Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014
87Conduct constituting contempt of the Tribunal
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87 Conduct constituting contempt of the Tribunal (1) A person's conduct constitutes contempt of the Tribunal if the person: (a) appears before the Tribunal as a witness; and (b) does not do any of the following when required by the Tribunal to do so: (i) take an oath; (ii) answer a question; (iii) produce a document or other thing. (2) A person's conduct constitutes contempt of the Tribunal if: (a) the Tribunal has made an order requiring the person to do or not do something; and (b) the order: (i) was made orally to the person during proceedings; or (ii) has been served on the person; and (c) the person does not comply with the order. (3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if another law of the Territory provides a penalty for non-compliance with, or enforcing, the order. (4) A person's conduct constitutes contempt of the Tribunal if the person fails to comply with an undertaking the person has given to
Northern Territory Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2014 36 (5) A person's conduct constitutes contempt of the Tribunal if the person: (a) insults, threatens, intimidates or obstructs a member of the Tribunal in relation to his or her performance of functions or exercise of powers under this Act; or (b) interrupts, obstructs or hinders a proceeding of the Tribunal; or (c) creates, or takes part in creating, a disturbance at or near the place where the Tribunal is sitting; or (d) engages in any other conduct that, under a law of the Territory, would constitute contempt in the face of the court if the Tribunal were a court of record.