82Contempt of the NACC

82 Contempt of the NACC

A person is in contempt of the NACC if the person: (a) when served with a summons to attend a hearing: (i) fails to attend as required by the summons; or (ii) fails to appear and report from day to day unless excused or released from further attendance by the Commissioner; or (iii) refuses or fails to take an oath or make an affirmation at the hearing; or (iv) refuses or fails to answer a question at the hearing that the Commissioner requires the person to answer; or (v) refuses or fails to give information, or produce a document or thing, as required at a hearing; or (b) is a legal practitioner who refuses, at a hearing, to give the Commissioner the name and address of a person in accordance with section 115 (material sought from legal practitioners); or (c) gives evidence or information, or produces a document, at a hearing that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or (d) insults, disturbs or uses insulting language towards a NACC Commissioner who is holding a hearing in the performance or exercise of the NACC Commissioner’s functions or powers when the person knows that the NACC Commissioner: (i) holds a position as a NACC Commissioner; and (ii) is conducting such a hearing; or (f) obstructs or hinders a staff member of the NACC in the performance or exercise of the staff member’s functions, powers or duties in connection with a hearing; or (g) disrupts a hearing; or (h) threatens a person present at a hearing.

Note: For protection for journalists’ informants, see section 31, for international relations certificates, see section 236, and for other privileges and protections, see Division 6 of this Part.