New South Wales Repealed Acts

This legislation has been repealed.

CRIMES LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (TERRORISM) ACT 2004 - SCHEDULE 3

SCHEDULE 3 – Amendment of Terrorism (Police Powers) Act 2002

(Section 5)

[1] Section 5 Authorisation of special powers to prevent terrorist acts

Omit "an imminent threat of a terrorist act" from section 5 (a).
Insert instead "a threat of a terrorist act occurring in the near future".

[2] Section 14A

Insert after section 14:

14A Power to give directions to government agencies

(1) The Commissioner of Police or other police officer referred to in section 8 may, for the purposes of facilitating the exercise of the special powers conferred by this Act, give a government agency directions with respect to the exercise of the powers or functions of the agency.

(2) The government agency is authorised and required to comply with the direction.

(3) In this section:
"government agency" includes a government department, a public or local authority, a State owned corporation and any member or officer of any such department, authority or corporation, but does not include a parliamentary or judicial body or its members or officers.

[3] Section 19A

Insert after section 19:

19A Cordon around target area

(1) A police officer may, for the purposes of stopping and searching under this Part persons, vehicles or premises in a target area, place a cordon around the target area or any part of it.

(2) A cordon may include any form of physical barrier, including a roadblock on any road in or in the vicinity of the target area.