WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 195
WORKERS' COMPENSATION AND INJURY MANAGEMENT ACT 1981 - SECT 195
195 . Representation
(1) At any hearing or
conference before an arbitrator, a party to the proceeding may appear in
person or may be represented by —
(a) a
legal practitioner; or
(b) a
registered agent; or
(c) if
the party is a body corporate, a director, secretary, or other officer of the
body corporate; or
(d) if
the party is a public sector body as defined in section 3(1) of the
Public Sector Management Act 1994 , a public sector employee authorised by the
party to represent the party.
(2) In any proceeding
an arbitrator may refuse to permit an employer or an insurer to be represented
by a legal practitioner or registered agent if a party who is a worker is not
represented by a legal practitioner or registered agent.
(3) A prohibited
person cannot represent a party.
[(4A) deleted]
(4) An arbitrator may
refuse to permit a party to be represented by an agent if of the opinion that
the agent does not have sufficient authority to make binding decisions on
behalf of the party.
(5) The regulations or
the arbitration rules may prevent specified persons, or persons of a specified
class, from representing a party.
[Section 195 inserted: No. 42 of 2004 s. 130;
amended: No. 31 of 2011 s. 50 and 76; No. 9 of 2022 s. 414.]