QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 219
Punishment of contempt
QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 219
Punishment of contempt
219 Punishment of contempt
(1) The tribunal has, for itself, all the protection, powers, jurisdiction and
authority the Supreme Court has, for that court, in relation to contempt.
(2)
The tribunal must comply with the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999relating
to contempt, with necessary changes, including changes prescribed under the
rules.
(3) The principal registrar may apply to the tribunal for an order
that a person be committed to prison for contempt of the tribunal.
(4) The
tribunal’s jurisdiction and powers to punish a contempt of the tribunal may
be exercised on the application of a person or on its own initiative.
(5) The
tribunal’s jurisdiction and powers to punish a contempt of the tribunal may
be exercised only by a judicial member.
(6) If contempt is committed in the
face of the tribunal and the tribunal is not constituted by a judicial member,
the presiding member of the tribunal may certify the contempt in writing to
the president.
(7) For subsection (6) , it is enough for the presiding member
to be satisfied there is evidence of contempt.
(8) The tribunal has
jurisdiction to punish an act or omission as a contempt of the tribunal even
though a penalty is prescribed for the act or omission.