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Terrorism (Emergency Powers) Act 2003
21WSenior police officer with functions under preventative
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21W Senior police officer with functions under preventative
detention order
If:
(a) a number of police officers are detaining, or involved in the
detention of, a person under a preventative detention order at
a particular time; and
(b) a function (other than a power) is expressed in this Part to be
imposed on a police officer detaining the person,
the function is imposed at that time on the most senior of those
officers.