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Queensland
LAW COURTS AND STATE
BUILDINGS PROTECTIVE
SECURITY AMENDMENT
BILL 1997
Queensland
LAW COURTS AND STATE BUILDINGS
PROTECTIVE SECURITY AMENDMENT
BILL 1997
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF LAW COURTS AND STATE
BUILDINGS PROTECTIVE SECURITY ACT 1983
3 Act amended in pt 2 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Amendment of title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7 Insertion of new ss 4 and 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4 Meaning of "state building" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4A Meaning of "belongings" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
8 Amendment of s 5 (Establishment of Protective Security Service) . . . . . . 10
9 Amendment of s 10 (Appointment of senior protective security
officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
10 Insertion of new ss 10A10D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
10A Identity cards for security officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
10B Security officers to be in uniform except in limited
circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10C Security officer to give notice of damage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
10D Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
11 Replacement of s 18 (Functions of officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
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Division 1--Functions
18 Functions of security officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Division 2--Powers of senior protective security officers
18A Powers only to be exercised by senior protective security
officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
12 Amendment of s 19 (Powers of senior protective security officer) . . . . . . . 13
13 Replacement of s 21 (Authority to search etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
21 State buildings with electronic screening devices and use
of the devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
21A Security officer may ask entrant to remove outer garment etc. . . . . 15
21B Examination of entrant and outer garments and other matters . . . . . 16
21C Examination by person of same sex . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
21D Direction by senior protective security officer to leave building . . . 17
21E Security officer to return entrant's deposited belongings . . . . . . . . . 18
Division 3--Limitation on exercise of certain powers under div 2
21F Entrant to be told about refusing to be examined or asking
for examination to stop . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
21G Power to examine must not be exercised in certain
circumstances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
21H Various limits on security officer examining outer garment . . . . . . 19
21I Limits on touching garments worn by entrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
21J Warning to comply with demand or direction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Division 4--Other miscellaneous powers and provisions
14 Amendment of s 22 (Seizure of firearms etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
15 Amendment of s 23 (Refusal of entry to and removal from building) . . . . . 21
16 Amendment of s 24 (Authority to detain offenders and suspects) . . . . . . . . 22
17 Replacement of s 25 (Police officer authorised to exercise
certain powers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
25 Police officer authorised to exercise certain powers . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
18 Amendment of s 29 (Offence to assault or resist officer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
19 Insertion of new s 29A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
29A Security services provided by other than the protective
security service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
20 Insertion of new pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
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PART 5--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
34 References to Law Courts and State Buildings Protective
Security Act 1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
35 Persons holding appointment as senior protective security
officers before commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
36 Re-swearing of senior protective security officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
37 New identity cards for security officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL LAW
(REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS) ACT 1986
21 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
22 Amendment of s 9A (Disclosure of particulars in special cases) . . . . . . . . 25
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
1997
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Law Courts and State Buildings Protective
Security Act 1983, and for other purposes
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Law Courts and State Buildings 4
Protective Security Amendment Act 1997. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 7
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF LAW COURTS AND 8
P
STATE BUILDINGS PROTECTIVE SECURITY ACT 9
1983 10
amended in pt 2 and schedule 11
Act
Clause 3. This part and the schedule amend the Law Courts and State Buildings 12
Protective Security Act 1983. 13
of title 14
Amendment
Clause 4. Title-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`An Act to provide for the security of state buildings and other 17
buildings'. 18
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of s 1 (Short title) 1
Amendment
Clause 5. Section 1, `Law Courts and'-- 2
omit. 3
of s 4 (Definitions) 4
Amendment
Clause 6.(1) Section 4, definitions "Administrator" and "building"-- 5
omit. 6
(2) Section 4-- 7
insert-- 8
` "administrator" means the person appointed under section 6 to 9
administer the protective security service. 10
"belongings", of an entrant, see section 4A. 11
"convicted" includes being found guilty by a court on a plea of guilty or 12
otherwise, even though a conviction is not recorded. 13
"electronic screening", of an entrant or an entrant's belongings, means 14
using an electronic screening device, mentioned in section 21(1)(b), in 15
relation to the entrant or belongings. 16
"entrant" means a person in, or about to enter, a state building. 17
"noxious or offensive substance" means a thing made or adapted, or 18
intended for use by the person possessing the thing, for 1 or more of 19
the following purposes-- 20
(a) assaulting someone else, other than for causing injury to or for 21
incapacitating the other person; 22
(b) damaging property; 23
(c) disrupting business conducted by the State, or a non-commercial 24
authority of the State, in a state building, including, for example, 25
interrupting court proceedings. 26
27
Examples of noxious or offensive substances--
28
Blood or paint in a plastic or paper wrapping intended to burst on impact when
29
thrown at someone else or a solid object.
