64.—(1) In proceedings before a Court a party or intervener —
(a)
being a trade union may be represented by an officer of the trade union or, in the case of a trade union of employees, by an officer of the trade union or by an industrial relations officer selected by the trade union; and
(b)
not being a trade union, may be represented —
(i)
by an employee of that party or intervener; or
(ii)
by an officer of a trade union of which that party or intervener is a member,
but shall not be represented by an advocate and solicitor or paid agent except in proceedings under section 57 or by leave of the Court in proceedings in which the Attorney-General has intervened.
(2) For the purposes of this section —
(a)
“officer”, in relation to a trade union, includes for the purposes of any proceedings before the Court a person appointed by the body, by whatever name called, to which the management of the affairs of the union is entrusted, to represent the trade union in those proceedings; and
(b)
a person who within 6 months before the commencement of any proceedings before the Court has been practising as an advocate and solicitor shall be deemed not to be an officer of a trade union for the purposes of those proceedings or an employee of a party or intervener.
(3) A person who is disqualified under subsection (1) from representing a party or intervener in proceedings before the Court shall not in those proceedings communicate, in the face or hearing of the Court, with a party or intervener or a person representing a party or intervener.