Terrorism (Preventative Detention) Act 2005

Within 6 months after the application is made, the Minister must—

prepare a report under this section; and

table a copy of the report in the Legislative Assembly.

The report—

must include all the information in the report given to the Minister under section 76B; and

may include any other information the Minister considers appropriate.

However, the report must not include information that could reasonably be expected to—

prejudice the investigation of a contravention or possible contravention of the law in a particular case; or

prejudice a prosecution or another matter before a court; or

prejudice the effectiveness of a lawful method or procedure for preventing, detecting, investigating or dealing with a contravention or possible contravention of the law; or

enable the existence or identity of a confidential source of information, in relation to the enforcement or administration of the law, to be ascertained; or

identify, or lead to the identification of, a person who has been, is being, or is to be, investigated for a contravention or possible contravention of the law; or

endanger a person’s life or physical safety.

If the application was made in connection with a terrorist emergency declared under the Public Safety Preservation Act 1986, the report may form part of the Minister’s report about the terrorist emergency.

In this section—Minister’s report, about a terrorist emergency, means the report about the terrorist emergency the Minister must table in the Legislative Assembly under the Public Safety Preservation Act 1986, section 8S.