Part 3Investigation and enforcement
Investigation and enforcement by Panel: Proceedings before Panel
31VRight to be heard and represented at proceedings before Panel
At any meeting of the Panel held for the purposes of section 32, the Panel must allow to be heard and represented any person who applies to the Panel for leave to be heard and represented and who is a person to whom notice of a meeting of the Panel is given under section 32(1).
Subject to subsection (1), at any meeting of the Panel held for the purposes of this Act, the Panel must allow to be heard and represented any person who applies to the Panel for leave to be heard and represented and who, in the opinion of the Panel, is a person who ought to be heard or whose appearance or representation will assist the Panel in its consideration of the matter before it.
Every meeting of the Panel or of a division of the Panel that is held for the purposes of section 31X or section 32 must be attended by at least 1 person—
- who is a barrister, a solicitor, or a barrister and solicitor of the High Court of New Zealand of not less than 7 years' practice; or
- who—
- is enrolled as a barrister, as a solicitor, as a barrister and solicitor, or as a legal practitioner of the High Court of Australia, of any federal court of Australia, or of the Supreme Court of any State or Territory of Australia; and
- has not less than 7 years' practice.
- is enrolled as a barrister, as a solicitor, as a barrister and solicitor, or as a legal practitioner of the High Court of Australia, of any federal court of Australia, or of the Supreme Court of any State or Territory of Australia; and
Compare
- 1978 No 103 s 19(1), (2)
- 1993 No 107 s 10
Notes
- Section 31V: inserted, on , by section 33 of the Takeovers Amendment Act 2002 (2002 No 45).