General discretion to hold hearing in public or private
278 General discretion to hold hearing in public or private
Subject to sections 279 and 280, ASIC may direct that a hearing take place in public or take place in private.
In exercising its discretion under subsection (1), ASIC must have regard to:
whether evidence that may be given, or a matter that may arise, during the hearing is of a confidential nature or relates to the commission, or to the alleged or suspected commission, of an offence against a law of the Commonwealth, a State or a Territory; and
any unfair prejudice to a person’s reputation that would be likely to be caused if the hearing took place in public; and
whether it is in the public interest that the hearing take place in public; and
any other relevant matter.
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