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TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2005 - SECT 44

TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2005 - SECT 44

44—Use of identification material

        (1)         This section applies if identification material is taken under section 43 from a person being detained under a preventative detention order.

        (2)         The material may be used only for the purpose of determining whether the person is the person specified in the order.

Note—

A contravention of this subsection may be an offence under section 45.

        (3)         If—

            (a)         a period of 12 months elapses after the identification material is taken; and

            (b)         proceedings in respect of—

                  (i)         the preventative detention order; or

                  (ii)         the treatment of the person in connection with the person's detention under the order,

have not been brought, or have been brought and discontinued or completed, within that period,

the material must be destroyed as soon as practicable after the end of that period.