TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2005 - SECT 2
TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2005 - SECT 2
The object of this Act 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 occurring; or
(b)
preserve evidence of, or relating to, a recent terrorist act.
Note—
Section 42 provides that, while a person is being detained under a
preventative detention order, the person may only be questioned for very
limited purposes.