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Parliament Act 2025

Parliamentary security - Limits on powers and duties of parliamentary security officers

188: Powers and duties not generally applicable in relation to members, officers of House, and other exempted persons

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You are a parliamentary security officer. You must not use certain powers or duties on exempt people. Exempt people include members, some officers, and people the Speaker says are exempt. You can check the rules in subpart 2 and 3 to see what powers you cannot use on exempt people.

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Part 7Parliamentary security
Limits on powers and duties of parliamentary security officers

188Powers and duties not generally applicable in relation to members, officers of House, and other exempted persons

  1. A parliamentary security officer must not exercise or perform any of the powers or duties in subpart 2 or 3 in relation to a person who the officer is satisfied is an exempt person.

  2. If a parliamentary security officer exercises the power in section 168(1)(a) (which relates to the officer’s power to ask for a person’s name and address) and the person satisfies the officer that the person is an exempt person, the officer may not exercise the powers in section 168(1)(b) and (2) (which relates to the officer’s powers to ask for a person’s reason for entering the parliamentary precincts and for evidence of their name and address).

  3. In this section, exempt person means a person who is—

  4. a member; or
    1. an officer of the House when that officer is acting in the course of the officer’s duties; or
      1. a person or class of persons whom the Speaker exempts under section 189.

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