40Simplified outline of this Part

40  Simplified outline of this Part

This Part deals with information management by the Commissioner.

Division 2 provides for the Commissioner to hold hearings, including private hearings.

Division 3 deals with disclosures of information to the Commissioner and by the Commissioner.

Division 4 deals with information handling.

Division 2—Hearings etc.

41  Hearings

 (1) The Commissioner may hold a hearing for the purposes of performing the Commissioner’s functions.

 (2) A hearing is to be held in public and the procedure for a hearing may be such as the Commissioner thinks fit.

Note: For circumstances where hearings may not be held in public, see subsections 42(1), (2), (3) and (4).

 (3) The Commissioner is not bound by the rules of evidence.

 (4) The Commissioner must ensure that a record of a hearing is made.