Reprint as at 1 July 2009

Courts Security Act 1999

Public Act	1999 No 115
Date of assent	14 October 1999
Commencement	see section 1(2)

Note

Changes authorised by section 17C of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989 have been made in this reprint.

A general outline of these changes is set out in the notes at the end of this reprint, together with other explanatory material about this reprint.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Justice.

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

Reprint notes

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

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