15Powers to request deposit of, or seize, objects

15 Powers to request deposit of, or seize, objects

(1)  A security officer may request a person entering or on court premises to –

(a) deposit with the security officer any personal effects of that person which the security officer considers are reasonably capable of concealing a prohibited object; or

(b) deposit a prohibited object with the security officer; or

(c) deposit with the security officer any electronic device or recording device.

(2)  A person to whom a request is made under subsection (1) must not fail, without reasonable excuse, to comply with the request.

Penalty:  Fine not exceeding 50 penalty units.

(3)  It is a defence to a charge of an offence against subsection (2) in relation to a direction given under subsection (1)(c) to a person if –

(a) the person, instead of complying with the requirement, leaves the premises or the entrance to the premises as soon as practicable; or

(b) where the person has been directed to deposit with the security officer any electronic device or recording device, the person provides to the security officer who made the request evidence that the person is a person to whom section 11(2) does not, by virtue of section 11(3) or (4) , apply.

(4)  A security officer may seize a prohibited object –

(a) found on a person during a search under section 12 ; or

(b) found in any personal effects, or vehicle, during a search under section 12 .

(5)  A security officer –

(a) may seize an electronic device, or a recording device, that the security officer believes on reasonable grounds has been used in contravention of section 11(2) ; and

(b) may make a copy of any images, or sounds, recorded on an electronic device, or a recording device, that the security officer believes on reasonable grounds has been used in contravention of .