TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974 No. 51, 1974 - SECT 106 Hearings to be in public except in special circumstances.

TRADE PRACTICES ACT 1974 No. 51, 1974 - SECT 106

106. (1) Subject to this section, the hearing of proceedings before the
Tribunal shall be in public.

(2) Where the Tribunal 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, the
Tribunal may-

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

   (b)  give directions prohibiting or restricting the publication of evidence
        given before the Tribunal, whether in public or in private, or of
        matters contained in documents filed or lodged with the Registrar,
        received in evidence by the Tribunal or placed in the records of the
        Tribunal.

(3) The powers of the Tribunal under this section may be exercised by the
Tribunal as constituted for the purposes of the hearing or by the Tribunal
constituted by a presidential member.