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Capital Territory, the Northern Territory, and each external Territory to which this Act applies, in a daily newspaper circulating in that State or Territory;

a notice setting out the place and time for the hearing.

  "(3) Subject to subsection (4), a hearing is to be held in public.

"(4) The NRA, having regard to the confidential nature of any submissions or evidence or for any other reason, may direct that any part of a hearing be in private and may determine who may be present.

"(5) The NRA may give directions prohibiting or restricting the publication of submissions or evidence given at a hearing, whether in public or in private, or of matters contained in such submissions or evidence or in documents produced at such a hearing.

"(6) A person must not contravene, without reasonable excuse, a direction given under subsection (5).

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

"(7) If the NRA directs that a part of a hearing be in private, a person must not, without reasonable excuse, be present at the hearing unless he or she:

  (a) is a member of the NRA; or

    (b) is a member of the staff of the NRA that the NRA has authorised to be present; or

    (c) is entitled to be present because of a determination under subsection (4).

Penalty: 20 penalty units.

"(8) At a hearing the NRA may receive submissions or evidence, in a form determined by it, from persons who, in its opinion, are likely to be able to help it in the performance or exercise of the functions or powers to which the hearing relates.

"(9) A hearing is to be conducted with as little formality and technicality as is practicable and the NRA is not bound by the rules of evidence.".

Exemption from suit

6. Section 45 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) "or a person" and substituting ", the NRA or a person who is or has been".

PART 3—AMENDMENTS OF THE AGRICULTURAL AND VETERINARY CHEMICALS (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1992

Principal Act

7. In this Part, "Principal Act" means the Agricultural and Veterinary Chemicals (Administration) Act 19922.

Insertion of new section

  8. After section 59 of the Principal Act the following section is inserted:

NRA may give receipts on behalf of the Commonwealth

"59A. If the NRA, in the course of the performance of any of its functions or the exercise of any of its powers, receives an amount of money on the Commonwealth's behalf, the NRA may give a receipt for the amount to the person who paid it.".

Staff

9. Section 74 of the Principal Act is amended by omitting from subsection (1) "until the NRA determines otherwise" and substituting "subject