sec.54Corporation

### sec.54 Corporation A corporation may appear in a proceeding through an officer of the corporation who is authorised by the corporation to act for it in the proceeding. However, the corporation may appear through an Australian legal practitioner only with the tribunal’s leave. Subrule (2) does not apply if all of the officers of the corporation are Australian legal practitioners. If the officer authorised to act for the corporation under subrule (1) is not an Australian legal practitioner, the corporation must give the tribunal a certificate of authority for the authorisation. In this rule— officer , of a corporation, means— an officer within the meaning given by the Corporations Act , section 9 for a corporation; or an employee of the corporation. r 54 amd 2016 SL No. 19 s 24 (sec.54-ssec.1) A corporation may appear in a proceeding through an officer of the corporation who is authorised by the corporation to act for it in the proceeding. (sec.54-ssec.2) However, the corporation may appear through an Australian legal practitioner only with the tribunal’s leave. (sec.54-ssec.3) Subrule (2) does not apply if all of the officers of the corporation are Australian legal practitioners. (sec.54-ssec.4) If the officer authorised to act for the corporation under subrule (1) is not an Australian legal practitioner, the corporation must give the tribunal a certificate of authority for the authorisation. (sec.54-ssec.5) In this rule— officer , of a corporation, means— an officer within the meaning given by the Corporations Act , section 9 for a corporation; or an employee of the corporation. - (a) an officer within the meaning given by the Corporations Act , section 9 for a corporation; or - (b) an employee of the corporation.