470B   Circumstances in which Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal may dispense with hearing

(1)  After considering a report presented to it under section 440J and any other document or other material lodged with or provided to the Tribunal in relation to the report, the Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal may determine the proceedings without a hearing if:

(a)  the Director-General and the councillor to whom the report relates have agreed that the proceedings may be determined without a hearing, and

(b)  there are no material facts in dispute between the Director-General and the councillor, and

(c)  in the opinion of the Tribunal, public interest considerations do not require a hearing.

(2)  To avoid doubt, a decision by the Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal to determine proceedings in a referred matter without a hearing is a decision to which sections 484 and 485 apply.