Article 50 Admission of public to hearings
Subject to the following provisions of this rule, every hearing before an adjudicator or the Tribunal must be held in public.
Where an adjudicator or the Tribunal is considering an allegation referred to in section 108 of the 2002 Act, all members of the public must be excluded from the hearing.
An adjudicator or the Tribunal may exclude any or all members of the public from any hearing or part of a hearing if it is necessary—
in the interests of public order or national security; or
to protect the private life of a party or the interests of a minor.
An adjudicator or the Tribunal may also, in exceptional circumstances, exclude any or all members of the public from any hearing or part of a hearing to ensure that publicity does not prejudice the interests of justice, but only if and to the extent that it is strictly necessary to do so.
A member of the Council on Tribunals or of its Scottish Committee acting in that capacity is entitled to attend any hearing and may not be excluded pursuant to paragraph (2), (3) or (4) of this rule.