sec.180Conduct of hearings

### sec.180 Conduct of hearings When conducting a hearing, the presiding officer— must act quickly, and with as little formality and technicality, as is consistent with a fair and proper consideration of the issues before the presiding officer; and is not bound by the rules of evidence; and may be informed of anything in the way the presiding officer considers appropriate; and may decide the procedures to be followed for the hearing. The presiding officer or a person nominated by the presiding officer for the purpose may administer an oath, or take a statutory declaration, required by the presiding officer. The presiding officer may, by order, prohibit the publication of— an answer given, or document or thing produced, at a commission hearing or anything about the answer, document or thing; or information that might enable the existence or identity of a person who is about to give or has given evidence before the commission at a hearing to be ascertained. The presiding officer is taken, for the purposes of the hearing, to be the commission. s 180 amd 2024 No. 24 s 57 s ch 1 pt 2 (sec.180-ssec.1) When conducting a hearing, the presiding officer— must act quickly, and with as little formality and technicality, as is consistent with a fair and proper consideration of the issues before the presiding officer; and is not bound by the rules of evidence; and may be informed of anything in the way the presiding officer considers appropriate; and may decide the procedures to be followed for the hearing. (sec.180-ssec.2) The presiding officer or a person nominated by the presiding officer for the purpose may administer an oath, or take a statutory declaration, required by the presiding officer. (sec.180-ssec.3) The presiding officer may, by order, prohibit the publication of— an answer given, or document or thing produced, at a commission hearing or anything about the answer, document or thing; or information that might enable the existence or identity of a person who is about to give or has given evidence before the commission at a hearing to be ascertained. (sec.180-ssec.4) The presiding officer is taken, for the purposes of the hearing, to be the commission. - (a) must act quickly, and with as little formality and technicality, as is consistent with a fair and proper consideration of the issues before the presiding officer; and - (b) is not bound by the rules of evidence; and - (c) may be informed of anything in the way the presiding officer considers appropriate; and - (d) may decide the procedures to be followed for the hearing. - (a) an answer given, or document or thing produced, at a commission hearing or anything about the answer, document or thing; or - (b) information that might enable the existence or identity of a person who is about to give or has given evidence before the commission at a hearing to be ascertained.