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LAND AND RESOURCES TRIBUNAL ACT 1999 - SECT 62

62 Contempt of tribunal

(1) A person is in contempt of the tribunal if the person--

(a) insults a tribunal member or a member of the tribunal staff at a tribunal hearing, or in going to or returning from the tribunal hearing; or
(b) deliberately interrupts a tribunal hearing, or otherwise misbehaves at a tribunal hearing; or
(c) at a tribunal hearing, contravenes a provision of this Act about the hearing; or
(d) creates or continues, or joins in creating or continuing, a disturbance in or near a place where a tribunal hearing is being conducted; or
(e) obstructs or assaults a person attending a tribunal hearing; or
(f) without lawful excuse, disobeys a lawful order or direction of the tribunal made or given at a tribunal hearing; or
(g) does anything at a tribunal hearing or otherwise that would be contempt of court if the tribunal were a judge acting judicially.

(2) The tribunal may order that a person who under subsection (1) is in contempt of the tribunal at a tribunal hearing be excluded from the place where the hearing is being conducted.

(3) A member of the tribunal staff, acting under the tribunal's order, may, using necessary and reasonable help and force, exclude the person from the place.

(4) In this section--

member of the tribunal staff includes a deputy registrar (additional office).

tribunal member includes an NNTT member for a proceeding.



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