261Hearings

#### 261 Hearings (1) The ACA may hold hearings for the purposes of a public inquiry. (2) Hearings may be held, for example: (a) in order to receive submissions about the matter to which the inquiry relates; or (b) in order to provide a forum for public discussion of issues relevant to that matter. (3) At a hearing, the ACA may be constituted by: (a) a member or members determined in writing by the Chairman for the purposes of that hearing; or (b) if the functions and powers of the ACA in relation to the hearing have been delegated to a person under section 49 of the Australian Communications Authority Act 1997—that person. (4) The Chairman is to preside at all hearings at which he or she is present. (5) If, at a hearing: (a) the ACA is not constituted by a delegate referred to in paragraph (3)(b); and (b) the Chairman is not present at the hearing; the member specified, in an instrument under paragraph (3)(a), as the member who is to preside at the hearing is to preside. (6) The ACA may regulate the conduct of proceedings at a hearing as it thinks appropriate.