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Motor Vehicle Sales Act 2003

Enforcement - Offences - Offences relating to Disputes Tribunals

110B: Contempt of Tribunal

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"Disrespecting a Tribunal: What You Can't Do"

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You commit an offence if you wilfully insult or obstruct a Disputes Tribunal or its people. You also commit an offence if you insult or obstruct people at a Tribunal sitting. You can be in trouble if you interrupt or misbehave at a Tribunal sitting. You can get in trouble if you disobey a Tribunal order without a good reason. The penalty for this offence is set out in section 116A. A Tribunal can exclude you from a sitting if your behaviour is bad. A Tribunal or constable can take steps to enforce your exclusion from a sitting. This means they can make you leave if you are being disruptive. You must follow the rules at a Tribunal sitting.

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Part 4Enforcement
Offences: Offences relating to Disputes Tribunals

110BContempt of Tribunal

  1. A person commits an offence if the person—

  2. wilfully insults, or obstructs a Disputes Tribunal, an adjudicator, an assessor, a witness, or an officer of a Tribunal during a sitting of a Tribunal or while an adjudicator, an assessor, a witness, or an officer is going to, or returning from, a sitting of a Tribunal; or
    1. wilfully insults, or obstructs any person in attendance at a sitting of a Tribunal; or
      1. wilfully interrupts, or otherwise misbehaves at, a sitting of a Tribunal; or
        1. wilfully and without lawful excuse disobeys any order or direction of a Tribunal in the course of the hearing of any proceedings.

          1. The penalty for an offence under this section is set out in section 116A.

          2. A Tribunal may order the exclusion from a sitting of the Tribunal of any person whose behaviour, in the opinion of the Tribunal, constitutes an offence against subsection (1), whether or not the person is charged with the offence, and any officer of the Tribunal or constable may take any steps that are reasonably necessary to enforce the exclusion.

          Notes
          • Section 110B: inserted, on , by section 169 of the Tribunals Powers and Procedures Legislation Act 2018 (2018 No 51).