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Queensland
JUSTICE AND OTHER
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
BILL 2003
Queensland
JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2003
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ABORIGINAL LAND ACT 1991
3 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
4 Amendment of s 60 (Recommendation to Minister). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
5 Amendment of s 61 (Resolution of conflicting claims) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6 Amendment of s 62 (Notification of parties). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7 Amendment of s 109 (Conferences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8 Amendment of s 116 (Reasons to be given by tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9 Amendment of s 117 (Appeals to Land Appeal Court from
decisions of tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF ADOPTION OF CHILDREN ACT
1964
10 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
11 Amendment of s 39C (Entitlement to certain records etc.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
12 Amendment of s 47A (Use of certified copy or extract) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
13 Amendment of s 55A (Certified copy or extract) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991
14 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
15 Amendment of s 139 (Commissioner must reject frivolous etc. complaints) 13
16 Amendment of s 145 (Anonymity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
17 Amendment of s 166 (Complainant may obtain referral of
unconciliated complaint) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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18 Amendment of s 168 (Frivolous etc. complaint lapses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
19 Amendment of s 215A (Tribunal may dismiss frivolous and other
complaints) .............................................. 14
20 Amendment of s 249 (Tribunal's powers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
21 Amendment of s 257 (Registrar and tribunal staff) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
22 Insertion of new s 257A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
257A Powers of registrar to perform tribunal's functions and exercise
tribunal's powers in non-contentious matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF APPEAL COSTS FUND ACT 1973
23 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
24 Amendment of s 5 (Appeal Costs Fund) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
25 Amendment of s 6 (Appeal Costs Board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF BAIL ACT 1980
26 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
27 Insertion of new s 33D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
33D Postponing issue or enforcement of a warrant. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
28 Amendment of sch (Offences in respect of which bail by way of deposit
of moneys shall not be granted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND
MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003
29 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
30 Amendment of s 12 (Child's name) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
31 Amendment of s 13 (Application to change child's first name within a
year of birth) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
32 Amendment of s 16 (Application to register change of adult's name) . . . . . 18
33 Amendment of s 17 (Application to register change of child's name) . . . . . 18
34 Amendment of s 20 (Notation of change of name other than
by registration) ......................................... 18
35 Amendment of 37 (Delegation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
36 Amendment of s 44 (Obtaining information from the registrar). . . . . . . . . . 19
37 Amendment of s 57 (Transitional provisions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
38 Insertion of new s 57A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
57A Transitional--Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2003 . 20
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 2003
39 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
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40 Amendment of s 4 (Application of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
41 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PART 5--AWARDS FOR ECONOMIC LOSS FOLLOWING
STERILISATION PROCEDURE
49A Failed sterilisation procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF CORONERS ACT 2003
42 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
43 Amendment of s 96 (Application of Act to stillborn child) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PART 10--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE
44 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
45 Replacement of s 140 (Attempting to pervert justice). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
140 Attempting to pervert justice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
46 Amendment of s 552B (Charges of indictable offences that may be
dealt with summarily) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
PART 11--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDS
CONFISCATION ACT 2002
47 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
48 Amendment of s 68 (Making of exclusion order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
49 Replacement of s 69 (What exclusion order must state) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
69 What is an exclusion order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
50 Amendment of s 73 (Making of innocent interest exclusion order) . . . . . . . 23
51 Replacement of s 74 (What innocent interest exclusion order must state) . . 23
74 What is an innocent interest exclusion order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
52 Amendment of s 81 (Application of div 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
53 Amendment of s 155 (Exclusion of property from forfeiture order
application) .............................................. 24
54 Amendment of s 158 (Making of innocent interest exclusion order) . . . . . . 24
55 Replacement of s 159 (What innocent interest exclusion order must state) . 24
159 What is an innocent interest exclusion order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
56 Amendment of s 165 (Third party protection from automatic forfeiture). . . 25
57 Amendment of s 167 (When Supreme Court may make third party order) . 25
58 Replacement of s 168 (What third party order must state) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
168 What is a third party order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
59 Amendment of s 169 (When Supreme Court may make buy-back order) . . 26
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60 Replacement of s 170 (What buy-back order must state) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
170 What is a buy-back order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
61 Amendment of s 171 (Dealing with forfeited property prohibited) . . . . . . . 27
62 Amendment of s 174 (Notice after conviction quashed or forfeiture order
discharged) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
63 Amendment of s 176 (If application for order declaring value of property). 27
64 Amendment of s 195 (Discharge of pecuniary penalty order) . . . . . . . . . . . 27
65 Amendment of s 247 (Retention of records by financial institutions) . . . . . 27
66 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
PART 12--AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURT OF
QUEENSLAND ACT 1967
67 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
68 Amendment of s 27 (Judge may perform the duties of another judge). . . . . 28
69 Amendment of s 118 (Appeal to the Court of Appeal in certain cases) . . . . 29
PART 13--AMENDMENT OF ELECTORAL ACT 1992
70 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
71 Amendment of s 148J (Inquiry into preselection ballot). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
72 Amendment of s 161B (Lodging how-to-vote cards) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
PART 14--AMENDMENT OF EVIDENCE ACT 1977
73 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
74 Replacement of s 58 (Proof of letters patent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
58 Proof of letters patent. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
75 Amendment of s 110 (Reproduction not to be admitted as evidence
unless transparency in existence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
76 Amendment of pt 9 (Transitional provision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
77 Insertion of new s 137 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
137 Declaratory provision for Justice and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
PART 15--AMENDMENT OF INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS ACT
1999
78 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
79 Amendment of s 341 (Appeal from commission, magistrate or registrar) . . 31
PART 16--AMENDMENT OF JUDGES (PENSIONS AND LONG
LEAVE) ACT 1957
80 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
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81 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
82 Amendment of s 5 (Pension of judge retiring on account of ill health) . . . . 33
83 Amendment of s 7 (Pension of spouse on death of judge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
84 Amendment of s 16 (What happens if judge removed from office) . . . . . . . 33
PART 17--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886
85 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
86 Amendment of s 47 (What is sufficient description of offence) . . . . . . . . . . 34
87 Amendment of s 103 (Disobedience of summons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
88 Amendment of s 142 (Proceedings in absence of defendant) . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
89 Amendment of s 147A (Power of justices to reopen proceedings and
rectify orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
PART 18--AMENDMENT OF LAND AND RESOURCES
TRIBUNAL ACT 1999
90 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
91 Insertion of new 27A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
27A Membership of other decision-making entity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
92 Insertion of new s 53A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
53A Exclusive jurisdiction for contract conditions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
93 Amendment of sch 2 (Negotiated agreements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
94 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
