37When a security direction is in force

37 When a security direction is in force

(1) A security direction comes into force at the time specified in the direction. (2) However: (a) if: (i) there is no time specified; or (ii) the specified time is before the time when the direction is given; the direction comes into force 24 hours after it is given; or (b) if the specified time is later than the beginning of the seventh day after the direction is given, the direction comes into force at the start of that day. (3) A security direction remains in force until the earliest of the following occurs: (a) the direction is revoked in writing by the Secretary; (b) the direction has been in force for a continuous period of 3 months; (c) if the direction was made for the purposes of paragraph 33(1)(d)—the national emergency declaration (within the meaning of the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020) ceases to be in force.