11.—(1) Any child whose case comes before a children’s hearing and any relevant person who attends that children’s hearing may each be accompanied by one person for the purpose of assisting the child, or as the case may be, the relevant person at the hearing.
(2) Any representative attending any children’s hearing may assist the person whom he represents in the discussion of the case of the child with the children’s hearing.
(3) In these Rules any reference to a representative is a reference to a person who under this rule assists a child or a relevant person or both, and includes, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference both to any representative of a child and any representative of a relevant person.