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Queensland
JUSTICE AND OTHER
LEGISLATION
(MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS) BILL 1997
Queensland
JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION
(MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL
1997
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3 Act amended in sch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4 Declaratory provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ASSOCIATIONS
INCORPORATION ACT 1981
5 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6 Insertion of new s 61A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
61A. Eligibility for election to a management committee . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
7 Amendment of s 64 (Tenure of members of management committee) . . . . 12
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF BAIL ACT 1980
8 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
9 Amendment of s 29 (Apprehension by police officer of defendant
on bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF BILLS OF SALE AND OTHER
INSTRUMENTS ACT 1955
10 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
11 Amendment of s 19 (Contents of instruments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
12 Amendment of s 19A (Further advances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
13 Amendment of s 20 (Instrument to be attested and when
registered to have effect of a deed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
14 Amendment of s 21 (Effect of bill of sale on chattels acquired later) . . . . 13
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15 Amendment of s 22 (Instrument subject to defeasance etc. of no
effect in certain cases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
16 Amendment of s 45 (Chattels not to be sold until at least 14 days
after seizure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF CHILDRENS COURT ACT 1992
17 Act amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
18 Amendment of s 20 (Who may be present at a proceeding) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF CRIMES (CONFISCATION) ACT
1989
19 Act amended in pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
20 Amendment of s 40 (Restraining orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE
21 Code amended in pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
22 Replacement of ss 238 to 241-- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
238 Contamination of goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
239 Hoax contamination of goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
240 Dealing in contaminated goods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
241 Definitions for ch 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
23 Amendment of s 259 (Examination of person of accused persons
in custody) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
24 Amendment of s 359 (Threats) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
25 Amendment of s 671 (Time for appealing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION
(EXTRA-TERRITORIAL OFFENCES) ACT 1985
26 Act amended in pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
27 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
28 Amendment of s 7 (Ministerial arrangements for transmission and
return of seized objects) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT
ACT 1997
29 Act amended in pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
30 Amendment of s 96 (Insertion of new pt 8, ch 58A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
31 Amendment of s 118 (Insertion of new s 651) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
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PART 10--AMENDMENT OF EVIDENCE ACT 1977
32 Act amended in pt 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
33 Amendment of s 55 (Proof of incorporation or registration of
company in Queensland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
PART 11--AMENDMENT OF JURY ACT 1995
34 Act amended in pt 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
35 Amendment of s 70 (Confidentiality of jury deliberations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PART 12--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICE LEGISLATION
(MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1996
36 Act amended in pt 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
37 Amendment of s 16 (Amendment of s 5 (Conditions of cremation)) . . . . . 25
PART 13--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886
38 Act amended in pt 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
39 Amendment of s 47 (What is sufficient description of offence) . . . . . . . . . 26
40 Amendment of s 54 (Form of summons and filing of complaint
and summons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
41 Amendment of s 110A (Use of tendered statements in lieu of oral
testimony in committal proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
PART 14--AMENDMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT 1992
42 Act amended in pt 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
43 Amendment of s 18F (Form of community conference agreement) . . . . . . 27
44 Amendment of s 200 (Application of Corrective Services Act 1988) . . . . . 28
PART 15--AMENDMENT OF NATIVE TITLE (QUEENSLAND)
ACT 1993
45 Act amended in pt 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
46 Amendment of s 156 (Expiry of Part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
PART 16--AMENDMENT OF PEACE AND GOOD BEHAVIOUR
ACT 1982
47 Act amended in pt 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
48 Amendment of s 4 (Complaint in respect of breach of the peace) . . . . . . . 28
PART 17--AMENDMENT OF PENALTIES AND SENTENCES
ACT 1992
49 Act amended in pt 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
50 Amendment of s 162 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
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PART 18--AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1978
51 Act amended in pt 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
52 Amendment of s 6 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
53 Amendment of s 16 (Employment of solicitors etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
54 Amendment of s 19 (Common Fund and investment thereof and
of other moneys) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
55 Amendment of s 60 (Public Trustee may direct audit of trusts) . . . . . . . . . 30
56 Amendment of s 67 (Protection order in damages action) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
57 Amendment of s 68 (Court may give directions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
58 Amendment of s 80 (Management by Public Trustee of property
of incapacitated person) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
59 Amendment of pt 8 (Unclaimed property) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
60 Amendment of s 98 (Application of Division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
61 Insertion of new s 98A and sdiv heading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
98A Meaning of "unclaimed superannuation benefit" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
62 Insertion of new s 99A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
99A Public trustee's register of unclaimed moneys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
63 Amendment of s 100 (Annual register of unclaimed moneys) . . . . . . . . . . . 35
64 Insertion of new s 100A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
100A Statement about unclaimed superannuation benefits . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
65 Amendment of s 101 (Public Trustee may examine accounts) . . . . . . . . . . 37
66 Amendment of s 102 (Unclaimed moneys to be paid to Public Trustee) . . 38
67 Insertion of new s 102A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
102A Public trustee may refund certain amounts to accountable
persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
68 Insertion of new pt 8, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Division 4--Enforcement
Subdivision 1--Inspectors
117B Appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
117C Limitation of inspector's powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
117D Inspector's conditions of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
117E Inspector's identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
117F Production or display of inspector's identity card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
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Subdivision 2--Inspectors' powers
117G Entry to places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
117H Consent to entry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
117I Application for warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
117J Issue of warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
117K General powers after entering places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
117L Failure to help inspector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
117M Failure to give information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
117N Role of police officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
117O Seizing evidence at places . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
117P Securing seized things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
117Q Tampering with seized things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
117R Receipt for seized things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
117S Return of seized things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
117T Access to seized things . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
69 Amendment of s 122 (Public Trustee may require property to be
transferred and may summon persons for examination) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
70 Amendment of s 139 (Service of notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
