Re: Scanners banned at the Olympics

["Dave Proctor" <daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au>]

"David Bromage" <dbromage@fang.omni.com.au> wrote in message
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> Dave Proctor (daproc@spambait.ozemail.com.au) wrote:
> > "David Johnson" <trainman@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
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> > > David Bromage wrote:
> > >
> > > > Just word of warning. SOCOG has banned scanners at Olympic venues,
which
> > > > includes Olympic Park station. They have the power to confiscate
them
> > and
> > > > and have the "offender" removed by police.
> > >
> > > What legal right do they have to do this?
>
> > Haven't been able to find it - the Olympic Arrangements Act 1999 doesn't
> > mention it - but I would imagine there would be some sort of blanket
> > provision enabling them to do whatever is necessary in the name of
> > "security" and they are calling scanners a "security risk".
>
> Eactly, but not just for security reasons. If you brought a can of Pepsi
> they could confiscate it.

Thst could also be security - easy to throw it and hurt someone, it could
also be a disguised bomb.

Probably comes down to common law rights for the owner of a property to
stipulate what you can and cannot do on that property.

Dave