South Australian Numbered Acts

TERRORISM (PREVENTATIVE DETENTION) ACT 2005 (NO 71 OF 2005) - SECT 16

16—Status of person making preventative detention order

        (1)         An issuing authority who—

            (a)         makes, extends or revokes a preventative detention order; or

            (b)         makes or revokes a prohibited contact order in relation to a person’s detention under a preventative detention order,

has, in the performance of his or her duties under this Act, the same protection and immunity as a Judge of the Supreme Court.

        (2)         A function of—

            (a)         making or revoking a preventative detention order; or

            (b)         extending, or further extending, the period for which a preventative detention order is to be in force; or

            (c)         making or revoking a prohibited contact order in relation to a person’s detention under a preventative detention order,

that is conferred on a Judge is conferred on the Judge in a personal capacity and not as a court or a member of a court.