4Simplified outline of this Act

4 Simplified outline of this Act

(1) The following is a simplified outline of this Act. (2) The rest of this Part defines terms used in this Act and deals with the scope of this Act. (3) Part 2 provides for the appointment and powers of security officers and authorised court officers in relation to court premises, and complaints about the exercise of those powers by those officers. The powers include: (a) requesting a person who is seeking to enter, or is on, court premises to: (i) undergo screening or a frisk search; or (ii) give the person’s name and address and evidence of the person’s identity; or (iii) leave dangerous items or recording or transmitting devices; and (b) refusing a person entry to court premises, preventing a person from entering court premises, directing a person to leave court premises or removing a person from court premises, if: (i) the person does not comply with a request; or (ii) the person is harassing or intimidating a person on the premises, threatening violence to a person or property on the premises or committing an offence on the premises; and (c) escorting a person to and from court premises, and giving directions in the course of doing so. (4) Part 3 prohibits certain conduct connected with court premises, including: (a) possessing a weapon on court premises; and (b) making an unauthorised recording or transmission of proceedings in a court or associated events, in certain parts of court premises; and (c) unreasonably obstructing a person’s entry to, or activity on, court premises. (5) Part 4 allows certain members of certain courts to make orders to prevent ongoing disruption of those courts or violence affecting persons or property connected with those courts. (6) Part 5 deals with various matters.