This legislation has been repealed.
Opportunity of being heard by Secretary9A. Opportunity of being heard by Secretary Where, under this Act, the Secretary is authorized or required to hear a person or to give a person an opportunity of being heard before making a determination in a matter, the Secretary may designate any two or more persons to hear that person on behalf of the Secretary and to report on that hearing to the Secretary and make any recommendation and such a hearing shall, for the purposes of this Act, be deemed to be a hearing of that person by the Secretary, but the final determination of the matter shall be made by the Secretary.