Commonwealth Numbered Acts

NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMISSION ACT 1985 No. 35, 1985 - SECT 49

49. A person shall not-

   (a)  insult or disturb a Commissioner in the exercise of the Commissioner's
powers or the performance of the Commissioner's functions or duties
as a Commissioner;

   (b)  interrupt an inquiry;

   (c)  use insulting language towards a Commissioner;

   (d)  create a disturbance, or take part in creating or continuing a
disturbance, in a place where a Commissioner is holding an inquiry;

   (e)  do any other act or thing that would, if an inquiry were a court of
record, constitute a contempt in the face of that court; or

   (f)  contravene a direction given under sub-section 43 (2).
Penalty: $2,000 or imprisonment for one year, or both.