Victorian Numbered Acts Victorian Numbered Acts(1) An examination is not open to the public except as provided by this section.
(2) The Director may open an examination to the public if, having weighed the benefits of public exposure and public awareness against the potential for prejudice or privacy infringements, the Director considers that it is in the public interest to do so.
(3) The Director may give directions as to the persons who may be present during an examination or part of an examination.
(4) Nothing in a direction given by the Director under subsection (3) prevents the presence, when evidence is being taken at an examination, of—
(a) a legal practitioner representing the witness giving evidence; or
(b) a member of staff of the Office of Police Integrity.
(5) If an examination is not open to the public, a person must not be present at the examination unless he or she is—
(a) entitled to be present by reason of a direction given by the Director under subsection (3) or section 64; or
(b) a legal practitioner, or other person, appointed by the Director to assist the Director in the examination; or
(c) authorised to be present by subsection (4) or section 64.