Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) Any party to
proceedings before the Commission, and any other person or body permitted by
or under this Act to intervene or be heard in proceedings before the
Commission, may appear —
(a) in
person;
(b) by
an agent; or
(c)
where —
(i)
that party, person or body, or any of the other parties,
persons or bodies permitted to intervene or be heard, is the Council, the
Chamber, the Mines and Metals Association, the Minister or the Minister of the
Commonwealth administering the Department of the Commonwealth that has the
administration of the Commonwealth Act; or
(ii)
the proceedings are in respect of a claim referred to the
Commission under section 29(1)(b) or involve the hearing and
determination of an application under section 44(7)(a)(iii); or
(iii)
all parties to the proceedings expressly consent to legal
practitioners appearing and being heard in the proceedings; or
(iv)
the Commission, under subsection (4), allows legal
practitioners to appear and be heard in the proceedings,
by a legal
practitioner.
(2)
An organisation or association shall be deemed to have appeared in person
if it is represented by its secretary or by any officer of the organisation or
association.
(3) A person or body
appearing by a legal practitioner or agent is bound by the acts of that legal
practitioner or agent.
(4) Where a question
of law is raised or argued or is likely in the opinion of the Commission to be
raised or argued in proceedings before the Commission, the Commission may
allow legal practitioners to appear and be heard.
(5) The Commission may
make regulations prescribing the manner in which authorisation of any agent is
to be given, either generally or for a particular case.
[(6) deleted]
[Section 31 amended by No. 121 of 1982
s. 12; No. 94 of 1984 s. 20 and 66; No. 15 of 1993
s. 31; No. 1 of 1995 s. 8; No. 36 of 1999 s. 247; No. 21
of 2008 s. 668(4).]