Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00182:section:159
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00182
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 159
Character Range: 501099–501802

159  Proceedings at hearings
 (1) A hearing of a Financial Services and Credit Panel must be conducted with as little formality and technicality, and with as much expedition, as a proper consideration of the matters before the panel permits.
 (2) At a hearing of a Financial Services and Credit Panel, the panel:
 (a) is not bound by the rules of evidence; and
 (b) may, on such conditions as it thinks fit, permit a person to intervene; and
 (c) must observe the rules of natural justice.
 (5) Subdivision A of Division 3 (decisions of panels at meetings) applies, so far as practicable, in relation to a hearing of a Financial Services and Credit Panel as if the hearing were a meeting of the panel.