PART 19--AMENDMENT OF SECURITY PROVIDERS ACT 1993
71 Act amended in pt 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
72 Amendment of schedule (Disqualifying offence provisions under
the Criminal Code) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
PART 20--AMENDMENT OF STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
ACT 1992
73 Act amended in pt 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
74 Amendment of s 61 (Transitional provisions about expiry of
subordinate legislation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
PART 21--AMENDMENT OF SUCCESSION ACT 1981
75 Act amended in pt 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
76 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
77 Amendment of s 29 (Construction of residuary dispositions) . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
78 Amendment of s 40 (Definitions for pt 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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79 Insertion of new s 40A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
40A Meaning of "stepchild" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
80 Amendment of s 44 (Protection of personal representative) . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
PART 22--AMENDMENT OF TRAFFIC ACT 1949
81 Act amended in pt 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
82 Amendment of s 44P (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
PART 23--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
ACT 1994
83 Act amended in pt 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
84 Amendment of s 228 (Continuation of harbours under Harbours
Act or port under Port of Brisbane Authority Act etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
85 Amendment of s 232 (Harbours Corporation of Queensland) . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
86 Amendment of s 233 (Continuation of certain by-laws) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
87 Amendment of s 235 (Continuation of certain provisions of
Harbours Act about jetties and ramps etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
88 Amendment of s 236 (Continuation of certain provisions of
Harbours Act requiring approval for certain matters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
89 Amendment of s 240 (Application of Acts Interpretation Act,
s 20A to this part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
PART 24--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
(PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994
90 Act amended in pt 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
91 Amendment of sch 1 (Disqualifying offences--provisions of the
Criminal Code) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
PART 25--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT OPERATIONS
(ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 1995
92 Act amended in pt 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
93 Amendment of s 93 (Repeal of Acts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
PART 26--AMENDMENT OF VEXATIOUS LITIGANTS ACT
1981
94 Act amended in pt 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
95 Amendment of s 2 (Meaning of terms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
96 Amendment of s 8 (Proceedings by or with vexatious litigants
require leave) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
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97 Insertion of new s 9A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
9A Application for leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
98 Amendment of s 10 (Conditions for hearing applications for leave) . . . . . . 59
99 Amendment of s 11 (Conditions for granting leave) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
100 Amendment of s 12 (Application of ss 8 and 9 affected by order
of Judge etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
PART 27--AMENDMENT OF WORKCOVER QUEENSLAND
ACT 1996
101 Act amended in pt 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
102 Amendment of sch 2 (Consequential amendments of other Acts) . . . . . . . 61
SCHEDULE 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT
ACT 1997
SCHEDULE 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
DECLARATORY PROVISIONS
1 Commencement of amendments of Juvenile Justice Act 1992 . . . . . . . . . . 65
1997
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend various Acts administered by the Attorney-General
and Minister for Justice, and for other purposes
s1 10 s2
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Justice and Other Legislation 4
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1997. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2.(1) The following provisions of this Act commence on the date of 7
assent-- 8
· parts 2, 3, 4, 7, 10, 12, 15 and 20 9
· part 13, sections 38 and 41 10
· part 14, sections 42 and 44. 11
(2) Part 9 and schedule 1 are taken to have commenced immediately after 12
the commencement of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1997. 13
(3) Part 14, section 43 and part 27 are taken to have commenced on 14
2 April 1997. 15
(4) Part 22 is taken to have commenced immediately after the 16
commencement of the Transport Legislation Amendment Act 1996, 17
section 4(2). 18
(5) Part 23, other than section 87(1), is taken to have commenced on 19
15 April 1997. 20
(6) Part 23, section 87(1) commences on 1 July 1997. 21
(7) The remaining provisions commence on a day to be fixed by 22
proclamation. 23
s3 11 s6
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
amended in sch 1 1
Act
Clause 3. Schedule 1 amends the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1997. 2
provisions 3
Declaratory
Clause 4.(1) Schedule 2 has effect. 4
(2) This section and schedule 2 expire on the day after they commence. 5
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ASSOCIATIONS 6
INCORPORATION ACT 1981 7
amended in pt 2 8
Act
Clause 5. This part amends the Associations Incorporation Act 1981. 9
of new s 61A 10
Insertion
Clause 6. After section 61-- 11
insert-- 12
for election to a management committee 13
`Eligibility
`61A.(1) A person is not eligible to be elected as a member of an 14
incorporated association's management committee if-- 15
(a) the person has been convicted-- 16
(i) on indictment; or 17
(ii) summarily and sentenced to imprisonment, other than in 18
default of payment of a fine; and 19
(b) the rehabilitation period in relation to the conviction has not 20
expired. 21
`(2) In this section-- 22
s7 12 s9
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
"rehabilitation period" has the meaning given in the Criminal Law 1
(Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986.'. 2
of s 64 (Tenure of members of management committee) 3
Amendment
Clause 7. Section 64(2)-- 4
insert-- 5
`(e) has been convicted on indictment or summarily and sentenced to 6
imprisonment, other than in default of payment of a fine, and the 7
rehabilitation period in relation to the conviction has not expired. 8
`(3) In this section-- 9
"rehabilitation period" has the meaning given in the Criminal Law 10
(Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986.'. 11
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF BAIL ACT 1980 12
amended in pt 3 13
Act
Clause 8. This part amends the Bail Act 1980. 14
of s 29 (Apprehension by police officer of defendant on 15
Amendment
bail) 16
Clause 9. Section 29(2), from `Magistrates Court' to `indictable offence'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`court'. 19
s 10 13 s 14
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF BILLS OF SALE AND 1
OTHER INSTRUMENTS ACT 1955 2
amended in pt 4 3
Act
Clause 10. This part amends the Bills of Sale and Other Instruments Act 1955. 4
of s 19 (Contents of instruments) 5
Amendment
Clause 11. Section 19-- 6
insert-- 7
`(1A) Subsection (1)(d) does not apply to a mortgage to which the 8
Consumer Credit Code applies.'. 9
of s 19A (Further advances) 10
Amendment
Clause 12. Section 19A-- 11
insert-- 12
`(3) This section does not apply to a mortgage to which the Consumer 13
Credit Code applies.'. 14
of s 20 (Instrument to be attested and when registered to 15
Amendment
have effect of a deed) 16
Clause 13. Section 20(1), `each and every instrument'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`each instrument (other than a mortgage to which the Consumer Credit 19
Code applies)'. 20
of s 21 (Effect of bill of sale on chattels acquired later) 21
Amendment
Clause 14.(1) Section 21(1), `subsections (2) and (3)'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
s 15 14 s 16
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
`this section'. 1
(2) Section 21-- 2
insert-- 3
`(4) This section does not apply to a mortgage to which the Consumer 4
Credit Code applies.'. 5
of s 22 (Instrument subject to defeasance etc. of no effect 6
Amendment
in certain cases) 7
Clause 15. Section 22-- 8
insert-- 9
`(3) Despite subsection (1), a defeasance, condition or declaration of trust 10
contained in a mortgage under, and complying with, the Consumer Credit 11
Code, section 38(1) need not be written on the same paper or parchment on 12
which the instrument is written.1'. 13
of s 45 (Chattels not to be sold until at least 14 days after 14
Amendment
seizure) 15
Clause 16. Section 45-- 16
insert-- 17
`(3) This section does not apply to chattels seized under a mortgage to 18
which the Consumer Credit Code applies.'. 19
1 Consumer Credit Code, section 38 (Form of mortgage)
s 17 15 s 20
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF CHILDRENS COURT 1
ACT 1992 2
amended in pt 5 3
Act
Clause 17. This part amends the Childrens Court Act 1992. 4
of s 20 (Who may be present at a proceeding) 5
Amendment
Clause 18. Section 20(2)(c), before `a representative'-- 6
insert-- 7
`in a proceeding, other than a proceeding under the Children's Services 8
Act 1965, part 6 or 7--'. 9
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF CRIMES 10
(CONFISCATION) ACT 1989 11
amended in pt 6 12
Act
Clause 19. This part amends the Crimes (Confiscation) Act 1989. 13
of s 40 (Restraining orders) 14
Amendment
