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Queensland
JUSTICE AND OTHER
LEGISLATION
(MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS) BILL (No. 2)
1997
Queensland
JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION
(MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL
(No. 2) 1997
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
3 Amended Acts--schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ASSOCIATIONS
INCORPORATION ACT 1981
4 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
5 Amendment of s 56 (Subsequent annual general meetings) . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6 Amendment of s 59 (Audit and statement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF BURIALS ASSISTANCE ACT 1965
7 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8 Amendment of s 4 (Cost of burial or cremation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9 Insertion of new s 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
4A Charge on account with financial institution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OF COMPUTER
GAMES AND IMAGES ACT 1995
10 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
11 Amendment of s 19 (Sale of unclassified computer games prohibited) . . . 13
12 Amendment of s 32 (Identity cards) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
13 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
14 Insertion of new s 71 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
71 Reprint to omit attachment not forming part of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OF FILMS ACT
1991
15 Act amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
16 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OF
PUBLICATIONS ACT 1991
17 Act amended in pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
18 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
19 Insertion of new pt 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
PART 2A--PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES BY
CONDITIONS FOR DISPLAYING CERTAIN UNRESTRICTED
PUBLICATIONS
11A Definitions for pt 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
11B Protection of children and families by order prohibiting
display of unrestricted publication unless certain parts of its
cover are concealed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
11C Publications for which display order may be made . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
11D Lifting of display order, and appeal rights and procedure . . . . . . . . 18
11E Register of display orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
20 Insertion of new s 20C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
20C Offence to contravene a display order for an unrestricted
publication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF THE COOPERATIVES ACT 1997
21 Act amended in pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
22 Amendment of s 245 (Name to include certain matter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF CRIMES (CONFISCATION) ACT
1989
23 Act amended in pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
24 Amendment of s 51 (Provisions concerning the public trustee) . . . . . . . . . 21
25 Amendment of sch 2 (Serious offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC
PROSECUTIONS ACT 1984
26 Act amended in pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
27 Amendment of s 11 (Powers of Director) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
3
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
28 Insertion of new s 24A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
24A Prohibition on disclosure of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
PART 10--AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURTS ACT 1967
29 Act amended in pt 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
30 Amendment of long title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
31 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
32 Amendment of pt 2 (Courts, judges, registries and officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
PART 2--COURT, JUDGES, REGISTRIES AND OFFICERS
Division 1--Court
4 Establishment of the District Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
5 Members and constitution of Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
6 Where the Court may be held . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
7 Declaration of districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
8 Court to be a court of record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
8A Statewide jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
8B Seals of the court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
33 Omission of s 16 (Retirement of judge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
34 Insertion of new s 139 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
139 Transitional--establishment of the District Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
PART 11--AMENDMENT OF EVIDENCE ACT 1977
35 Act amended in pt 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
36 Amendment of s 105 (Certified reproductions of certain official
documents etc. to be admissible without further proof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
PART 12--AMENDMENT OF FAIR TRADING ACT 1989
37 Act amended in pt 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
38 Amendment of s 82 (Compliance with information standard) . . . . . . . . . . . 29
39 Amendment of s 84 (Compliance with safety standard) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
PART 13--AMENDMENT OF GIRL GUIDES ASSOCIATION
ACT 1970
40 Act amended in pt 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
41 Amendment of long title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
42 Amendment of s 1 (Short title) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
43 Amendment of s 2 (Meaning of terms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
44 Amendment of s 3 (Incorporation of the Council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
45 Amendment of s 4 (Registration of Royal Charters and constitution) . . . . 30
46 Amendment of s 6 (Transfer of property to corporation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
47 Amendment of s 7 (Dealing with property by the corporation) . . . . . . . . . . 31
48 Amendment of s 9 (Custody and use of the seal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
49 Amendment of s 10 (Service of notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
50 Amendment of s 11 (Receipts etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
51 Insertion of new s 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
14 Transitional consequential on change to Girl Guides
Association (Queensland, Australia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
PART 14--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886
52 Act amended in pt 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
53 Amendment of s 22B (Magistrates Court districts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
54 Amendment of s 53 (When justice may issue summons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
55 Insertion of new s 53A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
53A Power, after summons issued, to order mediation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
56 Amendment of s 54 (Form of summons and filing of complaint
and summons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
57 Amendment of s 98B (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
58 Insertion of new pt 4A, div 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
98BA Service of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
59 Amendment of s 98N (Reminder notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
