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Parliament Act 2025

Speaker, Deputy Speaker, and parliamentary precincts - Parliamentary precincts - Speaker’s role in respect of parliamentary precincts

57: Speaker is occupier for purposes of Trespass Act 1980

You could also call this:

"The Speaker is in charge of Parliament's grounds under the Trespass Act 1980."

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You are considered to be in a special area when you are in the parliamentary precincts. The Speaker is in charge of this area for the purposes of the Trespass Act 1980. The Speaker can give someone else the power to make decisions about this area under the Trespass Act 1980.

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Parliamentary precincts: Speaker’s role in respect of parliamentary precincts

57Speaker is occupier for purposes of Trespass Act 1980

  1. The Speaker is the occupier of the parliamentary precincts for the purposes of the Trespass Act 1980.

  2. The Speaker may delegate to any person any power of an occupier under the Trespass Act 1980.

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