PART 19--AMENDMENT OF LEGISLATIVE STANDARDS ACT
1992
95 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
96 Amendment of s 22 (Explanatory note must be tabled with Bill or
significant subordinate legislation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
97 Amendment of s 23 (Content of explanatory note for Bill) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
PART 20--AMENDMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES ACT 1989
98 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
99 Amendment of s 175 (Mining registrar may recommend actions to ease
concerns) ................................................ 38
100 Amendment of s 223 (Mining registrar may recommend action to ease
concerns) ................................................ 39
101 Amendment of s 363 (Substantive jurisdiction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
102 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
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PART 21--AMENDMENT OF PERSONAL INJURIES
PROCEEDINGS ACT 2002
103 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
104 Amendment of s 9 (Notice of a claim) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
105 Amendment of s 9A (Particular provision for notice of a claim procedure
for medical negligence cases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
106 Amendment of ch 4 (Transitional provisions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PART 4--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR JUSTICE AND OTHER
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2003
82 Time for lodging notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
PART 22--AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1978
107 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
108 Amendment of s 59 (Compromise of actions by or on behalf of persons
under a legal disability claiming moneys or damages valid only with
sanction of court or public trustee) ............................. 42
109 Amendment of s 95 (Restrictions on property dealings or proceedings) . . . 42
PART 23--AMENDMENT OF STATE PENALTIES
ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999
110 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
111 Amendment of s 118 (Good behaviour order when imprisonment not
appropriate) .............................................. 43
112 Amendment of s 144 (Fine collection notice for regular redirection from
financial institution account) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
113 Amendment of s 157 (Evidentiary provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
114 Amendment of pt 10 (Transitional provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
115 Insertion of new pt 10, div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Division 2--Validating provisions
173 Infringement notice for Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 . . . . . . 44
PART 24--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT ACT 1995
116 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
117 Insertion of new s 286A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
286A Magistrates Court registrar is Supreme Court registrar and deputy
sheriff ............................................. 45
118 Insertion of new s 304 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
304 Transitional provision--Magistrate Court registrar acting as
registrar ......................................... 45
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PART 25--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT OF
QUEENSLAND ACT 1991
119 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
120 Amendment of sch 1 (Subject matter for rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
PART 26--AMENDMENT OF TORRES STRAIT ISLANDER
LAND ACT 1991
121 Act amended in this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
122 Amendment of s 57 (Recommendation to Minister). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
123 Amendment of s 58 (Resolution of conflicting claims) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
124 Amendment of s 59 (Notification of parties). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
125 Amendment of s 106 (Conferences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
126 Amendment of s 113 (Reasons to be given by tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
127 Amendment of s 114 (Appeals to Land Appeal Court from decisions
of tribunal) ............................................... 48
2003
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend various Acts administered by the Attorney-General
and Minister for Justice, and for other purposes
s1 10 s3
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
1 Short title
Clause 3
This Act may be cited as the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment 4
Act 2003. 5
2 Commencement
Clause 6
(1) The part amending the Coroners Act 2003 commences on the day the 7
Coroners Act 2003, section 961 commences. 8
(2) The parts amending the following Acts commence on assent-- 9
· Aboriginal Land Act 1991 10
· Land and Resources Tribunal Act 1999 11
· Mineral Resources Act 1989 12
· Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991. 13
(3) The remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day to be fixed 14
by proclamation. 15
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ABORIGINAL LAND 16
ACT 1991 17
3 Act amended in this part
Clause 18
This part amends the Aboriginal Land Act 1991. 19
1 Coroners Act 2003, section 96 (Application of Act to stillborn child)
s4 11 s8
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
4 Amendment of s 60 (Recommendation to Minister)
Clause 1
Section 60-- 2
insert-- 3
`(6) In this section-- 4
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Land Act 1994.'. 5
5 Amendment of s 61 (Resolution of conflicting claims)
Clause 6
Section 61-- 7
insert-- 8
`(3) In this section-- 9
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Land Act 1994.'. 10
6 Amendment of s 62 (Notification of parties)
Clause 11
Section 62-- 12
insert-- 13
`(3) In this section-- 14
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Land Act 1994.'. 15
7 Amendment of s 109 (Conferences)
Clause 16
Section 109-- 17
insert-- 18
`(5) In this section-- 19
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Land Act 1994.'. 20
8 Amendment of s 116 (Reasons to be given by tribunal)
Clause 21
Section 116-- 22
insert-- 23
`(4) In this section-- 24
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Land Act 1994.'. 25
s9 12 s 12
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
9 Amendment of s 117 (Appeals to Land Appeal Court from
Clause 1
decisions of tribunal) 2
Section 117-- 3
insert-- 4
`(9) In this section-- 5
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Land Act 1994.'. 6
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF ADOPTION OF CHILDREN 7
ACT 1964 8
10 Act amended in this part
Clause 9
This part amends the Adoption of Children Act 1964. 10
11 Amendment of s 39C (Entitlement to certain records etc.)
Clause 11
(1) Section 39C(1), `Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages 12
Act 1962'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003'. 15
(2) Section 39C(2), `Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 16
1962, section 29B(2)(b)(i) or (4)(b) or 29C(6)(a)'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003, section 142'. 19
12 Amendment of s 47A (Use of certified copy or extract)
Clause 20
Section 47A-- 21
omit. 22
2 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003, section 14 (Reregistering a
birth or adoption)
s 13 13 s 16
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
13 Amendment of s 55A (Certified copy or extract)
Clause 1
(1) Section 55A(1), `Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages Act 2
1962, section 29B(4)'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003, section 143'. 5
(2) Section 55A(2), `Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages 6
Act 1962'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003'. 9
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF ANTI-DISCRIMINATION 10
ACT 1991 11
14 Act amended in this part
Clause 12
This part amends the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991. 13
15 Amendment of s 139 (Commissioner must reject frivolous etc.
Clause 14
complaints) 15
Section 139, after `frivolous'-- 16
insert-- 17
`, trivial'. 18
16 Amendment of s 145 (Anonymity)
Clause 19
Section 145(4)(a), `containing'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`continuing'. 22
3 Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003, section 14 (Reregistering a
birth or adoption)
s 17 14 s 20
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
17 Amendment of s 166 (Complainant may obtain referral of
Clause 1
unconciliated complaint) 2
(1) Section 166(2), `The tribunal'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`The commissioner'. 5
(2) Section 166(2), `the tribunal'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`the commissioner'. 8
18 Amendment of s 168 (Frivolous etc. complaint lapses)
Clause 9
Section 168(1) and (2)(a), after `frivolous'-- 10
insert-- 11
`, trivial'. 12
19 Amendment of s 215A (Tribunal may dismiss frivolous and other
Clause 13
complaints) 14
Section 215A(1), after `frivolous,'-- 15
insert-- 16
`trivial,'. 17
20 Amendment of s 249 (Tribunal's powers)
Clause 18
Section 249(3), after `functions'-- 19
insert-- 20
`including, for example, a rule specifying a matter as a non-contentious 21
matter.'. 22
s 21 15 s 22
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
21 Amendment of s 257 (Registrar and tribunal staff)
Clause 1
Section 257-- 2
insert-- 3
`(1A) A person is not eligible for appointment as, or to perform the 4
functions or exercise the powers of, registrar unless the person satisfies the 5
eligibility requirement mentioned in section 250(2).4'. 6
22 Insertion of new s 257A
Clause 7
After section 257-- 8
insert-- 9
`257A Powers of registrar to perform tribunal's functions and exercise 10
tribunal's powers in non-contentious matter 11
`(1) The registrar may perform the functions and exercise the powers of 12
the tribunal5 in relation to a non-contentious matter. 13
`(2) In exercising powers in relation to a non-contentious matter-- 14
(a) subject to subsection (3), the registrar is not under the control or 15
direction of the Minister or any other entity; and 16
(b) the registrar is taken to be, and anything done by the registrar is 17
taken to be done by, the tribunal; and 18
(c) the registrar may exercise the other powers in relation to a 19
direction given or a decision made by the registrar that are 20
incidental to the direction or decision. 21
22
Example--
23
The registrar may correct a clerical error or accidental slip or omission in a
24
direction given by the registrar.
