South Australian Numbered Acts

TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2005 (NO 71 OF 2005) - SECT 15

15—Revocation of preventative detention order or prohibited contact order

        (1)         If—

            (a)         a preventative detention order is in force in relation to a person; and

            (b)         the police officer who is detaining the person under the order is satisfied that the grounds on which the order was made have ceased to exist,

the police officer must apply to an issuing authority for the revocation of the order.

        (2)         If—

            (a)         a preventative detention order is in force in relation to a person; and

            (b)         an issuing authority is satisfied, on application by a police officer, that the grounds on which the order was made have ceased to exist,

the issuing authority must revoke the order.

        (3)         If—

            (a)         a prohibited contact order is in force in relation to a person’s detention under a preventative detention order; and

            (b)         the police officer who is detaining the person under the preventative detention order is satisfied that the grounds on which the prohibited contact order was made have ceased to exist,

the police officer must apply to an issuing authority for the revocation of the prohibited contact order.

        (4)         If—

            (a)         a prohibited contact order is in force in relation to a person’s detention under a preventative detention order; and

            (b)         an issuing authority is satisfied, on application by a police officer, that the grounds on which the prohibited contact order was made have ceased to exist,

the issuing authority must revoke the prohibited contact order.