Queensland Consolidated Acts

INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT 2016 - SECT 921

921 Improper conduct towards member, magistrate or registrar

(1) A person must not—

(a) interrupt an industrial tribunal’s proceedings; or

(b) create, take part in, or continue a disturbance in or near a place where an industrial tribunal’s proceedings are being conducted; or

(c) wilfully insult an official, including by using insulting language; or

(d) by writing or speech, use words intended to—

(i) improperly influence an official; or

(ii) improperly influence a witness before an industrial tribunal; or

(iii) bring an official or industrial tribunal into disrepute.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—100 penalty units or 1 year’s imprisonment.

(2) A person who commits an offence under this section before an industrial tribunal may, by the tribunal’s order, be excluded from the place where the tribunal is sitting.

(3) The making of an order under subsection (2) does not affect the offender’s liability to be punished for the offence.

(4) A person acting under the industrial tribunal’s authority may enforce the tribunal’s order, using necessary reasonable force.

(5) In this section—

"industrial tribunal" means the commission, an Industrial Magistrates Court or the registrar.

"official" means a member, a magistrate or the registrar exercising jurisdiction or powers or performing functions under this Act or another Act.