Terrorism (Preventative Detention) Act 2006

Only a police officer authorised under section 10 may apply for a preventative detention order.

An application for a preventative detention order must be made to an issuing authority.

An application for a preventative detention order must —

set out the facts and other grounds on which the applicant considers that the preventative detention order should be made;

specify the period for which the applicant is seeking to have the person detained under the order and set out the facts and other grounds on which the applicant considers that the person should be detained for that period;

set out the information (if any) that the applicant has about the person’s age or capacity to manage his or her affairs; and

set out the following —

the outcomes and particulars of all previous applications for preventative detention orders in relation to the person including information about any periods for which the person has been detained under another preventative detention order;

the information (if any) that the applicant has about the outcomes and particulars of applications under a corresponding law for the person’s detention including any information about periods for which the person has been detained under an order for the person’s detention made under a corresponding law;

the information (if any) that the applicant has about any control order (including any interim control order) made in relation to the person under Division 104 of the Criminal Code of the Commonwealth.