Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

LAND (PLANNING AND ENVIRONMENT) ACT (NO. 100 OF 1991) - SECT 156

156. A person shall not, without reasonable excuse—

        (a)     contravene a direction lawfully given by a panel member;

        (b)     disturb a panel member in the exercise of the member's powers or the performance of his or her functions;

        (c)     interrupt a hearing of an Inquiry;

        (d)     use insulting language, or act in an insulting manner, towards a panel member;

        (e)     create a disturbance, or participate in the creation or continuation of a disturbance, in or near a place where a hearing of an Inquiry is taking place; or

        (f)     do any other act or thing which would, if the panel were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court.

Penalty: $5,000 or imprisonment for 6 months, or both.