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"outer garment" includes a cloak, coat and jacket. 1
"proscribed matter" means-- 2
(a) an explosive substance; or 3
(b) a firearm; or 4
(c) a noxious or offensive substance; or 5
(d) an offensive weapon. 6
"security of a state building" includes-- 7
(a) the safety of entrants to the building; and 8
(b) the safety of things in, or about to be brought into, the building. 9
"security officer" means-- 10
(a) a person appointed under section 7 as a senior protective security 11
officer (in training) or a protective security officer; or 12
(b) a person appointed under section 10 as a senior protective security 13
officer. 14
"state building" see section 4. 15
"vehicle" includes a boat, caravan, trailer and wheelchair.'. 16
(3) Section 4-- 17
renumber as section 3. 18
of new ss 4 and 4A 19
Insertion
Clause 7. Part 1-- 20
insert-- 21
of "state building" 22
`Meaning
`4.(1) A "state building" means-- 23
(a) if the building is not occupied--a building, or part of a building, 24
owned by the State or a non-commercial authority of the State; or 25
(b) in any other case--a building, or part of a building, occupied by 26
the State or a non-commercial authority of the State. 27
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1
Example of paragraph (b)--
2
A building leased by the State and used for a court of record of the State.
`(2) A "state building" includes the precincts of the building. 3
`(3) If a state building is constituted by only part of a building, a 4
reference to a state building, or to a state building and its precincts, includes 5
the areas of the building the State or a non-commercial authority of the State 6
may lawfully use together with other owners or occupiers of the building. 7
`(4) Also, a "state building" includes a building and its precincts, or 8
part of a building and its precincts, declared under a regulation to be a state 9
building. 10
`(5) However, a regulation may only declare a building and its precincts, 11
or part of a building and its precincts, to be a state building if-- 12
(a) the building or part is to be used for an activity with which the 13
State is directly concerned; and 14
(b) the regulation provides for its expiry at a stated time. 15
16
Example of subsection (5)--
17
If the leader of another country is to visit 1 of Queensland's privately owned
18
resorts and the State has or shares responsibility for the security of the leader, the
19
part of the resort occupied by the leader may be declared a state building for the
20
stated time of the leader's stay at the resort.
`(6) In this section-- 21
"non-commercial authority of the State" means an authority of the State 22
that is non-commercial within the meaning of the Trade Practices Act 23
1974 (Cwlth), section 2C.1 24
of "belongings" 25
`Meaning
`4A. The following things are "belongings" of an entrant even if the 26
entrant does not own, or have a right to use, the things-- 27
1 Under the Trade Practices Act 1974 (Cwlth), section 2C (Activities that are not
business), an authority of a State is "non-commercial" if--
(a) it is constituted by only one person; and
(b) it is neither a trading corporation or a financial corporation.
