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Parliament Bill

Parliamentary security - Reporting requirements

190B: Chief executive must report annually on exercise of specified powers

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"The boss must write a report each year on how special security powers are used."

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The chief executive has to write a report every year about how some special powers are used. You will see this report as part of the Parliamentary Service's annual report. It must include how many times these powers were used. The report also needs to have information about complaints people made about these powers. This includes how many complaints were made and what they were about. You will also see what happened with each complaint. Some words in this section have special meanings. An "internal complaints process" is a way for people to complain about parliamentary security officers using their powers. A "specified power" is a special power that parliamentary security officers can use, like stopping someone from entering a building or taking something from them.

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Part 7Parliamentary security
Reporting requirements

190BChief executive must report annually on exercise of specified powers

  1. The chief executive must include in every annual report prepared by the Parliamentary Service for the purposes of section 43 of the Public Finance Act 1989—

  2. the number of occasions on which a specified power was exercised in the period covered by the report; and
    1. the following information about any internal complaints process:
      1. the number of complaints about the use of powers authorised by this Part received in the period covered by the report:
        1. which power gave rise to each complaint:
          1. progress on considering each complaint:
            1. the outcome of the consideration of each complaint.

            2. In this section,—

              internal complaints process means a process that—

              1. is established and operated by the chief executive; and
                1. can be used by a person who wishes to complain about a parliamentary security officer exercising a power under this Part

                  specified power means—

                  1. a power exercised under any of the following sections:
                    1. sections 169(2), 170(2), 172A(3)(b) and (5), 172B(2)(b), 173(2)(a), 174(5), and 180(2) (which authorise a parliamentary security officer to deny entry to, or remove a person from, the parliamentary precincts):
                      1. section 176(1) (which authorises a parliamentary security officer to seize an item); and
                      2. a power exercised under a section specified in section 190A(1).