`(3) The president may direct the registrar to refer a particular 25
non-contentious matter to the tribunal. 26
`(4) The registrar may refer a particular non-contentious matter to the 27
tribunal if the registrar considers it would be more appropriate for the 28
tribunal to deal with the matter.'. 29
4 Section 250 (Appointment of president and other members)
5 See section 249 (Tribunal's powers).
s 23 16 s 27
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF APPEAL COSTS FUND 1
ACT 1973 2
23 Act amended in this part
Clause 3
This part amends the Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973. 4
24 Amendment of s 5 (Appeal Costs Fund)
Clause 5
Section 5(3), `and (8)', second mention-- 6
omit. 7
25 Amendment of s 6 (Appeal Costs Board)
Clause 8
Section 6(8)-- 9
omit. 10
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF BAIL ACT 1980 11
26 Act amended in this part
Clause 12
This part amends the Bail Act 1980. 13
27 Insertion of new s 33D
Clause 14
After section 33C-- 15
insert-- 16
`33D Postponing issue or enforcement of a warrant 17
`(1) This section applies if an application is made to the court for a 18
warrant for the apprehension of a person who has failed to appear before 19
the court. 20
`(2) The court may postpone the issue or enforcement of the warrant to 21
allow the person a further opportunity to appear before the court.'. 22
s 28 17 s 31
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
28 Amendment of sch (Offences in respect of which bail by way of
Clause 1
deposit of moneys shall not be granted) 2
(1) Schedule, heading, after `MONEYS'-- 3
insert-- 4
`OR CASH BAIL'. 5
(2) Schedule, section reference-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`sections 14 and 14A'. 8
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND 9
MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT 2003 10
29 Act amended in this part
Clause 11
This part amends the Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration 12
Act 2003. 13
30 Amendment of s 12 (Child's name)
Clause 14
(1) Section 12(4) and (5), `parents'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`applicants'. 17
(2) Section 12-- 18
insert-- 19
`(5A) Before entering a name in the register for a child under 20
subsection (3), the registrar must give the applicant at least 14 days written 21
notice of the registrar's intention to do so.'. 22
31 Amendment of s 13 (Application to change child's first name
Clause 23
within a year of birth) 24
Section 13(2) and (4), after `may apply'-- 25
s 32 18 s 34
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
insert-- 1
`, in the approved form,'. 2
32 Amendment of s 16 (Application to register change of adult's
Clause 3
name) 4
Section 16-- 5
insert-- 6
`(2) In this section-- 7
"adult person" includes a person under 18 years who is, or has been, 8
married.'. 9
33 Amendment of s 17 (Application to register change of child's
Clause 10
name) 11
(1) Section 17(2) and (4), after `may apply'-- 12
insert-- 13
`, in the approved form,'. 14
(2) Section 17-- 15
insert-- 16
`(7) In this section-- 17
"child" does not include a person under 18 years who is, or has been, 18
married.'. 19
34 Amendment of s 20 (Notation of change of name other than
Clause 20
by registration) 21
Section 20-- 22
insert-- 23
`(10) In this section-- 24
"adult" includes a person under 18 years who is, or has been, married. 25
"child" does not include a person under 18 years who is, or has been, 26
married.'. 27
s 35 19 s 38
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
35 Amendment of 37 (Delegation)
Clause 1
Section 37, `any person.'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`an appropriately qualified person. 4
`(2) In this section-- 5
"appropriately qualified", in relation to the exercise of a power, includes 6
having the qualifications, experience or standing appropriate to 7
exercise the power. 8
9
Example of standing--
10
The level at which a person is employed by an entity.'.
36 Amendment of s 44 (Obtaining information from the registrar)
Clause 11
Section 44-- 12
insert-- 13
`(10) For the Constitution of Queensland 2001, section 52, issuing a 6
14
commemorative birth certificate is a commercial activity. 15
`(11) In this section-- 16
"commemorative birth certificate" is a certificate about the birth of a 17
child that is more decorative than another certificate.'. 18
37 Amendment of s 57 (Transitional provisions)
Clause 19
Section 57, heading, after `provisions'-- 20
insert-- 21
`for Act No. 31 of 2003'. 22
38 Insertion of new s 57A
Clause 23
Part 9, after section 57-- 24
insert-- 25
6 Constitution of Queensland 2001, section 52 (Definitions for div 2)
s 39 20 s 41
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
`57A Transitional--Justice and Other Legislation Amendment 1
Act 2003 2
`A delegation in force immediately before the commencement of the 3
amendment of section 377 by the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment 4
Act 2003 continues in force after the commencement and is unaffected by 5
the amendment.'. 6
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF CIVIL LIABILITY 7
ACT 2003 8
39 Act amended in this part
Clause 9
This part amends the Civil Liability Act 2003. 10
40 Amendment of s 4 (Application of Act)
Clause 11
(1) Section 4(4)-- 12
renumber as section 4(5). 13
(2) Section 4-- 14
insert-- 15
`(4) Chapter 2, part 5 applies only in relation to a breach of duty 16
happening on or after the commencement of this subsection.'. 17
41 Insertion of new ch 2, pt 5
Clause 18
Chapter 2, after part 4-- 19
insert-- 20
7 Section 37 (Delegation)
s 42 21 s 44
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
`PART 5--AWARDS FOR ECONOMIC LOSS 1
FOLLOWING STERILISATION PROCEDURE 2
`49A Failed sterilisation procedures 3
`(1) This section applies if, following a procedure to effect the 4
sterilisation of an individual, the individual gives birth to, or fathers, a child 5
because of the breach of duty of a person in advising about, or performing, 6
the procedure. 7
8
Examples of sterilisation procedures--
9
Tubal ligation and vasectomy.
