63Right of appearance

63 Right of appearance

63 Right of appearance

(1) A person entitled to appear before the Court may appear in person, or by an Australian legal practitioner, or (except in proceedings in Class 5, 6 or 7 of the Court’s jurisdiction) by an agent authorised by the person in writing.

(2) Despite subsection (1), a person may not appear before the Court by an agent except with the leave of the Court.

(3) In determining whether to grant leave for a person to appear by an agent the Court is to consider—

(a) whether the agent has provided the person with the information required by the rules, and

(b) whether granting leave is in the best interests of the person.

(4) Leave granted under this section may—

(a) be granted subject to conditions, and

(b) be revoked at any time for any reason.

s 63: Am 1990 No 84, Sch 2; 1999 No 39, Sch 5 [8]; 2006 No 120, Sch 3.14 [2]; 2008 No 107, Sch 14 [14]; 2012 No 60, Sch 10 [2] [3].