29DHearing of certain proceedings before the Tribunal

29D Hearing of certain proceedings before the Tribunal (1) At the hearing of a proceeding referred to in clause 29C(1), the Tribunal must hold in private the hearing of any part of the proceeding during which— (a) evidence or information is given, or a document is produced, to the Tribunal by— (i) an agency or an officer of an agency; or (ii) a Department Head or a member of staff of a Department Head; or Sch. 1 cl. 29D(1) (a)(iii) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 177.3). (iii) the Chief Commissioner of Police or a member of Victoria Police personnel; or (b) a submission is made to the Tribunal by or on behalf of an agency, Department Head or the Chief Commissioner of Police in relation to the claim that the document is an exempt document— and must hold the hearing of any other part of the proceeding in public. (2) Where the hearing of any part of a proceeding is held in private in accordance with subclause (1), the Tribunal— (a) may, by order, give directions as to the persons who may be present at that hearing; and (b) must give directions prohibiting the publication of— (i) any evidence or information given to the Tribunal; or (ii) the contents of any documents lodged with, or received in evidence by, or produced to, the Tribunal; or (iii) any submission made to the Tribunal at that hearing. 30 Tribunal file in FOI proceeding not open for inspection Despite anything to the contrary in section 146, the file kept by the principal registrar under that section in a proceeding under the **Freedom of Information Act 1982** is not open for inspection or copying by any person. Sch. 1 Pt 9 (Heading) substituted by No. 13/2019 s. 210.