`(2) A court can not award damages for economic loss arising out of the 10
costs ordinarily associated with rearing or maintaining a child.'. 11
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF CORONERS ACT 2003 12
42 Act amended in this part
Clause 13
This part amends the Coroners Act 2003. 14
43 Amendment of s 96 (Application of Act to stillborn child)
Clause 15
Section 96, `and 26(2)(c)'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`, 26(2)(c) and 95'. 18
PART 10--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE 19
44 Act amended in this part
Clause 20
This part amends the Criminal Code. 21
s 45 22 s 49
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
45 Replacement of s 140 (Attempting to pervert justice)
Clause 1
Section 140-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`140 Attempting to pervert justice 4
`A person who attempts to obstruct, prevent, pervert, or defeat the course 5
of justice is guilty of a crime. 6
Maximum penalty--7 years imprisonment.'. 7
46 Amendment of s 552B (Charges of indictable offences that may be
Clause 8
dealt with summarily) 9
Section 552B(1)(j), after `328A(1)'-- 10
insert-- 11
`or (2)'. 12
PART 11--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL PROCEEDS 13
CONFISCATION ACT 2002 14
47 Act amended in this part
Clause 15
This part amends the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002. 16
48 Amendment of s 68 (Making of exclusion order)
Clause 17
Section 68, before `The Supreme Court'-- 18
insert-- 19
`(1) The Supreme Court, on an application under section 65 or 66, may 20
make an exclusion order. 21
`(2)'. 22
49 Replacement of s 69 (What exclusion order must state)
Clause 23
Section 69-- 24
s 50 23 s 51
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
omit, insert-- 1
`69 What is an exclusion order 2
`(1) An "exclusion order" is an order that-- 3
(a) states the nature, extent and, if necessary for the order, the value, 4
when the order is made, of the applicant's interest in the 5
property; and 6
(b) if the application for the forfeiture order has not been decided, 7
excludes the applicant's property from the application for the 8
forfeiture order; and 9
(c) if a forfeiture order has been made for the property, and the 10
property is still vested in the State, directs the State to transfer the 11
property to the applicant; and 12
(d) if a forfeiture order has been made for the property and the 13
property is no longer vested in the State, directs the State to pay 14
to the applicant the value of the applicant's property. 15
`(2) However, if the applicant is the prescribed respondent and an 16
application has been made for a proceeds assessment order against the 17
prescribed respondent, subsection (1)(b) applies only if the court is 18
satisfied the property is unlikely to be required to satisfy any proceeds 19
assessment order the court may make against the person.'. 20
50 Amendment of s 73 (Making of innocent interest exclusion order)
Clause 21
(1) Section 73(1) and (2)-- 22
renumber as section 73(2) and (3). 23
(2) Section 73-- 24
insert-- 25
`(1) The Supreme Court, on an application under section 71, may make 26
an innocent interest exclusion order.'. 27
51 Replacement of s 74 (What innocent interest exclusion order must
Clause 28
state) 29
Section 74-- 30
omit, insert-- 31
s 52 24 s 55
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
`74 What is an innocent interest exclusion order 1
`An "innocent interests exclusion order" is an order that-- 2
(a) states the nature, extent and, if necessary for the order, the value, 3
when the order is made, of the interest mentioned in 4
section 73(2); and 5
(b) directs the State to pay to the applicant the value of the interest.'. 6
52 Amendment of s 81 (Application of div 3)
Clause 7
Section 81, heading, `3'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`2'. 10
53 Amendment of s 155 (Exclusion of property from forfeiture order
Clause 11
application) 12
Section 155(1), `order under section 158 (an "innocent interest 13
exclusion order")'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`innocent interest exclusion order'. 16
54 Amendment of s 158 (Making of innocent interest exclusion
Clause 17
order) 18
Section 158, before `The court'-- 19
insert-- 20
`(1) The Supreme Court, on an application under section 155 or 156, 21
may make an innocent interest exclusion order. 22
`(2)'. 23
55 Replacement of s 159 (What innocent interest exclusion order
Clause 24
must state) 25
Section 159-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
s 56 25 s 58
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
`159 What is an innocent interest exclusion order 1
`An "innocent interest exclusion order" is an order that-- 2
(a) states the nature, extent and, if necessary for the order, the value 3
when the order is made, of the applicant's interest in the 4
property; and 5
(b) if the application for the forfeiture order has not been decided, 6
excludes the applicant's property from the operation of any 7
restraining order applying to the property and the application for 8
the forfeiture order; and 9
(c) if the applicant's property has been forfeited to the State and is 10
still vested in the State, directs the State to transfer the property 11
to the applicant; and 12
(d) if the applicant's property has been forfeited to the State and is 13
no longer vested in the State, directs the State to pay to the 14
applicant the value of the applicant's property.'. 15
56 Amendment of s 165 (Third party protection from automatic
Clause 16
forfeiture) 17
Section 165(1), from `an order under section 167'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`a third party order or a buy-back order.'. 20
57 Amendment of s 167 (When Supreme Court may make third
Clause 21
party order) 22
(1) Section 167(1) and (2)-- 23
renumber as section 167(2) and (3). 24
(2) Section 167-- 25
insert-- 26
`(1) The Supreme Court, on an application under section 165, may make 27
a third party order.'. 28
58 Replacement of s 168 (What third party order must state)
Clause 29
Section 168-- 30
s 59 26 s 60
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
omit, insert-- 1
`168 What is a third party order 2
`A "third party order" is an order that-- 3
(a) states the nature, extent and, if necessary for the order, the value, 4
when the order is made, of the applicant's interest in the 5
property; and 6
(b) if the relevant property is still vested in the State, directs the State 7
to transfer the property to the applicant; and 8
(c) if the relevant property is no longer vested in the State, directs the 9
State to pay to the applicant the value of the applicant's 10
property.'. 11
59 Amendment of s 169 (When Supreme Court may make buy-back
Clause 12
order) 13
Section 169, before `The Supreme Court'-- 14
insert-- 15
`(1) The Supreme Court, on an application under section 165, may make 16
a buy-back order. 17
`(2)'. 18
60 Replacement of s 170 (What buy-back order must state)
Clause 19
Section 170-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`170 What is a buy-back order 22
`A "buy-back order" is an order that states-- 23
(a) the nature, extent and value, when the order is made, of the 24
interest; and 25
(b) that the person may buy back the interest by paying to the State 26
the amount stated as the value of the interest.'. 27
s 61 27 s 66
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
61 Amendment of s 171 (Dealing with forfeited property prohibited)
Clause 1
Section 171(3), `this'-- 2
omit. 3
62 Amendment of s 174 (Notice after conviction quashed or
Clause 4
forfeiture order discharged) 5
Section 174(5)(b), from `court that made the restraining order'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Supreme Court.'. 8
63 Amendment of s 176 (If application for order declaring value of
