Part 7: Supplementary and final provision Section 202: Proceedings in the First-tier Tribunal: contempt
This section allows the First-tier Tribunal to certify an offence to the Upper Tribunal if a person does something (or fails to do something) in relation to tribunal proceedings which would constitute contempt of court if the proceedings were before a court.
	Subsection (1) explains the circumstances in which the offence can be committed, in relation to appeal proceedings or an application for an order from the First-tier Tribunal.
	Subsections (2) and (3) provides that the First-tier Tribunal may certify an offence under subsection (1) to the Upper Tribunal, which in turn may inquire into the matter and deal with the person charged with offence in the same way in which it could deal with the person if the offence had been committed in relation to the Upper Tribunal.
	Subsection (4) requires the Upper Tribunal to hear any witnesses and any statement offered in defence before exercising the power to deal with the person charged with the offence.
	This provision replicates paragraph 8 of Schedule 6 to the 1998 Act with the exception that instead of certifying the contempt of court offence to the High Court, under this section the First-tier Tribunal will now certify the offence to the Upper Tribunal.