Northern Territory Consolidated Acts

COURT SECURITY ACT - SECT 7

    (1)     A security officer may require a person who is entering or who is on court premises:

        (a)     to tell the security officer the person's name and address;

        (b)     to tell the security officer the person's reason for entering or being on the premises; and

        (c)     to provide to the security officer proof of the person's identity.

    (2)     A person must not fail to provide, when required to do so by a security officer, his or her name and address, his or her reason for entering or being on court premises or any proof of identity the person is carrying.

Maximum penalty:     17 penalty units.

    (3)     A person must not provide to a security officer a false name, a false address, false information as to why the person is entering or on court premises or a false proof of identity.

Maximum penalty:     40 penalty units.