(1) For the purposes of the following provisions, a group member in a representative proceeding is to be taken to be a party to the proceeding:
(a) subsection 87(1) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ;
(b) subsection 238(1) of Schedule 2 to that Act, as that subsection applies as a law of the Commonwealth.
(2) An application by a representative party in a representative proceeding under:
(a) subsection 87(1A) of the Competition and Consumer Act 2010 ; or
(b) subsection 237(1) of Schedule 2 to that Act, as that subsection applies as a law of the Commonwealth;
is to be taken to be an application by the representative party and all the group members.