Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00709:section:22
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00709
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 22
Character Range: 31773–32679

22  General directions power
 (1) A security officer or an authorised court officer may direct a person on court premises to do a thing, or not to do a thing, if the officer reasonably believes that the person:
 (a) is harassing or intimidating another person; or
 (b) is causing a reasonable apprehension of either violence to a person on the court premises or damage to the court premises; or
 (c) is significantly disrupting proceedings of a court, administration of a court or lawful activities on the court premises; or
 (d) has committed, is likely to commit or intends to commit an offence on or in relation to the court premises.
 (2) A direction under subsection (1) must be reasonable in the circumstances for the purpose of:
 (a) reducing or eliminating the harassment, the intimidation, the apprehension of violence or damage or the disruption; or
 (b) dealing with or preventing the offence.