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

180: 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 grounds for safety reasons."

If you are at the parliamentary precincts, a security officer can stop you from entering or remove you. This happens if the officer thinks you might harass someone, cause violence or damage, or disrupt a meeting. The officer has this power, plus other powers, like those under the Trespass Act 1980 and other sections.

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

180General power to deny person entry to, or remove person from, parliamentary precincts

Subsection (2) applies if a parliamentary security officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person—
is harassing or intimidating, or is likely to harass or intimidate, another person; or
is causing, or is likely to cause, violence within, or damage to, the parliamentary precincts; or
is significantly disrupting, or is likely to significantly disrupt, a parliamentary meeting or the administration of the parliamentary precincts.

The parliamentary security officer may deny the person entry to, or remove the person from, the parliamentary precincts.
The power in subsection (2) is in addition to any powers that the parliamentary security officer may have—
under section 56 (which relates to powers under the Trespass Act 1980); and
under the following sections to deny a person entry to, or remove a person from, the parliamentary precincts:
1. section 169(2) (which relates to the power to ask for identification):
2. section 170(2) (which relates to the power to ask to search a person or property):
3. sections 172A(3)(b) and (5) and 172B(2)(b) (which relate to the power to ask to examine a detected item):
4. section 173(2)(a) (which relates to the power to ask a person to surrender a detected item):
5. section 174(5) (which relates to the power to ask to take a detected item into temporary custody):
6. section 176(2)(b) (which relates to the power to seize an item).