Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) This section
applies to the following persons —
(a) an
officer of an organisation as defined in the Industrial Relations Act 1979 ;
(b) an
officer of an association of employers or employees registered under the
Fair Work (Registered Organisations) Act 2009 (Commonwealth) or under another
law of the Commonwealth prescribed by the regulations;
(c) a
person employed by an insurer or self-insurer;
(d) a
person (other than a legal practitioner) employed by a law practice as defined
in the Legal Profession Uniform Law (WA) section 6(1);
(e) an
employee or officer of an organisation prescribed by the regulations;
(f) a
person, or a person in a class of persons, prescribed by the regulations.
(2) A person to whom
this section applies may apply for registration as an agent in accordance with
the regulations.
(3) Regulations are to
—
(a)
provide for a scheme of registration of persons for the purposes of this
section and the procedure for obtaining registration; and
(b)
prescribe the circumstances in which, and the procedures by which, a person
may be refused registration, or registered subject to conditions, or the
registration may be suspended or cancelled; and
(c)
provide for applications for review by the State Administrative Tribunal of
decisions refusing, suspending or cancelling registration or imposing
conditions upon registration; and
(d)
provide for any other matter necessary or convenient to be prescribed for the
purposes of this section.
(4) A person is not to
be registered under regulations made under this section unless that person can
demonstrate that the person has professional indemnity insurance, or has
sufficient material resources, of a kind prescribed by the regulations to
provide professional indemnity.
[Section 277 inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 130;
amended: No. 16 of 2005 s. 28; No. 31 of 2011 s. 122; No. 9 of 2022 s. 420.]
[Part XVII (s. 278-291) deleted: No. 31 of 2011 s. 21.]
[Heading inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 130.]