13.—(a) Subject to paragraphs (b) (c) of this Rule the Tribunal shall hear all Applications in public.
(b)Any party applying that a hearing shall be in private shall notify the Clerk and the other party to the proceedings at least 21 days before the date fixed for the hearing and unless at least 10 days before that date any other party to the proceedings objects thereto the Tribunal may consent to hear the Application in private.In the event of an objection the Tribunal shall at the hearing determine in private whether the hearing is to be in public or in private.
(c)Notwithstanding paragraphs (a) (b) of this Rule if it appears to the Tribunal that any person would suffer undue prejudice from a public hearing or that for any other reason the circumstances and nature of the case make a public hearing undesirable the Tribunal may direct that the public shall be excluded either from the whole or any part of the hearing.