79LProcedure on appeal

79L Procedure on appeal S. 79L(1) amended by Nos 18/2005 s. 18(Sch. 1 item 68), 17/2014 s. 160(Sch. 2 item 63). (1) A member of the operational staff who has appealed to the Commission or any other party to the appeal may appear at the appeal or may be represented at the appeal by any person including an Australian legal practitioner. (2) If a member who is the subject of an appeal does not attend in person or by a representative at the time and place fixed for the hearing, the Commission may proceed in his or her absence. (3) At an appeal— (a) subject to this Act, the procedure of the appeal is at the discretion of the Commission; and (b) the proceedings must be conducted with as little formality and technicality as the requirements of this Act and the proper consideration of the matter permit; and (c) the Commission is not bound by the rules of evidence but may inform itself in any way it sees fit; and (d) the Commission is bound by the rules of natural justice. S. 79M inserted by No. 24/1997 s. 54, amended by No. 69/2009 s. 54(Sch. Pt 2 item 35).