143DDuration of appointment

143D Duration of appointment (1) A person appointed as the legal representative for a child remains the child's representative until one of the following occurs: (a) the proceedings for which the appointment was made are finally concluded; (b) with leave of the Court, the legal representative withdraws as the child's representative; (c) the Court revokes the appointment. (2) For this section, proceedings are finally concluded when one of the following occurs: (a) the proceedings are discontinued; (b) the Court makes a final order in the proceedings and either: (i) the time within which an appeal may be lodged against that order lapses without an appeal being lodged; or (ii) if an appeal is lodged within that period – the appeal proceedings are finally concluded. (3) The Court may revoke the appointment of a legal practitioner as the legal representative for a child at any time if satisfied that: (a) the practitioner has failed to perform his or her duty under section 143C; or (b) it is otherwise no longer in the best interests of the child for the practitioner to represent the child. (4) The Court may do so on application by a party or on the Court's own initiative.