(1) If the Commission decides to hold a hearing for the purposes of conducting a public inquiry, the hearing must be held in public.
(2) Despite subsection (1), the hearing may be closed if the Commission has made—
(a) a direction under section 136 prohibiting disclosure of a person's identity or information that would be reasonably likely to identify a person; or
(b) a direction under section 137 prohibiting or limiting the publication of evidence, information or the contents of any document.