Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person must not be present at a hearing, or a part of a hearing, of a Financial Services and Credit Panel in relation to a proposed decision affecting a person (the affected person ) unless:
(a) the panel has decided, under paragraph 163(2)(a), to hold the hearing or the part of the hearing, as the case may be, in public; or
(b) the person is required by a summons under subsection 165(1) to appear at the hearing; or
(c) the Chair of the panel gives a written direction naming the person; or
(d) both the following apply:
(i) the person is a staff member;
(ii) the Chair of the panel has not directed the person to leave the hearing or the part of the hearing, as the case may be; or
(e) the person is covered by subsection (2).
Note: Failure to comply with this subsection is an offence (see subsection 171(1)).
(2) This subsection covers the following:
(a) the affected person;
(b) a person who is, under section 164, representing:
(i) the affected person; or
(ii) a person required by a summons under subsection 165(1) to appear at the hearing.