Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations Commonwealth Consolidated Regulations(1) Subject to this regulation, an inquiry conducted by a General Court of Inquiry shall be in public.
(2) Where the President of a General Court of Inquiry is satisfied that it is necessary to do so in the interests of the defence of the Commonwealth or of fairness to a person who the President considers may be affected by the inquiry conducted by the Court, the President may:
(a) direct that all or part of the inquiry shall be conducted in private and give directions as to the persons who may be present; or
(b) order that a person, or persons included in a class of persons, specified in the order not be present during the hearing of all or part of the inquiry.
(3) Where the President of a General Court of Inquiry makes an order referred to in paragraph (2) (b), the President may authorize a person to take such reasonable action as is required to give effect to that order.