97A   Intervention by Director-General

(1)  The Director-General may intervene in proceedings before the Tribunal if the Director-General is of the opinion that it would be in the public interest to do so.

(2)  The Director-General must intervene in proceedings before the Tribunal if directed to do so by the Minister.

(3)  The Director-General has a right to be heard personally or by an Australian legal practitioner or agent in proceedings before the Tribunal.

(4)  The Director-General, on intervening in any proceedings, becomes a party to the proceedings and has all the rights of such a party.

(5)  The Director-General is to bear the Director-General’s costs of intervening in proceedings before the Tribunal.