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Parliament Bill

Parliamentary security - Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers - Power to ask for identification

169: Power to ask for identification

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"Security officers can ask for your ID and details at Parliament"

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If you want to enter or are in the parliamentary precincts, a parliamentary security officer may ask you for information. They can ask for your name and address, and your reason for being there if they have a good reason to ask. They need to think you might be a security risk. If a parliamentary security officer thinks you have given them false information, they can ask you to prove what you said is true. They can do this if they believe you are not telling the truth about your name, address, or reason for being in the precincts. You will need to show them evidence to back up what you said. A parliamentary security officer can stop you from entering the precincts or remove you from the area if you do not give them the information they ask for. They can also do this if you give a reason for being there that makes them think you might be a security risk. This means they can deny you entry or make you leave if they think you might cause problems.

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Part 7Parliamentary security
Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers: Power to ask for identification

169Power to ask for identification

  1. A parliamentary security officer may, if the officer has reasonable grounds for asking for the information, ask any person who wants to enter, or is in, the parliamentary precincts to provide the officer with the following information:

  2. the person’s name and address:
    1. the person’s reason for either wanting to enter the parliamentary precincts or being in the precincts.

      1. A parliamentary security officer who believes on reasonable grounds that any information provided in response to a request under subsection (1)(a) is false may require the person concerned to provide satisfactory evidence of the information.

      2. A parliamentary security officer may deny a person entry to, or remove a person from, the parliamentary precincts if the person—

      3. does not comply with a request under subsection (1) or (1A); or
        1. gives a reason under subsection (1)(c) that gives the officer reasonable grounds to believe that the person may threaten the security of the parliamentary precincts.