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s.23
Right of audience
(1) The following persons shall have a right of audience before the tribunal— (a) a claimant or defendant; (b) a tribunal officer; (c) an authorized officer; (d) an officer or servant of an unincorporated or incorporated company or a member of a partnership, if the company or partnership is a party; (Amended 14 of 2003 s. 11 ) *(e) with the leave of the tribunal, an office bearer of a registered trade union or of an association of employers who is authorized in writing by a claimant or defendant to appear as his representative; and (Amended 101 of 1997 s. 24 ; 135 of 1997 s. 14 ; 14 of 2003 s. 11 ) (f) a public officer, not being a barrister or solicitor, who appears on behalf of the Secretary for Justice, if the Secretary for Justice is a claimant or a defendant. (Added 14 of 2003 s. 11 ) (2) A barrister or solicitor shall have a right of audience before the tribunal only if he is— (a) acting on his own behalf as a claimant or a defendant; or (b) appearing before the tribunal on behalf of an offender for the purpose of section 42 . (Replaced 25 of 1999 s. 8 )