Justice Bill
Clause 30: Security at buildings used for courts and tribunals etc
Clause 30 provides the Department of Justice with regulation-making powers to add to the list of "relevant buildings" so the Department has the power to extend the use of court security officers to areas of business not covered by existing legislation.
Clause 30
Court security
Security at buildings used for courts and tribunals etc
30.—(1) The Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2004 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph 1 of Schedule 3—
(a) at the end of sub-paragraph (3)(b) add “or otherwise for the purposes of providing security at a relevant building.”;
(b) after sub-paragraph (5) insert—
“(5A) In this Schedule, “relevant building” means any building within sub-paragraph (6) or (6A).”;
(c) in sub-paragraph (6), for “in this Schedule “relevant building” means any building” substitute “a building is within this sub-paragraph if it is a building”;
(d) after sub-paragraph (6) insert—
“(6A) A building is within this sub-paragraph if—
(a) it is owned or occupied by the Department of Justice,
(b) it is a building where a judicial officer sits, and
(c) it is specified in regulations made by the Department.”;
(e) at the end add—
“(9) The power to specify a building under sub-paragraph (6A)(c) includes a power to specify so much of that building as is used for the purposes of, or in connection with, the sittings of a judicial officer.
(10) For the purposes of this Schedule, “judicial officer” means—
(a) a person holding a “listed judicial office” within the meaning given by section 2 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002, or
(b) a person exercising judicial or quasi-judicial functions.”.
(3) In paragraph 3 of Schedule 3—
(a) in sub-paragraph (3)(a), for “office-holder mentioned in paragraph 1(6)” substitute “judicial officer”;
(b) for sub-paragraph (6)(b) and (c) substitute—
“(b) another judicial officer who is exercising functions in the building, or”.
(4) In section 21(3), after “paragraph 1(4)” insert “or (6A)”.