COURT SECURITY ACT 2005 - SECT 6
Right to enter and remain in open areas of court premises
COURT SECURITY ACT 2005 - SECT 6
Right to enter and remain in open areas of court premises
6 Right to enter and remain in open areas of court premises
(1) A person has a right to enter and remain in an area of court premises that
is open to the public if--
(a) the person has complied with all relevant
orders made by a judicial officer (whether under this Act or another law) in
respect of the person, and
(b) the person has complied with all directions or
requirements made by a security officer under this Act in respect of the
person.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a journalist has a right to
enter and remain in an area of court premises open to the public that is
located outside of a building in which the court is housed or is sitting for
the purpose of making a media report if the journalist is not obstructing or
otherwise impeding access to the building.
(3) This section has effect
subject to the following--
(a) the provisions of this Act,
(b) any inherent
or implied jurisdiction of a court to regulate its proceedings,
(c) any other
Act or law about persons who may be present in a court or court premises.
(4)
Nothing in this section confers a right on any person to enter or remain in a
correctional centre for the purpose of seeing another person appear before a
court by means of an audio link or audio visual link.