(1) A party to an appeal before a Tribunal may appear personally or by counsel or a solicitor.

(2) A party to an appeal before a Tribunal may, by leave of the Tribunal, be represented before the Tribunal by a person other than a legal practitioner.

(3) A person, other than a legal practitioner, who demands or receives fee or reward for representing a party to an appeal before a Tribunal is guilty of an offence and is liable to a penalty not exceeding $500.

(4) A Tribunal may appoint a person with such qualifications as it thinks fit to appear in an appeal before the Tribunal to assist the Tribunal.

(5) A person authorised to appear in an appeal before a Tribunal for the purpose of representing another person or a person appointed by a Tribunal to assist the Tribunal in an appeal before the Tribunal has the same protection and immunity as a barrister has in appearing for a party in proceedings in the Supreme Court and, where the person so appointed is a legal practitioner, he is subject to the same liabilities as he would be in appearing before that Court.