Communication with lawyers, consular officials, parents, guardians or independent person may be restricted
13ZNG Communication with lawyers, consular officials, parents, guardians or independent person may be restricted
S. 13ZNG inserted by No. 32/2018 s. 38.
A police officer does not have to comply with section 13ZND, 13ZNE or 13ZNF(2) if the police officer believes on reasonable grounds that—
the communication or contact would result in—
a risk arising in relation to action being taken to prevent a terrorist act occurring; or
serious harm to a person; or
the destruction of evidence of, or relating to, a terrorist act; or
interference with the gathering of information about—
a terrorist act; or
the preparation for, or the planning of, a terrorist act; or
a risk arising in relation to—
the arrest of a person who is suspected of having committed an offence against Part 5.3 of the Criminal Code of the Commonwealth; or
the taking into custody of a person in relation to whom a police detention decision is in effect, or in relation to whom a police detention decision is likely to be made; or
the taking into custody of a person in relation to whom a preventative detention order is in force, or in relation to whom a preventative detention order is likely to be made; or
the service on a person of a Commonwealth control order; or
the questioning is so urgent, having regard to the safety of other people, that it should not be delayed; or
in the case of a lawyer who is present during the questioning, the lawyer is unreasonably interfering with the questioning.
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