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Parliamentary Privileges Act 1987
14Immunities from arrest and attendance before courts
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#### 14 Immunities from arrest and attendance before courts
(1) A member:
(a) shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and
(b) shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause;
on any day:
(c) on which the House of which that member is a member meets;
(d) on which a committee of which that member is a member meets; or
(e) which is within 5 days before or 5 days after a day referred to in paragraph (c) or (d).
(2) An officer of a House:
(a) shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and
(b) shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause;
on any day:
(c) on which a House or a committee upon which that officer is required to attend meets; or
(d) which is within 5 days before or 5 days after a day referred to in paragraph (c).
(3) A person who is required to attend before a House or a committee on a day:
(a) shall not be required to attend before a court or a tribunal; and
(b) shall not be arrested or detained in a civil cause;
on that day.
(4) Except as provided by this section, a member, an officer of a House and a person required to attend before a House or a committee has no immunity from compulsory attendance before a court or a tribunal or from arrest or detention in a civil cause by reason of being a member or such an officer or person.