Section 22: Procedure of Disciplinary Committee.

(1)
For the purpose of any proceedings before the Disciplinary Committee, the Committee may administer oaths, on any party to the proceedings may issue out writs of subpoena ad testificandum ad tecum, but no person shall be compelled under any such writs to produce any document which he could not be compelled to produce on the trial of an action.
(2) The Council shall make rules as to the procedures to be followed and the rules of evidence to be observed in proceedings before the Disciplinary Tribunal, and in particular
(a) ensure that the notice that the proceedings are to be brought shall be given, at such time and in such manner as may be specified in the rules, to the individual or body corporate alleged to be liable to have his or its name erased from the Register or List;
(b) ensure that any party to the proceedings shall, if he so requires, be entitled to be heard by the Disciplinary Committee;
(c) enable any party to the proceedings to be represented by counsel or solicitor or (if the rules so provide and the party so elects) by a person of such other description as may be specified in the rules;
(d) require proceedings before the Disciplinary Committee to be held in public except in so far as may be provided by the rules;
(e) enquire, in cases where it is alleged that a registered Insurance Broker or enrolled body corporate has been guilty of unprofessional conduct, and the Disciplinary Committee finds that the allegation has not been proved, it shall record a finding that the registered Insurance Broker or body corporate is not guilty of such conduct in respect of the matters to which the allegation relates;
(f) require in cases where it is alleged that a registered Insurance Broker or enrolled body corporate is liable to have his or its name erased from the Register or List under section 19 (2) of this Act and where the Disciplinary Committee judges that the allegation has not been proved, it shall record a finding that the registered Insurance Broker or body corporate is not guilty of the matter alleged.