Western Australian Current Acts Western Australian Current Acts (1) If an assessor
decides to conduct a hearing of a compensation application, the assessor must
cause written notice of the time and place of the hearing to be given to the
applicant and to any other interested person that the assessor intends to
hear.
(2) A person who is
notified of a hearing is entitled —
(a) to
appear at the hearing and be heard by the assessor; and
(b) to
appear in person or to be represented by a legal practitioner, or by a person
approved by the assessor; and
(c) to
present evidence and to call, examine and re-examine witnesses and to
cross-examine any witness not called by that person.
(3) Section 63 applies
for the purposes of conducting a hearing.
(4) A hearing by an
assessor must be conducted in private unless the assessor decides that it
should be conducted in public.
(5) If a hearing is
conducted in private, the assessor may exclude any person who the assessor
does not intend to hear.
[Section 25 amended: No. 21 of 2008 s. 655(3).]