Commonwealth Numbered Acts

RESOURCE ASSESSMENT COMMISSION ACT 1989 No. 94, 1989 - SECT 29

29. (1) Subject to this section, a hearing shall be held in public.

(2) Where:

   (a)  a person appearing to give evidence at a hearing objects to doing so
        in public; and

   (b)  the Commission considers:

        (i)    that the evidence is of a confidential nature; and

        (ii)   the interest in confidentiality is greater than the interest in
               having the evidence taken in public; the Commission may take
               the evidence in private.

(3) Where the Commission considers:

   (a)  that evidence to be given at a hearing is of a confidential nature
        even though the person appearing to give the evidence has not objected
        to doing so in public; and

   (b)  the interest in confidentiality is greater than the interest in having
        the evidence taken in public; the Commission may take the evidence in
        private.

(4) The Commission may, if it thinks fit, permit or require a person who is to
give evidence to the Commission to do so in writing.

(5) The Commission may, at a hearing, take evidence on oath or affirmation.