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Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Act 2003
12Legality of authorisation
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12 Legality of authorisation
(1) The cessation of an authorisation (by revocation or otherwise) does
not affect anything lawfully done in reliance on the authorisation
before it ceased to have effect.
(2) An authorisation and a decision of the Police Minister under this
Part in relation to an authorisation may not be:
(a) challenged, reviewed, quashed or called into question on any
grounds whatsoever before a court, tribunal, body or person in
legal proceedings; or
(b) restrained, removed or otherwise affected by an injunction or
proceedings in the nature of prohibition or mandamus.
(3) The powers conferred on a police officer by virtue of an
authorisation may be exercised by any police officer, whether or not
he or she has been provided with, or notified of, the terms of the