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Parliamentary security - Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers - Process A: pPerson does not hand over detected item

172A: Powers if person does not hand over detected item

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"What happens if you don't hand over something you're not allowed to have"

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If you do not hand over a detected item when asked, this section applies. You may have broken a rule or be about to break one, and a parliamentary security officer can take action. The officer can seize the item, detain you, or deny you entry to the parliamentary precincts, depending on the situation.

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Part 7Parliamentary security
Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers: Process A: pPerson does not hand over detected item

172APowers if person does not hand over detected item

  1. This section applies if a person does not comply with a request under section 172(1) to hand over a detected item.

  2. Subsection (3) applies if a parliamentary security officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person—

  3. may recently have committed a specified offence; or
    1. may be about to commit such an offence.

      1. The parliamentary security officer—

      2. may exercise the power in section 176(1) (which relates to the power to seize an item) and, if the officer chooses to exercise that power, the power in section 176(2)(a) or (b) (which relates to the power to detain the person or to deny them entry to, or remove them from, the parliamentary precincts); or
        1. may deny the person entry to, or remove the person from, the parliamentary precincts.

          1. Subsection (5) applies if a parliamentary security officer does not have the reasonable grounds specified in subsection (2).

          2. The parliamentary security officer may deny the person entry to, or remove the person from, the parliamentary precincts.