In Burns v. Rebels, Inc., 779 A.2d 1245, 1249 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2001), the Court stated: Parties who do not have standing to intervene in a Board proceeding under Section 464 of the Liquor Code, but who will be aggrieved by an adverse Board decision, may nevertheless petition to intervene in the proceeding under 40 Pa. Code 17.12-17.13 and may appeal an adverse Board decision directly to this Court under Section 702 of the Administrative Agency Law, 2 Pa. C.S. 702. See In re Family Style Restaurant, Inc., 503 Pa. 109, 468 A.2d 1088 (1983). To satisfy the requirements of these sections, Petitioners must demonstrate that they are aggrieved; in other words, they must have a direct and substantial interest in the adjudication and must show a sufficiently close causal relation between the decision and their asserted injury to qualify their interest as immediate. William Penn Parking Garage, Inc. v. City of Pittsburgh, 464 Pa. 168, 346 A.2d 269 (1975). The Court has stated further: An interest is "substantial" when there is a discernible adverse effect to an interest of the aggrieved individual that differs from the abstract interest of the public generally in having others comply with the law; it is "direct" when the aggrieved person can show a causal connection between the alleged harm to his or her interest and the matter complained of; and it is "immediate" when the causal connection is not too remote. Wm. Penn Parking Garage, Inc. v. City of Pittsburgh, 464 Pa. 168, 346 A.2d 269 (1975). North-Central Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Ass'n v. Weaver, 827 A.2d 550, 554 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2003). Concerning the standing of an association, the Court has said: An association, as a representative of its members, may have standing to bring a cause of action even in the absence of injury to itself; the association must allege that at least one of its members is suffering immediate or threatened injury as a result of the challenged action. Pennsylvania School Boards Ass'n v. Commonwealth Ass'n of School Administrators, Teamsters Local 502,696 A.2d 859 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1997). Id. In North-Central Pennsylvania Trial Lawyers Ass'n the Court concluded that the association had standing to challenge a statute that was intended to restrict the venues in which medical malpractice claims might be brought, where one attorney individually and members of the association who practiced medical malpractice law would be directly and substantially affected by the change in venue rules.