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Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999
110Inquiry to be public
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110 Inquiry to be public
(1) A hearing held as part of an inquiry must be conducted in public, except so far as the commission directs otherwise.
(2) The commission must make publicly available (in any way the commission thinks fit) the content of any submission or evidence given to the commission in writing, except so far as the commission directs otherwise.
(3) If the commission believes that it is desirable in the public interest, the commission may:
(a) give directions that all or part of the inquiry be held in private, specifying the persons who may be present; and
(b) give directions prohibiting or restricting the publication of all or specified passages of submissions or evidence given to the commission orally or in writing.