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Human Rights Act 1993

Human Rights Review Tribunal - Procedure of Tribunal

107: Sittings to be held in public except in special circumstances

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"Most court meetings are open to the public, but can be private in special cases."

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When you go to a Tribunal hearing, it is usually open to the public. The Tribunal can discuss its decisions in private. You can find more information about the Tribunal's procedures in the Criminal Procedure Act 2011. If the Tribunal decides to hold a private hearing, it can also stop people from sharing what happened in the hearing. If you break the Tribunal's rules, you can get a fine of up to $3,000.

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Part 4Human Rights Review Tribunal
Procedure of Tribunal

107Sittings to be held in public except in special circumstances

  1. Except as provided by subsections (2) and (3), every hearing of the Tribunal shall be held in public.

  2. The Tribunal may deliberate in private as to its decision in any matter or as to any question arising in the course of any proceedings before it.

  3. Where the Tribunal is satisfied that it is desirable to do so, the Tribunal may, of its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings,—

  4. order that any hearing held by it be heard in private, either as to the whole or any portion thereof:
    1. make an order prohibiting the publication of any report or account of the evidence or other proceedings in any proceedings before it (whether heard in public or in private) either as to the whole or any portion thereof:
      1. make an order prohibiting the publication of the whole or part of any books or documents produced at any hearing of the Tribunal.

        1. Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $3,000 who acts in contravention of any order made by the Tribunal under subsection (3)(b) or subsection (3)(c).

        Compare
        • 1977 No 49 s 54
        Notes
        • Section 107(4): amended, on , by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).