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(a) an article worn by the entrant; 1
(b) an article carried by the entrant, including, for example, an article 2
in the pockets of the entrant's clothing; 3
(c) an article pushed or pulled by the entrant; 4
(d) a vehicle driven by the entrant or another vehicle towed by a 5
vehicle driven by the entrant; 6
(e) the contents of an article or vehicle mentioned in paragraphs (a) to 7
(d).'. 8
of s 5 (Establishment of Protective Security Service) 9
Amendment
Clause 8. Section 5-- 10
insert-- 11
`(3) The primary purpose of the service is to provide services for the 12
security of state buildings.'. 13
of s 10 (Appointment of senior protective security 14
Amendment
officers) 15
Clause 9. Section 10(2) to (4)-- 16
omit. 17
of new ss 10A10D 18
Insertion
Clause 10. After section 10-- 19
insert-- 20
cards for security officers 21
`Identity
`10A.(1) The administrator must issue an identity card to each security 22
officer. 23
`(2) The identity card must-- 24
(a) contain a photograph of the security officer; and 25
(b) be signed by the security officer; and 26
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(c) identify the person the subject of the identity card as a senior 1
protective security officer, senior protective security officer (in 2
training) or a protective security officer. 3
`(3) A person who ceases to be a security officer must return the 4
person's identity card to the administrator as soon as practicable after 5
ceasing to be a security officer. 6
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units. 7
`(4) Subsection (3) does not apply to a person if the person has a 8
reasonable excuse for not complying with it. 9
officers to be in uniform except in limited circumstances 10
`Security
`10B.(1) A security officer (other than a senior protective security 11
officer), who is not wearing the uniform decided for the officer under a 12
regulation, may not exercise a power under part 3, divisions 1 and 2, in 13
relation to a person. 14
`(2) A senior protective security officer, who is not wearing the uniform 15
decided for the officer under a regulation, may exercise a power in relation 16
to a person only if the officer first produces the officer's identity card for 17
inspection by the person. 18
`(3) If, for any reason, it is not practicable to comply with subsection (2) 19
before exercising the power, the senior protective security officer must 20
comply with the subsection at the first reasonable opportunity. 21
officer to give notice of damage 22
`Security
`10C.(1) A security officer who, in the exercise of a power under 23
section 21A or 21B,2 damages an entrant's belongings must immediately 24
2 Under section 21A(1) a security officer may ask an entrant to remove an outer
garment or do other things to assist an officer to carry out a search of the
entrant's belongings. Under section 21A(3), if a senior protective security officer
is satisfied on reasonable grounds the entrant has failed to comply with a request
under section 21A(1), the officer may direct the entrant to do the things to assist
the conduct of the search. After giving a direction under section 21A(3), the
senior protective security officer may inspect the entrant's belongings under
section 21B.
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give written notice of the particulars of the damage to the entrant. 1
`(2) If, for any reason, it is not practicable to give the notice to the entrant, 2
the security officer must-- 3
(a) leave the notice on the damaged belongings; and 4
(b) ensure the notice is left-- 5
(i) in a reasonably secure way; and 6
(ii) in a conspicuous position. 7
8
`Compensation
`10D.(1) An entrant may claim compensation from the State for damage 9
to the entrant's belongings if the entrant incurs a loss or expense because of 10
the exercise or purported exercise of a power under section 21A or 21B. 11
`(2) A payment for compensation may be claimed and ordered in a 12
proceeding brought in a court of competent jurisdiction for the recovery of 13
compensation. 14
`(3) A court may order the payment for compensation for the loss or 15
expense only if it is just to make the order in the circumstances of the 16
particular case. 17
`(4) This section applies despite section 31.3 18
`(5) In this section-- 19
"entrant" includes a person who was an entrant of a state building at the 20
time the person's belongings were damaged or allegedly damaged.'. 21
of s 18 (Functions of officers) 22
Replacement
Clause 11. Section 18-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
3 Section 31 (Exclusion of liability)
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`Division 1--Functions 1
of security officers 2
`Functions
`18.(1) The primary function of security officers is to carry into effect the 3
systems formulated for the security of state buildings, including, for 4
example, the systems for the entry of vehicles into state buildings and the 5
parking of the vehicles. 6
`(2) Also, the functions may include providing services, on a commercial 7
basis, for a building (other than a state building) under a contract the State 8
has entered into for providing the services. 9
`(3) However, if the protective security service is providing a service for 10
a building (other than a state building), security officers may not exercise a 11
power under this part in relation to the building. 12
`(4) The functions of security officers may include the following-- 13
