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Volume 45, No. 13

B.C. Reg. 197/2002

The British Columbia Gazette,

Part II

July 16, 2002

B.C. Reg. 197/2002, deposited July 11, 2002, pursuant to the SHERIFF ACT [section 14]. Ministerial Order M233/2002, dated July

8, 2002.

I, Geoff Plant, Attorney General and Minister responsible for Treaty Negotiations, order that the attached regulation be made. — P. G. PLANT,

Attorney General and Minister Responsible for Treaty Negotiations.

COURT SECURITY REGULATION

Restricted zones

1 For the purposes of the definition of "restricted zone" in

section 6.1 (1) of the

Sheriff Act , the following parts of court facilities are designated as restricted zones:

(

a) the judges' chambers area, including all offices, passageways, elevators, work areas, lounges, libraries and storage areas primarily intended for the use of the following:

(

i) judges, masters and other judicial officers;

(ii) the judicial staff and court facility staff providing support to the persons referred to in subparagraph (i);

(

b) the court registry area, including all offices, passageways, elevators, work areas, storage areas and lounges primarily intended for the use of court registry staff;

(

c) cells;

(

d) sheriffs' areas, including all offices, passageways, elevators, work areas, storage areas and lounges primarily intended for the use of sheriffs;

(

e) jury rooms.

Screening

2 For the purposes of the definition of "screen" in

section 6.1 (1) of the

Sheriff Act , the following manners or methods of searching a person are prescribed as screening:

(

a) holding a metal detector on or near the person's body;

(

b) requiring the person to pass by or through a metal detector or an explosives detector;

(

c) using a fluoroscope to view the exterior and interior of clothing worn by the person or of anything carried by or accompanying the person, including, without limiting this, any bag or briefcase carried by or accompanying the person;

(

d) a pat-down frisk search of the person in a private area of the court facility by a sheriff of the same gender as the person being screened;

(

e) requiring the person to empty the contents of his or her pockets or to empty the contents of anything carried by or accompanying the person, including, without limiting this, any bag or briefcase carried by or accompanying the person, and examining the contents.

Restricted zone access

3 The following persons are authorized to enter restricted zones:

(

a) judges, masters, other judicial officers, judicial staff, court facility staff, court registry staff and sheriffs;

(

b) a person admitted to a restricted zone by any of the persons described in paragraph (

a) if and only for so long as the person remains in the restricted zone for the purpose for which they were admitted.

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