Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsS. 160(1) substituted by No. 12/2021 s. 48.
(1) A panel must conduct its hearings publicly.
S. 160(1A) inserted by No. 12/2021 s. 48.
(1A) Despite subsection (1), the panel is not required to conduct a hearing, or part of a hearing, publicly if—
(a) a person making a submission objects to making the submission publicly; and
(b) the panel is satisfied that the submission is of a confidential nature.
(2) A panel may by order exclude from its proceedings a person who does an act referred to in section 169.
S. 160A inserted by No. 12/2021 s. 49.