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Public Accounts and Audit Committee Act 1951
11Sittings to be public except in certain cases
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#### 11 Sittings to be public except in certain cases
(1) Subject to subsection (2), the Committee must take all evidence in public.
(2) If, in the Committee’s opinion, evidence relates to a secret or confidential matter:
(a) if the witness giving the evidence requests the Committee to do so—the Committee must take the evidence in private; or
(b) in any other case—the Committee may take the evidence in private.