Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The ACCC may hold hearings for the purposes of a public inquiry.
(2) Hearings may be held, for example:
(a) in order to receive submissions about the matter to which the inquiry relates; or
(b) in order to provide a forum for public discussion of issues relevant to that matter.
(3) At a hearing, the ACCC may be constituted by a member or members determined in writing by the Chairperson for the purposes of that hearing.
(4) The Chairperson is to preside at all hearings at which he or she is present.
(5) If the Chairperson is not present at a hearing, the member specified, in an instrument under subsection (3), as the member who is to preside at the hearing is to preside.
(6) The ACCC may regulate the conduct of proceedings at a hearing as it thinks appropriate.