Infrastructure Protection Act 2017
Table of Contents
Long Title
Part 1 PRELIMINARY
1 Short title
2 Interpretation
3 Application of this Act
4 Operation of other written laws
Part 2 ADMINISTRATION
5 Appointment of Commissioner of Infrastructure Protection and other officers
6 Authorisation of security officers
7 Authorised officers to be public servants
Part 3 PROTECTED AREAS AND PROTECTED PLACES
Division 1 — Protected areas
8 Declaration of protected area
9 Contents and effective date of protected area order
10 Notice of protected area order
11 Amendment of protected area order
12 Duties of authority of protected area
13 Revocation of protected area order
Division 2 — Protected places
14 Declaration of protected place
15 Contents and effective date of protected place order
16 Notice of protected place order
17 Amendment of protected place order
18 Duties of authority of protected place
19 Revocation of protected place order
Division 3 — Measures and powers for protection of protected areas and protected places
20 No unauthorised entry to protected place
21 Directions to control persons’ entry to and movement and conduct in protected area or protected place
22 Powers against contravention of sections 20 and 21, etc.
23 Special provision for arrest
24 Arrest by authorised officers who are not police officers
25 Measures for protection of protected area or protected place
26 Application of sections 27 and 28
27 Directions to move on from specified surrounding area of protected area or protected place
28 Inspection powers for specified surrounding area of protected area or protected place
29 Prohibited photography of protected area or protected place
30 Prohibited photography using unmanned aircraft
31 Authorised officer to produce evidence of identity and authority
Part 4 SPECIAL DEVELOPMENTS AND SPECIAL INFRASTRUCTURES
Division 1 — General
32 Responsible person of special development or special infrastructure
33 Security plan for special development or special infrastructure
Division 2 — Special developments
34 Designation of special developments
35 Approved security plan for special development
36 Application for approval of security plan
37 Amendment of approved security plan
38 Implementation schedule for security measures in approved security plan
39 Certificate of works completion and responsible person’s duties before that
40 Status of special development and responsible person’s duties after approval of certificate of works completion
Division 3 — Special infrastructures
41 Designation of special infrastructures
42 Approved security plan for special infrastructure
43 Application for approval of security plan
44 Amendment of approved security plan
45 Implementation schedule for security measures in approved security plan
46 Certificate of works completion and responsible person’s duties before that
47 Responsible person’s duties after approval of certificate of works completion
48 Cessation of special infrastructure
Part 5 SECURITY DIRECTIVES
49 Security directive for protected area
50 Security directive for protected place
51 Security directive for security plan of special development or special infrastructure
52 Security directive for implementation of security measures for special development or special infrastructure
53 Security directive for maintenance of security measures for special infrastructure
54 Security directive for special infrastructure against security risk
55 Security directive for other premises to mitigate risk of act of terrorism
56 Compliance with security directives and notices under this Part
57 Cancellation of security directive
Part 6 MINISTER’S ORDERS
58 Minister’s order for premises against imminent risk of act of terrorism
59 Revocation of Minister’s order under this Part
60 Compliance with Minister’s orders and notices under this Part
61 Member of state force to produce evidence of identity and authority
Part 7 APPEALS
62 Appeals to Minister
63 Appeal Advisory Board
64 Minister may designate others to hear appeals
Part 8 ENFORCEMENT POWERS, GENERAL OFFENCES AND RELATED MATTERS
65 Power to carry out Minister’s direction
66 Powers of search, etc.
67 Powers of forcible entry
68 Powers of investigation
69 Commissioner to produce evidence of identity and authority
70 False or misleading statement, information or document
71 Obstruction
72 Offences by corporations
73 Offences by unincorporated associations or partnerships
74 Composition of offences
75 Arrestable offences and non-bailable offences
76 Jurisdiction of courts
Part 9 MISCELLANEOUS
77 Protection of confidentiality
78 Service of documents
79 Inaccuracies in documents
80 Costs, etc.
81 Protection from personal liability
82 Exemption
83 Regulations
84 Repeal
85 Saving and transitional provisions
Legislative History
Abbreviations
Comparative Table