Tasmanian Planning Commission Act 1997
17BMisconduct before Commission
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17B Misconduct before Commission
[Section 17B Inserted by No. 43 of 2006, s. 56, Applied:18 Dec 2006]
(1) A person must not wilfully –
(a) insult a member of the Commission in relation to the performance of his or her functions as a member; or
(b) interrupt a proceeding or hearing of the Commission; or
(c) create a disturbance, or take part in creating or continuing a disturbance, in a place where the Commission is sitting, with the intention of disrupting a proceeding or hearing of the Commission.
(2) The Commission may order that a person who has committed a breach of subsection (1) at a Commission hearing be excluded from the place where the hearing is being conducted.
(3) A member of the Commission staff, acting under the Commission's order, may, using necessary and reasonable help and force, exclude the person from the place.