Queensland Consolidated Acts

QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 220

220 Tribunal may exclude person

(1) The tribunal may make an order—

(a) excluding a disruptive person from the place the tribunal is sitting; and

(b) authorising 1 or more prescribed persons to remove a disruptive person from the place the tribunal is sitting.

(2) If the tribunal makes an order under subsection (1) , the order is taken to be an authorising law for the purposes of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 16 .

Note—

The Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 , section 16 provides for a police officer, if a public official asks, to help the public official perform the public official’s functions under an authorising law.

(3) If the tribunal makes an order under subsection (1) (b) , it is lawful for the prescribed persons, and any person helping the prescribed persons, to remove the disruptive person from the place the tribunal is sitting, using necessary and reasonable force for the purpose.

(4) In this section—

"prescribed person" means—

(a) the principal registrar; or

(b) a registrar; or

(c) a registry staff member; or

(d) a Magistrates Court staff member performing a function of the principal registrar delegated to the member under section 210 (2) .