Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY PRECINCTS ACT 2001 - SECT 9

    (1)     The Speaker may direct a person who is not a member—

        (a)     to leave the Assembly precincts; or

        (b)     not to enter the Assembly precincts.

    (2)     The Speaker may arrange for the removal or exclusion from the Assembly precincts of a person given a direction under subsection (1) using any necessary and reasonable force and assistance.

    (3)         The Speaker, or a person acting under the Speaker's direction, does not incur civil or criminal liability for an act or omission done honestly and without negligence under this section.

    (4)     A civil liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the Speaker, or a person acting under the direction of the Speaker, attaches instead to the Territory.

    (5)     The Speaker may delegate the Speaker's functions under this section to—

        (a)     the sergeant-at-arms for the Assembly; or

        (b)     the principal attendant for the Assembly.

Note     For the making of delegations and the exercise of delegated functions, see Legislation Act, pt 19.4.