(a) another function given to security officers under another Act; 14
(b) the exercise of a power delegated to security officers under 15
another Act, including, for example, the exercise of a power 16
delegated under the Corrective Services Act 1988, section 117.4 17
2--Powers of senior protective security officers 18
`Division
only to be exercised by senior protective security officers 19
`Powers
`18A. The powers under this division may only be exercised by a senior 20
protective security officer unless a provision expressly provides that another 21
security officer or person may exercise the power.'. 22
of s 19 (Powers of senior protective security officer) 23
Amendment
Clause 12. Section 19, `within the building in respect of which the officer holds 24
the appointment and within the precincts thereof'-- 25
4 Section 117 (Proper officer may delegate)
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omit, insert-- 1
`in relation to a state building'. 2
of s 21 (Authority to search etc.) 3
Replacement
Clause 13. Section 21-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
buildings with electronic screening devices and use of the 6
`State
devices 7
`21.(1) This section applies if the systems for the security of a state 8
building involve-- 9
(a) the presence of a security officer in the building; and 10
(b) the use of 1 or more of the following electronic screening 11
devices-- 12
(i) a device through which an entrant walks, that detects metal 13
or other substances (a "walk-through detector"); 14
(ii) a device through which an entrant's belongings are passed 15
and X-rayed (an "X-ray machine"); 16
(iii) a device, held by a security officer and passed over or 17
around an entrant or an entrant's belongings, that detects 18
metal or other substances (a "hand held scanner"). 19
`(2) A security officer may ask an entrant of the building to do 1 or more 20
of the following-- 21
(a) to walk through a walk-through detector; 22
(b) to pass the entrant's belongings through an X-ray machine; 23
(c) to allow the officer to pass a hand held scanner in close proximity 24
to the entrant; 25
(d) to allow the officer to pass a hand held scanner in close proximity 26
to the entrant's belongings. 27
`(3) A senior protective security officer may direct an entrant of whom a 28
request has been made under subsection (2) to do 1 or more of the things 29
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mentioned in the subsection if the senior protective security officer is 1
satisfied on reasonable grounds that the entrant failed to comply with the 2
request. 3
officer may ask entrant to remove outer garment etc. 4
`Security
`21A.(1) This section applies if-- 5
(a) a security officer reasonably considers it necessary to make a 6
request under subsection (2) in relation to an entrant or an 7
entrant's belongings, whether or not the entrant or belongings 8
have been subjected to electronic screening; and 9
(b) the security officer tells the entrant about the grounds for making 10
the request. 11
`(2) The security officer may ask the entrant to do 1 or more of the 12
following-- 13
(a) allow the officer to inspect the entrant's belongings; 14
(b) remove 1 or more outer garments worn by the entrant as 15
specified by the officer; 16
(c) remove all articles from the pockets of the entrant's clothing; 17
(d) open an article for inspection; 18
(e) open a vehicle or a part of it for inspection; 19
(f) remove an article from the vehicle as specified by the officer; 20
(g) for a belonging of an entrant-- 21
(i) if the belonging is a vehicle--park it in a place specified by 22
the officer; or 23
(ii) if the security officer reasonably believes the belonging to be 24
capable of concealing a proscribed matter--deposit the 25
belonging in a place specified by the officer. 26
`(3) A senior protective security officer may direct an entrant of whom a 27
request has been made under subsection (2) to do 1 or more of the things 28
mentioned in the subsection if the senior protective security officer is 29
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satisfied on reasonable grounds that the entrant failed to comply with the 1
request. 2
of entrant and outer garments and other matters 3
`Examination
`21B.(1) This section applies if a senior protective security officer gives a 4
direction to an entrant under section 21A(3).5 5
`(2) The senior protective security officer may do 1 or more of the 6
following6-- 7
(a) examine an outer garment removed by the entrant; 8
(b) touch the garments worn by the entrant to the extent reasonably 9
necessary to detect articles carried by the entrant;7 10
(c) remove and inspect a detected article; 11
(d) inspect a vehicle or a part of it; 12
(e) inspect an article in a vehicle or an article removed from it by the 13
entrant; 14
(f) remove an article from a vehicle and inspect the article. 15
`(3) In this section-- 16
"inspect", an article, includes open the article and examine its contents. 17
5 Under division 3 limitations apply to the exercise of certain powers under
division 2. For example, section 21F(2) states--
`(2) The entrant may tell the officer--
(a) the entrant does not want the power exercised in relation to the entrant's
person or belongings and is prepared to leave the state building
immediately and take the belongings; or
(b) if the officer has started to exercise the power--the entrant does not
want the power exercised further and is prepared to leave the state
building immediately and take the belongings.'.