Clause 20. Section 40(15)(c), (d) and (e), `specified property'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`property mentioned in the order'. 17
s 21 16 s 22
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE 1
amended in pt 7 2
Code
Clause 21. This part amends the Criminal Code. 3
of ss 238 to 241-- 4
Replacement
Clause 22. Sections 238 to 241-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
of goods 7
`Contamination
`238.(1) A person who contaminates or interferes with goods, or makes 8
it appear that goods have been contaminated or interfered with, commits a 9
misdemeanour. 10
Maximum penalty--3 years imprisonment. 11
`(2) If the person commits the offence with intent to cause-- 12
(a) public alarm or anxiety; or 13
(b) members of the public who are aware of the contamination or 14
interference or apparent contamination or interference to refrain 15
from purchasing those goods or goods of that or any similar 16
class; or 17
(c) any person to suffer economic loss through taking steps to avoid 18
public alarm or anxiety; or 19
(d) members of the public to refrain from purchasing those goods or 20
goods of that or any similar class; 21
the person commits a crime. 22
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 23
`(3) A person who, with any intent mentioned in subsection (2), 24
threatens that he or she or any other person will contaminate or interfere 25
with goods or make it appear that goods have been contaminated or 26
interfered with, commits a crime. 27
Maximum penalty--7 years imprisonment. 28
s 22 17 s 22
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
`(4) If the threat is accompanied by the making of a demand, the person 1
commits a crime. 2
Maximum penalty--14 years imprisonment. 3
contamination of goods 4
`Hoax
`239. A person who makes a statement or conveys information to 5
another person that he or she knows or believes to be false with the 6
intention of inducing in that person or another person a belief that goods 7
have been contaminated or interfered with and causes-- 8
(a) public alarm or anxiety; or 9
(b) that person or that other person to refrain from purchasing those 10
goods or goods of that or any similar class; or 11
(c) any person to suffer economic loss through taking steps to avoid 12
public alarm or anxiety; or 13
(d) members of the public to refrain from purchasing those goods or 14
goods of that or any similar class; 15
commits a crime. 16
Maximum penalty--7 years imprisonment. 17
in contaminated goods 18
`Dealing
`240. A person who knowingly-- 19
(a) sells or exposes for sale as goods for human consumption, or has 20
in the person's possession with intent to sell it as goods for 21
human consumption, any article that the person knows to be 22
contaminated or otherwise unfit as goods for human 23
consumption; or 24
(b) takes into a slaughter house used for the slaughter of any animals 25
intended for human consumption the whole or any part of the 26
carcass of an animal that has died of a disease; or 27
(c) sells or exposes for sale the whole or part of the carcass of an 28
animal that has died of a disease or that was diseased when 29
s 23 18 s 23
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
slaughtered; 1
commits a misdemeanour. 2
Maximum penalty--3 years imprisonment. 3
for ch 24 4
`Definitions
`241. In this chapter-- 5
"contaminate" includes to add, mix or put in a deleterious or poisonous 6
substance. 7
"goods" includes beverage and food for human consumption and any 8
substances whether natural or manufactured and whether or not 9
incorporated in or mixed with other goods.'. 10
of s 259 (Examination of person of accused persons in 11
Amendment
custody) 12
Clause 23. Section 259(1)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`259.(1) If a person is in custody on a charge of an offence-- 15
(a) a police officer of the same sex as the person in custody; or 16
(b) a doctor acting at the direction of a police officer; or 17
(c) if the person in custody is a female and no female police officer is 18
available to conduct the search--any female acting at the direction 19
of a police officer; or 20
(d) if the person in custody is a male and no male police officer is 21
available to conduct the search--any male acting at the direction 22
of a police officer; 23
may search the person and take from him or her anything found on the 24
search that the police officer believes on reasonable grounds may provide 25
evidence about the commission of the offence, endanger anyone's safety or 26
be used for an escape.'. 27
s 24 19 s 27
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
of s 359 (Threats) 1
Amendment
Clause 24. Section 359, from `is guilty of'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`or with intent to cause public alarm or anxiety, commits a crime. 4
Maximum penalty--5 years imprisonment.'. 5
of s 671 (Time for appealing) 6
Amendment
Clause 25. Section 671, `28 days'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`1 calendar month'. 9
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL 10
INVESTIGATION (EXTRA-TERRITORIAL 11
OFFENCES) ACT 1985 12
amended in pt 8 13
Act
Clause 26. This part amends the Criminal Investigation (Extra-territorial 14
Offences) Act 1985. 15
of s 2 (Definitions) 16
Amendment
Clause 27. Section 2, definition "appropriate authority", from `means'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`means the following-- 19
(a) for the Commonwealth--the chairperson of the National Crime 20
Authority established under the National Crime Authority Act 21
1984 (Cwlth); 22
(b) for the Australian Capital Territory--the Australian Federal Police 23
s 28 20 s 28
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
commissioner; 1
(c) for New South Wales-- 2
(i) the chairperson of the Independent Commission against 3
Corruption established under the Independent Commission 4
against Corruption Act 1988 (NSW); or 5
(ii) an authority exercising, in relation to the New South Wales 6
police force, functions corresponding to the Queensland 7
police service commissioner's functions in relation to the 8
Queensland police service; 9
(d) for Queensland-- 10
(i) the chairperson of the Criminal Justice Commission 11
established under the Criminal Justice Act 1989; or 12
(ii) the Queensland police service commissioner; 13
(e) for another State or territory--an authority exercising, in relation 14
to the police force of the State or territory, functions 15
corresponding to the Queensland police service commissioner's 16
functions in relation to the Queensland police service.'. 17
of s 7 (Ministerial arrangements for transmission and 18
Amendment
return of seized objects) 19
Clause 28.(1) Section 7(1)(a)(ii) and (2), `commissioner of the police service'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`appropriate authority'. 22
(2) Section 7(2), `39(1)(a)(iv)'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`39(1)(a)(ii)2'. 25
(3) Section 7-- 26
insert-- 27
2 Justices Act 1886, section 39 (Power of court to order delivery of certain
property)
s 29 21 s 30
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
`(3) However, property mentioned in subsection (2) may be dealt with in 1
accordance with the Justices Act 1886, section 39 only if the owner of the 2
object is unknown or can not, after reasonable efforts, be located. 3
`(4) The commissioner of the police service may delegate the 4
commissioner's powers under an arrangement made under subsection (1) 5
to-- 6
(a) a police officer; or 7
(b) a person who is a staff member of the police service under the 8
Police Service Administration Act 1990, section 2.5(1).3'. 9
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL LAW 10
AMENDMENT ACT 1997 11
amended in pt 9 12
Act
Clause 29. This part amends the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1997. 13
of s 96 (Insertion of new pt 8, ch 58A) 14
Amendment
Clause 30.(1) Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552A(1)-- 15
insert-- 16
`(e) an offence of becoming an accessory after the fact to any of the 17
above offences.'. 18
(2) Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552B(1)-- 19
insert-- 20
`(p) an offence of becoming an accessory after the fact to any of the 21
above offences.'. 22
(3) Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552B(2), from `procuring,' to 23
3 Police Service Administration Act 1990, section 2.5 (Administration of staff
members)
s 31 22 s 33
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
`court'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`procuring the commission of, or of becoming an accessory after the fact 3
to, any of those offences must be dealt with summarily, unless the 4
defendant informs the magistrate'. 5
(4) Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552B(5), from `procuring,' to 6
`decided'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`procuring the commission of, or of becoming an accessory after the fact 9
to, any of those offences, must be dealt with'. 10
of s 118 (Insertion of new s 651) 11
Amendment
Clause 31. Section 118, new Criminal Code section 651-- 12
insert-- 13
`(7) If the court hears and decides a charge summarily, the court has 14
jurisdiction despite the time that has elapsed from the time when the matter 15
of complaint of the charge arose.'. 16
PART 10--AMENDMENT OF EVIDENCE ACT 1977 17
amended in pt 10 18
Act
Clause 32. This part amends the Evidence Act 1977. 19
of s 55 (Proof of incorporation or registration of 20
Amendment
company in Queensland) 21
Clause 33.(1) Section 55(1)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`55.(1) Evidence of the incorporation of a company incorporated or 24
s 33 23 s 33
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
registered in Queensland may be given by the production of-- 1
(a) a certificate of the incorporation or registration of the company 2
that purports to be given by the Australian securities commission 3
(the "commission"), the commission's delegate or a commission 4
officer; or 5
(b) an affidavit or statutory declaration of an officer of the company 6
("company verification") made under the Oaths Act 1867.'. 7
(2) Section 55(2), after `certificate'-- 8
insert-- 9
