(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), every hearing of an appeal by the Appeal Commissioners shall be held in public.
(2) The Appeal Commissioners may give a direction that a hearing, or part of a hearing, of an appeal is to be held in camera if they consider that the giving of such a direction is necessary -
(a) in the interests of public order or national security,
(b) to avoid serious harm to the public interest,
(c) to maintain the confidentiality of sensitive information,
(d) to protect an individual's right to respect for his or her private and family life, or
(e) in the interests of justice.
(3) If an appellant -
(a) applies, in accordance with subsection (4), to the Appeal Commissioners for a direction that the hearing of an appeal, or a specified part of the hearing of an appeal, be held in camera, or
(b) has stated, in the appellant's statement of case, that the appellant wishes the hearing of an appeal, or a specified part of the hearing of an appeal, to be held in camera,
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