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Queensland
Criminal Code (Assaults
Against Police and Others)
Amendment Bill 2007
Queensland
Criminal Code (Assaults Against Police
and Others) Amendment Bill 2007
Contents
Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Code amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of s 340 (Serious assaults) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2007
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Criminal Code
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Criminal Code (Assaults Against Police and Others)
Amendment Bill 2007
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Clause 1 Short title 2
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code (Assaults Against 3
Police and Others) Amendment Act 2007. 4
Clause 2 Code amended 5
This Act amends the Criminal Code. 6
Clause 3 Amendment of s 340 (Serious assaults) 7
(1) Section 340(2), `corrective services officer'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`ambulance officer, corrective services officer or fire service 10
officer'. 11
(2) Section 340-- 12
insert-- 13
`(2B) Subsection (2C) applies if-- 14
(a) a court convicts a person of an offence against 15
subsection (1)(b) or (2); and 16
(b) the act or omission constituting the offence occurred 17
after the commencement of this subsection. 18
`(2C) The court must make an order sentencing the person to a 19
period of imprisonment for the offence that includes a period 20
of detention in custody for a minimum of 3 months, unless the 21
person is released sooner under an exceptional circumstances 22
parole order.'. 23
(3) Section 340(3)-- 24
insert-- 25
`ambulance officer see the Ambulance Service Act 1991, the 26
schedule. 27
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Criminal Code (Assaults Against Police and Others)
Amendment Bill 2007
convicts includes finds guilty including by accepting a plea of 1
guilty. 2
exceptional circumstances parole order see the Corrective 3
Services Act 2006, schedule 4. 4
fire service officer see the Fire and Rescue Service Act 1990, 5
schedule 6. 6
period of imprisonment has the meaning given under the 7
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992.'. 8
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