`or company verification'. 10
(3) After section 55(2)-- 11
insert-- 12
`(2A) Evidence that a company is not incorporated or registered, or no 13
longer incorporated or registered, in Queensland may be given by the 14
production of a certificate that purports to be given by the commission, the 15
commission's delegate or a commission officer. 16
`(2B) The date a company ceased being incorporated or registered in 17
Queensland mentioned in the certificate is evidence of the date on which the 18
company ceased being incorporated or registered.'. 19
(4) Section 55-- 20
insert-- 21
`(4) If the prosecution in a criminal proceeding intend to rely on a 22
company verification, the prosecutor must serve a copy of it on the 23
defendant or the defendant's legal representative-- 24
(a) for a summary trial or committal proceeding-- 25
(i) when the summons is served on the defendant; or 26
(ii) not later than 14 days after the defendant first appears in 27
court for the alleged offence; or 28
(b) for a trial on indictment--not later than 14 days after the 29
indictment against the defendant is presented. 30
`(5) A defendant who is served with a copy of a company verification 31
s 34 24 s 35
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
under subsection (4) must give the prosecution a written notice stating 1
whether the defendant intends to contest a following matter about the 2
company's incorporation or registration mentioned in the company 3
verification-- 4
(a) the fact of its incorporation or registration; 5
(b) the date of its incorporation or registration; 6
(c) the date on which it ceased being incorporated or registered. 7
`(6) The defendant must give the notice by not later than-- 8
(a) 10 days before the day the trial of the proceedings to which the 9
notice relates starts; or 10
(b) the end of a later period allowed by the court, if the court 11
considers it just to extend the period in the particular 12
circumstances. 13
`(7) If, in a proceeding before it, a court considers the defendant or the 14
defendant's lawyer has unnecessarily caused the prosecution to prove the 15
incorporation or registration of a company, the court may order the 16
defendant to pay the prosecution's costs of proving the incorporation or 17
registration. 18
`(8) For this section, a defendant is taken to be served with a copy of a 19
company verification if the copy is served on the defendant's lawyer.'. 20
PART 11--AMENDMENT OF JURY ACT 1995 21
amended in pt 11 22
Act
Clause 34. This part amends the Jury Act 1995. 23
of s 70 (Confidentiality of jury deliberations) 24
Amendment
Clause 35.(1) Section 70(1), definition "confidential information about jury 25
deliberations"-- 26
s 36 25 s 37
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
omit, insert-- 1
` "confidential information about jury deliberations" means-- 2
(a) information about statements made, opinions expressed, 3
arguments advanced, or votes cast, in the course of a jury's 4
deliberations; or 5
(b) information identifying or likely to identify a person as, or as 6
having been, a juror in a particular proceeding.'. 7
(2) Section 70-- 8
insert-- 9
`(11) Information identifying or likely to identify a person as, or as 10
having been, a juror in a particular proceeding may be disclosed-- 11
(a) in the course of the proceeding--by any person with the court's 12
permission or with lawful excuse; or 13
(b) after the proceeding has ended--by the juror or someone else 14
with the juror's consent.'. 15
ART 12--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICE 16
P
LEGISLATION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) 17
ACT 1996 18
amended in pt 12 19
Act
Clause 36. This part amends the Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) 20
Act 1996. 21
of s 16 (Amendment of s 5 (Conditions of cremation)) 22
Amendment
Clause 37. Section 16(7), from `authorised'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`authorised by subsection (1) to sign a permission and certificate to 25
s 38 26 s 40
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
cremate a body (the "prescribed person")-- 1
(a) a medical certificate of the cause of death given by a person who 2
appears to the prescribed person, after appropriate inquiry, to be a 3
doctor who personally attended the deceased at the place where 4
the death happened; or 5
(b) a certificate given by a person who appears to the prescribed 6
person, after appropriate inquiry, to be a coroner, or to hold a 7
position equivalent to a coroner, at the place where the death 8
happened.'. 9
ART 13--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886 10
P
amended in pt 13 11
Act
Clause 38. This part amends the Justices Act 1886. 12
of s 47 (What is sufficient description of offence) 13
Amendment
Clause 39.(1) Section 47(2), `summary'-- 14
omit. 15
(2) Section 47(4), from `except when'-- 16
omit. 17
(3) Section 47-- 18
insert-- 19
`(5) However, if the circumstance is that the defendant has been 20
previously convicted of an offence, the alleged previous conviction must be 21
stated in a notice served with the complaint.'. 22
of s 54 (Form of summons and filing of complaint and 23
Amendment
summons) 24
Clause 40. Section 54(2), after `lodged'-- 25
s 41 27 s 43
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
insert-- 1
`, within 3 days of the summons being issued,'. 2
of s 110A (Use of tendered statements in lieu of oral 3
Amendment
testimony in committal proceedings) 4
Clause 41. Section 110A(5)(c)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(c) it is signed by the person making it and contains-- 7
(i) a declaration by the person under the Oaths Act 1867; or 8
(ii) a written acknowledgment by the person; 9
that it is true to the best of the person's knowledge and belief and 10
that the person made the statement knowing that, if it were 11
admitted as evidence, the person may be liable to prosecution for 12
stating in it anything that the person knew was false;'. 13
ART 14--AMENDMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE 14
P
ACT 1992 15
amended in pt 14 16
Act
Clause 42. This part amends the Juvenile Justice Act 1992. 17
of s 18F (Form of community conference agreement) 18
Amendment
Clause 43. Section 18F-- 19
insert-- 20
`(8) The Workers' Compensation Act 1990 applies to the child 21
performing duties under an agreement as a worker (within the meaning of 22
that Act) working under a contract of service with the State.'. 23
s 44 28 s 48
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
of s 200 (Application of Corrective Services Act 1988) 1
Amendment
Clause 44. Section 200, after `40,'-- 2
insert-- 3
`71'. 4
ART 15--AMENDMENT OF NATIVE TITLE 5
P
(QUEENSLAND) ACT 1993 6
amended in pt 15 7
Act
Clause 45. This part amends the Native Title (Queensland) Act 1993. 8
of s 156 (Expiry of Part) 9
Amendment
Clause 46. Section 156, `it commences'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`all its provisions commence'. 12
PART 16--AMENDMENT OF PEACE AND GOOD 13
BEHAVIOUR ACT 1982 14
amended in pt 16 15
Act
Clause 47. This part amends the Peace and Good Behaviour Act 1982. 16
of s 4 (Complaint in respect of breach of the peace) 17
Amendment
Clause 48.(1) Section 4, `in writing on oath'-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Section 4-- 20
s 49 29 s 50
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
insert-- 1
`(2) A person (the "complainant") may make a complaint to a justice 2
that someone else is engaging in conduct that is adversely affecting, or 3
likely to adversely affect, the complainant's enjoyment of the complainant's 4
property. 5
`(3) If the justice before whom the complaint mentioned in 6
subsection (2) is made considers that the matter would be better resolved by 7
mediation than by proceedings before a Magistrates Court, the justice may, 8
with the complainant's consent, order the complainant to submit the matter 9
to mediation under the Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990. 10
`(4) In this section-- 11
"complaint" means a written complaint made on oath.'. 12
ART 17--AMENDMENT OF PENALTIES AND 13
P
SENTENCES ACT 1992 14
amended in pt 17 15
Act
Clause 49. This part amends the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992. 16
of s 162 (Definitions) 17
Amendment
Clause 50.(1) Section 162, definition "violent offence", paragraph (b), `208, 18
215 or 337'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`208, 215, 216, 337 or 347'. 21
(2) Section 162, definition "violent offence", paragraph (c)-- 22
omit. 23
s 51 30 s 55
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
ART 18--AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1
P
1978 2
amended in pt 18 3
Act
Clause 51. This part amends the Public Trustee Act 1978. 4
of s 6 (Definitions) 5
Amendment
Clause 52. Section 6, definition "Common Fund"-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
` "common fund" means a common fund established under section 19.4'. 8
of s 16 (Employment of solicitors etc.) 9
Amendment
Clause 53. Section 16-- 10
insert-- 11
`(7) To remove any doubt, nothing in this section prevents the official 12
solicitor from acting as barrister or solicitor for a person other than the 13
public trustee.'. 14
of s 19 (Common Fund and investment thereof and of 15
Amendment
other moneys) 16
Clause 54. Section 19(1)(a), `Common Fund'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`or more common funds (the "common fund")'. 19
of s 60 (Public Trustee may direct audit of trusts) 20
Amendment
Clause 55.(1) Section 60(1), from `interested' to `contingent,'-- 21
omit. 22
4 Section 19 (Common Fund and investment thereof and of other moneys)
s 56 31 s 58
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
(2) Section 60(1), `the trust'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`a trust'. 3
(3) Section 60(2), `The Public Trustee'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`If, in the public trustee's opinion, the person's interests are, or may be, 6
adversely affected by the trust's operation, the public trustee'. 7
of s 67 (Protection order in damages action) 8
Amendment
Clause 56. Section 67-- 9
insert-- 10
`(5) In this section-- 11
"court" includes a District Court.'. 12