Clause 9
property) 10
Section 176(2)(b), from `court that made the restraining order'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Supreme Court.'. 13
64 Amendment of s 195 (Discharge of pecuniary penalty order)
Clause 14
Section 195(2), after `court'-- 15
insert-- 16
`that quashed the conviction or upheld the appeal'. 17
65 Amendment of s 247 (Retention of records by financial
Clause 18
institutions) 19
Section 247(2)(a), `;'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`document;'. 22
66 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary)
Clause 23
(1) Schedule 6, definitions "buy-back order", "exclusion order", 24
"innocent interest exclusion order", "special forfeiture order" and 25
"third party order"-- 26
s 67 28 s 68
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
omit. 1
(2) Schedule 6-- 2
insert-- 3
` "buy-back order" see section 170. 8
4
"exclusion order" see section 69.9 5
"innocent interest exclusion order" see-- 6
(a) for chapter 2--section 74; or 7
(b) for chapter 3--section 159. 10
8
"special forfeiture order" see section 200(2).11 9
"third party order" see section 168.12'. 10
(3) Schedule 6, definition "relevant person", paragraph (b), `part 6'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`part 7'. 13
PART 12--AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURT OF 14
QUEENSLAND ACT 1967 15
67 Act amended in this part
Clause 16
This part amends the District Court of Queensland Act 1967. 17
68 Amendment of s 27 (Judge may perform the duties of another
Clause 18
judge) 19
Section 27-- 20
8 Section 170 (What is a buy-back order)
9 Section 69 (What is an exclusion order)
10 Section 74 (What is an innocent interest exclusion order) or 159 (What is an
innocent interest exclusion order)
11 Section 200 (Application for special forfeiture order)
12 Section 168 (What is a third party order)
s 69 29 s 72
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
insert-- 1
`(2) If a District Court judge is not available in the place where a matter 2
is to be heard urgently, a Supreme Court judge may hear the matter and 3
may exercise all the powers and perform all the duties that a District Court 4
judge might have exercised or performed.'. 5
69 Amendment of s 118 (Appeal to the Court of Appeal in certain
Clause 6
cases) 7
Section 118(2)(a) and (b)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(a) is given for an amount equal to or more than the Magistrates 10
Courts jurisdictional limit; or 11
(b) relates to a claim for, or relating to, property that has a value 12
equal to or more than the Magistrates Courts jurisdictional 13
limit.'. 14
PART 13--AMENDMENT OF ELECTORAL ACT 1992 15
70 Act amended in this part
Clause 16
This part amends the Electoral Act 1992. 17
71 Amendment of s 148J (Inquiry into preselection ballot)
Clause 18
Section 148J(1)(b), after `has not'-- 19
insert-- 20
`been'. 21
72 Amendment of s 161B (Lodging how-to-vote cards)
Clause 22
(1) Section 161B(1) and (2), `at least'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`no later than 5 pm on the Friday that is'. 25
s 73 30 s 75
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
(2) Section 161B(2)-- 1
insert-- 2
`Example for subsection (1) and (2)-- 3
4
If polling day is Saturday, 15 January, the how-to-vote cards and statutory declaration
5
must be lodged no later than 5pm on Friday, 7 January.'.
PART 14--AMENDMENT OF EVIDENCE ACT 1977 6
73 Act amended in this part
Clause 7
This part amends the Evidence Act 1977. 8
74 Replacement of s 58 (Proof of letters patent)
Clause 9
Section 58-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`58 Proof of letters patent 12
`(1) The chief executive (premiers) may certify a copy of any letters 13
patent issued by the Crown in relation to the State, or in relation to any 14
matter that concerns the State, to be a true copy of the letters patent. 15
`(2) The chief executive (premiers) may delegate the power under 16
subsection (1) to an officer of that chief executive's department. 17
`(3) The copy of the letters patent certified by the chief executive 18
(premiers) is, on production in any proceeding in which it is sought to 19
prove the letters patent, evidence of the matters contained in the copy. 20
`(4) In this section-- 21
"chief executive (premiers)" means the chief executive of the department 22
dealing with matters under the Constitution of Queensland 2001.'. 23
75 Amendment of s 110 (Reproduction not to be admitted as
Clause 24
evidence unless transparency in existence) 25
Section 110(2)(d), `Life Insurance Act 1945 (Cwlth)' and footnote-- 26
s 76 31 s 79
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
omit, insert-- 1
`Life Insurance Act 1995 (Cwlth)'. 2
76 Amendment of pt 9 (Transitional provision)
Clause 3
Part 9, heading, `PROVISION'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`AND DECLARATORY PROVISIONS'. 6
77 Insertion of new s 137
Clause 7
Part 9-- 8
insert-- 9
`137 Declaratory provision for Justice and Other Legislation 10
Amendment Act 2003 11
`To remove any doubt, it is declared that the chief executive (premiers) 12
has always had the powers mentioned in section 58(1) and (2).'. 13
PART 15--AMENDMENT OF INDUSTRIAL 14
RELATIONS ACT 1999 15
78 Act amended in this part
Clause 16
This part amends the Industrial Relations Act 1999. 17
79 Amendment of s 341 (Appeal from commission, magistrate or
Clause 18
registrar) 19
Section 341-- 20
insert-- 21
`(4) Also, if-- 22
(a) under the decision that was appealed, the appellant was 23
sentenced to a term of imprisonment; and 24
s 80 32 s 81
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
(b) the appellant was released from custody under the Industrial 1
Relations (Tribunal) Rules 2000, rule 120;13 and 2
(c) after the appeal is decided, the appellant is still required to serve 3
all or part of the term of imprisonment; 4
the court may direct an industrial magistrate to issue a warrant for the 5
appellant's arrest. 6
`(5) The industrial magistrate must comply with the direction. 7
`(6) When arrested, the appellant must be taken to a prison within the 8
meaning of the Corrective Services Act 2000.'. 9
PART 16--AMENDMENT OF JUDGES (PENSIONS AND 10
LONG LEAVE) ACT 1957 11
80 Act amended in this part
Clause 12
This part amends the Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957. 13
81 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions)
Clause 14
(1) Section 2-- 15
insert-- 16
` "proved incapacity", in relation to a judge, means proved incapacity to 17
perform the duties of the office.'. 18
(2) Section 2, definition "notional pension", paragraph (a), `, because of 19
permanent disability or infirmity'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`because of permanent disability or infirmity, or had been removed from 22
office because of proved incapacity'. 23
13 Industrial Relations (Tribunal) Rules 2000, rule 120 (Appellant to give undertaking)
s 82 33 s 84
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
82 Amendment of s 5 (Pension of judge retiring on account of ill
Clause 1
health) 2
(1) Section 5, from `Where a judge' to `judge shall, on retirement, be'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(1) This section applies if-- 5
(a) a judge retires from office and a medical practitioner prescribed 6
under a regulation certifies to the Minister that the judge's 7
retirement is because of permanent disability or infirmity; or 8
(b) a judge is removed from office because of proved incapacity. 9
`(2) The judge is'. 10
(2) Section 5(2)(a), as amended, `or been retired because of permanent 11
disability or infirmity'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`because of permanent disability or infirmity or had not been removed 14
from office because of proved incapacity'. 15
83 Amendment of s 7 (Pension of spouse on death of judge)
