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SURROGACY ACT 2010 No. 2 - SECT 51 51 Hearing not to be in public

SURROGACY ACT 2010 No. 2 - SECT 51

51 Hearing not to be in public

(1) This section applies to the hearing in the court or the Court of Appeal of a proceeding under this Act relating to a child.

(2) The hearing for the proceeding is not open to the public.

(3) Despite section 20 of the Childrens Court Act 1992, a court must exclude from the room in which the court is sitting a person who is not--

(a) the child; or
(b) an applicant or an appellant; or
(c) a respondent; or
(d) a birth parent; or
(e) an intended parent; or
(f) a lawyer of a party to the proceeding or of a person mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (e); or
(g) a witness giving evidence.

(4) However, the court may permit a person to be present during the hearing if the court is satisfied it is in the interests of justice to do so.