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SOUTH AUSTRALIAN EMPLOYMENT TRIBUNAL ACT 2014 (NO 17 OF 2014) - SECT 55

55—Hearings in public

        (1)         Subject to this or any other Act, proceedings before the Tribunal must be heard in public.

        (2)         The Tribunal may, where it is satisfied that it is desirable to do so—

            (a)         in the interest of justice; or

            (b)         by reason of the confidential nature of the evidence to be given before the Tribunal; or

            (c)         in order to expedite proceedings of the Tribunal; or

            (d)         for any other reason that the Tribunal thinks sufficient,

give directions—

            (e)         requiring that a hearing, or part of a hearing, be held in private; or

            (f)         prohibiting or restricting the publication of the name and address of a witness appearing before the Tribunal; or

            (g)         prohibiting or restricting the publication of evidence given before the Tribunal or of the contents of any document produced to the Tribunal; or

            (h)         prohibiting or restricting the disclosure to some or all of the parties to proceedings before the Tribunal of evidence given before the Tribunal or of the contents of any document produced to the Tribunal; or

                  (i)         excluding any person from the hearing before the Tribunal of any part of the proceedings.

        (3)         A person must comply with a direction of the Tribunal under subsection (2).

Maximum penalty: $10 000.



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