An interstate magistrate will be required in the court case of a Waratah-Wynyard councillor, a court heard.
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Councillor Darren Fairbrother appeared in Burnie Magistrates Court on Monday after pleading not guilty in May to one charge of prohibited behaviour.
The charge relates to an alleged incident at Boat Harbour in January.
Magistrate Leanne Topfer said having an interstate magistrate preside over the matter was the only option as witnesses and the complainant are members of Tasmania's legal fraternity.
It is understood the complainant is lawyer and Crown prosecutor Kate Brown, and that witnesses include her husband Magistrate Simon Brown.
The court heard six witnesses may be called by the prosecution and the hearing could take up to six hours.
Magistrate Topfer adjourned the matter until August.