Court Security Regulations

Regulation

Registration: R-057-2007
Source: Unofficial consolidation PDF (justice.gov.nt.ca)
Under: Court Security Act

This is an unofficial reading copy parsed from the Department of Justice consolidation PDF above — itself an office consolidation, not an official statement of the law. The authoritative text is in the Revised Statutes of the Northwest Territories, 1988 and the annual Statutes volumes.

s.9 amended by Court Security Act

Contents

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The Commissioner, on the recommendation of the Minister, under section 11 of the Court Security Act and every enabling power, makes the Court Security Regulations.

Court Areas

The following buildings, parts of buildings and spaces are designated as court areas:

(a) the building located at 25 Portage Avenue, Fort Smith;

(b) in respect of the building located at 201-8 Capital Drive, Hay River, the second floor and the entries, stairways, elevators and passageways to the second floor except an entry or part of an entry that also provides access to the offices on the first floor;

(c) in respect of the building located at 151 Mackenzie Road, Inuvik, the third floor space allocated to the Department of Justice for the exclusive use of the courts;

(d) in respect of the building known as the Yellowknife Court House located at 4903- 49th Street, Yellowknife, the first, second and third floors.

Weapons

The following persons may possess a weapon in a court area:

(a) a security officer;

(b) a participant in a court proceeding who is

(i) required to possess the weapon for the purpose of the proceeding, or

(ii) authorized by the presiding judge to possess the weapon for the purpose of the proceeding;

A security officer may use the following search methods to screen a person for weapons:

(a) scanning the person’s body with an electronic metal-detector;

(b) requiring the person to pass through an electronic metal-detector;

(c) using a fluoroscope to view the exterior and interior of clothing or of any bag, briefcase or other thing carried by the person, but not attached to his or her body;

(d) requiring the person to empty the contents of his or her pockets, or of any bag, briefcase or other thing carried by the person, and examining the contents.

Restricted Personnel Zone

(1) A part of a court area that has its entrance marked with a sign described in subsection (2) is designated as a restricted personnel zone.

(2) A sign identifying an entrance to a restricted personnel zone must read "Authorized Personnel Only/Réservé au personnel autorisé".

(3) A sign referred to in subsection (1) may also include the required information in another language.

The following persons may enter restricted personnel zones:

(a) a judge, justice of the peace, judicial officer or member of the judicial support staff;

(b) a security officer;

(d) a person authorized to enter a restricted personnel zone by a person referred to in paragraph (a) or (b).

Restricted Equipment Zone

(1) A part of a court area designated in section 1 is also designated as a restricted equipment zone if it is so identified by a sign described in subsection (2).

(2) A sign referred to in subsection (1) must

(a) be in English and French;

(b) be posted at each public entrance to the restricted equipment zone; and

(i) cameras,

(ii) cell phones,

(iii) recording devices.

(3) A sign described in subsection (2) may also include

(a) the required information in another language; and

(b) symbols indicating that the equipment referred to in paragraph (2)(c) may not be used.

(1) A part of a court area that is not designated as a court area in section 1, is designated as a restricted equipment zone if it is so identified on a sign described in subsection (2).