160Hearings to be in public

160 Hearings to be in public S. 160(1) substituted by No. 12/2021 s. 48. (1) A panel must conduct its hearings publicly. S. 160(1A) inserted by No. 12/2021 s. 48. (1A) Despite subsection (1), the panel is not required to conduct a hearing, or part of a hearing, publicly if— (a) a person making a submission objects to making the submission publicly; and (b) the panel is satisfied that the submission is of a confidential nature. (2) A panel may by order exclude from its proceedings a person who does an act referred to in section 169. S. 160A inserted by No. 12/2021 s. 49.