New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CO-OPERATIVES ACT 1992 - SECT 408A

408A Power of Registrar to intervene in proceedings

(1) The Registrar may intervene in any proceedings relating to a matter arising under this Act or the regulations.

(2) When the Registrar intervenes in proceedings, the Registrar is taken to be a party to the proceedings and, subject to this Act, has all the rights, duties and liabilities of such a party.

(3) The Registrar may appear and be represented in any proceedings in which the Registrar wishes to intervene pursuant to this section:

(a) by a person to whom the Registrar has delegated the Registrar’s functions under this Act or such of those functions as relate to a matter to which the proceedings relate, or

(b) by an officer or temporary employee of the Public Service who is engaged in the administration of this Act, or

(c) by an Australian legal practitioner.