12Hearings

12 Hearings

(1)  The Panel may –

(a) hold a hearing in public; and

(b) determine the procedure at a hearing.

(1A)  [Section 12 Subsection (1A) inserted by No. 61 of 2001, s. 7, Applied:19 Sep 2001] The Panel may hold one hearing in relation to as many representations as it determines.

(1B)  [Section 12 Subsection (1B) inserted by No. 61 of 2001, s. 7, Applied:19 Sep 2001] The Panel is to –

(a) give notice in writing to each person who made a request under section 27(2)(c) or section 39(2)(c) of the date, time and place of the hearing not less than 14 days before the date of the hearing; and

(b) by public notice, advertise the date, time and place of the hearing.

(1C)  [Section 12 Subsection (1C) inserted by No. 61 of 2001, s. 7, Applied:19 Sep 2001] A notice under subsection (1B)(a) is taken to have been given to a person –

(a) in the case of hand delivery, when delivered at the person's last known address; or

(b) if sent by prepaid post, on the fifth day after the date of posting to the person's last known address; or

(c) if sent by facsimile transmission to the person's last known facsimile number and the sending facsimile machine produces a print-out which records the time and date of the transmission –

(i) if completion is within ordinary business hours at the place to which the transmission is sent, at that recorded date and time; or

(ii) if completion is outside ordinary business hours, at 9.00am on the next ordinary business day in that place.

(2)  At a hearing, the Panel –