Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009
sec.220Tribunal may exclude person
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sec.220 Tribunal may exclude person
The tribunal may make an order— excluding a disruptive person from the place the tribunal is sitting; and authorising 1 or more prescribed persons to remove a disruptive person from the place the tribunal is sitting. If the tribunal makes an order under subsection (1) , the order is taken to be an authorising law for the purposes of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 16 . The Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 16 provides for a police officer, if a public official asks, to help the public official perform the public official’s functions under an authorising law. If the tribunal makes an order under subsection (1) (b) , it is lawful for the prescribed persons, and any person helping the prescribed persons, to remove the disruptive person from the place the tribunal is sitting, using necessary and reasonable force for the purpose. In this section— prescribed person means— the principal registrar; or a registrar; or a registry staff member; or a Magistrates Court staff member performing a function of the principal registrar delegated to the member under section 210 (2) . s 220 amd 2009 No. 48 s 83 (sec.220-ssec.1) The tribunal may make an order— excluding a disruptive person from the place the tribunal is sitting; and authorising 1 or more prescribed persons to remove a disruptive person from the place the tribunal is sitting. (sec.220-ssec.2) If the tribunal makes an order under subsection (1) , the order is taken to be an authorising law for the purposes of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 16 . The Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 16 provides for a police officer, if a public official asks, to help the public official perform the public official’s functions under an authorising law. (sec.220-ssec.3) If the tribunal makes an order under subsection (1) (b) , it is lawful for the prescribed persons, and any person helping the prescribed persons, to remove the disruptive person from the place the tribunal is sitting, using necessary and reasonable force for the purpose. (sec.220-ssec.4) In this section— prescribed person means— the principal registrar; or a registrar; or a registry staff member; or a Magistrates Court staff member performing a function of the principal registrar delegated to the member under section 210 (2) .
- (a) excluding a disruptive person from the place the tribunal is sitting; and
- (b) authorising 1 or more prescribed persons to remove a disruptive person from the place the tribunal is sitting.
- (a) the principal registrar; or
- (b) a registrar; or
- (c) a registry staff member; or
- (d) a Magistrates Court staff member performing a function of the principal registrar delegated to the member under section 210 (2) .