of s 68 (Court may give directions) 13
Amendment
Clause 57.(1) Section 68, `The Court'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`The Supreme Court or, if a District Court has made or is making a 16
protection order under section 67, a District Court'. 17
(2) Section 68-- 18
insert-- 19
`(2) Jurisdiction given to a District Court under subsection (1) extends 20
only in relation to the protected person. 21
`(3) The Supreme Court's jurisdiction is not limited by the jurisdiction 22
conferred on a District Court under subsection (1).'. 23
of s 80 (Management by Public Trustee of property of 24
Amendment
incapacitated person) 25
Clause 58.(1) Section 80(2)(c), from `disability,' to `Court'-- 26
s 59 32 s 59
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
omit, insert-- 1
`disability'. 2
(2) Section 80(3)(d), `exceeding $50 000'-- 3
omit. 4
(3) Section 80(3)(d), `by such sum'-- 5
omit. 6
(4) Section 80(3)(d), `of such sum'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`of an amount'. 9
(5) Section 80(3)(d), as amended-- 10
relocate to section 80(2) and renumber as section 80(2)(g). 11
(6) Section 80(3), as amended-- 12
omit. 13
(7) Section 80(3A)-- 14
omit. 15
of pt 8 (Unclaimed property) 16
Amendment
Clause 59.(1) Part 8, before division 1-- 17
insert-- 18
`Division 1A--Object 19
`Object of pt 8 20
`97A.(1) The object of this part is to provide a scheme for paying or 21
giving unclaimed property held by particular persons to the public trustee 22
and for returning unclaimed property to persons lawfully entitled to it. 23
`(2) For unclaimed superannuation benefits, the object is to be achieved 24
by satisfying the requirements of the Superannuation Industry 25
(Supervision) Act 1993 (Cwlth) to enable the benefits to be paid to the 26
s 60 33 s 61
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
public trustee instead of the commissioner of taxation.'. 1
(2) Part 8, before section 98, as a heading-- 2
insert-- 3
`Subdivision 1--Interpretation'. 4
of s 98 (Application of Division) 5
Amendment
Clause 60.(1) Section 98, heading-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Definitions'. 8
(2) Section 98, definition "unclaimed moneys", `means all'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`means-- 11
(a) all'. 12
(3) Section 98, definition "unclaimed moneys", `upwards'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`or more; and 15
(b) an unclaimed superannuation benefit'. 16
of new s 98A and sdiv heading 17
Insertion
Clause 61. After section 98-- 18
insert-- 19
of "unclaimed superannuation benefit" 20
`Meaning
`98A.(1) An "unclaimed superannuation benefit" is a benefit, other 21
than an annuity or a pension, that-- 22
(a) the trustee of an approved deposit fund or a regulated 23
superannuation fund decides, under the fund's governing rules, is 24
payable immediately to a member of the fund who has reached 25
the eligibility age for a pension; and 26
s 62 34 s 62
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
(b) the trustee can not pay to the member because the trustee, after 1
making reasonable efforts to find the member, can not find the 2
member. 3
`(2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the member has asked the 4
trustee to pay the benefit to the member. 5
`(3) An "unclaimed superannuation benefit" is also a benefit, other 6
than an annuity or a pension, that-- 7
(a) the trustee of an approved deposit fund or a regulated 8
superannuation fund decides, under the fund's governing rules, is 9
payable immediately to a person (the "beneficiary") in relation to 10
a member of the fund who has died; and 11
(b) before the member died, the member-- 12
(i) had not asked the trustee to pay to the member; or 13
(ii) had asked the trustee to pay to the member, but was not paid 14
before the member died; and 15
(c) the trustee can not pay to the beneficiary because the trustee, after 16
making reasonable efforts to find the beneficiary, can not find the 17
beneficiary. 18
`(4) In this section-- 19
"approved deposit fund" see the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) 20
Act 1993 (Cwlth), section 10(1). 21
"regulated superannuation fund" see the Superannuation Industry 22
(Supervision) Act 1993 (Cwlth), sections 10(1) and 19. 23
`Subdivision 2--Registers and other matters about unclaimed moneys'. 24
of new s 99A 25
Insertion
Clause 62. After section 99-- 26
insert-- 27
s 63 35 s 63
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
trustee's register of unclaimed moneys 1
`Public
`99A.(1) The public trustee must keep a register of unclaimed moneys 2
paid to the public trustee under this division. 3
`(2) The register must contain the following details-- 4
(a) the name, and last known address, of the person for whom the 5
moneys are held; 6
(b) the amount held for the person; 7
(c) if the moneys are an unclaimed superannuation benefit-- 8
(i) the name of the fund in which the unclaimed moneys were 9
held; 10
(ii) the following particulars about the member of the fund to 11
whom, or in relation to whom, the amount was payable-- 12
(A) membership number; 13
(B) date of birth; 14
(C) last known address; 15
(d) any other detail prescribed under a regulation. 16
`(3) A person may, on payment of the fee prescribed under a 17
regulation-- 18
(a) inspect the register at the public trustee's head office when the 19
office is open to the public;5 and 20
(b) take extracts from, or obtain a copy of details in, the register.'. 21
of s 100 (Annual register of unclaimed moneys) 22
Amendment
Clause 63.(1) Section 100, heading-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`Accountable person's register of unclaimed moneys'. 25
(2) Section 100(2), `7 years thereafter such register'-- 26
5 The public trustee's head office address is 444 Queen Street, Brisbane Q 4000.
s 64 36 s 64
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Provisions)
omit, insert-- 1
`2 years after the entry is made, the entry'. 2
(3) Section 100(3A), `$200'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`$500'. 5
(4) Section 100(3A), `$400'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`$1 000'. 8
of new s 100A 9
Insertion
Clause 64. After section 100-- 10
insert-- 11
about unclaimed superannuation benefits 12
`Statement
`100A.(1) After the end of each half-year, an accountable person must 13
give the public trustee a statement about unclaimed superannuation benefits 14
held by the accountable person at the end of the half-year. 15
`(2) The statement must be in the form approved by the public trustee 16
and must be given to the public trustee by-- 17
(a) for the half-year ending on 30 June in a year--31 October in that 18
year; and 19
(b) for the half-year ending on 31 December in a year--30 April in 20
the next year. 21
`(3) However, the public trustee may, by written notice given to the 22
accountable person before or after the day by which the statement must be 23
given under subsection (2), allow the accountable person to give the 24
statement by a later stated day. 25
`(4) If the public trustee gives the accountable person a notice under 26
subsection (3), the accountable person, instead of giving the statement by 27
the day mentioned in subsection (2), must give the statement by the day 28
stated in the notice. 29
s 65 37 s 65
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Provisions)
`(5) If, after the end of the half-year to which the statement relates but 1
before the statement is given to the public trustee, the accountable person 2
pays a person an amount of unclaimed superannuation benefits mentioned 3
in the statement, the statement must contain the particulars about the amount 4
required by the public trustee on the approved form. 5
`(6) For this section, the form of statement the public trustee may 6
approve includes a disc, tape or other article or any material from which 7
sounds, images, writings or messages are capable of being produced or 8
reproduced (with or without the aid of another article or device).'. 9
of s 101 (Public Trustee may examine accounts) 10
Amendment
Clause 65.(1) Section 101, heading, `accounts'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`documents'. 13
(2) Section 101(1), after `section 100'-- 14
insert-- 15
`or statement should have been given under section 100A,'. 16
(3) Section 101(1), `such entry has, or should have, been made'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`the entry or statement has, or should have, been made, or given,'. 19
(4) Section 101-- 20
insert-- 21
`(4) If an error is found in a statement given under section 100A, the 22
public trustee may ask the accountable person who gave the statement to 23
amend it and give the amended statement to the public trustee by a stated 24
day. 25
`(5) The accountable person must comply with the request. 26
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 27
`(6) If, as a result of the error, the accountable person would have been 28
required to pay a further amount to the public trustee under 29
s 66 38 s 66
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section 102(1A), the accountable person must pay the amount to the public 1
trustee when giving the amended statement under subsection (4). 2
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units.'. 3
of s 102 (Unclaimed moneys to be paid to Public Trustee) 4
Amendment
Clause 66.(1) Section 102, before subsection (1)-- 5
insert-- 6
`(1A) When an accountable person gives a statement to the public trustee 7
under section 100A, the accountable person must pay to the public trustee 8
the amount equalling the difference between the following amounts 9
specified in the statement-- 10
(a) the unclaimed superannuation benefits held by the accountable 11
person at the end of the half-year to which the statement relates; 12
(b) the unclaimed superannuation benefits paid to a person after the 13
end of the half-year to which the statement relates, the particulars 14
of which must be contained in the statement under 15
section 100A(5). 16
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units.'. 17
(2) Section 102(1), after `moneys'-- 18
insert-- 19
`, other than unclaimed superannuation benefits,'. 20
