Criminal Code Act 1995
Section 3
CHAPTER 5 - THE SECURITY OF THE COMMONWEALTH Part 5.3 - Terrorism Division 105 - Preventative detention ordersThe Attorney-General may, by writing, appoint as an issuing authority for continued preventative detention orders: (a) a person who is a judge of a State or Territory Supreme Court; or (b) a person who is a Judge of the Federal Court of Australia; or
(c) (Repealed by No 13 of 2013) (d) a person who:
(i) has served as a judge in one or more superior courts for a period of 5 years; and
(ii) no longer holds a commission as a judge of a superior court.
(e) (Repealed by No 96 of 2023)
(2)
The Attorney-General must not appoint a person unless: (a) the person has, by writing, consented to being appointed; and (b) the consent is in force.
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