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Judicial Conduct Commissioner and Judicial Conduct Panel Act 2004

Judicial Conduct Panel

29: Hearing to be in public

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"Most hearings are open to the public to attend."

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You can attend a Judicial Conduct Panel hearing because it is open to the public. The Panel might hold a hearing in private if it thinks this is necessary to protect someone's privacy or for another good reason. The Panel can also discuss its decision in private.

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29Hearing to be in public

  1. Every hearing of a Judicial Conduct Panel must be held in public.

  2. Despite subsection (1),—

  3. if the Panel is of the opinion that it is proper to do so, having regard to the interest of any person (including, without limitation, the privacy of the complainant) and to the public interest, the Panel may order that a hearing or part of a hearing be held in private:
    1. the Panel may, in any case, deliberate in private as to its recommendation or as to any question arising in the course of a hearing.