New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY JUSTICE CENTRES ACT 1983 - SECT 25

25 Representation by agent

(1) A party to a mediation session is not entitled to be represented by an agent unless:

(a) it appears to the Director that:

(i) an agent should be permitted to facilitate mediation, and

(ii) the agent proposed to be appointed has sufficient knowledge of the matter in dispute to enable the agent to represent the party effectively, and

(b) the Director so approves.

(2) Subsection (1) does not prevent:

(a) where a corporation within the meaning of the Corporations Act 2001 of the Commonwealth is a party to a mediation session-an officer of the corporation,

(b) where a corporation that is an owners corporation constituted under the Strata Schemes Management Act 1996 is a party to a mediation session-the proprietor or lessee or, if there is more than one proprietor or lessee, one of the proprietors or lessees, constituting that corporation, or

(c) where any other corporation is a party to a mediation session-an agent appointed by the corporation,

from representing that corporation.

(3) Where the Director approves of the representation of a party by an agent, the approval of the Director may be given subject to such conditions as the Director considers reasonable to ensure that any other party to the mediation session is not substantially disadvantaged by the agent appearing at the mediation session and, where the Director does so, the entitlement of the agent to represent the party shall be subject to compliance by the agent with those conditions.

(4) Contravention of any provision of this section does not invalidate any mediation session.