Exceptional situations
Article 7
1. Notwithstanding other applicable rules, the President may grant or refuse access to Parliament’s premises, where this is justified on the basis of the extraordinary circumstances referred to in Rule 244 of Parliament’s Rules of Procedure, or on the basis of Parliament’s interests. In particular, the President may refuse access to Parliament’s premises where this is justified with a view, inter alia, to ensuring Parliament’s internal security and safety or to maintaining its internal order. Before adopting a decision pursuant to the first subparagraph, the President may adopt a decision preliminarily refusing access to Parliament’s premises to the person concerned. 2. Access to Parliament’s premises shall be preliminarily refused to a person who has been ordered to leave Parliament’s premises until either: (a) the President adopts a decision refusing access to Parliament’s premises in respect of that person, pursuant to the first subparagraph of paragraph 1; (b) the President adopts a decision lifting the preliminary refusal in respect of that person; or (c) a period of six weeks has elapsed, starting on the day when that person was ordered to leave Parliament’s premises. 3. The President may delegate the powers under paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article to the Secretary-General.