14.—(1) A Committee shall announce their determination of the outcome of all hearings in public and subject to paragraphs (2) and (3) all hearings of a Committee shall take place in public.
(2) A Committee may deliberate in private at anytime and for any purpose during or after a hearing.
(3) A Committee may exclude the public from a hearing or any part of a hearing—
(a)where it appears to them necessary in the interests of justice to exclude the public;
(b)where the registered teacher against whom disciplinary proceedings are being taken makes a written request that the hearing should be in private, and the Committee do not consider it to be contrary to the public interest to hold the hearing in private; or
(c)where it is necessary to protect the interests of children.