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TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2005 - SECT 7

TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2005 - SECT 7

7—No preventative detention order in relation to person under 16 years of age

        (1)         A preventative detention order cannot be applied for, or made, in relation to a person who is under 16 years of age.

Note—

See also section 10(7), section 39 and section 43(4) to (9) and (11) for the special rules for people who are under 18 years of age.

        (2)         If—

            (a)         a person is being detained under a preventative detention order or a purported preventative detention order; and

            (b)         the police officer who is detaining the person is satisfied on reasonable grounds that the person is under 16 years of age,

the police officer must, as soon as practicable, release the person from detention under the order or purported order.