Duration of preventative detention orders
14 Duration of preventative detention orders
A preventative detention order in relation to a person comes into force when it is made.
Note for this subsection:
The order comes into force when it is made and authorises the person to be taken into custody, if necessary (see section 13(2)(a)). The period for which the person may be detained under the order only starts when the person is first taken into custody, or is first in detention, under the order (see section 13(2)(b)).
A preventative detention order under which the person concerned is required to be taken into custody ceases to have effect on the day and at the time specified in the order if the person has not been taken into custody under the order by then.
If a preventative detention order does not cease to have effect under subsection (2), it ceases to have effect as soon as one of the following occurs —
the period during which the person concerned may be kept in detention under the order ends;
the order is revoked under section 20(2) or as directed under section 22(8);
the order is quashed, or declared to be void, under section 22(8); or
the order expires under section 60(2).
Note for this section:
The order does not cease to have effect merely because the person is released from detention under the order.
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