Clause 16
Section 7(1)(b), from `retired on the' to `disability or infirmity'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`not died but had retired because of permanent disability or infirmity or 19
had been removed from office because of proved incapacity'. 20
84 Amendment of s 16 (What happens if judge removed from office)
Clause 21
Section 16(1)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(1) If a judge is removed from office under the Constitution of 24
Queensland 2001, section 61,14 this Act applies only if the reason for the 25
judge's removal is that the judge is unable to perform the duties of the 26
office because of proved incapacity.'. 27
14 Constitution of Queensland 2001, section 61 (Removal from office for misbehaviour
or incapacity)
s 85 34 s 87
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
PART 17--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886 1
85 Act amended in this part
Clause 2
This part amends the Justices Act 1886. 3
86 Amendment of s 47 (What is sufficient description of offence)
Clause 4
Section 47-- 5
insert-- 6
`(6) Despite subsections (4) and (5), if the proceedings for the offence 7
were started by a notice to appear, the alleged previous conviction must be 8
stated in a notice served-- 9
(a) with the notice to appear; or 10
(b) a reasonable time before the time appointed for the defendant's 11
appearance. 12
`(7) In this section-- 13
"notice to appear" means a notice to appear under the Police Powers and 14
Responsibilities Act 2000, section 214(2).15'. 15
87 Amendment of s 103 (Disobedience of summons)
Clause 16
(1) Section 103(1), `, upon oath being made before them substantiating 17
the matter of the complaint to their satisfaction,'-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Section 103-- 20
insert-- 21
`(1A) However, before issuing the warrant, the matter of the complaint 22
must be substantiated to the justices' satisfaction by information given on 23
oath.'. 24
15 Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, section 214 (Notice to appear may be
issued for offence)
s 88 35 s 91
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
88 Amendment of s 142 (Proceedings in absence of defendant)
Clause 1
Section 142(1)(b), `upon oath being made before them substantiating the 2
matter of the complaint to their satisfaction'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`if satisfied, from information given on oath, that the matter of the 5
complaint is substantiated'. 6
89 Amendment of s 147A (Power of justices to reopen proceedings
Clause 7
and rectify orders) 8
Section 147A(2)-- 9
insert-- 10
`Example-- 11
12
An order may be varied to correct the defendant's name.'.
PART 18--AMENDMENT OF LAND AND RESOURCES 13
TRIBUNAL ACT 1999 14
90 Act amended in this part
Clause 15
This part amends the Land and Resources Tribunal Act 1999. 16
91 Insertion of new 27A
Clause 17
After section 27-- 18
insert-- 19
`27A Membership of other decision-making entity 20
`(1) A person's appointment as a presiding member of the tribunal does 21
not prevent the person's appointment to another decision-making entity. 22
`(2) However-- 23
(a) the appointment to the other decision-making entity-- 24
(i) must be on a part-time basis; and 25
s 92 36 s 92
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
(ii) must not represent a conflict of interest with the person's 1
appointment to the tribunal; and 2
(b) the person must not receive any salary or allowances, other than 3
expense reimbursement, for the performance of duties on the 4
other decision-making entity. 5
`(3) In this section-- 6
"decision-making entity" means a tribunal or other entity, other than a 7
court, established under an Act of the Commonwealth or a State for 8
adjudicative, investigative or similar purposes.'. 9
92 Insertion of new s 53A
Clause 10
Part 4, division 3-- 11
insert-- 12
`53A Exclusive jurisdiction for contract conditions 13
`(1) A relevant person may apply to the tribunal, and only to the tribunal, 14
for an order-- 15
(a) for the enforcement of contract conditions; or 16
(b) to decide a matter under contract conditions; or 17
(c) making a declaration about the interpretation of contract 18
conditions. 19
`(2) The tribunal must hear and decide an application under 20
subsection (1) and may make the order it considers appropriate. 21
`(3) Subject to section 67, the jurisdiction given to the tribunal under this 22
section is exclusive of the jurisdiction of any other court or tribunal. 23
`(4) In this section-- 24
"contract conditions" means contract conditions under the relevant 25
provision, as applying in relation to-- 26
(a) a mining lease; or 27
(b) another mining tenement, because of the application of the 28
Mineral Resources Act 1989, part 17, division 4 to the mining 29
tenement. 30
"relevant person" means a consultation and negotiation party under the 31
relevant provision. 32
s 93 37 s 96
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
"relevant provision" means the Mineral Resources Act 1989, 1
section 675(1)(b)(ii).'. 2
93 Amendment of sch 2 (Negotiated agreements)
Clause 3
Schedule 2, at the end-- 4
insert-- 5
`NATIVE TITLE ACT 1993 (CWLTH) 6
`3. An agreement obtained under the Commonwealth Native Title Act, 7
section 31(1)(b) (Normal negotiation procedure) is a negotiated 8
agreement.'. 9
94 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary)
Clause 10
Schedule 4, definition "native title (mining) provisions", `division 2'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`divisions 2 and 5'. 13
PART 19--AMENDMENT OF LEGISLATIVE 14
STANDARDS ACT 1992 15
95 Act amended in this part
Clause 16
This part amends the Legislative Standards Act 1992. 17
96 Amendment of s 22 (Explanatory note must be tabled with Bill or
Clause 18
significant subordinate legislation) 19
Section 22(1), `Minister who presents a Government Bill'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`Member who presents a Bill'. 22
s 97 38 s 99
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97 Amendment of s 23 (Content of explanatory note for Bill)
Clause 1
Section 23(1)-- 2
insert-- 3
`(i) if the Bill is substantially uniform or complementary with 4
legislation of the Commonwealth or another State-- 5
(i) a statement to that effect; and 6
(ii) a brief explanation of the legislative scheme.'. 7
PART 20--AMENDMENT OF MINERAL RESOURCES 8
ACT 1989 9
98 Act amended in this part
Clause 10
This part amends the Mineral Resources Act 1989. 11
99 Amendment of s 175 (Mining registrar may recommend actions to
Clause 12
ease concerns) 13
(1) Section 175, heading, after `concerns'-- 14
insert-- 15
`or other action'. 16
(2) Section 175(1), after `holder,'-- 17
insert-- 18
`or should take some other action,'. 19
(3) Section 175(4), `to the owner'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`to-- 22
(a) if the recommended action under subsection (1) relates only to 23
native title protection conditions under section 141AA--any 24
person identified in the conditions as a native title party; or 25
(b) if the recommended action under subsection (1) relates only 26
partly to the native title protection conditions-- 27
s 100 39 s 100
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(i) any person identified in the conditions as a native title party; 1
and 2
(ii) the owner of the land; or 3
(c) otherwise--the owner of the land'. 4
(4) Section 175(5), `The'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`If the recommended action under subsection (1) is action to ease 7
concerns of an owner of land or another exploration permit holder, the'. 8
100 Amendment of s 223 (Mining registrar may recommend action to
Clause 9
ease concerns) 10
(1) Section 223, heading, after `concerns'-- 11
insert-- 12
`or other action'. 13
(2) Section 223(1), after `holder,'-- 14
