New South Wales Consolidated Acts

LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 - SECT 486A

486A Contempt of Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal

(1) The Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal may report the following matters to the Supreme Court:

(a) if a person refuses to be sworn or to make an affirmation or refuses or otherwise fails to answer any question that is put to the person by the Tribunal after being called or examined as a witness before the Tribunal,

(b) if, in proceedings before the Tribunal, a person wilfully threatens or insults:

(i) a member or officer of the Tribunal, or

(ii) any witness or person summoned to attend before the Tribunal, or

(iii) an Australian legal practitioner or other person authorised to appear before the Tribunal,

(c) if a person misbehaves himself or herself in proceedings before the Tribunal,

(d) if a person interrupts proceedings before the Tribunal.

(2) If the Pecuniary Interest and Disciplinary Tribunal reports a matter to the Supreme Court under subsection (1), the Court may deal with the matter as if it were a contempt of the Court. However, a person is not liable to be punished for contempt under this subsection if the person establishes that there was a reasonable excuse for the act or omission concerned.