Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) A party to
proceedings being determined by the licensing authority may
appear —
(a)
personally;
(b) by
counsel;
(c) if
the party is a member of an association which the licensing authority
recognises as having been formed to promote or protect the interests of a
section of the liquor industry, or of employees in the liquor
industry — by an officer or employee of that association;
(d) if
the party is a body corporate — by an officer or employee of
the body corporate who has obtained leave of the licensing authority to appear
on its behalf; or
(e) by
any other person approved by the licensing authority.
(2) The Commissioner
of Police may be represented before the licensing authority by a member of the
Police Force, and where a member of the Police Force purports in any
proceedings to represent the Commissioner of Police that person shall be
deemed, in the absence of proof to the contrary, to have been authorised by
the Commissioner of Police so to do.
[Section 17 amended by No. 12 of 1998
s. 12.]