Western Australian Numbered Acts

TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2006 (NO. 42 OF 2006) - SECT 9

9 .         Basis for applying for and making preventative detention orders

        (1)         For the purposes of this Part a person is a "person to whom section 9 applies” if —

            (a)         the person —

                  (i)         is going to engage in a terrorist act;

                  (ii)         possesses a thing that is connected with the preparation for, or the engagement of a person in, a terrorist act; or

                  (iii)         has done an act in preparation for, or planning, a terrorist act;

                and

            (b)         making a preventative detention order in relation to the person would substantially assist in preventing a terrorist act occurring.

        (2)         A terrorist act referred to in subsection (1) must be one —

            (a)         that is imminent; and

            (b)         that is expected to occur, in any event, at some time in the next 14 days.

        (3)         For the purposes of this Part a person is also a "person to whom section 9 applies” if —

            (a)         a terrorist act has occurred within the last 28 days; and

            (b)         it is necessary to detain the person under a preventative detention order so as to preserve evidence of, or relating to, the terrorist act.