20   Proceedings before Authority

(1)  An appeal to the Authority under section 19 (1) is to be held as in open court at a meeting of the Authority at which a quorum is present.

(2)  Proceedings in respect of a disciplinary inquiry of the Authority may be conducted in public or in private, or partly in public and partly in private, as the Authority may decide.

(3)  In conducting a disciplinary inquiry, the Authority may examine any witness on oath or affirmation, or by use of a statutory declaration.

(4)  The decision of the Authority is final and is taken (except for the purposes of an appeal to the Tribunal) to be a decision of the person or body whose decision is the subject of the appeal.