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Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002
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26A Object
26A Object
The object of this Part is to allow a person to be taken into custody and detained for a short period of time in order to—
(a) prevent an imminent terrorist act, or
(b) preserve evidence of, or relating to, a recent terrorist act.
Note.
Section 26ZK provides that, while a person is being detained under a preventative detention order, the person may only be questioned for very limited purposes.
pt 2A, div 1 (ss 26A–26C): Ins 2005 No 114, Sch 1 [1].