sec.99JProceedings relating to this Act must usually be held in private

### sec.99J Proceedings relating to this Act must usually be held in private A hearing of a proceeding before the tribunal to which this part applies must be held in private. However, the following are entitled to be present at the proceeding— each party to the proceeding; if, under an Act, a party is entitled to be represented by someone else at the proceeding, the party’s representative; a separate representative representing a child in the proceeding; the public guardian; a witness while giving evidence; a support person for a witness, while the witness is giving evidence; a person allowed to be present by the tribunal. This section is subject to the QCAT Act , section 220 . QCAT Act , section 220 (Tribunal may exclude person) s 99J ins 2009 No. 24 s 18 amd 2014 No. 26 s 201 (sec.99J-ssec.1) A hearing of a proceeding before the tribunal to which this part applies must be held in private. (sec.99J-ssec.2) However, the following are entitled to be present at the proceeding— each party to the proceeding; if, under an Act, a party is entitled to be represented by someone else at the proceeding, the party’s representative; a separate representative representing a child in the proceeding; the public guardian; a witness while giving evidence; a support person for a witness, while the witness is giving evidence; a person allowed to be present by the tribunal. (sec.99J-ssec.3) This section is subject to the QCAT Act , section 220 . QCAT Act , section 220 (Tribunal may exclude person) - (a) each party to the proceeding; - (b) if, under an Act, a party is entitled to be represented by someone else at the proceeding, the party’s representative; - (c) a separate representative representing a child in the proceeding; - (d) the public guardian; - (e) a witness while giving evidence; - (f) a support person for a witness, while the witness is giving evidence; - (g) a person allowed to be present by the tribunal.