Power to deal with persons causing a public nuisance
12 Power to deal with persons causing a public nuisance
This section applies if a security officer—
finds a person contravening section 11; or
finds a person in circumstances that leads the security officer to suspect on reasonable grounds that the person has just contravened section 11; or
has information that leads the security officer to suspect on reasonable grounds that a person has just contravened section 11; or
reasonably believes, having regard to the way a person is behaving, that the person’s presence may pose a threat to the safety of someone else on, entering or leaving the land; or
has information that leads the security officer to believe, on reasonable grounds, that a person’s presence may pose a threat to the safety of someone else on, entering or leaving the land; or
reasonably believes that a person is on the land without lawful justification or excuse.
The security officer may direct the person to leave the university’s land or a part of the university’s land.
A person must comply with a direction given to the person under subsection (2), unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it.
Maximum penalty—10 penalty units.
This Act’s bill:Explanatory memorandum
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