148Hearing to be in public except in special circumstances

148 Hearing to be in public except in special circumstances (1) Subject to this regulation, a proceeding before a Board of Inquiry shall be in public. (2) Where a Board of Inquiry is satisfied that it is desirable to do so by reason of the confidential nature of any evidence or matter or for any other reason, that Board may, by order: (a) direct that a proceeding take place in private and give directions as to the persons who may be present at that proceeding; (b) give directions prohibiting or restricting the publication of evidence given before that Board, whether in public or in private, or of matters contained in documents lodged with that Board or received in evidence by that Board; or (c) give directions prohibiting or restricting the disclosure to some or all of the parties to a proceeding of evidence given before that Board, or of the contents of a document lodged with that Board, in relation to the proceeding. (3) In considering: (a) whether the hearing of a proceeding should be held in private; or (b) whether publication, or disclosure to some or all of the parties, of evidence given before a Board of Inquiry or of a matter contained in a document lodged with that Board or received in evidence by it, should be prohibited or restricted; that Board shall take as the basis of its consideration the principle that it is desirable that hearings of proceedings before it should be held in public and that evidence given before it and the contents of documents lodged with it or received in evidence by it should be made available to the public and to all the parties, but shall pay due regard to any reasons given to it why the hearing should be held in private or why publication or disclosure of the evidence or the matter contained in the document should be prohibited or restricted. (4) Notwithstanding subregulations (1), (2) and (3), where a Board of Inquiry reports in accordance with subsection 57 (5) of the Act that it finds a charge proved, the Board of Inquiry shall furnish the Public Service Board with a copy of all of the evidence taken by it in relation to the charge.