TERRORISM (EXTRAORDINARY POWERS) ACT 2005

Table of Provisions

• Long Title
• Preamble

PART 1 -- Preliminary  

• 1 Short title
 
• 2 Commencement
 
• 3 Interpretation
 
• 4 “Reasonably suspects”, meaning of
 
• 5 “Terrorist act”, meaning of

PART 2 -- Special police powers

Division 1 -- Preliminary  

• 6 Interpretation

Division 2 -- Commissioner’s warrants  

• 7 Warrant, issue of
 
• 8 Warrant, content of
 
• 9 Warrant, duration of

Division 3 -- Powers under a Commissioner’s warrant  

• 10 Exercising powers, general matters
 
• 11 Target areas, powers in respect of
 
• 12 Personal details of certain people may be obtained
 
• 13 Certain people may be searched
 
• 14 Certain vehicles may be searched
 
• 15 Certain places may be entered and searched
 
• 16 Seizing things found

Division 5 -- Miscellaneous  

• 19 Government agency, directions to
 
• 20 Warrant not open to challenge while in effect
 
• 21 Report to Minister and Attorney General about warrant

PART 2A -- Police use of force: ongoing terrorist acts  

• 21A Interpretation
 
• 21B Non-application of Part to certain officers
 
• 21C Commissioner may declare this Part applies to terrorist act
 
• 21D Declaration must be in writing
 
• 21E Declaration may be revoked
 
• 21EA Revocation must be in writing
 
• 21F Police action authorised under declaration
 
• 21G Part does not limit police powers relating to terrorism
 
• 21H Commissioner’s functions under this Part may be performed by authorised Deputy Commissioner

PART 3 -- Covert search warrants  

• 22 Interpretation
 
• 23 Authorising police officers to apply for a covert search warrant
 
• 24 Covert search warrant, application for
 
• 25 Covert search warrant, procedure for applying for
 
• 26 Covert search warrant, issue of
 
• 27 Covert search warrant, effect of
 
• 28A Order to provide access to data
 
• 28 Execution of covert search warrant, report to judge about
 
• 29 No publication of information about covert search warrant
 
• 30 Annual report about covert search warrants

PART 4 -- Miscellaneous  

• 31 Commissioner’s functions may be performed by others
 
• 31A Power to appoint special officers
 
• 31B Provisions relating to special officer appointments
 
• 31C Functions of special officers
 
• 32 Orders by police officers, offence to not obey
 
• 33 Regulations
 
• 34 Review of Act
 
• 35 Expiry of Act
• SCHEDULE 1 -- Ancillary provisions about exercising powers  
• SCHEDULE 2 -- Searching people
• Compilation table