Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Drainlayers Act 2006

Discipline and offences - Discipline - Procedure and miscellaneous matters

113: Meetings to be held in public

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"Meetings are usually open to the public, but some things can be kept private."

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You go to meetings of the Board and they are usually open to the public. The Board can talk about decisions in private. They can also keep some things private if it is in the best interest of someone or the public. You can ask the Board to keep something private, and they will hear your request in private. Other people involved can also give their thoughts on your request. If the Board decides to keep something private, that decision stays until they change it or a court says otherwise. If someone breaks the rules and shares private information without a good reason, they can get a fine of up to $5,000. The Board can let someone attend a private meeting if they have a good reason to be there. This is how the Board works to keep things fair and private when needed.

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Part 3Discipline and offences
Discipline: Procedure and miscellaneous matters

113Meetings to be held in public

Except as provided in this section, every meeting of the Board under this subpart must be in public.
The Board 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.
If the Board is of the opinion that it is proper to do so, having regard to the interests of any person and to the public interest, it may, on its own motion or on the application of any party to the proceedings,—
order that the whole or any part of a hearing must be held in private:
make an order prohibiting the publication of any report or account of any part of any proceedings before it, whether held in public or in private:
make an order prohibiting the publication of the whole or any part of any documents produced at any hearing:
make an order prohibiting the publication of the name or any particulars of the affairs of—
1. any person who is the subject of proceedings before it:
2. any other person.

Every application to the Board under subsection (3) must be heard in private, but the other parties to the proceedings are entitled to be present and to make submissions with regard to the application.
If a hearing of the Board is held in private, the Board may allow any particular person to attend the private hearing if it is satisfied that the person has a special and proper interest in the matter to be heard.
Unless reversed or modified in respect of its currency by a court on an appeal, an order made under subsection (3)(b) to (d) continues in force until the time that is specified in the order, or, if no time is specified, until the Board, in its discretion, revokes it on the application of any party to the proceedings in which the order was made.
Every person commits an offence and is liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 who, without lawful excuse, breaches any order made by the Board under subsection (3)(b) to (d).

Notes

Section 113(7): amended, on 1 July 2013, by section 413 of the Criminal Procedure Act 2011 (2011 No 81).