South Australian Numbered Acts

PROTECTIVE SECURITY ACT 2007 (NO 25 OF 2007) - SECT 4

4—Determination of protected persons, places or vehicles

        (1)         The Minister may, for the purposes of protecting the security of public officials, public buildings or public infrastructure, make any of the following determinations:

            (a)         determine that specified public officials, or public officials of a specified class, are in need of protective security;

            (b)         determine that specified places, or places of a specified class, (whether or not public buildings or public infrastructure) are in need of protective security;

            (c)         determine that specified vehicles, or vehicles of a specified class, are in need of protective security.

        (2)         A determination under this section—

            (a)         must be made by instrument in writing; and

            (b)         takes effect from the date specified in the instrument and continues until the expiry date (if any) specified in the instrument or the making of a further determination under this section that revokes or replaces the determination.

        (3)         If a determination under subsection (1)(b) relates (in whole or in part) to a public area, the Minister must cause the area to be enclosed by barriers or signposted as a protective security area (but a failure to comply with this subsection does not affect the operation of the determination).

        (4)         A determination under subsection (1)(b) may not relate (in whole or in part) to a place that is owned by a person other than a public authority and is not a public area without the consent of that person.