Terrorism (Community Protection) Act 2003

A Public Interest Monitor is entitled—

to test the content and sufficiency of the information to be relied on for the purposes of conducting a periodic review; and

for the purpose of testing the content and sufficiency of the information to be relied on for the purposes of conducting a periodic review—

to ask questions of any of the following persons—

the authorised police officer who made the police detention decision;

the nominated senior police officer in relation to a periodic review they conduct;

a police officer exercising powers or performing duties under Part 2AA in relation to a person detained under that Part; and

to make submissions to the nominated senior police officer in relation to the conduct of a periodic review.

Without limiting subsection (1), a Public Interest Monitor is entitled to make submissions to the nominated senior police officer in person or by telephone or electronic communication or any other reasonable way.

If a Public Interest Monitor is not reasonably able to be contacted before the nominated senior police officer conducts a periodic review—

the nominated senior police officer may conduct the periodic review, without a Public Interest Monitor being notified; and

a Public Interest Monitor must—

be notified as soon as practicable after the completion of the periodic review; and

be given any information requested by a Public Interest Monitor that the Public Interest Monitor would have been entitled to obtain for the purposes of exercising a power under subsection (1) or (2).