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Prevention of Terrorism Act 2005

  • Explanatory Notes Table of contents

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  1. Introduction

  2. Summary

  3. Overview

    1. Control orders

    2. Appeals and other proceedings

    3. Supplemental

  4. Commentary

    1. Section 1: Power to make control orders

      1. Subsections (1) to (3)

      2. Subsections (4) to (8)

    2. Section 2: Making of non-derogating control orders

      1. Subsections (1) and (2)

      2. Subsections (4) and (5)

      3. Subsections (6) to (8)

      4. Subsection (9)

    3. Section 3: Supervision by court of making of non-derogating control orders

      1. Subsection (1)

      2. Subsections (2) to (4)

      3. Subsections (5), (6) and (8)

      4. Subsection (7)

      5. Subsections (10) and (11)

      6. Subsections (12) to (14)

    4. Section 4: Power of the court to make derogating control orders

      1. Subsections (1) to (4)

      2. Subsection (5) to (7)

      3. Subsections (8) to (13)

    5. Section 5: Arrest and detention pending derogating control order

      1. Subsections (1) to (6)

      2. Subsections (7), (8) and (10)

      3. Subsection (9)

    6. Section 6: Duration of derogating control orders

      1. Subsection (1)

      2. Subsections (2) to (7)

    7. Section 7: Modification, notification and proof of orders etc.

      1. Subsection (1)

      2. Subsections (2) and (3)

      3. Subsections (3) to (7)

      4. Subsections (8) to (11)

    8. Section 8: Criminal investigations after making of control order

      1. Subsections (1) to (6)

      2. Subsections (7) to (9)

    9. Section 9: Offences

      1. Subsections (1) to (3)

      2. Subsections (4) to (10)

    10. Section 10: Appeals relating to non-derogating control orders

      1. Subsections (1) to (3)

      2. Subsections (4) to (6)

      3. Subsections (7) and (8)

    11. Section 11: Jurisdiction and appeals in relation to control order decisions etc.

      1. Subsections (1) to (3)

      2. Subsection (4)

      3. Subsections (5) to (8)

    12. Section 12: Effect of court’s decisions on convictions

      1. Subsections (1) to (3)

      2. Subsections (4) to (7)

      3. Subsection (8)

    13. Section 13: Duration of sections 1 to 9

      1. Subsections (1) to (3)

      2. Subsections (4) to (7)

      3. Subsections (8) to (9)

    14. Section 14: Reporting and review

      1. Subsection (1)

      2. Subsections (2) to (6)

      3. Subsection (8)

    15. Section 15: General interpretation

      1. Subsection (1)

      2. Subsections (3) and (4)

    16. Section 16: Other supplemental provisions

      1. Subsections (2) and (3)

      2. Subsection (4)

    17. Schedule

      1. Paragraph 1

      2. Paragraph 2

      3. Paragraph 3

      4. Paragraph 4

      5. Paragraph 5

      6. Paragraph 6

      7. Paragraph 7

      8. Paragraph 8

      9. Paragraph 9

      10. Paragraph 10

  5. Commencement

  6. Hansard References

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