Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) At a hearing in a
proceeding before the Tribunal a party to the proceeding may appear in person
or may be represented by another person, but a party cannot be represented by
a person other than a legal practitioner unless —
(a) the
party is a body corporate and the person is a director, secretary, or other
officer of the body corporate; or
(b) the
party is a public sector body as defined in section 3(1) of the
Public Sector Management Act 1994 and the person is a public sector employee
authorised by the party to represent it; or
(c) the
party is a party in the course of or because of the performance, or purported
performance, of his or her duties as a public sector employee and the person
is another public sector employee authorised by the party to represent him or
her; or
(d) the
person has particular knowledge or experience relevant to the matter that is
being dealt with (other than experience obtained as or representing a party in
another Tribunal proceeding); or
(e) the
Tribunal agrees to that person representing the party, and any conditions
imposed by the Tribunal are satisfied; or
(f) the
regulations or the rules authorise it.
(2) This section does
not authorise a person who could not otherwise lawfully demand or receive any
fee or reward for representing a party to demand or receive any fee or reward.
(3) A person who has
been struck off the roll of practitioners of the Supreme Court or who is
suspended from practice as a legal practitioner cannot represent a party.
(4) The regulations or
the rules may prevent specified persons, or persons of a specified class, from
representing a party.