Western Australian Current Acts

TERRORISM (EXTRAORDINARY POWERS) ACT 2005

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title
           Preamble

   PART 1 -- Preliminary  

   1.      Short title
            
   2.      Commencement
            
   3.      Interpretation
            
   4.      “Reasonably suspects”, meaning of
            
   5.      “Terrorist act”, meaning of

   PART 2 -- Special police powers

           Division 1 -- Preliminary  

   6.      Interpretation

           Division 2 -- Commissioner’s warrants  

   7.      Warrant, issue of
            
   8.      Warrant, content of
            
   9.      Warrant, duration of

           Division 3 -- Powers under a Commissioner’s warrant  

   10.     Exercising powers, general matters
            
   11.     Target areas, powers in respect of
            
   12.     Personal details of certain people may be obtained
            
   13.     Certain people may be searched
            
   14.     Certain vehicles may be searched
            
   15.     Certain places may be entered and searched
            
   16.     Seizing things found

           Division 5 -- Miscellaneous  

   19.     Government agency, directions to
            
   20.     Warrant not open to challenge while in effect
            
   21.     Report to Minister and Attorney General about warrant

   PART 2A -- Police use of force: ongoing terrorist acts  

   21A.    Interpretation
            
   21B.    Non-application of Part to certain officers
            
   21C.    Commissioner may declare this Part applies to terrorist act
            
   21D.    Declaration must be in writing
            
   21E.    Declaration may be revoked
            
   21EA.   Revocation must be in writing
            
   21F.    Police action authorised under declaration
            
   21G.    Part does not limit police powers relating to terrorism
            
   21H.    Commissioner’s functions under this Part may be performed by authorised Deputy Commissioner

   PART 3 -- Covert search warrants  

   22.     Interpretation
            
   23.     Authorising police officers to apply for a covert search warrant
            
   24.     Covert search warrant, application for
            
   25.     Covert search warrant, procedure for applying for
            
   26.     Covert search warrant, issue of
            
   27.     Covert search warrant, effect of
            
   28A.    Order to provide access to data
            
   28.     Execution of covert search warrant, report to judge about
            
   29.     No publication of information about covert search warrant
            
   30.     Annual report about covert search warrants

   PART 4 -- Miscellaneous  

   31.     Commissioner’s functions may be performed by others
            
   31A.    Power to appoint special officers
            
   31B.    Provisions relating to special officer appointments
            
   31C.    Functions of special officers
            
   32.     Orders by police officers, offence to not obey
            
   33.     Regulations
            
   34.      Review of Act
            
   35.     Expiry of Act
           SCHEDULE 1 -- Ancillary provisions about exercising powers  
           SCHEDULE 2 -- Searching people
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