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Stop, search and seize powers; Declared Areas; Control orders and Preventative detention orders

On 7 September 2017, the INSLM Dr James Renwick SC completed his reports on Statutory Deadline Reviews which includes legislation for: Division 3A of Part 1AA of the Crimes Act (Stop, Search & Seize powers), Sections 119.2 and 119.3 of the Criminal Code (Declared Areas), and Divisions 104 and 105 of the Criminal Code (Control Orders & Preventative Detention Orders) including the interoperability of the control order regime and the High Risk Terrorist Offenders Act 2016.

A public hearing associated with the Review was held in Canberra on 19 May 2017.

On 1 March 2018 the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security (PJCIS) published its reports in relation to: