194Hearings to be in private

194 Hearings to be in private (1) A hearing of a proceeding in relation to a subject person must be held in private. (2) However, a hearing of a proceeding in relation to a subject person who is not a child may be held in public if— (a) the subject person asks for the hearing to be held in public; or (b) the ACAT orders the hearing be held in public. (3) A private hearing is taken to be a hearing to which the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008, section 39 (Hearings in private or partly in private) applies. Note Requirements for keeping private hearings secret are set out in the ACT Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2008, s 40.