166Hearing and decision

166 Hearing and decision (1) If the Director refers a matter to the Commission for disciplinary action, the Commission must decide whether to take disciplinary action against the licensee. (2) The Commission must conduct a hearing into any matter referred to it by the Director. (3) Two or more related matters may be heard jointly or at the same time.

Liquor Act 2019 92 (4) The Commission may hear a matter not referred to it but which arises from a matter that was referred to it. (5) On completing the hearing, the Commission must: (a) dismiss the matter of the hearing; or (b) take disciplinary action against the licensee. (6) The Commission may dismiss a matter referred to it and cancel a hearing if: (a) the matter is withdrawn; or (b) the Commission is satisfied that the matter should be dismissed. subsection (1), the Commission must give a decision notice to the parties to the hearing. (8) To avoid doubt, this section does not affect the operation of section 257 or 258.