Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00218:clause:1_163
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2022C00218
Segment Type: clause
Provision Reference: sch 1 cl 163
Character Range: 22482–23515

163  Affected persons may request hearings to be held in public
 (1) A person may request that a hearing (or a part of a hearing) of a Financial Services and Credit Panel in relation to a proposed decision affecting the person be held in public.
 (2) The panel must decide to:
 (a) hold the hearing (or that part of the hearing) in public; or
 (b) not hold the hearing (or that part of the hearing) in public.
 (3) In making a decision under subsection (2), the panel must have regard to the following:
 (a) whether evidence that may be given, or a matter that may arise, during the hearing (or that part of the hearing) is of a confidential nature or relates to the commission, or to the alleged or suspected commission, of an offence;
 (b) any unfair prejudice to a person's reputation that would be likely to be caused if the hearing (or that part of the hearing) took place in public;
 (c) whether it is in the public interest that the hearing (or that part of the hearing) take place in public;
 (d) any other relevant matter.