66GHearings in relation to investigations

66G Hearings in relation to investigations

[Section 66G of Part 3 Inserted by No. 28 of 2020, s. 46, Applied:30 Dec 2020]

(1)  Before holding a hearing for the purpose of an investigation, the Regulator is to give reasonable notice of the hearing in at least 2 daily newspaper published and circulating generally in Tasmania that the Regulator considers appropriate.

(2)  The notice of a hearing is to specify –

(a) the purpose of the hearing; and

(b) the time and place at which the hearing is to be held.

(3)  A hearing is to be held in public.

(4)  Despite subsection (3) , if the Regulator is satisfied that it would be in the public interest to do so or that the evidence to be presented is, or is likely to be, of a confidential or commercially sensitive nature, the Regulator is to –

(a) direct that a hearing or part of a hearing is to take place in private and give directions as to the persons who may be present; and

(b) give directions prohibiting or restricting the publication of evidence given, or documents produced, at the hearing.

(5)  The Right to Information Act 2009 does not apply in respect of –

(a) evidence and documents in respect of which a direction under subsection (4) has been given; and

(b) records of the giving or production of such evidence and documents.