, in the opinion of the arbitrator:
(a) legal representation is likely to shorten the proceedings or reduce costs; or
(b) the party would be unfairly disadvantaged if the party were not represented.
(3) The arbitrator must not permit a holder to be represented by
a legal practitioner if, in the opinion of the arbitrator, another party would
be unfairly disadvantaged as a result.