New South Wales Consolidated Acts

CONSUMER, TRADER AND TENANCY TRIBUNAL ACT 2001 - SECT 33

33 Proceedings on hearing to be conducted in public

(1) If any proceedings are to be determined by a hearing, the hearing is to be open to the public, except as provided by this section.

(2) If 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, it may make any one or more of the following orders:

(a) an order that the hearing be conducted wholly or partly in private,

(b) an order prohibiting or restricting the publication of the names and addresses of witnesses appearing before the Tribunal,

(c) an order prohibiting or restricting the publication of evidence given before the Tribunal, whether in public or in private, or of matters contained in documents lodged with the Tribunal or received in evidence by the Tribunal,

(d) an order prohibiting or restricting the disclosure, to any of the parties in the proceedings, of evidence given before the Tribunal, or of the contents of a document lodged with the Tribunal or received in evidence by the Tribunal, in relation to the proceedings.