Western Australian Numbered Acts

ACTS AMENDMENT AND REPEAL (COURTS AND LEGAL PRACTICE) ACT 2003 (NO. 65 OF 2003) - SECT 21

21 .         Commercial Arbitration Act 1985 amended

        (1)         The amendments in this section are to the Commercial Arbitration Act 1985 *.

        [*         Act No. 109 of 1985.
                For subsequent amendments see 2001 Index to Legislation of Western Australia, Table 1, p. 56 .]

        (2)         Sections 20(5) and (6) are repealed and the following subsections are inserted instead —

“
        (5)         A person who is not a legal practitioner does not breach the Legal Practice Act 2003 or any other Act merely by representing a party in arbitration proceedings under this Act.

        (6)         In this section —

        “legal practitioner” means a legal practitioner as defined in the Legal Practice Act 2003 or a person entitled to practise as a legal practitioner in any other place;

        “legally qualified person” means —

            (a)         a legal practitioner; or

            (b)         any other person who, in the opinion of the arbitrator or umpire, has such qualifications or experience in law (whether acquired in Western Australia or in any other place in or outside Australia) as would be likely to afford an advantage in the proceedings.

”.

        (3)         Section 61(1)(a) is amended by deleting “determination under section 58W of the Legal Practitioners Act 1893 ” and inserting instead —

“
                legal costs determination (as defined in the Legal Practice Act 2003 )

”.