Public Order Act 2009 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Special Events Security
27. Security screening at special event area of enhanced security special event
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This section applies if the security system for a special event area of an enhanced security special event involves the use of screening devices, such as (but not limited to) the following:
special event area
“special event area”, in relation to a special event, means, for the period the declaration by the Commissioner or the Minister (as the case may be) for the event is in force —(a)the place or places stated in the declaration as the location or locations at which the event is or is to be; and(b)any place reasonably incidental to the holding of the event;
a walk-through detector;
an X-ray machine;
a hand-held scanner.
A police officer or an approved person may ask an entrant to a special event area to undergo any form of security screening, including doing one or more of the following:
approved person
“approved person”, in relation to any power under section 22, 24, 27, 28 or 29, means any of the following persons approved by the Commissioner in writing to exercise the power under that provision at or in relation to a special event area specified in that approval:(a)any member of an auxiliary police force;(b)any security officer who is employed by, or whose services are supplied to, the occupier of the special event area;
to walk through a walk-through detector;
to pass the entrant’s personal property through an X‑ray machine;
to allow the police officer or approved person to pass a hand‑held scanner in close proximity to the entrant;
to allow the police officer or approved person to pass a hand‑held scanner in close proximity to the entrant’s personal property.
Any person who fails to comply with the request of a police officer or an approved person under subsection (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $10,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.