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Business Tenancies (Fair Dealings) Act 2003
111Representation of parties
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111 Representation of parties
(1) A party may be represented in proceedings by a legal practitioner.
(2) A person may be represented in proceedings by a person other
than a legal practitioner if:
(a) the party is a body corporate and the representative is an
officer or employee of the body corporate; or
(b) the party is a landlord and the representative is an agent
appointed by the landlord to manage the premises on the
landlord's behalf and the Commissioner is satisfied that it will
not unfairly disadvantage an unrepresented party; or
(c) all parties to the proceedings agree to the representation and
the Commissioner is satisfied that:
(i) it will not unfairly disadvantage an unrepresented party;
or
(ii) if appropriate information or assistance or both were to
be provided by the Commissioner to the unrepresented
party, that party would not be unfairly disadvantaged; or
(d) the Commissioner is satisfied that the party is unable to
present the party's case properly without the assistance of the
person.