Mental Health and Wellbeing Act 2022
365Appearance and representation at hearing
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365 Appearance and representation at hearing
(1) A person who is the subject of a proceeding has the right to appear before the Mental Health Tribunal at the hearing.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the Mental Health Tribunal may exclude any person (including a person who is the subject of a proceeding) if that person is behaving in a manner that is disruptive to the hearing of the matter.
(3) A person who is the subject of a proceeding may be represented before the Mental Health Tribunal by any person authorised to that effect by the person who is the subject of the proceeding.
(4) If the person who is the subject of a proceeding is not represented before the Mental Health Tribunal, the Tribunal may appoint another person to represent that person.