Part 6Parliamentary Service and other parliamentary bodies
Parliamentary Service: Parliamentary security officers
135Appointing parliamentary security officers
The chief executive may, by notice in writing, appoint any of the following as a parliamentary security officer:
- an employee of the Parliamentary Service who has completed an approved training course to the satisfaction of the chief executive:
- if the chief executive considers it necessary or desirable, any other person who the chief executive is satisfied—
- is qualified and trained to a standard at least equivalent to the standard of qualification and training reached by an employee of the class referred to in paragraph (a); or
- belongs to a class of persons who are qualified and trained to a standard at least equivalent to the standard of qualification and training reached by an employee of the class referred to in paragraph (a).
- is qualified and trained to a standard at least equivalent to the standard of qualification and training reached by an employee of the class referred to in paragraph (a); or
The chief executive may, in the notice, specify conditions of, or limitations on, the parliamentary security officer’s appointment.
A person appointed as a parliamentary security officer under subsection (1)(b) is deemed to be an employee of the Parliamentary Service appointed under section 131(1), and section 131 applies accordingly.
To avoid doubt, a person’s appointment as a parliamentary security officer ends when the person ceases to be eligible for appointment as a parliamentary security officer.
In subsection (1)(a), approved training course means a programme of training that the chief executive has approved, after having consulted—
- the Commissioner of Police; and
- the chief executive of the Ministry of Justice.