8Representation by Australian legal practitioners

8 Representation by Australian legal practitioners

(1)  If a party to proceedings who has, under section 98(1)(b) of the Act or a provision of a relevant Act, a right to be represented by an Australian legal practitioner has instructed an Australian legal practitioner to represent the party, the Australian legal practitioner must, as soon as practicable, in the approved form, notify the Tribunal, and each other party to the proceedings, that the Australian legal practitioner is to represent the party who so instructed the practitioner.

(2)  If a relevant Act requires the leave of the Tribunal to be obtained for a party to proceedings of the Tribunal to be represented by an Australian legal practitioner, the Tribunal, in granting the leave, may impose the conditions in relation to representation of the party that the Tribunal thinks fit, including requiring the disclosure of the estimated cost of the representation, by the Australian legal practitioner, of the party.

(3)  The Tribunal may revoke leave granted for an Australian legal practitioner to represent a party, if the Tribunal is satisfied that –

(a) the party no longer consents to the Australian legal practitioner representing the party; or

(b) the party is, or has become, incapable of instructing the Australian legal practitioner; or

(c) any other grounds are present that the Tribunal considers sufficient to justify the revocation.