Commonwealth Numbered Acts

CHILD SUPPORT ACT 1988 No. 3 of 1988 - SECT 117

117. (1) In any action, prosecution or other proceeding under, or arising out
of, this Act instituted by or on behalf of the Registrar or a Deputy
Registrar, to which the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar is a party or in which
the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar is a party or in which the Registrar or a
Deputy Registrar intervenes or seeks to intervene, the Registrar or Deputy
Registrar, as the case may be, may appear personally or may be represented by:

   (a)  a person enrolled as a barrister, solicitor, barrister and solicitor
        or legal practitioner of a federal court or of the Supreme Court of a
        State or Territory; or

   (b)  a person authorised by the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar, in
        writing, to appear.

(2) The appearance of a person, and the statement of the person that the
person appears by authority of the Registrar or a Deputy Registrar, is prima
facie evidence of that authority.