Regulation 14 Public and private hearings
Subject to the following paragraphs, all hearings are to be held in public.
The commissioner may give a direction that a hearing or part of a hearing is to be held in private if satisfied that it is just and reasonable to do so by reason of—
the likelihood of disclosure of intimate personal or financial circumstances;
the likelihood of disclosure of commercially sensitive information, or information obtained in confidence; or
exceptional circumstances not falling within sub-paragraphs (a) or (b).
The commissioner may determine who is permitted to attend a hearing or part of a hearing held in private.
The commissioner may give a direction excluding from a hearing, or part of it, any person whose presence the commissioner considers disruptive or inappropriate.