Cap. 25activeordinance

Labour Tribunal Ordinance

勞資審裁處條例

Full legislation

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
)