26Supreme Court may extend preventative detention order

26 Supreme Court may extend preventative detention order (1) The Supreme Court may, on application under section 24 and by order, extend, or further extend, the period for which the preventative detention order is in force if satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that the extension, or further extension, is reasonably necessary for the purpose for which the order was made. (2) The period as extended, or further extended, must be stated in the order and must end— (a) no later than 7 days after the person is first detained under the order as extended, or further extended; and (b) no later than 14 days after the person is first taken into custody and detained, or detained, under any preventative detention order, or corresponding preventative detention order, for the same terrorist act.

(3) Also, if the person has impaired decision-making ability, the extension, or further extension, may state both of the following: (a) that the person may not be contacted under section 54 (Person advocate) within 24 hours after being further detained under the (b) that the person must be contacted under section 54 after the end of the 24-hour period within a period stated in the order. (4) The only basis for a decision under subsection (3) 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 preventative detention order. (5) A reference in subsection (2) to a number of days is a reference to the number of hours in that number of days. Division 2.5 Preventative detention orders— reinstatements