Public Order Act 2009 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 3 · Special Events Security
29. Refusal of entry and removal from special event area of enhanced security special event
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This section applies if —
the entrant fails to comply with a request of a police officer or an approved person made under this Part;
the entrant fails to satisfy a police officer or an approved person that the entrant has a good and lawful reason to be at the special event area of an enhanced security special event or a particular part of it; or
a police officer or an approved person reasonably suspects that the entrant is about to commit, has committed or is committing an offence under section 26(5), 31 or 32.
Unless the entrant is arrested —
entrant
“entrant”, in relation to a special event area, means a person who is about to enter or is in the area;
if the entrant has entered the special event area — a police officer or an approved person may direct the entrant to leave and not re‑enter the special event area; and
if the entrant is about to enter the special event area — a police officer or an approved person may by direction refuse him or her entry to the special event area.
If a person contravenes any direction given by a police officer or an approved person under subsection (2)(a) or (b) to leave a special event area, or attempts to enter or re‑enter the special event area contrary to such a direction, a police officer may use any force that is reasonable and necessary to arrest and detain the person for the purpose of removing the person from or preventing his or her entry or re‑entry to the special event area, or to remove the person from the area, as the case may be.
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;