Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00182:section:216:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2025C00182
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 216 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 557300–558738

the Panel; or
 (iii) any other member of the Disciplinary Board approved by the Panel to be present while the hearing is taking place in private; or
 (iv) a member of the staff of the Disciplinary Board approved by the Panel to be present while the hearing is taking place in private; or
 (v) a person referred to in subsection (6).
Note: This subsection can apply while only a part of the hearing is taking place in private (see paragraph (5)(a)).
Penalty: 30 penalty units.
 (7A) Subsection (7) is an offence of strict liability.
Note: For strict liability, see section 6.1 of the Criminal Code.
 (8) Where the Panel is required to give a person an opportunity to appear at a hearing, the Panel must appoint a day, time and place for the hearing and cause notice in writing of the day, time and place to be given to the person.
 (9) A person who is entitled to be given an opportunity to appear at a hearing and who does not wish to appear at the hearing may, before the day of the hearing, lodge with the Disciplinary Board in writing any submissions that he, she or it wishes the Panel to take into account in relation to the matter.
 (10) The Panel must take into account:
 (a) a submission made to or evidence adduced before the Panel; and
 (b) a submission lodged with the Disciplinary Board in relation to the matter to which the hearing relates;
when making any decision on the matter to which the submission or evidence relates.