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This is a Bill, not an Act. For current law, see the Acts databases.
South Australia
Facial Identification Bill 2010
A BILL FOR
An Act to provide for facial identification in certain
circumstances.
Contents
1Short title
2Facial
identification
3Regulations
The Parliament of South Australia enacts as
follows:
This Act may be cited as the Facial Identification
Act 2010.
(1) If a sign is displayed by the owner or occupier of prescribed premises
indicating that a person must not enter the premises with his or her face
obscured, a person whose face is obscured may—
(a) be refused entry to the premises; or
(b) be refused service at the premises; or
(c) be removed from the premises (using reasonable force).
(2) For the purposes of this section, a person's face is
obscured if it is covered to such an extent that insufficient
facial features are visible to enable the person to be identified.
(3) In this section—
prescribed premises means premises used for the purposes
of—
(a) an ADI; or
(b) a State or Federal government agency; or
(c) any other business or activity where, for reasons of security or for
the purposes of compliance with any Act or law, it is necessary or desirable to
establish the identity of persons in the premises so used.
(1) The Governor may
make such regulations as are contemplated by, or necessary or expedient for, the
purposes of this Act.
(2) Without limiting
subsection (1),
regulations made for the purposes of this Act may—
(a) make provision in relation to the display of signs for the purposes of
this Act; or
(b) specify circumstances in which a person's face will, or will not, be
taken to be obscured for the purposes of this Act.