Court Security Act 2013
22General directions power
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22 General directions power
(1) A security officer or an authorised court officer may direct a person on court premises to do a thing, or not to do a thing, if the officer reasonably believes that the person: (a) is harassing or intimidating another person; or (b) is causing a reasonable apprehension of either violence to a person on the court premises or damage to the court premises; or (c) is significantly disrupting proceedings of a court, administration of a court or lawful activities on the court premises; or (d) has committed, is likely to commit or intends to commit an offence on or in relation to the court premises. (2) A direction under subsection (1) must be reasonable in the circumstances for the purpose of: (a) reducing or eliminating the harassment, the intimidation, the apprehension of violence or damage or the disruption; or (b) dealing with or preventing the offence.