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National Occupational Health and Safety Commission Act 1985
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#### 49 Contempt
A person shall not:
(a) insult or disturb a Commissioner in the exercise of the Commissioner’s powers or the performance of the Commissioner’s functions or duties as a Commissioner;
(b) interrupt an inquiry;
(c) use insulting language towards a Commissioner;
(d) create a disturbance, or take part in creating or continuing a disturbance, in a place where a Commissioner is holding an inquiry;
(e) do any other act or thing that would, if an inquiry were a court of record, constitute a contempt in the face of that court; or
(f) contravene a direction given under subsection 43(2).
Penalty: 20 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year, or both.