Oral hearings usually to be held in publicU.K.
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20.—(1) An oral hearing must be held in public unless, in the opinion of the Ombudsman, it is appropriate for the hearing, or any part of it, to be held in private.
(2) Where an oral hearing, or any part of an oral hearing, is held in private, the Ombudsman may permit any person to attend—
(a)that hearing; or
(b)that part of the hearing that is held in private.
(3) The Ombudsman may exclude from an oral hearing any person whose conduct has disrupted, or is likely to disrupt, the hearing.