Re: Scanners banned at the Olympics

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

"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".

Dave