Airports Economic Regulatory Authority of India Act, 2008
30. Right to legal
representation. -
The applicant or
appellant may either appear in person or authorises one or more chartered
accountants or company secretaries or cost accountants or legal practitioners
or any of its officers to present his or its case before the Appellate
Tribunal. Explanation.- For the purposes of this section,-
a.
"chartered
accountant" means a chartered accountant as defined in clause (b) of
sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949 and who has
obtained a certificate of practice under sub-section (1) of section 6 of that
Act;
b.
"company
secretary" means a company secretary as defined in clause (c) of
sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Company Secretaries Act, 1980 and who has
obtained a certificate of practice under sub-section (1) of section 6 of that
Act;
c.
"cost
accountant" means a cost accountant as defined in clause (b) of
sub-section (1) of section 2 of the Cost and Works Accountants Act, 1959, and
who has obtained a certificate of practice under sub-section (1) of section 6
of that Act;
d.
"legal
practitioner" means an advocate, vakil or an attorney of any High Court,
and includes a pleader in practice.