South Australian Current Acts South Australian Current ActsA person is in contempt of the ACC if he or she—
(a) when
appearing as a witness at an examination before an examiner—
(i)
refuses or fails to take an oath or affirmation when
required to do so under section 19; or
(ii)
refuses or fails to answer a question that he or she is
required to answer by the examiner; or
(iii)
refuses or fails to produce a document or thing that he
or she was required to produce by a summons or notice under this Act that was
served to him or her as prescribed; or
(b) is a
legal practitioner who is required to answer a question or produce a document
at an examination before an examiner, and both of the following apply:
(i)
the answer to the question would disclose, or the
document contains, a privileged communication made by or to the legal
practitioner in his or her capacity as a legal practitioner;
(ii)
he or she refuses to comply with the requirement and does
not, when required by the examiner, give the examiner the name and address of
the person to whom or by whom the communication was made; or
(c)
gives evidence at an examination before an examiner that he or she knows is
false or misleading in a material particular; or
(d)
obstructs or hinders an examiner in the performance of his or her functions as
an examiner; or
(e)
disrupts an examination before an examiner; or
(f)
threatens a person present at an examination before an examiner.