21Commission hearings

21 Commission hearings (1) The Commission may conduct a hearing in relation to any matter on which it is to make a decision under this Act. (2) Any hearing conducted by the Commission under this Act must be conducted in public unless the Commission is of the opinion that it is not appropriate in the circumstances, because: (a) a public hearing is likely to cause undue hardship to a person; or (b) commercial-in-confidence information must be protected; or (c) the matter is not controversial; or (d) conducting the hearing in public would not be worthwhile. (3) If the Commission is of the opinion that a public hearing is not appropriate in the circumstances, the Commission may direct that the hearing, or part of the hearing, be conducted in private or by way of written submissions only.