Consolidated practice directions

3. 
Information about reviews and other proceedings related to the Act 
3.1 
The Act provides that despite any rule or practice to the contrary, 
proceedings under the Act are not to be conducted in public and not 
publicised in any public list of the Supreme Court's business (s 53(1)). 
3.2 
The Act also restricts publicity about proceedings on a review of a 
preventative detention order and any other Supreme Court 
proceedings in relation to a preventative detention order or prohibited 
contact order (s 53(1)). 
3.3 
Reviews and other proceedings in relation to orders under the Act 
therefore will be processed promptly and any information about those 
proceedings will be confined within the narrowest possible limits 
(s 53(2)), unless the restrictions on confidentiality are waived in 
accordance with s 53(3) (see par 3.5). 
3.4 
Court administrative and personal staff and departmental staff and 
contractors must not disclose to another person the existence of, or any 
detail of, the review and any related proceedings other than in 
accordance with this Practice Direction. 
3.5 
The Act provides that the Supreme Court is not required to suppress 
the publication of information if: 
(a) 
the Minister authorises publication; or 
(b) 
the Court determines that the publication of the information: 
(i) 
could not conceivably prejudice national security; and 
(ii) its publication should be authorised in the public interest 
(s 53(3)). 
4. 
Procedures to bring a detainee before the Supreme Court for a review 
 
4.1 
To initiate review proceedings under s 22 the Act, the police officer 
detaining the detainee must provide the Court Officer with: 

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(a) 
an originating motion; 
(b) 
an affidavit in support, including the name of the issuing 
authority who made the preventative detention order;
(c) 
the name, contact details and availability of the detainee's legal 
representative (if any) for the duration of the preventive 
detention order;
(d) 
the name and contact details for any person approved under 
s 45(2) for a detainee who is under the age of 18 or incapable of 
managing their own affairs;
(e) 
a minute of the order sought; and
(f) 
any request and supporting material to be relieved of the 
obligation under s 22(2) to bring the detainee to the court and 
instead for the detainee's participation to be by remote 
communication (s 22(4) and see par 5.2 below). 
4.2 
The documents in par 4.1 are to be provided to the Court Officer in a 
sealed envelope. 
4.3 
So that appropriate arrangements can be made for the review to be 
conducted, the police officer or legal representative providing the 
sealed envelope under par 4.2 must also advise the Court Officer: 
(a) 
of the name of the issuing authority who made the preventative 
detention order if it was a judge of the Supreme Court; 
(b) 
whether he or she proposes to exhibit videotape or other 
recordings to the affidavit; and 
(c) 
whether he or she has requested that the detainee participate by 
remote communication (par 4.1(f)). 
4.4 
Upon receipt of the sealed envelope and any advice under par 4.3, the 
Court Officer must immediately: 

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