Section 119 — Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act 1999: Contempt

(1) A person commits an offence punishable on conviction by a fine of not more than 30 penalty units if: (a) the person insults, disturbs or uses insulting language towards another person; and (b) the person knows the other person is a commissioner exercising the powers or performing the functions or duties of a commissioner. (2) A person commits an offence punishable on conviction by a fine of not more than 30 penalty units if: (a) the person creates a disturbance, or takes part in creating or continuing a disturbance, in or near a place; and (b) the person knows the place is a place where a commission is holding an inquiry. (3) A person must not: (a) interrupt an inquiry by a commission; or (b) do any other act or thing that would, if a commission were a court of record, constitute a contempt of that court. Penalty: 30 penalty units.