Rule 9 Hearing to be in public

Subject to Rules 6(1) and 10(5) and to the following provisions of this Rule, the hearing shall take place in the presence of the parties or their representatives and in public.

The Committee may, if satisfied that it would be in the interests of the person making the allegation, or of any person giving evidence or of any patient, determine that the public should be excluded from being present in any part of the proceedings.

The Committee may deliberate together in the absence of the parties and their representatives and of the public at any time, subject always to Rule 3(2) and (3) of the General Chiropractic Council (Functions of Legal Assessors) Rules 2000 where they receive the advice of the legal assessor.