# The Social Care Wales (Proceedings before Panels) Regulations 2016, Regulation 22: Exclusion of the public from interim orders hearings

Extent: E+W

(1) The public must be excluded from an interim orders hearing unless—
(a) the registered person requests that the hearing should be held in pubic, and
(b) the fitness to practise panel considers that doing so would not be against the public interest.
(2) In the case of a hearing held in public, the fitness to practise panel may exclude a person from the hearing if it thinks that the person’s conduct is likely to disrupt the hearing.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2016/1100/regulation/22 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-care-wales-proceedings-before-panels-regulations-2016/regulation-22
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