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Fisheries Act 1996

Fisheries administration - Catch History Review Committee

288: Hearings to be held in public except in certain circumstances

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"Most hearings are open to the public, but some may be private for confidential reasons."

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When you are at a hearing of the Catch History Review Committee, it is usually open to the public. You can go and listen to what is being discussed. The Committee can talk about their decision in private if they need to. The Committee might decide to hold a private hearing if the information being discussed is confidential. This could be because someone's private financial information is being talked about. The Committee can also let specific people attend a private hearing if they have a good reason to be there. If the Committee says a hearing is private, you must keep the information secret. If you do not, you can get in trouble and have to pay a penalty, as stated in section 252(6). You must follow the Committee's rules about private hearings.

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Part 15Fisheries administration
Catch History Review Committee

288Hearings to be held in public except in certain circumstances

  1. Except as provided by subsections (2) to (4), hearings of the Catch History Review Committee shall be held in public.

  2. The Committee 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. If the Committee is satisfied that it is desirable to do so by reason of the confidential nature of any evidence or matter (including details of the private financial circumstances of any person), or that the interests of any party to the hearing in having the whole or any part of the proceedings conducted in private outweigh the public interest in having the hearing conducted in public, the Committee may, on the application of any party to the proceedings, order that the whole or any part of the hearing shall be in private and that all persons present shall keep confidential any evidence, document, or information provided in relation to that hearing.

  4. In any case where a hearing is conducted in private, the Committee may allow any particular person to attend the private hearing if it is satisfied that the person has a proper interest in the matter to be heard.

  5. Every person commits an offence and is liable to the penalty set out in section 252(6) who contravenes an order made under subsection (3).

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