Hearings to be public: exceptionsE+W
16.—(1) All hearings by a tribunal shall be held in public except where the tribunal considers that publicity would prejudice the interests of justice.
(2) The following persons shall be entitled to attend a hearing whether or not it is in private—
(a)the president and members of the Adjudication Panel for Wales notwithstanding that they do not constitute the tribunal for the purpose of the hearing;
F1(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c)a Local Commissioner in Wales or the representative of a Local Commissioner in Wales; and
(d)the monitoring officer of an authority of which the accused person is a member or co-opted member [F2or the representative of the monitoring officer].
(3) The tribunal may permit any other person to attend a hearing which is held in private.
(4) Without prejudice to any other powers which it may have, a tribunal may exclude from a hearing, or part of it, any person whose conduct has disrupted or is likely, in the opinion of the tribunal, to disrupt the hearing.
Textual Amendments
F1Sch. para. 16(2)(b) omitted (19.10.2009 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)) by virtue of The Local Authorities (Case and Interim Case Tribunals and Standards Committees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2578), regs. 1(1), 6(3)(a)
F2Words in Sch. para. 16(2)(d) inserted (19.10.2009 with application in accordance with reg. 1(2)) by The Local Authorities (Case and Interim Case Tribunals and Standards Committees) (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2009 (S.I. 2009/2578), regs. 1(1), 6(3)(b)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. para. 16 in force at 28.7.2001, see reg. 1(1)