VICTORIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 1998 - SECT 63A Support persons

VICTORIAN CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 1998 - SECT 63A

    (1)     Unless the Tribunal directs otherwise, a party may be assisted in a proceeding by a support person for the purposes of providing emotional or other support to that party.

Example

A support person may include, but is not limited to, a family member or friend, or a person with appropriate cultural or social knowledge who provides emotional or other support to a party.

    (2)     A support person referred to in subsection (1) must not—

        (a)     be a party to the proceeding; or

        (b)     represent a party to the proceeding.

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