insert-- 15
`or should take some other action,'. 16
(3) Section 223(4), `to the owner'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`to-- 19
(a) if the recommended action under subsection (1) relates only to 20
native title protection conditions under section 194AAA--any 21
person identified in the conditions as a native title party; or 22
(b) if the recommended action under subsection (1) relates only 23
partly to the native title protection conditions-- 24
(i) any person identified in the conditions as a native title party; 25
and 26
(ii) the owner of the land; or 27
(c) otherwise--the owner of the land'. 28
(4) Section 223(5), `The'-- 29
omit, insert-- 30
s 101 40 s 104
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`If the recommended action under subsection (1) is action to ease 1
concerns of an owner of land or another mineral development licence 2
holder, the'. 3
101 Amendment of s 363 (Substantive jurisdiction)
Clause 4
Section 363(2)-- 5
insert-- 6
`(ea) any dispute or other matter arising between persons identified in 7
native title protection conditions as an explorer or as a native title 8
party, if the conditions-- 9
(i) under section 25AA, are included in the conditions imposed 10
on a prospecting permit; or 11
(ii) under section 141AA, are included in the conditions 12
determined for an exploration permit; or 13
(iii) under section 194AAA, are included in the conditions 14
determined for a mineral development licence; and'. 15
102 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary)
Clause 16
Schedule, definition "native title provisions", `part 19, division 2'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`part 19, divisions 2 and 5'. 19
PART 21--AMENDMENT OF PERSONAL INJURIES 20
PROCEEDINGS ACT 2002 21
103 Act amended in this part
Clause 22
This part amends the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002. 23
104 Amendment of s 9 (Notice of a claim)
Clause 24
Section 9(3)(b), `consults a lawyer about the possibility of'-- 25
s 105 41 s 106
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omit, insert-- 1
`instructs a lawyer to act on the person's behalf in'. 2
105 Amendment of s 9A (Particular provision for notice of a claim
Clause 3
procedure for medical negligence cases) 4
Section 9A(4)(b), `consults a lawyer about the possibility of'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`instructs a lawyer to act on the person's behalf in'. 7
106 Amendment of ch 4 (Transitional provisions)
Clause 8
Chapter 4-- 9
insert-- 10
`PART 4--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR JUSTICE 11
AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2003 12
`82 Time for lodging notice 13
`(1) The amendment of section 9(3)(b) by the Justice and Other
16
14
Legislation Amendment Act 2003 apply to claims that arose before the 15
commencement of the amendment. 16
`(2) The amendment of section 9A(4)(b)17 by the Justice and Other 17
Legislation Amendment Act 2003 apply to claims that arose after 9 April 18
2003. 19
16 Section 9 (Notice of a claim)
17 Section 9A (Particular provision for notice of a claim procedure for medical
negligence cases)
s 107 42 s 109
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PART 22--AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC TRUSTEE 1
ACT 1978 2
107 Act amended in this part
Clause 3
This part amends the Public Trustee Act 1978. 4
108 Amendment of s 59 (Compromise of actions by or on behalf of
Clause 5
persons under a legal disability claiming moneys or damages 6
valid only with sanction of court or public trustee) 7
(1) Section 59(6), `as between party and party and as between solicitor 8
and client'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`on the standard basis and indemnity basis'. 11
(2) Section 59(6A), `party and party and solicitor and client costs'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`costs calculated on the standard basis and indemnity basis'. 14
109 Amendment of s 95 (Restrictions on property dealings or
Clause 15
proceedings) 16
Section 95-- 17
insert-- 18
`(2) If the court becomes aware that an action has been brought or 19
defended in contravention of subsection (1)(b), the prisoner can take no 20
further steps in the action without the written consent of the public trustee, 21
in the approved form, filed in the court. 22
`(3) The consent of the public trustee is then taken to have been given 23
when the action was brought or defended.'. 24
s 110 43 s 114
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PART 23--AMENDMENT OF STATE PENALTIES 1
ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 2
110 Act amended in this part
Clause 3
This part amends the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999. 4
111 Amendment of s 118 (Good behaviour order when imprisonment
Clause 5
not appropriate) 6
Section 118-- 7
insert-- 8
`(7) If the period stated in the good behaviour order ends without the 9
registrar issuing an arrest and imprisonment warrant for the enforcement 10
debtor, the unpaid amount is no longer payable.'. 11
112 Amendment of s 144 (Fine collection notice for regular redirection
Clause 12
from financial institution account) 13
Section 144(b), `debt'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`deposit'. 16
113 Amendment of s 157 (Evidentiary provisions)
Clause 17
Section 157(3)-- 18
insert-- 19
`(h) a notice of intention to suspend the driver licence of a stated 20
person was served on the person in a stated way on a stated day.'. 21
114 Amendment of pt 10 (Transitional provisions)
Clause 22
Part 10, heading-- 23
omit insert-- 24
s 115 44 s 117
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`PART 10--TRANSITIONAL AND VALIDATING 1
PROVISIONS 2
`Division 1--Transitional provisions'. 3
115 Insertion of new pt 10, div 2
Clause 4
Part 10-- 5
insert-- 6
`Division 2--Validating provisions 7
`173 Infringement notice for Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994 8
`(1) This section applies to an infringement notice for an offence against 9
the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994. 10
`(2) An infringement notice issued or served by a police officer before 11
20 December 2002 is taken to have been issued or served by an authorised 12
person. 13
`(3) In this section-- 14
"infringement notice" means an infringement notice under this Act or the 15
Justices Act 1886, repealed part 4A.'. 16
PART 24--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT 17
ACT 1995 18
116 Act amended in this part
Clause 19
This part amends the Supreme Court Act 1995. 20
117 Insertion of new s 286A
Clause 21
After section 286-- 22
insert-- 23
s 118 45 s 118
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`286A Magistrates Court registrar is Supreme Court registrar and 1
deputy sheriff 2
`(1) The registrar of the Magistrates Court for the Magistrates Court 3
district in which the Supreme Court sits may perform the functions and 4
exercise the powers of the registrar, and the deputy sheriff, of the Supreme 5
Court for the Supreme Court district that is or includes the Magistrates 6
Court district. 7
`(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not a registrar, or deputy sheriff, 8
of the Supreme Court for the Supreme Court district has been appointed. 9
`(3) In this section-- 10
"registrar" of a Magistrates Court includes a person who is acting as the 11
registrar.'. 12
118 Insertion of new s 304
Clause 13
Part 21-- 14
insert-- 15
`304 Transitional provision--Magistrate Court registrar acting as 16
registrar 17
`(1) This section applies if, before the commencement of this section, the 18
registrar of the Magistrates Court for the Magistrates Court district in 19
which the Supreme Court sits purported to perform the functions and 20
exercise the powers of the registrar, or deputy sheriff, of the Supreme 21
