New South Wales Consolidated Acts

COMMUNITY SERVICES (COMPLAINTS, REVIEWS AND MONITORING) ACT 1993 - SECT 33

33 Right of appearance

(1) In any proceedings before the Tribunal, the parties to the proceedings may appear in person or, by leave of the Tribunal, may be represented by an Australian legal practitioner or by an agent.

(2) The Ombudsman has a right to appear in proceedings before the Tribunal in order to assist the Tribunal otherwise than as a party.

(3) In proceedings before it directly or significantly affecting a prescribed person, the Tribunal may appoint a person to act as guardian ad litem for the person.

(4) In proceedings before it directly or significantly affecting a prescribed person, the Tribunal may, if it considers that the person should be separately represented:

(a) order that the person be separately represented, and

(b) make such other orders as it thinks necessary for the purpose of securing separate representation for the person.

(5) A person is not entitled to legal aid under the Legal Aid Commission Act 1979 merely because the Tribunal has made an order under subsection (4).

(6) This section applies despite the provisions of section 71 (Representation of parties) of the Administrative Decisions Tribunal Act 1997 .

(7) In this section:
"prescribed person" means a child or a person of a class prescribed for the purposes of this section by the regulations.