(3) Section 102(1), `such register'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`the register kept by the accountable person under section 100'. 23
(4) Section 102(1)-- 24
insert-- 25
`Maximum penalty--200 penalty units.'. 26
(5) Section 102(2), `An'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
s 67 39 s 68
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`However, an'. 1
(6) Section 102(2), after `unclaimed moneys'-- 2
insert-- 3
`, other than unclaimed superannuation benefits,'. 4
of new s 102A 5
Insertion
Clause 67. In subdivision 2, after section 102-- 6
insert-- 7
trustee may refund certain amounts to accountable persons 8
`Public
`102A.(1) This section applies if an accountable person-- 9
(a) has paid an unclaimed superannuation benefit to the public trustee 10
under this subdivision; and 11
(b) satisfies the public trustee that the amount of the benefit paid to 12
the public trustee is more than the amount that would have been 13
paid to the person entitled to its payment had section 102(1A) not 14
been enacted. 15
`(2) The public trustee must refund the amount of the overpayment, less 16
the public trustee's reasonable expenses, to the accountable person.'. 17
of new pt 8, div 4 18
Insertion
Clause 68. After part 8, division 3-- 19
insert-- 20
`Division 4--Enforcement 21
`Subdivision 1--Inspectors 22
23
`Appointment
`117B. The public trustee may appoint a public service officer as an 24
inspector if, in the public trustee's opinion, the person has the necessary 25
expertise or experience to be an inspector. 26
s 68 40 s 68
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of inspector's powers 1
`Limitation
`117C. The powers of an inspector may be limited-- 2
(a) under a regulation; or 3
(b) under a condition of appointment; or 4
(c) by written notice of the public trustee given to the inspector. 5
conditions of appointment 6
`Inspector's
`117D.(1) An inspector holds office on the conditions specified in the 7
instrument of appointment. 8
`(2) An inspector-- 9
(a) if the appointment provides for a term of appointment--ceases 10
holding office at the end of the term; and 11
(b) may resign by signed notice of resignation given to the public 12
trustee; and 13
(c) if the conditions of appointment provide--ceases holding office 14
as an inspector on ceasing to hold another office stated in the 15
conditions of appointment. 16
identity card 17
`Inspector's
`117E.(1) The public trustee must give each inspector an identity card. 18
`(2) The identity card must-- 19
(a) contain a recent photograph of the inspector; and 20
(b) be in a form approved by the public trustee; and 21
(c) be signed by the inspector; and 22
(d) identify the person as an inspector under this Act. 23
`(3) A person who ceases to be an inspector must return the person's 24
identity card to the public trustee within 21 days after the person ceases to 25
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be an inspector, unless the person has a reasonable excuse for not returning 1
it. 2
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units. 3
or display of inspector's identity card 4
`Production
`117F.(1) An inspector may exercise a power in relation to someone else 5
(the "other person") only if the inspector-- 6
(a) first produces the inspector's identity card for inspection by the 7
other person; or 8
(b) has the identity card displayed so it is clearly visible to the other 9
person. 10
`(2) However, if for any reason, it is not practicable to comply with 11
subsection (1) before exercising the power, the inspector must produce the 12
identity card for the other person's inspection at the first reasonable 13
opportunity. 14
`Subdivision 2--Inspectors' powers 15
to places 16
`Entry
`117G. An inspector may enter a place if-- 17
(a) its occupier consents to the entry or the purpose of the entry is to 18
get the occupier's consent; or 19
(b) it is a public place and the entry is made when it is open to the 20
public; or 21
(c) it is an accountable person's place of business and is-- 22
(i) open for carrying on the business; or 23
(ii) otherwise open for entry; or 24
(d) the entry is permitted by a warrant. 25
s 68 42 s 68
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to entry 1
`Consent
`117H. If an inspector intends to ask an occupier of a place to consent to 2
the inspector or another inspector entering the place, the inspector must, 3
before asking for the consent, tell the occupier the purpose of the entry. 4
for warrant 5
`Application
`117I.(1) An inspector may apply to a magistrate for a warrant for a 6
place. 7
`(2) The application must be sworn and state the grounds on which the 8
warrant is sought. 9
`(3) The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the 10
inspector gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate requires 11
about the application in the way the magistrate requires. 12
13
Example--
14
The magistrate may require additional information supporting the application to
15
be given by statutory declaration.
of warrant 16
`Issue
`117J.(1) The magistrate may issue a warrant only if the magistrate is 17
satisfied there are reasonable grounds for suspecting-- 18
(a) there is a particular thing or activity (the "evidence") that may 19
provide evidence of an offence against this Act; and 20
(b) the evidence is at the place, or may be at the place within the next 21
7 days. 22
`(2) The warrant must state-- 23
(a) that a stated inspector may, with necessary and reasonable help 24
and force, enter the place and exercise the inspector's powers 25
under this division; and 26
(b) the offence for which the warrant is sought; and 27
(c) the evidence that may be seized under the warrant; and 28
(d) the hours of the day or night when the place may be entered; and 29
s 68 43 s 68
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(e) the date, within 14 days after the warrant's issue, the warrant 1
ends. 2
powers after entering places 3
`General
`117K.(1) This section applies to an inspector who enters a place. 4
`(2) However, if an inspector enters a place to get the occupier's consent 5
to enter premises, this section applies to the inspector only if the consent is 6
given or the entry is otherwise authorised. 7
`(3) For enforcing compliance with this Act, the inspector may-- 8
(a) search any part of the place; or 9
(b) inspect, measure, test, photograph or film any part of the place or 10
anything at the place; or 11
(c) copy a document at the place; or 12
(d) take into or onto the place any persons, equipment and materials 13
the inspector reasonably requires for exercising a power under 14
this division; or 15
(e) require the occupier of the place, or a person at the place, to give 16
the inspector reasonable help to exercise the inspector's powers 17
under paragraphs (a) to (d); or 18
(f) require the occupier of the place, or a person at the place, to give 19
the inspector information to help the inspector ascertain whether 20
this Act is being complied with. 21
`(4) When making a requirement mentioned in subsection (3)(e) or (f), 22
the inspector must warn the person it is an offence to fail to comply with the 23
requirement, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. 24
to help inspector 25
`Failure
`117L.(1) A person required to give reasonable help under 26
section 117J(3)(e) must comply with the requirement, unless the person has 27
a reasonable excuse. 28
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units. 29
s 68 44 s 68
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`(2) If the requirement is to be complied with by the person giving 1
information, or producing a document (other than a document required to 2
be kept by the person under this Act), it is a reasonable excuse for the 3
person to fail to comply with the requirement, if complying with the 4
requirement might tend to incriminate the person. 5
to give information 6
`Failure
`117M.(1) A person of whom a requirement is made under 7
section 117J(3)(f) must comply with the requirement, unless the person has 8
a reasonable excuse. 9
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units. 10
`(2) It is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to comply with the 11
requirement if complying with the requirement might tend to incriminate 12
the person. 13
of police officers 14
`Role
`117N.(1) An inspector may ask a police officer to help the inspector in 15
the exercise of a power under this division. 16
`(2) The police officer must give the inspector the reasonable help the 17
inspector requires, if it is practicable to give the help. 18
evidence at places 19
`Seizing
`117O.(1) If an inspector enters a place under this division with the 20
occupier's consent, the inspector may seize a thing at the place if-- 21
(a) the inspector reasonably believes the thing is evidence of an 22
offence against this Act; and 23
(b) seizure of the thing is consistent with the purpose of entry as told 24
to the occupier when asking for the occupier's consent. 25
`(2) If the inspector enters the place with a warrant, the inspector may 26
seize the evidence for which the warrant was issued. 27
`(3) The inspector also may seize anything else at the place if the 28
inspector reasonably believes-- 29
s 68 45 s 68
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(a) the thing is evidence of an offence against this Act; and 1
(b) the seizure is necessary to prevent the thing being-- 2
(i) hidden, lost or destroyed; or 3
(ii) used to continue, or repeat, the offence. 4
`(4) Also, the inspector may seize a thing at the place if the inspector 5
reasonably believes it has just been used in committing an offence against 6
this Act. 7
seized things 8
`Securing
`117P. Having seized a thing, an inspector may-- 9
(a) move the thing from the place where it was seized (the "place of 10
seizure"); or 11
(b) leave the thing at the place of seizure, but take reasonable action to 12
restrict access to it. 13
14
Examples of restricting access to a thing--
15
1. Sealing a thing and marking it to show access to it is restricted.
16
2. Sealing the entrance to a room where the seized thing is situated and marking
17
it to show access to it is restricted.
