Charitable Fundraising Act 1991
41HRight of appearance
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41H Right of appearance
41H Right of appearance
(1) Any Australian legal practitioner appointed by the Crown to assist a public inquirer may appear before a public inquiry.
(2) If it is shown to the satisfaction of the public inquirer that any person is substantially and directly interested in any subject-matter of a public inquiry, the public inquirer may allow the person (the affected person) to appear at the public inquiry or a specified part of the public inquiry.
(3) The public inquirer may authorise—
(a) a person giving evidence at a public inquiry, or
(b) an affected person,
to be represented by an Australian legal practitioner at the public inquiry or a specified part of the public inquiry.
(4) The public inquirer is required to give a reasonable opportunity for a person giving evidence at a public inquiry to be legally represented.
s 41H: Ins 2017 No 36, Sch 1 [7].