Criminal Code Act 1995

Schedule - The Criminal Code  

Section 3

CHAPTER 5 - THE SECURITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH  

Part 5.3 - Terrorism  

Division 105 - Preventative detention orders  

Subdivision B - Preventative detention orders  

SECTION 105.18   Status of person making continued preventative detention order  

(1)    
An issuing authority who makes:

(a)    a continued preventative detention order; or

(b)    a prohibited contact order in relation to a person ' s detention under a continued preventative detention order;

has, in the performance of his or her duties under this Subdivision, the same protection and immunity as a Justice of the High Court.

(2)    

A function of:

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

(b)    extending, or further extending, the period for which a continued 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 continued 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.