143Examinations may be public or private

143 Examinations may be public or private (1) An examination may be held in public or in private. (2) In deciding whether to hold an examination in public or in private, the commission must consider whether— (a) it is in the public interest to hold a public examination; and (b) a public examination can be held without unreasonably infringing a person’s human rights. (3) In deciding whether it is in the public interest to hold a public examination, the commission may consider the following: (a) whether the corrupt conduct is related to an individual and was an isolated incident or systemic in nature; (b) the benefit of exposing to the public, and making it aware of, corrupt conduct; (c) the seriousness of the matter being investigated. (4) The commission may make guidelines about whether an examination should be held in public or in private (the examination guidelines). (5) The examination guidelines are a notifiable instrument.