Conduct of hearings
12.—(1) Subject to paragraph (3), hearings of the tribunal are to be held in private.
(2) The tribunal is to deliberate in the absence of any other person.
(3) The tribunal may conduct the hearing or any part of it in public if—
(a)the member concerned so requests; or
(b)the tribunal considers that the circumstances are such as to make a private hearing inappropriate.
(4) All hearings must be recorded electronically or by other means approved by the tribunal.