The Hood suggests that NCAT grants leave to allow representation and that it’s best for a single lot owner to argue that both he and the OC not have such representation.
That was exactly my situation and thinking when I brought action against an OC and SC members earlier this year.
NCAT tossed my suggestion aside and allowed the OC representation, which soon after I discovered meant a near bottomless well of funds with which to pay with as, the insurance coverage funded it.
Regardless of the way the OC pays for representation eg whether it’s funded by insurance or a special levy, all an alert strata mgr (or strata committee representative if there is no manager) needs to do is inform NCAT that “he is not a lawyer and is so busy with 1,001 matters, it would be so unfair for the OC not to be represented”.
What The Hood said (see my first para) will only be gold plated with such communication by the OC (or strata mgr) to NCAT.