Terrorism (Preventative Detention) Act 2005 (TAS)

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Terrorism (Preventative Detention) Act 2005

An Act to allow persons to be taken into custody and detained in order to prevent an imminent terrorist act occurring or preserve evidence of, or relating to, a recent terrorist act and for related matters

[Royal Assent 13 January 2006]

Be it enacted by His Excellency the Governor of Tasmania, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Council and House of Assembly, in Parliament assembled, as follows:

PART 1Preliminary1Short titleThis Act may be cited as the Terrorism (Preventative Detention) Act 2005 . 2CommencementThis Act commences on a day to be proclaimed. 3Interpretation (1)  In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears – AFP employee has the same meaning as in the Australian Federal Police Act 1979 of the Commonwealth; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2015, s. 4, Applied:13 Oct 2015] AFP member has the same meaning as in Part 5.3 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2015, s. 4, Applied:13 Oct 2015] ASIO affiliate has the same meaning as in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 of the Commonwealth; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2015, s. 4, Applied:13 Oct 2015] ASIO employee has the same meaning as in the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 of the Commonwealth; authorised police officer means a police officer appointed by the Commissioner of Police under subsection (2) ; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2015, s. 4, Applied:13 Oct 2015] Commonwealth control order has the same meaning as"control order" has in Part 5.3 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2015, s. 4, Applied:13 Oct 2015] Commonwealth Criminal Code means the Criminal Code set out in the Schedule to the Criminal Code Act 1995 of the Commonwealth, or a law of the Commonwealth that replaces that Code; corresponding preventative detention law means – (a) [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 36 of 2015, s. 4, Applied:13 Oct 2015] Division 105 of the Commonwealth Criminal Code; or (b) a law of another State or of a Territory, or particular provisions of a law of another State or of a Territory, that – (i) corresponds or correspond to this Act; or (ii) is or are declared by the regulations to correspond to this Act; Director of Corrective Services has the same meaning as in the Corrections Act 1997 ; identification material, in relation to a person, means samples taken from a part of the person’s body from which a DNA profile may be derived, prints of the person’s hands, fingers, feet or toes, recordings of the person’s voice, samples of the person’s handwriting or photographs (including video recordings) of the person; interim preventative detention order means an interim preventative detention order made by the Supreme Court under section 7 ; [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 66 of 2007,…

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