Parliament House Act 1962 (Tas)

Parliament House Act 1962

An Act to make better provision for the control of the grounds of Parliament House [Royal Assent 20 November 1962]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Parliament House Act 1962 .

2. Legal position of Parliament House (1) Parliament House at Hobart and its grounds are domain lands of the Crown set apart for the use of the Parliament of Tasmania. (2) The grounds of Parliament House comprise all that land, surrounding but not including Parliament House, shown as Lot 3 and bounded by a heavy black line on Plan 8497 in the Central Plan Register. (3) A reduced copy of the plan referred to in subsection (2) is set out, by way of illustration only, in Schedule 1 .

3. Control of grounds (1) Control of the grounds of Parliament House is vested in the House Committee created by the Standing Orders of the Houses of Parliament. (2) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1) , in the exercise of such control the House Committee may – (a) appoint a person as controlling officer; and (b) make rules for the conduct of persons in the grounds of Parliament House and for the exclusion therefrom of specified classes of persons and of all or any specified classes of vehicles; and (c) give orders for – (i) the conduct of persons in those grounds; and (ii) the exclusion therefrom of specified persons or classes of person and of all or any specified vehicles or classes of vehicles – on any particular occasion; and (d) delegate by rule or order control of those grounds, including the power to give orders under paragraph (c) , to the controlling officer.