Entrant must show proof of cleared status, etc., when asked
10.—(1) Subject to regulation 13, an occupier of a restricted place or any contractor or employee of the occupier authorised for the purposes of this regulation may, before or during a restricted period of the restricted place, and only for the purpose of ensuring compliance with these Regulations, ask an entrant to the restricted place —
(a)
to state the entrant’s name and his or her reason for being in, or about to enter, the restricted place during that restricted period;
(b)
to state whether or not the entrant has a cleared status or a cleared status and 24-hour clearance (as the case may be) to enter or remain in the restricted place during that restricted period or is an uncleared junior; and
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(c)
to provide evidence of the entrant’s cleared status or entrant’s cleared status and 24-hour clearance (as the case may be) for entering or remaining in the restricted place during that restricted period if the entrant is other than an uncleared junior.
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(2) An entrant to a restricted place must not, when asked by the occupier of the restricted premises or any contractor or employee of the occupier authorised under paragraph (1), intentionally refuse —
(a)
to state information asked for where that is within the knowledge of that entrant; or
(b)
to provide evidence of the entrant’s cleared status or entrant’s cleared status and 24-hour clearance (as the case may be) for entering or remaining in the restricted place, where that is in the custody or under the control of the entrant.
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(3) An individual to whom a digital cleared status certificate or a digital 24-hour clearance certificate is granted who holds, or produces or carries a mobile communication device or other electronic device on which the certificate is displayed for the purpose of complying with a request under paragraph (1)(c) is taken to have provided evidence of the entrant’s cleared status or entrant’s 24-hour clearance.
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(4) However, a digital cleared status certificate or a digital 24-hour clearance certificate is not displayed for the purpose of complying with a request under paragraph (1)(c) by an occupier of a restricted place or any contractor or employee of the occupier (called the gatekeeper) to provide evidence of the entrant’s cleared status or entrant’s 24-hour clearance if —
(a)
the screen of the mobile communication device or other electronic device on which it is purportedly displayed is unable to be read by the gatekeeper to whom it is displayed due to cracking, dimming, dirt or any other fault, damage or obstruction;
(b)
the entrant fails or refuses to comply with a reasonable request by the gatekeeper to whom it is purported to be displayed to facilitate the reading, copying or scanning of the whole or any part of the digital cleared status certificate or the digital 24-hour clearance certificate; or
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(c)
the holder of the digital cleared status certificate or the digital 24-hour clearance certificate refuses to comply with a reasonable direction to refresh the display of the digital cleared status certificate or the digital 24-hour clearance certificate.
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(5) To avoid doubt, an individual who displays or purports to display a digital cleared status certificate or a digital 24-hour clearance certificate is not required to give or hand over, to a gatekeeper who is requiring the digital cleared status certificate or the digital 24-hour clearance certificate to be produced, the mobile communication device or other electronic device on which the digital cleared status certificate or the digital 24-hour clearance certificate is displayed or purported to be displayed.
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(6) An individual who, without reasonable excuse, contravenes paragraph (2) shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a fine not exceeding $5,000 or to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months or to both.