PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES ACT 1987 - SECT 14 Immunities from arrest and attendance before courts

PARLIAMENTARY PRIVILEGES ACT 1987 - SECT 14

  (1)   A member:

  (a)   shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and

  (b)   shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause;

on any day:

  (c)   on which the House of which that member is a member meets;

  (d)   on which a committee of which that member is a member meets; or

  (e)   which is within 5 days before or 5 days after a day referred to in paragraph   ( c) or (d).

  (2)   An officer of a House:

  (a)   shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and

  (b)   shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause;

on any day:

  (c)   on which a House or a committee upon which that officer is required to attend meets; or

  (d)   which is within 5 days before or 5 days after a day referred to in paragraph   ( c).

  (3)   A person who is required to attend before a House or a committee on a day:

  (a)   shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and

  (b)   shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause;

on that day.

  (4)   Except as provided by this section, a member, an officer of a House and a person required to attend before a House or a committee has no immunity from compulsory attendance before a court or a tribunal or from arrest or detention in a civil cause by reason of being a member or such an officer or person.