with seized things 18
`Tampering
`117Q. If an inspector restricts access to a seized thing, a person must 19
not tamper, or attempt to tamper, with the thing, or something restricting 20
access to the thing, without an inspector's approval. 21
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units. 22
for seized things 23
`Receipt
`117R.(1) As soon as practicable after an inspector seizes a thing, the 24
inspector must give a receipt for it to the person from whom it was seized. 25
`(2) However, if for any reason it is not practicable to comply with 26
subsection (1), the inspector must leave the receipt at the place of seizure in 27
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Provisions)
a conspicuous position and in a reasonably secure way. 1
`(3) The receipt must describe generally each thing seized and its 2
condition. 3
`(4) This section does not apply to a thing if it is impracticable or would 4
be unreasonable to give the receipt (given the thing's nature, condition and 5
value). 6
of seized things 7
`Return
`117S.(1) The inspector must return a seized thing to its owner-- 8
(a) at the end of 3 months; or 9
(b) if a proceeding for an offence involving the thing is started within 10
3 months--at the end of the proceeding and any appeal from the 11
proceeding. 12
`(2) Despite subsection (1), the inspector must promptly return a thing 13
seized as evidence to its owner if the inspector stops being satisfied its 14
continued retention as evidence is necessary. 15
to seized things 16
`Access
`117T.(1) Until a seized thing is returned, an inspector must allow its 17
owner to inspect it and, if it is a document, to copy it. 18
`(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if it is impracticable or would be 19
unreasonable to allow the inspection or copying.'. 20
of s 122 (Public Trustee may require property to be 21
Amendment
transferred and may summon persons for examination) 22
Clause 69. Section 122(11), after `Court'-- 23
insert-- 24
`or Magistrates Court'. 25
s 70 47 s 70
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Provisions)
of s 139 (Service of notices) 1
Amendment
Clause 70.(1) Section 139(1), (1A) and (4)-- 2
omit. 3
(2) Section 139(2) and (2A), `the person'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`a person'. 6
(3) Section 139(2) and (2A), `the notice'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`a notice'. 9
(4) Section 139(2), from `delivered' to `(1A)'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`given'. 12
(5) Section 139(2A), `so delivered'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`given'. 15
(6) Section 139(3), `the person'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`a person to whom a notice is to be given'. 18
(7) Section 139(3), from `delivered' to `may be'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`given in the way'. 21
s 71 48 s 72
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Provisions)
ART 19--AMENDMENT OF SECURITY 1
P
PROVIDERS ACT 1993 2
amended in pt 19 3
Act
Clause 71. This part amends the Security Providers Act 1993. 4
of schedule (Disqualifying offence provisions under the 5
Amendment
Criminal Code) 6
Clause 72.(1) Schedule 1, before item 1, as a heading-- 7
insert-- 8
`PART 1--EXISTING PROVISIONS'. 9
(2) Schedule, items 1 to 20, items 22 and 23 and item 30-- 10
omit. 11
(3) Schedule-- 12
insert-- 13
`1. Chapter 9 (Unlawful assemblies--breaches of the peace) 14
2. Chapter 16 (Offences relating to the administration of justice) 15
3. Chapter 20 (Miscellaneous offences against public authority) 16
4. Chapter 28 (Homicide-Suicide-Concealment of birth) 17
5. Chapter 29 (Offences endangering life or health) 18
30. Chapter 40 (Other fraudulent practices)'. 19
(3) Schedule, items 1 to 37-- 20
renumber as items 1 to 20. 21
(5) Schedule, after item 20, as renumbered-- 22
insert-- 23
s 73 49 s 76
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Provisions)
`PART 2--PROVISIONS REPEALED BY CRIMINAL 1
LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1997 2
1. Section 343A (Assaults occasioning bodily harm) 3
2. Section 344 (Aggravated assaults)'. 4
PART 20--AMENDMENT OF STATUTORY 5
INSTRUMENTS ACT 1992 6
amended in pt 20 7
Act
Clause 73. This part amends the Statutory Instruments Acts 1992. 8
of s 61 (Transitional provisions about expiry of 9
Amendment
subordinate legislation) 10
Clause 74. Section 61, `1997'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`2000'. 13
ART 21--AMENDMENT OF SUCCESSION ACT 1981 14
P
amended in pt 21 15
Act
Clause 75. This part amends the Succession Act 1981. 16
of s 5 (Definitions) 17
Amendment
Clause 76. Section 5(1)-- 18
s 77 50 s 79
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
insert-- 1
` "stepchild" for part 4, see section 40A.'. 2
of s 29 (Construction of residuary dispositions) 3
Amendment
Clause 77.(1) Section 29, heading, `residuary'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`particular'. 6
(2) Section 29(b), `where a residuary'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`if a'. 9
(3) Section 29(b), `residuary' (second mention)-- 10
omit. 11
(4) Section 29-- 12
insert-- 13
`(2) In subsection (1)(b)-- 14
"disposition" means a disposition of all property or a residuary 15
disposition.'. 16
of s 40 (Definitions for pt 4) 17
Amendment
Clause 78. Section 40, definition "stepchild"-- 18
omit. 19
of new s 40A 20
Insertion
Clause 79. After section 40-- 21
insert-- 22
of "stepchild" 23
`Meaning
`40A.(1) A person is a "stepchild" of a deceased person for this part 24
if-- 25
s 80 51 s 80
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Provisions)
(a) the person is the child of a spouse of the deceased person; and 1
(b) a relationship of stepchild and stepparent between the person and 2
the deceased person did not stop under subsection (2). 3
`(2) The relationship of stepchild and stepparent stops on the divorce of 4
the deceased person and the stepchild's parent. 5
`(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the relationship of stepchild 6
and stepparent does not stop merely because-- 7
(a) the stepchild's parent died before the deceased person, if the 8
deceased person's marriage to the parent subsisted when the 9
parent died; or 10
(b) the deceased person remarried after the death of the stepchild's 11
parent, if the deceased person's marriage to the parent subsisted 12
when the parent died.'. 13
of s 44 (Protection of personal representative) 14
Amendment
Clause 80.(1) Section 44(3), from `representative after the expiration of 15
6 months'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`representative-- 18
(a) not earlier than 6 months after the deceased's death and without 19
notice of any application or intended application under 20
section 41(1) or 42 in relation to the estate; or 21
(b) if notice under section 41(1) or 42 has been received--not earlier 22
than 9 months after the deceased's death, unless the personal 23
representative receives written notice that the application has been 24
commenced in the court or is served with a copy of the 25
application.'. 26
(2) Section 44(4), before `intention' (first mention)-- 27
insert-- 28
`an application or'. 29
s 81 52 s 84
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Provisions)
(3) Section 44(4), from `and shall lapse' 1
omit. 2
ART 22--AMENDMENT OF TRAFFIC ACT 1949 3
P
amended in pt 22 4
Act
Clause 81. This part amends the Traffic Act 1949. 5
of s 44P (Interpretation) 6
Amendment
Clause 82. Section 44P, definition "transport Act"-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
` "transport Act" means an Act administered by the Minister or the Motor 9
Accident Insurance Act 1994.'. 10
PART 23--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT 11
INFRASTRUCTURE ACT 1994 12
amended in pt 23 13
Act
Clause 83. This part amends the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994. 14
of s 228 (Continuation of harbours under Harbours Act 15
Amendment
or port under Port of Brisbane Authority Act etc.) 16
Clause 84. Section 228(3), `3 years'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`4 years'. 19
s 85 53 s 87
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
of s 232 (Harbours Corporation of Queensland) 1
Amendment
Clause 85.(1) Section 232(4), last dot point-- 2
omit. 3
(2) Section 232(8), `3 years'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`4 years'. 6
of s 233 (Continuation of certain by-laws) 7
Amendment
Clause 86.(1) Section 233(10), first and third dot points-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Section 233(11)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(11) Subsections (1) to (6) expire 5 years after they commence or, if an 12
earlier date is prescribed by regulation, on that date. 13
`(12) Subsections (7), (9) and (10) expire 4 years after they commence 14
or, if an earlier date is prescribed by regulation, that date. 15
`(13) Subsection (8) expires 3 years after it commences or, if an earlier 16
date is prescribed by regulation, on that date.'. 17
of s 235 (Continuation of certain provisions of Harbours 18
Amendment
Act about jetties and ramps etc.) 19
Clause 87.(1) Section 235(1), first dot point-- 20
omit. 21
(2) Section 235(1), eighth dot point-- 22
omit. 23
(3) Section 235(5)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`(5) This section, other than subsection (3), expires 4 years after it 26
s 88 54 s 90
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Provisions)
commences or, if an earlier date is prescribed by regulation, on that date. 1
`(5A) Subsection (3) expires 3 years after it commences or, if an earlier 2
date is prescribed by regulation, on that date.'. 3
(4) Section 235(6), `3 years'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`4 years'. 6
of s 236 (Continuation of certain provisions of Harbours 7
Amendment
Act requiring approval for certain matters) 8
Clause 88. Section 236(8), `4 years'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`5 years'. 11
of s 240 (Application of Acts Interpretation Act, s 20A to 12
Amendment
this part) 13
Clause 89. Section 240(2), `3 years'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`4 years'. 16
PART 24--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT 17
OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 18
amended in pt 24 19
Act
Clause 90. This part amends the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) 20