6 Under division 3 limitations apply to the exercise of certain powers under
division 2--see section 21G.
7 Under section 21C a senior protective security officer may exercise a power
under section 21B only if the officer is the same sex as the entrant. Also, under
division 3, limitations apply to the exercise of certain powers under
division 2--see section 21I.
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by person of same sex 1
`Examination
`21C.(1) A senior protective security officer may, under 2
section 21B(2)(b), touch the garments worn by an entrant only if the officer 3
is the same sex as the entrant. 4
`(2) If the senior protective security officer is not the same sex as the 5
entrant-- 6
(a) the officer may arrange for another security officer of the same 7
sex as the entrant or, if no other security officer is available, an 8
adult person of the same sex as the entrant, to exercise the power 9
at the direction of the senior protective security officer; and 10
(b) the other security officer or person may exercise the power. 11
by senior protective security officer to leave building 12
`Direction
`21D.(1) A senior protective security officer may direct an entrant to 13
leave a state building immediately, and to take the entrant's belongings out 14
of the building, if the entrant fails-- 15
(a) to comply with a demand under section 20, or a direction under 16
section 21(3) or 21A(3);8 or 17
(b) to permit the officer to exercise a power under section 21B.9 18
`(2) A senior protective security officer may give a direction under 19
subsection (1) only if the officer is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, it is 20
necessary to give the direction for the security of the building. 21
`(3) The entrant must comply with the direction unless the entrant has a 22
reasonable excuse for not complying with it. 23
Maximum penalty for subsection (3)--20 penalty units. 24
8 Section 20 (Authority to demand identification), section 21 (State buildings with
electronic devices and use of the devices) and section 21A (Security officer may
ask entrant to remove outer garment etc.)
9 Section 21B (Examination of entrant and outer garments and other matters)
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officer to return entrant's deposited belongings 1
`Security
`21E. If an entrant deposits any belongings with a security officer under 2
section 21A(2)(g),10 the officer must ensure the belongings are returned to 3
the entrant if-- 4
(a) the entrant asks for their return; and 5
(b) the officer is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the entrant is 6
about to leave the building. 7
`Division 3--Limitation on exercise of certain powers under div 2 8
to be told about refusing to be examined or asking for 9
`Entrant
examination to stop 10
`21F.(1) Before a senior protective security officer begins to exercise a 11
power under section 21A(3) or 21B,11 the officer must inform the entrant 12
of the entrant's rights under subsection (2). 13
`(2) The entrant may tell the officer-- 14
(a) the entrant does not want the power exercised in relation to the 15
entrant's person or belongings and is prepared to leave the state 16
building immediately and take the belongings; or 17
(b) if the officer has started to exercise the power--the entrant does 18
not want the power exercised further and is prepared to leave the 19
state building immediately and take the belongings. 20
to examine must not be exercised in certain circumstances 21
`Power
`21G. A senior protective security officer must not exercise a power 22
10 Under section 21A, a security officer may ask an entrant to deposit certain
belongings at a place specified by the officer.
11 Section 21A (Security officer may ask entrant to remove outer garment etc.) and
section 21B (Examination by security officer of entrant and outer garment)
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under section 21A(3) or 21B12 if the entrant-- 1
(a) tells the officer-- 2
(i) the entrant does not want the power exercised in relation to 3
the entrant's person or belongings and is prepared to leave 4
the state building immediately and take the belongings; or 5
(ii) if the officer has started to exercise the power--the entrant 6
does not want the power exercised further and is prepared to 7
leave the state building immediately and take the belongings; 8
and 9
(b) leaves the state building immediately with the belongings. 10
limits on security officer examining outer garment 11
`Various
`21H. A senior protective security officer may direct an entrant to 12
remove an outer garment13 only if the officer-- 13
(a) considers on reasonable grounds the entrant is wearing an outer 14
garment and a proper examination of the entrant and garment can 15
not be carried out unless the outer garment is removed; and 16
(b) specifies the outer garment to be removed; and 17
(c) tells the entrant that the entrant has the right to ask for the 18
examination of the outer garment to be carried out in an area or 19
place in the building that is, if practicable, out of view of 20
members of the general public; and 21
(d) tells the entrant that even if the entrant removes the outer garment 22
specified by the officer and allows the officer to examine the outer 23
garment, the entrant may or may not be examined further. 24
12 Section 21A (Security officer may ask entrant to remove outer garment etc.) and
section 21B (Examination by security officer of entrant and outer garment)
13 Under section 21A(3), a senior protective security officer may direct an entrant
to remove 1 or more outer garments worn by the entrant as specified by the
senior protective security officer.
