Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION AND BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION ACT 1999 - SECT 119

             (1)  A person is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by a fine of not more than 30 penalty units if:

                     (a)  the person insults, disturbs or uses insulting language towards another person; and

                     (b)  the person knows the other person is a commissioner exercising the powers or performing the functions or duties of a commissioner.

             (2)  A person is guilty of an offence punishable on conviction by a fine of not more than 30 penalty units if:

                     (a)  the person creates a disturbance, or takes part in creating or continuing a disturbance, in or near a place; and

                     (b)  the person knows the place is a place where a commission is holding an inquiry.

             (3)  A person must not:

                     (a)  interrupt an inquiry by a commission; or

                     (b)  do any other act or thing that would, if a commission were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court.

Penalty:  30 penalty units.