1Purposes

1 Purposes The main purposes of this Act are— (a) to provide new powers and obligations relating to the prevention of, and the response to, terrorist acts; and S. 1(b) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.1). (b) to provide for the application for, and the grant and execution of, warrants authorising the covert search of premises by police officers; and S. 1(baa) inserted by No. 32/2018 s. 3. (baa) to provide for the making of police detention decisions; and S. 1(ba) inserted by No. 5/2006 s. 12. (ba) to provide for the application for, and the making of, preventative detention orders; and S. 1(bb) inserted by No. 47/2021 s. 4. (bb) to establish the Countering Violent Extremism Multi-Agency Panel; and S. 1(bc) inserted by No. 47/2021 s. 4, substituted by No. 9/2025 s. 8. (bc) to provide for the voluntary case management of persons who are vulnerable to violent extremism; and S. 1(bd) inserted by No. 47/2021 s. 4. (bd) to provide for the application for, and the making of, support and engagement orders to address the underlying causes of persons who are radicalising towards violent extremism; and S. 1(c) amended by No. 67/2004 s. 17(1)(a). (c) to provide for mandatory reporting of the theft or loss or discrepancies in quantity of certain chemicals and other substances; and S. 1(d) repealed by No. 76/2014 s. 8(1). (e) to protect counter-terrorism methods from disclosure in legal proceedings.