Northern Territory Consolidated Acts Northern Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person's conduct constitutes contempt of the Tribunal if the person:
(a) appears before the Tribunal as a witness; and
(b) does not do any of the following when required by the Tribunal to do so:
(i) take an oath;
(ii) answer a question;
(iii) produce a document or other thing.
(2) A person's conduct constitutes contempt of the Tribunal if:
(a) the Tribunal has made an order requiring the person to do or not do something; and
(b) the order:
(i) was made orally to the person during proceedings; or
(ii) has been served on the person; and
(c) the person does not comply with the order.
(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if another law of the Territory provides a penalty for non-compliance with, or enforcing, the order.
(4) A person's conduct constitutes contempt of the Tribunal if the person fails to comply with an undertaking the person has given to the Tribunal.
(5) A person's conduct constitutes contempt of the Tribunal if the person:
(a) insults, threatens, intimidates or obstructs a member of the Tribunal in relation to his or her performance of functions or exercise of powers under this Act; or
(b) interrupts, obstructs or hinders a proceeding of the Tribunal; or
(c) creates, or takes part in creating, a disturbance at or near the place where the Tribunal is sitting; or
(d) engages in any other conduct that, under a law of the Territory, would constitute contempt in the face of the court if the Tribunal were a court of record.