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Parliament Bill

Parliamentary security - Consequences of denial of entry to, or removal from, parliamentary precincts

184: Entitlement to enter or re-enter parliamentary precincts if denied entry or removed under section 180 or specific power to deny entry or remove

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"Going back into Parliament if you were asked to leave"

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If you are stopped from entering or removed from the parliamentary area, you might be able to go back in. This can happen if a security officer thinks you are okay to enter. The officer must know why you were stopped or removed in the first place. You can go back in if you were stopped because of something you had with you, and the officer no longer thinks you might have done something wrong or are about to do something wrong. If you were stopped for another reason, you can go back in if the officer thinks you will behave yourself. The parliamentary area includes all the buildings and parts of the area. A parliamentary security officer will decide if you can go back in. They must know what happened when you were stopped or removed. The officer will look at what you did and decide if you can enter the parliamentary area again.

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Part 7Parliamentary security
Consequences of denial of entry to, or removal from, parliamentary precincts

184Entitlement to enter or re-enter parliamentary precincts if denied entry or removed under section 180 or specific power to deny entry or remove

  1. This section applies to a person denied entry to, or removed from, the parliamentary precincts under any of the following sections:

  2. sections 172A(3)(b), 172B(2)(b), and 176(2)(b) (which relate to denying a person entry to, or removing a person from, the parliamentary precincts in relation to an item in the person’s possession):
    1. section180(2) (which relates to the general power to deny entry to, or remove a person from, the parliamentary precincts).

      1. The person is entitled to enter or re-enter the parliamentary precincts if a parliamentary security officer is satisfied that,—

      2. in the case of a person denied entry or removed under section 172A(3)(b), 172B(2)(b), or 176(2)(b), the officer no longer has reasonable grounds to believe that the person—
        1. may recently have committed a specified offence; or
          1. may be about to commit such an offence:
          2. in the case of a person denied entry or removed under section180(2), the person will not behave in a way described in section 180(1)(a) to (c) if allowed to enter the parliamentary precincts.

            1. The parliamentary security officer must be an officer who is aware of the reasons why the person was denied entry to, or removed from, the parliamentary precincts.

            2. In this section, parliamentary precincts includes, if applicable, a particular part of the parliamentary precincts (for example, a building).