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Parliamentary security - Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers - Process C: item Item handed over gives officer reasonable grounds to believe item is capable of being used to commit violent offence or is otherwise dangerous

173A: Duty of parliamentary security officer relating to request to surrender detected item

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"What happens if a parliamentary security officer asks you to hand over something"

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If you are asked to give up an item by a parliamentary security officer, they must tell you that they cannot take the item without your permission. They must also tell you that you can change your mind about giving up the item before you leave the parliamentary precincts. The officer must advise you that if you do not let them keep the item, or if you change your mind after initially agreeing, you might not be allowed to enter or stay in the parliamentary precincts.

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Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers: Process C: item Item handed over gives officer reasonable grounds to believe item is capable of being used to commit violent offence or is otherwise dangerous

173ADuty of parliamentary security officer relating to request to surrender detected item

  1. A parliamentary security officer who makes a request under section 173(2) (which relates to the power to ask a person to surrender an item while in the parliamentary precincts) must at the same time advise the person (orally or in writing) that—

  2. the item may not be taken from the person without the person’s consent; and
    1. the person may withdraw their consent before leaving the parliamentary precincts; and
      1. the person may be denied entry to, or removed from, the parliamentary precincts if the person—
        1. does not consent to leave the item with the officer; or
          1. initially consents to leave the item with the officer but subsequently withdraws their consent before leaving the parliamentary precincts.