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Public Safety Preservation Act 1986
sec.8STabling of report in Legislative Assembly
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### sec.8S Tabling of report in Legislative Assembly
The Minister must table in the Legislative Assembly a report about a terrorist emergency within 6 months after the end of the declaration.
The report must include all the information described in section 8R (2) (a) and may include anything else the Minister considers appropriate.
Subsection (2) does not require the report to include information that could reasonably be expected—
to prejudice the investigation of a contravention or possible contravention of the law; or
to enable the existence or identity of a confidential source of information, in relation to the enforcement or administration of the law, to be ascertained; or
to endanger a person’s life or physical safety; or
to prejudice the effectiveness of a lawful method or procedure for preventing, detecting, investigating or dealing with a contravention or possible contravention of the law; or
to prejudice the maintenance or enforcement of a lawful method or procedure for protecting public safety; or
to prejudice national security.
s 8S ins 2007 No. 34 s 12
(sec.8S-ssec.1) The Minister must table in the Legislative Assembly a report about a terrorist emergency within 6 months after the end of the declaration.
(sec.8S-ssec.2) The report must include all the information described in section 8R (2) (a) and may include anything else the Minister considers appropriate.
(sec.8S-ssec.3) Subsection (2) does not require the report to include information that could reasonably be expected— to prejudice the investigation of a contravention or possible contravention of the law; or to enable the existence or identity of a confidential source of information, in relation to the enforcement or administration of the law, to be ascertained; or to endanger a person’s life or physical safety; or to prejudice the effectiveness of a lawful method or procedure for preventing, detecting, investigating or dealing with a contravention or possible contravention of the law; or to prejudice the maintenance or enforcement of a lawful method or procedure for protecting public safety; or to prejudice national security.
- (a) to prejudice the investigation of a contravention or possible contravention of the law; or
- (b) to enable the existence or identity of a confidential source of information, in relation to the enforcement or administration of the law, to be ascertained; or
- (c) to endanger a person’s life or physical safety; or
- (d) to prejudice the effectiveness of a lawful method or procedure for preventing, detecting, investigating or dealing with a contravention or possible contravention of the law; or
- (e) to prejudice the maintenance or enforcement of a lawful method or procedure for protecting public safety; or
- (f) to prejudice national security.