Title
1 Short Title and commencement
2 Interpretation
3 Meaning of court and courtroom
Provision of court security officers
4 Chief executive may appoint, or contract for, court security officers
5 Appointment of court security officers
6 Contracts for provision of court security officers
7 Requirements of court security contracts
8 Extension of court security contracts
9 Court security officers, on completion of training, to have and show identity cards
10 Courts in which court security officers may exercise powers and duties
11 Courtrooms in which court security officers may be present
Powers and duties of court security officers
12 Power to ask for identification
13 Power to ask to search
14 Duty of court security officer relating to searches
15 Power to ask to examine detected items
16 Power to seize detected items
17 Power to ask to take detected items into temporary custody
18 Duty of court security officer relating to taking of items into temporary custody
19 Power to detain if court security officer has reasonable grounds to believe person may have committed specified offence
20 Powers to seize items and detain persons
21 Power to use reasonable force
22 Consequences of denial of entry to, or removal from, court
23 Duty of court security officer to inform of consequences when person denied entry or removed
Limits on powers of court security officers
24 Powers not generally applicable to presiding judicial officers and other exempted persons
25 Powers not generally applicable to persons in custody of certain agencies
26 When powers applicable to persons in custody of certain agencies
27 Powers not generally applicable in courtroom where proceedings being heard
28 When powers applicable in courtroom where proceedings being heard
29 Powers not generally applicable if police involved
Offence to obstruct court security officer
30 Offence to obstruct court security officer
Immunities
31 Immunity of court security officers
32 Immunity of persons helping court security officers
Other related powers
33 Powers of other officials: court security officers may exercise
34 Powers of court security officers: police officers may exercise
35 Powers of other persons not affected
Regulations
36 Regulations
An Act to provide for—
(a) The security of courts; and
(b) The safety of the public and others who access and use the courts
BE IT ENACTED by the Parliament of New Zealand as follows: