Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) Subject to this section, all hearings of the PRS Board to decide whether to cancel the registration of a person must be held in public.
(2) The PRS Board, on the application of the person to whom a notice of intention to cancel was given, may direct that a hearing or any part of it be held in private.
(3) The PRS Board, on its own initiative, may direct that a hearing or any part of it be held in private, if the PRS Board is satisfied that the holding of the hearing or part in private would facilitate the conduct of the proceedings or would otherwise be in the public interest.
(4) If the PRS Board considers it necessary to do so in the public interest, it may make an order prohibiting the reporting or other publication or disclosure of any hearing or part of a hearing or of any information derived from the hearing or part, except by, or with the leave of, the PRS Board.
(5) If an order is made under subsection (4), the PRS Board must cause a copy of the order to be displayed in a conspicuous place where the hearing is held.
(6) A person must not contravene an order made under subsection (4) that has been displayed in accordance with subsection (5).
Penalty: In the case of an individual, 60 penalty units;
In the case of a body corporate, 300 penalty units.