Purposes
1 Purposes
The main purposes of this Act are—
to provide new powers and obligations relating to the prevention of, and the response to, terrorist acts; and
S. 1(b) amended by No. 37/2014 s. 10(Sch. item 167.1).
to provide for the application for, and the grant and execution of, warrants authorising the covert search of premises by police officers; and
S. 1(baa) inserted by No. 32/2018 s. 3.
to provide for the making of police detention decisions; and
S. 1(ba) inserted by No. 5/2006 s. 12.
to provide for the application for, and the making of, preventative detention orders; and
S. 1(bb) inserted by No. 47/2021 s. 4.
to establish the Countering Violent Extremism Multi-Agency Panel; and
S. 1(bc) inserted by No. 47/2021 s. 4, substituted by No. 9/2025 s. 8.
to provide for the voluntary case management of persons who are vulnerable to violent extremism; and
S. 1(bd) inserted by No. 47/2021 s. 4.
to provide for the application for, and the making of, support and engagement orders to address the underlying causes of persons who are radicalising towards violent extremism; and
S. 1(c) amended by No. 67/2004 s. 17(1)(a).
to provide for mandatory reporting of the theft or loss or discrepancies in quantity of certain chemicals and other substances; and
S. 1(d) repealed by No. 76/2014 s. 8(1).
* * * * *
to protect counter-terrorism methods from disclosure in legal proceedings.
The statute text is free to read above. View subscription options to unlock the case-law research tools for each provision.