Parliamentary Precincts Act 1997

This section applies to a direction given by an authorised officer under section 18 (1) or under any other authority to leave or not enter the Parliamentary precincts.

If a person is lawfully directed to leave or not enter the Parliamentary precincts, the person must not:

refuse or fail to leave the Parliamentary precincts, or

enter or attempt to enter, or re-enter or attempt to re-enter, the Parliamentary precincts at any time during which the direction is in force. Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

If a person enters or is found on the Parliamentary precincts in contravention of such a direction, the person must, if required to do so by an authorised officer, give the person’s name and address to the authorised officer. A person is not obliged to comply with such a requirement unless the authorised officer informs the person that failure to comply with the requirement is an offence.

A person must not:

contrary to a requirement made by an authorised officer under subsection (3), fail to give the authorised officer the person’s name or address, or

in purported compliance with such a requirement, give the authorised officer a name or address that is false or misleading. Maximum penalty: 10 penalty units.

An authorised officer may arrest a person who:

contrary to subsection (2), refuses or fails to leave the Parliamentary precincts, or

contrary to subsection (2), enters or attempts to enter, or re-enters or attempts to re-enter, the Parliamentary precincts, or

contrary to a requirement made by an authorised officer under subsection (3), fails to give the authorised officer the person’s name or address, or

in purported compliance with such a requirement, gives the authorised officer a name or address that the officer suspects on reasonable grounds to be false or misleading.

An arrested person is to be dealt with according to law, and (without affecting the generality of the foregoing) may be delivered into the custody of a police officer to be dealt with according to law.