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Parliamentary security - Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers - Powers to detain person

179: Power to use handcuffs

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"When can parliamentary security use handcuffs on someone?"

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If you are a detained person, a parliamentary security officer may handcuff you. They can do this if they think you might run away or hurt yourself or others. The officer can keep the handcuffs on you until they think you will not run away or hurt anyone, or until a Police officer decides what to do with you.

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Part 7Parliamentary security
Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers: Powers to detain person

179Power to use handcuffs

  1. A parliamentary security officer may handcuff a detained person if the officer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person—

  2. may abscond if not handcuffed; or
    1. may harm themselves or others if not handcuffed.

      1. The parliamentary security officer may keep the handcuffs on the person until one of the following circumstances occurs:

      2. the parliamentary security officer becomes aware that the reasonable grounds for believing that subsection (1)(a) or (b) applies to the person have ceased to apply, in which case the officer must remove the handcuffs:
        1. a Police officer arrests the person, in which case the Police officer must decide whether the handcuffs are to stay on:
          1. a Police officer decides that the person will not be arrested, in which case a parliamentary security officer must remove the handcuffs.