Act 1994. 21
s 91 55 s 91
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Provisions)
of sch 1 (Disqualifying offences--provisions of the 1
Amendment
Criminal Code) 2
Clause 91.(1) Schedule 1, before item 1, as a heading-- 3
insert-- 4
`PART 1--EXISTING PROVISIONS'. 5
(2) Schedule 1, items 7, 8 and 16-- 6
omit. 7
(3) Schedule 1-- 8
insert-- 9
`1AAA. Chapter 9 (Unlawful assemblies--breaches of the peace) 10
1AA. Chapter 16 (Offences relating to the administration of justice) 11
1A. Chapter 20 (Miscellaneous offences against public authority) 12
16. Chapter 40 (Other fraudulent practices)'. 13
(4) Schedule, items 1AAA to 23-- 14
renumber as items 1 to 24. 15
(5) Schedule, after item 24-- 16
insert-- 17
`PART 2--PROVISIONS REPEALED BY CRIMINAL 18
LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1997 19
1. Section 343A (Assaults occasioning bodily harm) 20
2. Section 344 (Aggravated assaults)'. 21
s 92 56 s 95
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions)
PART 25--AMENDMENT OF TRANSPORT 1
OPERATIONS (ROAD USE MANAGEMENT) ACT 2
1995 3
amended in pt 25 4
Act
Clause 92. This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use 5
Management) Act 1995. 6
of s 93 (Repeal of Acts) 7
Amendment
Clause 93.(1) Section 93(3), `2 years'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`3 years'. 10
(2) Section 93(6), `3 years'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`4 years'. 13
ART 26--AMENDMENT OF VEXATIOUS 14
P
LITIGANTS ACT 1981 15
amended in pt 27 16
Act
Clause 94. This part amends the Vexatious Litigants Act 1981. 17
of s 2 (Meaning of terms) 18
Amendment
Clause 95. Section 2(2)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(2) For this Act-- 21
(a) an appeal, challenge, review or calling into question in any way of 22
s 96 57 s 97
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Provisions)
a decision made under section 9A(6) is taken to be legal 1
proceedings; and 2
(b) the following applications are taken not to be legal proceedings-- 3
(i) an application for variation mentioned in section 3(3); 4
(ii) an application for revocation mentioned in section 4; 5
(iii) an application for leave mentioned in section 8 or 9.'. 6
of s 8 (Proceedings by or with vexatious litigants require 7
Amendment
leave) 8
Clause 96.(1) Section 8(4)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(4) Subsection (4A) applies if a person who is declared to be a vexatious 11
litigant does not start a legal proceeding before the end of the limitation 12
period for the proceeding only because the person has not obtained leave, 13
under this Act, to start the proceeding. 14
`(4A) The limitation period for the proceeding is taken-- 15
(a) not to have ended if the person, within the limitation period for 16
the proceeding, applied to the Supreme Court or a Supreme Court 17
judge for leave to start the proceeding; and 18
(b) if leave is granted--to end 14 days after the day on which the 19
leave is granted.'. 20
(2) Section 8-- 21
insert-- 22
`(6) In this section-- 23
"limitation period" means the time limited by any law or practice for 24
instituting or taking the proceeding.'. 25
of new s 9A 26
Insertion
Clause 97. After section 9-- 27
insert-- 28
s 97 58 s 97
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for leave 1
`Application
`9A.(1) An application for leave mentioned in section 8 or 9 must be 2
made by the applicant filing the following documents relating to the 3
proceedings or step in the proceedings in the relevant court or tribunal-- 4
(a) an originating application; 5
(b) an affidavit of relevant evidence; 6
(c) submissions on which the applicant intends to rely; 7
(d) if the application is for leave to institute or take legal 8
proceedings--a draft of the proposed documents to be used to 9
institute or take the legal proceedings; 10
(e) if the application is for leave to procure the issue of any subpoena, 11
summons to a witness, warrant or process for any legal 12
proceedings--a draft of the proposed subpoena, summons to a 13
witness, warrant or process. 14
`(2) The applicant must-- 15
(a) give a service copy of each filed document and the notice 16
mentioned in subsection (4) to each other party within 7 days of 17
the filing; and 18
(b) file an affidavit about service of the documents within 10 days of 19
the filing. 20
`(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to an application for leave in relation 21
to proceedings instituted against the applicant. 22
`(4) The notice must state that the person to whom it is given may, 23
within 45 days after the notice is given (the "response period"), file a 24
written response to the application in the relevant court or tribunal. 25
`(5) If the person wishes to respond to the application, the person must 26
file an affidavit in response in the relevant court or tribunal before the 27
response period ends. 28
`(6) The court, judge or other person to whom the application is made 29
must, in the parties' absence, decide the application-- 30
(a) if the application is for leave in relation to proceedings instituted 31
against the applicant--as soon as possible, by reference to the 32
s 98 59 s 98
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documents mentioned in subsection (1); or 1
(b) otherwise--after the last response period ends, by reference to the 2
documents mentioned in subsection (1) and the written 3
responses, if any, received under this section. 4
`(7) If leave is refused, the registrar of the relevant court or tribunal must 5
refuse to accept a further originating application under this section dealing 6
with the same, or substantially the same, issue. 7
`(8) An application for leave may not be made in relation to a decision 8
made under subsection (6). 9
`(9) In this section-- 10
"proceedings" means the proceedings or proposed proceedings in relation 11
to which the leave is sought. 12
"relevant court or tribunal" means-- 13
(a) for an application under section 8--the Supreme Court; or 14
(b) for an application under section 9--the court or tribunal in which 15
the step in the proceedings is to be taken.'. 16
of s 10 (Conditions for hearing applications for leave) 17
Amendment
Clause 98.(1) Section 10, heading, `hearing'-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Section 10(1), `for hearing'-- 20
omit. 21
(3) Section 10(2) and (3)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(2) Before an application for leave mentioned in section 8 or 9 proceeds, 24
the applicant must have complied with an order, if any, made under 25
subsection (1).'. 26
(4) Section 10(4), `hears the matter of'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
`decides'. 29
s 99 60 s 101
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of s 11 (Conditions for granting leave) 1
Amendment
Clause 99.(1) Section 11, after `other person'-- 2
insert-- 3
`("judicial officer")'. 4
(2) Section 11-- 5
insert-- 6
`(2) Without limiting the orders a judicial officer may make, the judicial 7
officer may, as a condition of granting leave-- 8
(a) order the applicant to lodge security for costs for the proceedings 9
or deposit an amount stated by the judicial officer with the 10
registrar or other responsible person as security; and 11
(b) order the proceedings not proceed until the security has been 12
lodged or the amount deposited.'. 13
of s 12 (Application of ss 8 and 9 affected by order of 14
Amendment
Judge etc.) 15
Clause 100. Section 12(1), `heard the matter of'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`decided'. 18
ART 27--AMENDMENT OF WORKCOVER 19
P
QUEENSLAND ACT 1996 20
amended in pt 28 21
Act
Clause 101. This part amends the WorkCover Queensland Act 1996. 22
s 102 61 s 102
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of sch 2 (Consequential amendments of other Acts) 1
Amendment
Clause 102. Schedule 2, JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT 1992, after 2
amendment 2-- 3
insert-- 4
`3. Section 18F(8)-- 5
omit.'. 6
7
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CHEDULE 1 1
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MINOR AMENDMENTS OF CRIMINAL LAW 2
AMENDMENT ACT 1997 3
section 3 4
1. Section 62(3), after ` `her' '-- 5
insert-- 6
`(first and second mention)'. 7
2. Section 92, new Criminal Code section 501A, after `but the jury'-- 8
insert-- 9
`is'. 10
3. Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552A(1), after `charge'-- 11
insert-- 12
`before a Magistrates Court'. 13
4. Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552A(1)(d), after 14
`procuring'-- 15
insert-- 16
`the commission'. 17
5. Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552B(1), after `charge'-- 18
insert-- 19
`before a Magistrates Court'. 20
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
6. Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552B(1)(o), after 1
`procuring'-- 2
insert-- 3
`the commission'. 4
7. Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552C(2), after `1991'-- 5
insert-- 6
`, section 3'. 7
8. Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552F, `court'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`magistrate'. 10
9. Section 96, new Criminal Code sections 522E to 522G-- 11
renumber as sections 552E to 552G. 12
10. Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552I(2)(c), `consents to the 13
charge being'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`wants the charge to be'. 16
11. Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552I(3), `desires'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`wants'. 19
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
12. Section 96, new Criminal Code section 552I `court'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`magistrate'. 3
13. Section 118, heading, `s 651'-- 4
insert-- 5
`ss 651 and 652'. 6
7
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CHEDULE 2 1
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DECLARATORY PROVISIONS 2
section 4 3
of amendments of Juvenile Justice Act 1992 4
Commencement
1.(1) The amendments of the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 in the WorkCover 5
Queensland Act 1996, schedule 2, commence on 1 July 1997. 6
(2) The proclamation of 19 December 1996, SL 1996, No. 442, to the 7
extent it commenced the amendments of the Juvenile Justice Act 1992, is 8
declared to have been of no effect. 9
10
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