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Parliament Act 2025

Parliamentary security - Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers - Other powers

182: General power to deny person entry to, or remove person from, parliamentary precincts

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"Security officers can stop you entering or remove you from Parliament if you might cause trouble."

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You can be stopped from entering or removed from the parliamentary precincts if a security officer thinks you might harass someone. They can also stop you if they think you might cause violence or damage, or disrupt a meeting. The security officer has this power, as well as other powers under the Trespass Act 1980 and other sections like section 168(3), section 169(3), and others. You can be asked to leave if you do not follow the rules. The security officer's power to remove you is in addition to their other powers. They can use these powers to keep everyone safe in the parliamentary precincts.

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Part 7Parliamentary security
Powers and duties of parliamentary security officers: Other powers

182General power to deny person entry to, or remove person from, parliamentary precincts

  1. Subsection (2) applies if a parliamentary security officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person—

  2. is harassing or intimidating, or is likely to harass or intimidate, another person; or
    1. is causing, or is likely to cause, violence within, or damage to, the parliamentary precincts; or
      1. is significantly disrupting, or is likely to significantly disrupt, a parliamentary meeting or the administration of the parliamentary precincts.

        1. The parliamentary security officer may deny the person entry to, or remove the person from, the parliamentary precincts.

        2. The power in subsection (2) is in addition to any powers that the parliamentary security officer may have—

        3. under section 57 (which relates to powers under the Trespass Act 1980); and
          1. under the following sections to deny a person entry to, or remove a person from, the parliamentary precincts:
            1. section 168(3) (which relates to the power to ask for identification):
              1. section 169(3) (which relates to the power to ask to search a person or property):
                1. sections 172(3)(b) and (5) and 173(2)(b) (which relate to the power to ask to examine a detected item):
                  1. section 174(2)(a) (which relates to the power to ask a person to surrender a detected item):
                    1. section 176(5) (which relates to the power to ask to take a detected item into temporary custody):
                      1. section 178(2)(b) (which relates to the power to seize an item).

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