Minister’s order for premises against imminent risk of act of terrorism
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Open ↗58.—(1) If the Minister is of the opinion that it is necessary to address any imminent risk of an act of terrorism against any premises, the Minister may issue an order to the owner of the premises —(a) directing the owner to do one or more of the following, in response to that risk:(i) close the premises for such time as specified in the order; (ii) deploy such security personnel for the premises, for such purposes and for such time, as specified in the order; (iii) implement such other security measures for the premises in such manner, and maintain those measures for such time, as specified in the order; (iv) allow any member of a state force to enter the premises and implement and maintain such security measures, during such time, as specified in the order; (v) provide the Commissioner such information and documents relating to the protection of the premises against any act of terrorism, at such times, as specified in the order; and (b) specifying the date on which the order is to take effect and the period within which any direction in the order must be complied with. (2) Without limiting subsection (1)(a), the security measures mentioned in that subsection may include the following:(a) preparation and implementation of contingency plans on responses to any act of terrorism against the premises; (b) restriction on the entry of vehicles, vessels and persons to the premises; (c) conduct of searches of vehicles, vessels and persons (including any personal property of such persons) entering or in the premises; (d) installation of security systems, defence systems and other equipment in the premises. (3) Before issuing the order, the Minister must, unless the Minister considers it not practicable or desirable to do so in any particular case —(a) give notice of the Minister’s intention to do so to the owner of the premises; and (b) give the owner 14 days (or any longer or shorter time that the Minister may specify in the notice) after the date of the notice to make representations on the proposed order. (4) To avoid doubt, except as provided in this section, the Minister is not required to give any person notice of, or consult any person on, the Minister’s intention to issue an order under subsection (1). (5) Where the implementation of any new security measure under this section involves any specified works, section 42(1) does not apply in respect of those specified works.