Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A person may request that a hearing (or a part of a hearing) of a Financial Services and Credit Panel in relation to a proposed decision affecting the person be held in public.
(2) The panel must decide to:
(a) hold the hearing (or that part of the hearing) in public; or
(b) not hold the hearing (or that part of the hearing) in public.
(3) In making a decision under subsection (2), the panel must have regard to the following:
(a) whether evidence that may be given, or a matter that may arise, during the hearing (or that part of the hearing) is of a confidential nature or relates to the commission, or to the alleged or suspected commission, of an offence;
(b) any unfair prejudice to a person's reputation that would be likely to be caused if the hearing (or that part of the hearing) took place in public;
(c) whether it is in the public interest that the hearing (or that part of the hearing) take place in public;
(d) any other relevant matter.