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

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

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If you are a parliamentary security officer, you cannot use certain powers or duties on someone you think is an exempt person. You can find these powers and duties in subpart 2 or 3. If you ask someone for their name and address, and they tell you they are an exempt person, you cannot ask them for their reason for entering the parliamentary precincts. If you are an exempt person, it means you are a member, or an officer of the House doing your job, or someone the Speaker says is exempt under section 187. You will not have to follow the same rules as other people. The Speaker gets to decide who is exempt. As a parliamentary security officer, you need to know who is an exempt person so you can treat them differently. You have to follow the rules and not use your powers on exempt people. This is an important part of keeping everyone safe at Parliament.

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

186Powers 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 169(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 169(1)(c) and (1A) (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 187.