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

171: Duty of parliamentary security officer relating to searches

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"Parliamentary security officers must get your okay before searching 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. You might not be allowed to enter or stay in the parliamentary precincts if you do not agree to the search, or if you agree at first but then change your mind.

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Part 7Parliamentary security
Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers: Search power and related duty

171Duty of parliamentary security officer relating to searches

  1. A parliamentary security officer who makes a request under section 170(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.