193Secretary may take or defend proceedings

193 Secretary may take or defend proceedings

193 Secretary may take or defend proceedings

(1) If a person, not being a corporation, has made a complaint to the Secretary and the Secretary—

(a) after investigating the complaint, is satisfied that the person may have a right to take or defend proceedings before the Tribunal, and

(b) is of the opinion that it is in the public interest that the Secretary should take or defend those proceedings on behalf of the person,

the Secretary may, with the consent of the person, take or defend those proceedings on behalf of and in the name of the person.

(2) If the Minister so directs and the person consents, the Secretary must take or defend proceedings before the Tribunal on behalf of a person.

(3) This section applies despite anything to the contrary in the Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2013 or any other law.

s 193: Am 2013 No 95, Sch 4.34 [9].