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on touching garments worn by entrant 1
`Limits
`21I.(1) A senior protective security officer (or a person acting at the 2
direction of a senior protective security officer) may touch garments while 3
they are worn by the entrant only if the officer-- 4
(a) tells the entrant that the entrant has the right to request the 5
examination be carried out in an area or place in the building that 6
is, if practicable, out of view of members of the general public 7
and that the officer considers, on reasonable grounds, provides 8
suitable personal privacy to the entrant during the examination; 9
and 10
(b) takes the entrant to the area or place, if the entrant requests the 11
officer to do so. 12
`(2) A senior protective security officer (or a person acting at the 13
direction of a senior protective security officer) must touch garments while 14
they are worn by the entrant in a way that preserves the entrant's dignity to 15
the greatest extent practicable.14 16
to comply with demand or direction 17
`Warning
`21J.(1) This section applies if a senior protective security officer 18
intends-- 19
(a) to make a demand, under section 20, of an entrant; or 20
(b) to direct an entrant, under section 21D, to leave a state building.15 21
`(2) Before making the demand or giving the direction, the senior 22
14 Under section 21B(2)(b), a senior protective security officer may touch garments
worn by an entrant to the extent reasonably necessary to detect articles carried
by the entrant. Also, under section 21C the search may be carried out only by a
person of the same sex as the entrant.
15 Sections 20 (Authority to demand identification) and 21D (Direction by senior
protective security officer to leave building)
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protective security officer must warn the entrant it is an offence against this 1
Act to fail to comply with the demand or direction. 2
`Division 4--Other miscellaneous powers and provisions'. 3
of s 22 (Seizure of firearms etc.) 4
Amendment
Clause 14.(1) Section 22(1), `any firearm' to `thereof'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`a proscribed matter found in the possession of a person in the building,'. 7
(2) Section 22(2), `firearm, explosive substance or offensive weapon'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`proscribed matter'. 10
(3) Section 22(2), `section 130 as if it were a weapon'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`section 154 as if it were a weapon or other thing'. 13
(4) Section 22(3)-- 14
omit. 15
of s 23 (Refusal of entry to and removal from building) 16
Amendment
Clause 15.(1) Section 23, from `Where a person' to `has failed'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`If a person fails to comply with a demand under section 20, or a 19
direction under section 21(3) or 21A(3), by a senior protective security 20
officer, or fails'. 21
(2) Section 23, `building or the precincts thereof'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`state building'. 24
(3) Section 23(a), `building or the precincts thereof'-- 25
s 16 22 s 16
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omit, insert-- 1
`state building'. 2
(4) Section 23(a), `building and the precincts thereof'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`state building'. 5
(5) Section 23(b), `building or the precincts thereof'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`state building'. 8
(6) Section 23(b), `building or, as the case may be, the precincts 9
thereof'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`state building'. 12
of s 24 (Authority to detain offenders and suspects) 13
Amendment
Clause 16.(1) Section 24(a), `the building in respect of which the officer is 14
appointed or in the precincts thereof'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`a state building'. 17
(2) Section 24(b), `that building or in those precincts'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`a state building'. 20
(3) Section 24, `senior protective security officer appointed in respect of 21
that building'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`security officer'. 24
(4) Section 24, `or in those precincts'-- 25
omit. 26
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of s 25 (Police officer authorised to exercise certain 1
Replacement
powers) 2
Clause 17. Section 25-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
officer authorised to exercise certain powers 5
`Police
`25.(1) A police officer may exercise a power conferred on a senior 6
protective security officer by sections 20 to 23.16 7
`(2) For exercising the powers, a reference in those sections to a senior 8
protective security officer is taken to be a reference to the police officer.'. 9
of s 29 (Offence to assault or resist officer) 10
Amendment
Clause 18. Section 29, from `who' to `against'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`must not assault or resist a security officer in the course of the officer 13
performing the officer's duties under'. 14
of new s 29A 15
Insertion
