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Electricity Act 1992

Disciplinary provisions - Procedure and miscellaneous matters

147U: Appointment of legal advisor to assist Board

You could also call this:

“The Board can hire a lawyer to help them with legal stuff”

The Board can choose a lawyer to help them with legal questions and how to run things properly during certain proceedings. This lawyer is called an advisor.

You need to know that the Board will pay the advisor for their work. The Board and the advisor will agree on how much money the advisor should get for their services and any costs they have.

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Part 11 Disciplinary provisions
Procedure and miscellaneous matters

147UAppointment of legal advisor to assist Board

  1. For the purposes of advising the Board on questions of law and procedure arising in proceedings under this Part, the Board may appoint an advisor who is a barrister or solicitor to attend the proceedings.

  2. The Board must pay to the advisor, by way of remuneration and expenses for his or her services for the proceedings, the sum that is agreed upon between the advisor and the Board.

Notes
  • Section 147U: inserted, on , by section 13 of the Electricity Amendment Act 2006 (2006 No 70).