MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 763
Contempt of tribunal
MENTAL HEALTH ACT 2016 - SECT 763
Contempt of tribunal
763 Contempt of tribunal
(1) A person is in contempt of the tribunal if the
person—
(a) insults a member or a staff member of the tribunal at a
proceeding, or in going to or returning from a proceeding; or
(b)
unreasonably interrupts a proceeding, or otherwise misbehaves at a proceeding;
or
(c) creates or continues, or joins in creating or continuing, a
disturbance in or near a place where a proceeding is being conducted; or
(d)
obstructs or assaults a person attending a proceeding; or
(e) obstructs a
member in the performance of the member’s functions or the exercise of the
member’s powers; or
(f) obstructs a person acting under an order made under
this Act by the tribunal or a member; or
(g) without lawful excuse, disobeys
a lawful order or direction of the tribunal made or given under this Act; or
(h) does anything at a proceeding or otherwise that would be contempt of court
if the tribunal were a court of record.
(2) The tribunal may order that a
person who contravenes subsection (1) at a proceeding be excluded from the
place where the proceeding is being conducted.
(3) A staff member of the
tribunal or a health practitioner, acting under the tribunal’s order, may,
with the help that is necessary and reasonable in the circumstances, exclude
the person from the place.
