Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000

A state building—

is—

a building, or part of a building, owned or occupied by the State or a non-commercial authority of the State; or

a building, or part of a building, prescribed by regulation for the purpose of this subparagraph; or

a building, or part of a building, prescribed by regulation that is located in a local government area prescribed by regulation for the purpose of this subparagraph; and

includes the precincts of the building, or part of the building, under paragraph (a).

If a state building is constituted by only part of a building, a reference to the state building includes the areas of the state building the State or a non-commercial authority of the State may lawfully use together with other owners or occupiers of the state building.

A regulation may prescribe a building, or part of a building, to be a state building only if—

for a building, or part of a building mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(ii)—the building or part of the building is to be used for an activity with which the State is directly concerned; or

for a building, or part of a building mentioned in subsection (1)(a)(iii)—the building or part of the building is to be used for an activity with which the local government that governs the local government area is directly concerned.

In this section—precincts, of a building or part of a building, includes—

a forecourt, or other similar area, used in conjunction or associated with the building or part of the building; and

a yard, or other similar area, used in conjunction or associated with the building or part of the building; and

if the building or part of the building has been prescribed by regulation under subsection (1)(a)(ii)—an area within the boundaries of the building or part of the building as identified in the regulation; and

if the building or part of the building is aligned next to a public place—any wall, fence or other structure along the alignment; and

any area above or below the foundations, walls, roof or other area of the building of part of the building.