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1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Serious Crime Control Act 2009. 2 Commencement This Act commences on the date fixed by the Administrator by Gazette notice. 3 Main object of Act (1) The main object of this Act is to protect members of the public from violence associated with serious criminal activity. (2) The main object is to be achieved primarily by making control orders to disrupt and restrict the activities of persons who: (a) engage, or have engaged, in serious criminal activity; or (b) are, or have been, members of declared organisations. (3) The main object is also to be achieved by allowing: (a) senior police officers to make public safety orders; and (b) courts to make fortification removal orders.

Part 2 Definitions and key concepts Serious Crime Control Act 2009 2 (4) Without limiting subsections (1) to (3), it is not the intention of the Legislative Assembly that the powers in this Act be used in a manner that would diminish the freedom of persons in the Territory to participate in advocacy, protest, dissent or industrial action. 4 Application of Criminal Code Part IIAA of the Criminal Code applies to an offence against this Act. Note for section 4 Part IIAA of the Criminal Code states the general principles of criminal responsibility, establishes general defences, and deals with burden of proof. It also defines, or elaborates on, certain concepts commonly used in the creation of offences.