Clause 19. Part 4, before section 30-- 16
insert-- 17
services provided by other than the protective security 18
`Security
service 19
`29A.(1) Nothing in this Act prevents the State entering into a contract 20
with a security firm licensed under the Security Providers Act 1993 for the 21
supply of security services. 22
`(2) However, the employees of the security firm may not under this Act 23
exercise a power conferred on a security officer under this Act. 24
`(3) This section is to remove doubt.'. 25
16 Sections 20 (Authority to demand identification), 21 (Authority to search etc.),
22 (Seizure of firearms etc.) and 23 (Refusal of entry to and removal from
building)
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of new pt 5 1
Insertion
Clause 20. After section 33-- 2
insert-- 3
`PART 5--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 4
to Law Courts and State Buildings Protective Security 5
`References
Act 1983 6
`34. A reference in an Act, subordinate legislation, instrument or other 7
document to the Law Courts and State Buildings Protective Security Act 8
1983 is to be read as a reference to the State Buildings Protective Security 9
Act 1983. 10
holding appointment as senior protective security officers 11
`Persons
before commencement 12
`35.(1) This section applies to a person who, immediately before the 13
commencement of this section, held an appointment as a senior protective 14
security officer. 15
`(2) The person is taken to be appointed as a senior protective security 16
officer under this Act. 17
`(3) This section expires 1 year after its commencement. 18
of senior protective security officers 19
`Re-swearing
`36.(1) A senior protective security officer to whom section 35 applies 20
must take an oath for the appointment as soon as possible after the 21
commencement of this section. 22
`(2) The oath is taken to be-- 23
(a) made on the date of commencement of this section; and 24
s 21 25 s 22
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(b) an oath mentioned in section 16,17 as required under section 14.18 1
`(3) This section expires 1 year after its commencement. 2
identity cards for security officers 3
`New
`37.(1) This section applies if, before the commencement of this section, 4
the administrator issued an identity card to a security officer who was a 5
security officer immediately before the commencement. 6
`(2) The administrator must issue a new identity card to the security 7
officer as soon as practicable after the commencement. 8
`(3) This section expires 1 year after its commencement.'. 9
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL LAW 10
(REHABILITATION OF OFFENDERS) ACT 1986 11
amended in pt 3 12
Act
Clause 21. This part amends the Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 13
1986. 14
of s 9A (Disclosure of particulars in special cases) 15
Amendment
Clause 22. Section 9A(1), table-- 16
insert-- 17
`10. Security officer under the State 10. Contraventions of any law, 18
Buildings Protective Security Act whether committed in Queensland 19
1983. or elsewhere.'.
20
17 Section 16 (Taking of oath deemed to make agreement)
18 Section 14 (Oath of senior protective security officer)
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CHEDULE 1
¡S
INOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS 2
M
section 3 3
1. Section 14(1), `for the (name of building in respect of which the 4
office is held)'-- 5
omit. 6
2. Section 14(1), `within the said building or its precincts'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`in state buildings'. 9
3. Section 14(1), `such persons within the said building or its 10
precincts'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`the persons'. 13
4. Section 16(b), `to which the oath refers'-- 14
omit. 15
5. Part 3, heading, `, POWERS AND DUTIES'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`AND POWERS'. 18
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SCHEDULE (continued)
6. Section 20(1), `who is in the building in respect of which the officer 1
is appointed or in the precincts thereof'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`in or about to enter a state building'. 4
7. Section 20(1)(c)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(c) the person's reason for being in, or about to enter, the state 7
building.'. 8
8. Section 28(b), from `a building'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`a state building.'. 11
9. Section 30(1)(a)-- 12
omit. 13
10. Section 33(2), `for or about'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`about the following'. 16
11. Section 33(2)(a), `functions and duties'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`functions and powers'. 19
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SCHEDULE (continued)
12. Section 33(2)(b), `powers, functions and duties'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`functions and powers'. 3
13. Section 33(2)(c), `buildings or the precincts thereof;'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`state buildings.'. 6
14. Section 33(2)(d)-- 7
omit. 8
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