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Broadcasting Services Act 1992
187Hearings to be in public except in exceptional cases
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187 Hearings to be in public except in exceptional cases
(1) Subject to subsection (2), a hearing conducted by the ACMA must take place in public.
(2) A hearing or a part of a hearing may be conducted in private if:
(a) evidence that may be given, or a matter that may arise, during the hearing or the part of the hearing is of a confidential nature; or
(b) the ACMA is satisfied that hearing a matter or part of a matter in public would not be conducive to the due administration of this Act.