Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) A security direction comes into force at the time specified in the direction.
(2) However:
(a) if:
(i) there is no time specified; or
(ii) the specified time is before the time when the direction is given;
the direction comes into force 24 hours after it is given; or
(b) if the specified time is later than the beginning of the seventh day after the direction is given, the direction comes into force at the start of that day.
(3) A security direction remains in force until the earliest of the following occurs:
(a) the direction is revoked in writing by the Secretary;
(b) the direction has been in force for a continuous period of 3 months;
(c) if the direction was made for the purposes of paragraph 33(3)(b)--the national emergency declaration (within the meaning of the National Emergency Declaration Act 2020 ) ceases to be in force.