Western Australian Numbered Acts Western Australian Numbered Acts (1) In this Act,
unless the contrary intention appears —
“allegation of misconduct” has the
meaning given to that term in the
Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 section 4;
“ASIO Act” means the
Australian Security Intelligence Organisation Act 1979 of the Commonwealth;
“Commissioner” means the Commissioner
of Police appointed under the Police Act 1892 or a person acting in that
office;
“corresponding law” means —
(a)
Division 105 of the Criminal Code of the Commonwealth and the regulations
and other instruments made under that Division; or
(b) a
law of another State or a Territory that provides for preventative detention
of persons in relation to terrorist acts (including any law of another State
or a Territory that is declared by the regulations to be a corresponding law);
“ Corruption and Crime Commission”
means the Corruption and Crime Commission under the
Corruption and Crime Commission Act 2003 ;
“detention centre” has the meaning
given to that term in the Young Offenders Act 1994 section 3;
"evidence of, or relating to, a terrorist act"
includes anything that —
(a) was
or may have been used;
(b) is
or may be being used; or
(c) is
about to be or may be used,
to do a terrorist act
or in preparing to do a terrorist act;
"identification material", in relation to a
person, means —
(a) an
identifying particular of the person; or
(b) a
recording of the person’s voice or a sample of the person’s
handwriting;
“identifying particular” has the
meaning given to that term in the
Criminal Investigation (Identifying People) Act 2002 section 17;
“Inspector of Custodial Services”
means the Inspector of Custodial Services under the
Inspector of Custodial Services Act 2003 ;
“institution” means a prison or a
detention centre;
“issuing authority” means an issuing
authority appointed under section 7;
“judge” means a judge of the Supreme
Court;
“lawyer” has the meaning given to the
term legal practitioner in the Legal Practice Act 2003 section 3;
“lock-up” has the same meaning as that
term has in the Prisons Act 1981 ;
“national security” has the meaning
given to that term in section 8 of the National Security Information
(Criminal and Civil Proceedings) Act 2004 of the Commonwealth;
“Parliamentary Commissioner” means the
Parliamentary Commissioner for Administrative Investigations under the
Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1971 ;
“permitted detention period” has the
meaning given to that term in section 13(2)(b)(ii);
“place” means any land, building or
structure, or a part of any land, building or structure;
“preventative detention order” means
an order made under section 13;
“prison” has the meaning given to that
term in the Prisons Act 1981 section 3(1);
“prohibited contact order” means an
order made under section 17 or 18;
“reasonably suspects” has the meaning
given to that term by section 5;
“seizable item” means anything
that —
(a)
would present a danger to a person;
(b)
could be used to assist a person to escape from lawful custody; or
(c)
could be used to contact another person or to operate a device remotely;
“senior police officer” means a police
officer of or
above the rank of Superintendent ;
“terrorist act” has the meaning given
to that term in section 6 .
(2) A reference in
section 13(3)(a) or (5) or 15(4) or (6) to a number of
days is a reference to the number of hours in that number of days.
(3) Notes in this Act
are provided to assist understanding and do not form part of this Act.