(1)  A person is not entitled to be represented by a practitioner at the hearing of a dispute under section 13 or the hearing of an appeal under section 14 .

(2)  Where an officer or employee of an organization registered under Part V of the Industrial Relations Act 1984 is a practitioner, nothing in subsection (1) prevents that officer or employee from representing a person at a hearing referred to in that subsection if he is employed to perform functions that may be performed by persons other than practitioners.

(3)  In this section –

practitioner means an Australian legal practitioner.