54IProcedure for hearing submissions

54I Procedure for hearing submissions (1) A person who has a right to be heard by a panel may— (a) appear and be heard in person or be represented by any other person; and (b) give submissions to a panel orally or in writing or partly orally and partly in writing. (2) A panel may report and make recommendations on a submission without hearing the person who made the submission if the person is not present or represented at the time and place appointed for the hearing of the submission. (3) A panel may consider 2 or more submissions together if the submissions concern the same or a related matter. S. 54J inserted by No. 63/2006 s. 37.