23Supreme Court may extend interim order

23 Supreme Court may extend interim order (1) This section applies if the Supreme Court makes an interim preventative detention order for a person. (2) The Supreme Court may, by order— (a) adjourn, or further adjourn, the resumed hearing of the application for a preventative detention order for the person; and (b) extend, or further extend, the period for which the interim order is in force until the adjourned hearing. (3) The period as extended, or further extended, must be stated in the order and must end no later than 24 hours after the person is first detained under the order. (4) Also, if the person has impaired decision-making ability, the extension, or further extension, may state that the person may not be contacted under section 54 (Person with impaired decision-making ability to be contacted by public advocate) while being further detained under the interim order.

Preventative detention orders—extensions Division 2.4 (5) The only basis for a decision under subsection (4) is that preventing the contact is necessary because the contact would significantly increase the risk of a terrorist act happening or seriously undermine the effectiveness of the interim order.