Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00182:section:161
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00182
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 161
Character Range: 504019–505130

161  Who may be present at hearings etc.
 (1) A person must not be present at a hearing, or a part of a hearing, of a Financial Services and Credit Panel in relation to a proposed decision affecting a person (the affected person) unless:
 (a) the panel has decided, under paragraph 163(2)(a), to hold the hearing or the part of the hearing, as the case may be, in public; or
 (b) the person is required by a summons under subsection 165(1) to appear at the hearing; or
 (c) the Chair of the panel gives a written direction naming the person; or
 (d) both the following apply:
 (i) the person is a staff member;
 (ii) the Chair of the panel has not directed the person to leave the hearing or the part of the hearing, as the case may be; or
 (e) the person is covered by subsection (2).
Note: Failure to comply with this subsection is an offence (see subsection 171(1)).
 (2) This subsection covers the following:
 (a) the affected person;
 (b) a person who is, under section 164, representing:
 (i) the affected person; or
 (ii) a person required by a summons under subsection 165(1) to appear at the hearing.