(2) Where a Commissioner decides to hold a hearing, the
hearing shall take place in public, unless the Commissioner, if satisfied that
it is desirable to do so by reason of the confidential nature of any evidence
or matter or for any other reason, directs that the hearing take place in
private.
(3) Where a Commissioner directs that a hearing to be held by the
Commissioner take place in private, the Commissioner may give directions as to
the persons who may be present at the hearing.
(4) Where, at a hearing by a
Commissioner that is held in public, the Commissioner 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 Commissioner may direct that the hearing
or a part of the hearing take place in private and give directions as to the
persons who may be present.