95Parties

95 Parties

[Section 95 Inserted by No. 17 of 2021, s. 18, Applied:05 Nov 2021]

(1)  A person is a party to proceedings if the person is –

(a) the applicant; or

(b) in the case of any disciplinary proceedings or any proceedings constituted by any inquiry into a person – the person who is the subject of the proceedings; or

(c) in the case of proceedings involving the review of a decision – the decision-maker; or

(d) without limiting paragraph (a), (b) or (c) –

(i) a respondent to an application before the Tribunal; or

(ii) a person against whom a claim is made by the proceedings; or

(iii) a party to a dispute before the Tribunal; or

(e) a person joined in the proceedings by order of the Tribunal under section 96 ; or

(f) a person lawfully intervening in the proceedings; or

(g) a person specified by another provision of this Act or a relevant Act to be a party to the proceedings.

(2)  Subsection (1) applies subject to any provision of a relevant Act or provision of a Division Schedule.

(3)  In any proceedings in relation to which a decision-maker is a party, the official description, rather than the personal name, of the decision-maker is to be used so far as is practicable.