Small Claims Tribunals Act 1984 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 4 · Miscellaneous Provisions
43. Contempt of tribunal
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Any person who —
assaults, wilfully insults or obstructs a tribunal magistrate or any witness or officer of a tribunal during a sitting of a tribunal or while the tribunal magistrate, witness or officer is on his or her way to or from such a sitting;
assaults or wilfully insults or obstructs any person in attendance at a sitting of a tribunal;
wilfully interrupts or otherwise misbehaves at a sitting of a tribunal; or
without lawful excuse, disobeys any order or direction of a tribunal (not being an order mentioned in section 35) during a sitting of the tribunal,shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $2,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months.
A tribunal may by oral order exclude from a sitting of the tribunal any person whose behaviour in the opinion of the tribunal constitutes an offence under subsection (1) whether or not such person is charged with the offence.
tribunal
“tribunal” means a Small Claims Tribunal constituted under section 4 of the State Courts Act 1970;
The Registrar or officer under the Registrar’s control or any police officer may take such steps as are reasonably necessary to enforce such exclusion.
Registrar
“Registrar” means the registrar, a deputy registrar or an assistant registrar for the tribunals;