Western Australian Current Regulations Western Australian Current Regulations (1) For the purposes
of section 178A(2)(a), an independent advocate is independent of the
strata company and the proponent of a termination proposal only if the
independent advocate, and each person employed or engaged by the independent
advocate to assist in the exercise of functions under section 178A, is
not —
(a) the
proponent or an associate of the proponent; or
(b) a
member of the strata company or an associate of a member of the strata
company; or
(c) the
strata manager for the strata company or an associate of the strata manager;
or
(d) if
the scheme is a leasehold scheme — the owner of the leasehold scheme or
an associate of the owner of the leasehold scheme.
(2) The proponent must
not direct or coerce an independent advocate in the exercise of functions
under section 178A.