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Electricity Industry Act 2010

Electricity industry governance - Monitoring and enforcement - Appeals

70: High Court may order proceedings be heard in private

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“Court can keep some hearings private and stop people from sharing information about them”

The High Court can decide to have all or part of an appeal hearing in private. This means that the public would not be allowed to attend.

The High Court can also stop people from publishing reports or descriptions of a proceeding or part of a proceeding. This applies whether the hearing was public or private. However, the court cannot stop the publication of its final decision.

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Monitoring and enforcement: Appeals

70High Court may order proceedings be heard in private

  1. The High Court may, in its discretion, order that the hearing or any part of the hearing of any appeal under this Part be held in private.

  2. The High Court may make an order prohibiting the publication of any report or description of a proceeding or any part of a proceeding (whether heard in public or in private), but no order may prohibit the publication of any determination of the court.

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