29 Protected submission

(1) An eligible Judge is to take steps to maintain the confidentiality of a protected submission, including steps to receive evidence and hear the submission in private in the absence (except as provided by subsection (2)) of any other person referred to in section 8 (1) or (2) and their representatives.

(2) The eligible Judge is to advise the Commissioner and the Attorney General that a protected submission is to be made and the Commissioner and the Attorney General are entitled to be present when it is made.