3Control of grounds

3 Control of grounds

(1)  Control of the grounds of Parliament House is vested in the House Committee created by the Standing Orders of the Houses of Parliament.

(2)  Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) , in the exercise of such control the House Committee may –

(a) appoint a person as controlling officer; and

(b) make rules for the conduct of persons in the grounds of Parliament House and for the exclusion therefrom of specified classes of persons and of all or any specified classes of vehicles; and

(c) give orders for –

(i) the conduct of persons in those grounds; and

(ii) the exclusion therefrom of specified persons or classes of person and of all or any specified vehicles or classes of vehicles –

on any particular occasion; and

(d) delegate by rule or order control of those grounds, including the power to give orders under paragraph (c) , to the controlling officer.