Court for the Supreme Court district that is or includes the Magistrates 22
Court district. 23
`(2) Anything done or omitted to be done by the registrar is taken to have 24
been done or omitted to be done by a registrar, or deputy sheriff, appointed 25
under this Act. 26
`(3) In this section-- 27
"registrar" of a Magistrates Court includes a person who is acting as the 28
registrar.'. 29
s 119 46 s 121
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PART 25--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT OF 1
QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 2
119 Act amended in this part
Clause 3
This part amends the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991. 4
120 Amendment of sch 1 (Subject matter for rules)
Clause 5
(1) Schedule 1, section 11(f)-- 6
omit. 7
(2) Schedule 1, section 11-- 8
insert-- 9
`(2) Expert evidence generally, including, for example, the following-- 10
(a) conferring immunity from action on experts in relation to reports 11
tendered in evidence; 12
(b) matters relating to court experts; 13
(c) the appointment by the court of an expert to prepare a report 14
about a dispute before proceedings are started for tendering as 15
evidence in proceedings started later in relation to the dispute; 16
(d) defining the duty of an expert witness in relation to the court and 17
the parties; 18
(e) prescribing the basis of and conditions for the admissibility of 19
expert evidence.'. 20
PART 26--AMENDMENT OF TORRES STRAIT 21
ISLANDER LAND ACT 1991 22
121 Act amended in this part
Clause 23
This part amends the Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991. 24
s 122 47 s 126
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122 Amendment of s 57 (Recommendation to Minister)
Clause 1
Section 57-- 2
insert-- 3
`(6) In this section-- 4
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Land Act 1994.'. 5
123 Amendment of s 58 (Resolution of conflicting claims)
Clause 6
Section 58-- 7
insert-- 8
`(3) In this section-- 9
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Land Act 1994.'. 10
124 Amendment of s 59 (Notification of parties)
Clause 11
Section 59-- 12
insert-- 13
`(3) In this section-- 14
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Land Act 1994.'. 15
125 Amendment of s 106 (Conferences)
Clause 16
Section 106-- 17
insert-- 18
`(5) In this section-- 19
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Land Act 1994.'. 20
126 Amendment of s 113 (Reasons to be given by tribunal)
Clause 21
Section 113-- 22
insert-- 23
`(4) In this section-- 24
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Land Act 1994.'. 25
s 127 48 s 127
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127 Amendment of s 114 (Appeals to Land Appeal Court from
Clause 1
decisions of tribunal) 2
Section 114-- 3
insert-- 4
`(9) In this section-- 5
"Minister" means the Minister administering the Land Act 1994.'. 6
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AMENDMENTS TO BILL
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JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2003
AMENDMENTS AGREED TO IN COMMITTEE
1 Clause 2
At page 10, after line 12--
insert--
`· Queensland Law Society Act 1952'.
2 After clause 40--
At page 20, after line 17--
insert--
`40A Amendment of s 21 (Proactive and reactive duty of doctor to
warn of risk)
`(1) Section 21(1), `the information'--
omit, insert--
`the following information'.
`(2) Section 21(1)(a) and (b), before `that'--
insert--
`information'.
`(3) Section 21(1)(a), `advice; and'--
omit, insert--
`advice;'.'.
3 Clause 41--
At page 21, line 2, after `PROCEDURE'--
insert--
`OR CONTRACEPTIVE PROCEDURE OR ADVICE'.
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4 Clause 41--
At page 21, after line 11--
insert--
` `49B Failed contraceptive procedure or contraceptive advice
`(1) This section applies if, following a contraceptive procedure on an
individual or the giving of contraceptive advice to an individual, the
individual gives birth to, or fathers, a child because of the breach of duty of
a person in advising about, or performing, the procedure or giving the
advice.
`(2) A court can not award damages for economic loss arising out of the
costs ordinarily associated with rearing or maintaining a child.'.'.
5 After clause 43--
At page 21, after line 18--
insert--
`43A Amendment of sch 1 (Consequential amendments)
`Schedule 1, amendments of Police Powers and Responsibilities
Act 2000, item 3, `(3)'--
omit, insert--
`(3A)'.'.
6 After clause 77--
At page 31, after line 13--
insert--
`PART 14A--AMENDMENT OF FREEDOM OF
INFORMATION ACT 1992
`77A Act amended in this part
`This part amends the Freedom of Information Act 1992.
3
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
`77B Amendment of sch 1 (Secrecy provisions giving exemption)
`Schedule 1, `Juvenile Justice Act 1992, section 226'--
omit, insert--
`Juvenile Justice Act 1992, section 288'.'.
7 Clause 79--
At page 32, line 3, after `the appeal is decided'--
insert--
`, discontinued or struck out'.
8 Clause 79--
At page 32, line 9, after `Corrective Services Act 2000'--
insert--
`to serve the unexpired portion of the term of imprisonment to which the
appellant was sentenced'.
9 After clause 105--
At page 41, after line 7--
insert--
`105A Amendment of s 37 (Exchange of material for compulsory
conference)
`Section 37(4)(c)(ii), `equal to, or'--
omit.'.
10 After clause 109--
At page 42, after line 24--
insert--
`PART 22A--AMENDMENT OF QUEENSLAND LAW
SOCIETY ACT 1952
4
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2003
`109A Act amended in this part
`This part amends the Queensland Law Society Act 1952.
`109B Insertion of new pt 4B, div 2A
`After section 48I--
insert--
`Division 2A--Speculative personal injury claims
`48IA Definitions for div 2A
`In this division--
"speculative personal injury claim" means a claim for, or substantially
for, damages for personal injury if the right of a practitioner or firm to
charge and recover from a client for work done is made dependent on
the client's success in pursuing the claim.
`48IB Purpose
`The purpose of this division is to provide for the maximum payment for
a practitioner's or firm's conduct of a speculative personal injury claim.
`48IC Maximum payment for conduct of speculative personal injury
claim
`(1) The maximum amount of fees that a practitioner or firm may charge
and recover from a client for work done in relation to a speculative personal
injury claim must not be more than the amount worked out using the
formula--
[ E - ( R + D ) ] X 0.5
where--
"E" means the amount to which the client is entitled under a judgment or
settlement.
"R" means the total amount the client must, under an Act, or a law of the
Commonwealth or another jurisdiction, or otherwise, refund on
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receipt of the amount to which the client is entitled under the
judgment or settlement.
"D" means the total amount of disbursements the client must pay, or
reimburse, to the practitioner or firm in relation to the speculative
personal injury claim.
`(2) If--
(a) the amount of fees that a practitioner or firm may charge and
recover from a client is more than the amount calculated under
subsection (1); and
(b) the practitioner or firm wishes to charge and recover the amount
(the "greater amount") from the client;
the practitioner may apply, in writing, to the council for approval to charge
and recover the greater amount.
`(3) The council may, in writing, approve an amount up to the greater
amount.
`(4) This section applies despite part 4A and section 48I.1
`(5) This section applies to any request for payment made on or after the
day this section commences, whether or not a client agreement was entered
into before that date.'.'
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