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Parliament Act 2025

Parliamentary security - Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers - Search power and related duty

170: Duty of parliamentary security officer relating to searches

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"What happens if a parliamentary security officer wants to search you"

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If you are asked to be searched by a parliamentary security officer, they must tell you that the search will not happen without your consent. They must also tell you that you can change your mind and withdraw your consent before the search is finished. If you do not agree to the search, or if you change your mind during the search, you may not be allowed to enter or stay in the parliamentary precincts, as stated in section 169(1).

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Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers: Search power and related duty

170Duty of parliamentary security officer relating to searches

  1. A parliamentary security officer who makes a request under section 169(1) (which relates to the power to ask to search a person or property) must at the same time advise the person (orally or in writing) that—

  2. the search will not take place without the person’s consent; and
    1. the person may withdraw their consent before the search is finished; and
      1. the person may be denied entry to, or removed from, the parliamentary precincts if the person—
        1. does not consent to the search; or
          1. initially consents to the search but subsequently withdraws their consent before the search is finished.

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