📜 Land Forces Event (Special Powers) Bill 2026
This Bill grants special powers to police officers in Western Australia for the Land Forces International Land Defence Exposition in Perth in 2026. These powers include establishing security areas, stopping and searching individuals and vehicles, seizing prohibited items, and issuing directions and move-on orders to ensure public safety and event security.
Impact
This bill affects police officers by granting them significant new powers, and impacts the public and event attendees by subjecting them to increased surveillance, search, and direction powers within designated security areas during the Land Forces event. It also defines a wide range of 'prohibited items' that cannot be possessed in these areas.
Key Changes
Parliamentary Progress
- LA IntroducedLA18 June 2026
- LA Second Reading MovedLA18 June 2026
- LA Second Reading SpeechLA18 June 2026
Penalty Provisions8 found
Behaving in threatening manner or using prohibited item
“40. Behaving in threatening manner or using prohibited item (1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, in a Land Forces security area — (a) behave in a threatening manner; or (b) use a prohibited item in a threatening manner. Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $12 000 and imprisonment for 1 year. (2) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, in a Land Forces security area, use a prohibited item in a way that causes, or is likely to cause, damage to property or injury to a person. Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $12 000 and imprisonment for 1 year.”
Possessing a prohibited item in a Land Forces security area
“41. Prohibited items (1) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, possess a prohibited item in a Land Forces security area. Penalty for this subsection: a fine of $6 000. (2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a police officer or a recognised law enforcement officer acting in the performance of the officer’s functions.”
Failure to comply with personal details requirements on removal
“42. Failure to comply with personal details requirements on removal A person who is required under section 28(3) to provide personal details must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the requirement. Penalty: a fine of $6 000.”
Providing false personal details or evidence
“43. Providing false personal details or evidence A person must not, without reasonable excuse, in response to a requirement under this Act to provide personal details or evidence of personal details, provide personal details or evidence that the person knows to be false or misleading in a material particular. Penalty: a fine of $6 000.”
Failure to comply with a direction given by a police officer
“44. Failure to comply with direction A person to whom a direction is given under section 21 must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the direction. Penalty: a fine of $6 000.”
Failure to comply with a move on order
“45. Failure to comply with move on order A person to whom a move on order is given under section 32 must not, without reasonable excuse, fail to comply with the order. Penalty: a fine of $6 000.”
Person named in excluded persons list must not be present in event area
“46. Person named in excluded persons list must not be present in event area A person who is named in the excluded persons list must not, without reasonable excuse, be present in the event area. Penalty: a fine of $6 000.”
Unauthorised use of closed road
“47. Unauthorised use of closed road A person must not, without reasonable excuse, use a closed road in contravention of section 23(1). Penalty: a fine of $6 000.”
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