Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203:clause:6_82ab
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2023C00203
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 6 cl 82AB
Character Range: 315500–317268

82AB  Inquiry—participation and representation

Participation in inquiry
 (1) An eligible party in relation to an inquiry is entitled to:
 (a) make representations to the Tribunal in relation to the inquiry; and
 (b) appear at the inquiry.
 (2) If the Tribunal considers that it is appropriate to do so, the Tribunal may allow a person or entity who is not an eligible party in relation to the inquiry to do either or both of the following:
 (a) make representations to the Tribunal in relation to the inquiry;
 (b) appear at the inquiry.
 (3) If an eligible party who has been given notice of the inquiry in accordance with subsection 82AA(5) fails to attend at the time and place specified for the inquiry, the Tribunal may proceed in the absence of that party.

Representation at inquiry
 (4) An eligible party in relation to an inquiry:
 (a) is entitled to appear at the inquiry:
 (i) personally; or
 (ii) if the person is a body corporate—by a director, secretary or agent of the body corporate; and
 (b) subject to subsection (5), is entitled to be represented at the inquiry by:
 (i) a legal practitioner; or
 (ii) another person, with leave of the Tribunal.
 (5) If, in the opinion of the Tribunal, the total value of all of the entitlements under this Act that are at issue in the inquiry is likely to be less than $1,000, the Tribunal may refuse to allow any eligible party in relation to the inquiry to be represented at the inquiry by a legal practitioner.
 (6) Subsection (5) does not give the Tribunal the power to prevent:
 (a) an eligible party who is a legal practitioner from appearing personally; or
 (b) an eligible party that is a body corporate from appearing by a director, secretary or agent of the body corporate who is a legal practitioner.