69Hearings to be in public unless practice directions or Tribunal order requires otherwise

69 Hearings to be in public unless practice directions or Tribunal order requires otherwise

General rule (1) The hearing of a proceeding in the Tribunal must be in public.

Note: The hearing of a proceeding is the substantive hearing of the matter before the Tribunal. Directions hearings do not need to be in public (see the definition of hearing of a proceeding in section 4).

Exception—practice directions may require private hearing (2) Despite subsection (1), in the circumstances specified in the practice directions: (a) the hearing or part of the hearing is to take place in private; and (b) only the persons specified in the practice directions may be present. Exception—Tribunal may require private hearing (3) Despite subsection (1), the Tribunal may, by order: (a) direct that the hearing or part of the hearing is to take place in private; and (b) give directions in relation to the persons who may be present.

Note: The power must be exercised in accordance with section 71.