Conduct constituting contempt of the Commission
26 Conduct constituting contempt of the Commission
(1) A person's conduct constitutes contempt of the Commission if the person:
appears before the Commission as a witness; and
(b) fails to do one or more of the following when required by the Commission to do so:
take an oath;
answer a question;
produce a document or other thing.
(2) A person's conduct constitutes contempt of the Commission if:
(a) the Commission has made an order requiring the person to do or not do something; and
the order:
was made orally to the person during a proceeding; or
has been served on the person; and
the person contravenes the order.
(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if another law of the Territory provides a penalty for the contravention, or enforcement, of the order.
(4) A person's conduct constitutes contempt of the Commission if the person contravenes an undertaking the person has given to the Commission.
(5) A person's conduct constitutes contempt of the Commission if the person:
(a) insults, threatens, intimidates or obstructs a member of the Commission in relation to the member's performance of functions or exercise of powers under this Act; or
(b) interrupts, obstructs or hinders a proceeding of the Commission; or
(c) creates, or takes part in creating, a disturbance at or near the place where the Commission 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 Commission were a court of record.
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