13ZND
CurrentQuestioning to be deferred to enable communication with lawyer or consular office
Part 2APreventative detention orders
Division 5AQuestioning
Subdivision 2Authority to question
13ZND Questioning to be deferred to enable communication with lawyer or consular office
S. 13ZND inserted by No. 32/2018 s. 38.
Subject to sections 13ZI and 13ZNG, a police officer must defer questioning under section 13ZNB for a time that is reasonable in the circumstances to enable the person being detained to communicate, or attempt to communicate, with—
(a)
a lawyer; or
Note
See also section 13ZF.
(b)
if the person is not a citizen or permanent resident of Australia—the consular office of the country of which the person is a citizen.
This Act’s bill:Second reading speech
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