# The Teachers’ Disciplinary (England) Regulations 2012, Regulation 11: Requirement for hearings to be held in public

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), a hearing of a professional conduct panel must take place in public.
(2) A professional conduct panel may deliberate at any time and for any purpose in private, during or after a hearing.
(3) A professional conduct panel may exclude the public from a hearing or any part of a hearing—
(a) where it appears to the panel to be in the interests of justice or the public interest to do so; or
(b) where the teacher who is the subject of the case requests that the hearing or part of the hearing should be in private and the panel does not consider it to be contrary to the public interest to do so.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2012/560/regulation/11 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-disciplinary-england-regulations-2012/regulation-11
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