Superannuation Industry (Supervision) Legislation Amendment Act 1995 (144 of 1995)

Schedule 5   AMENDMENTS OF THE SUPERANNUATION (RESOLUTION OF COMPLAINTS) ACT 1993

51   Section 23

Repeal the section, substitute:

Right to representation in relation to a complaint

"23.(1) If a party to a complaint is a body corporate or unincorporate, the party may be represented by a responsible officer of the body.

"(2) If:

(a) a party to a complaint is not a body corporate or unincorporate; and

(b) the Tribunal is satisfied that the party cannot adequately act on his or her own behalf because he or she has a disability;

the party may be represented by an agent.

"(3) If a party to a complaint is not entitled to be represented under subsection (1) or (2), the party must, unless the Tribunal allows the party to be represented by an agent because the Tribunal considers it necessary in all the circumstances, act on his or her own behalf.

"(4) In this section:

disability, in relation to a person, has the same meaning as in the Disability Discrimination Act 1992.".