Part 5Miscellaneous
Court security
79 Duty of Court Service to ensure court security
1
The Court Service must take all reasonable steps to ensure the security of every relevant court-house (including every courtroom contained in it) and the safety of everyone who is there.
2
To comply with that duty the Court Service must secure that there are provided at every relevant court-house an appropriate number of court security officers.
3
For the purposes of this section and sections 80 and 81 the following are court security officers—
a
members of staff of the Court Service designated as court security officers, and
b
persons employed as court security officers in pursuance of arrangements made with their employers by the Court Service under section 69 of the Judicature (Northern Ireland) Act 1978 (c. 23).
4
A court-house is a relevant court-house for the purposes of this section and section 80 if—
a
the Court of Appeal,
b
the High Court,
c
the Crown Court,
d
a county court,
e
a coroner’s court, or
f
a magistrates’ court,
sits there.