60 Amendment of s 147A (Power of justices to reopen proceedings
and rectify orders)-- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
61 Replacement of s 159 (The sum allowed for costs to be specified
in the conviction or order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
159 Amount allowed for costs to be stated in conviction or order . . . . . 36
62 Amendment of s 179 (Meaning of terms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
63 Amendment of s 222 (Appeal to a single judge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
PART 15--AMENDMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT 1992
64 Act amended in pt 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
65 Amendment of s 55 (Infringement notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
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Provisions) (No. 2)
PART 16--AMENDMENT OF LAW REFORM COMMISSION
ACT 1968
66 Act amended in pt 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
67 Amendment of s 3 (Constitution of Commission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
PART 17--AMENDMENT OF LEGAL AID QUEENSLAND ACT
1997
68 Act amended in pt 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
69 Amendment of s 80 (Protection from liability) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
70 Amendment of s 82 (Secrecy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
PART 18--AMENDMENT OF MOBILE HOMES ACT 1989
71 Act amended in pt 18 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
72 Amendment of s 4 (Particulars of agreement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
73 Amendment of s 12E (Warrants--applications made otherwise
than in person) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
PART 19--AMENDMENT OF PENALTIES AND SENTENCES
ACT 1992
74 Act amended in pt 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
75 Insertion of new s 146A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
146A Summons or warrant for offender whose sentence of
imprisonment has been suspended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
PART 20--AMENDMENT OF PRISONERS (INTERSTATE
TRANSFER) ACT 1982
76 Act amended in pt 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
77 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
78 Insertion of new ss 2A and 2B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2A Meaning of "joint prisoner" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
2B Meaning of "sentence of imprisonment" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
PART 21--AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1978
79 Act amended in pt 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
80 Amendment of s 97B (Application of unclaimed superannuation
benefit provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
81 Amendment of section 98 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
82 Amendment of s 116 (Funds held by Public Trustee to be transferred) . . . 43
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Provisions) (No. 2)
PART 22--AMENDMENT OF QUEENSLAND LAW SOCIETY
ACT 1952
83 Act amended in pt 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
84 Insertion of new s 6MA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6MA Application for directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
85 Amendment of s 24B (Practitioners to notify clients about
non-liability of fund for certain mortgages) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
PART 23--AMENDMENT OF SECURITY PROVIDERS ACT 1993
86 Act amended in pt 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
87 Amendment of s 41 (Power to require information from certain
persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
PART 24--AMENDMENT OF TRAVEL AGENTS ACT 1988
88 Act amended in pt 24 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
89 Amendment of section 45 (Powers of entry etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
90 Insertion of new ss 45A to 45H . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
45A Entry of place by authorised officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
45B Warrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
45C Warrants--applications made otherwise than in person . . . . . . . . . . 48
45D Authorised officer's general powers in a place . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
45E Power to require name and address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
45F Procedure after thing seized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
45G Obstructing etc. authorised officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
45H Compensation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
PART 25--AMENDMENT OF TRUSTS ACT 1973
91 Act amended in pt 25 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
92 Amendment of s 21 (Authorised investments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
MINOR AMENDMENTS
ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
BILLS OF SALE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS ACT 1955 . . . . . . . . . . . 54
COLLECTIONS ACT 1966 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 1950 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
CONSUMER CREDIT CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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Provisions) (No. 2)
COOPERATIVES ACT 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
CRIMINAL CODE ACT 1899 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
CRIMINAL CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
CRIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1945 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
ELECTORAL ACT 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
FAIR TRADING ACT 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
LAND SALES ACT 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
LAW REFORM ACT 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
PAWNBROKERS ACT 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
PRIMARY PRODUCERS ORGANISATION AND MARKETING
ACT 1926 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
QUEENSLAND LAW SOCIETY LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
ACT 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
SECOND-HAND DEALERS AND COLLECTORS ACT 1984 . . . . . . . . . . 67
SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNALS ACT 1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
STORAGE LIENS ACT 1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
SUPREME COURT ACT 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
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 s4
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
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 (No. 2) 1997. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2.(1) The following provisions of this Act commence on the date of 7
assent-- 8
· parts 3, 7 to 13, 16 to 21, 23 and 25 9
· the schedule. 10
(2) The remaining provisions commence on a day to be fixed by 11
proclamation. 12
Acts--schedule 13
Amended
Clause 3. The schedule amends the Acts mentioned in it. 14
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ASSOCIATIONS 15
INCORPORATION ACT 1981 16
amended in pt 2 17
Act
Clause 4. This part amends the Associations Incorporation Act 1981. 18
s5 11 s9
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
of s 56 (Subsequent annual general meetings) 1
Amendment
Clause 5. Section 56(b), `3 months'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`6 months'. 4
of s 59 (Audit and statement) 5
Amendment
Clause 6. Section 59(1), `3 months'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`6 months'. 8
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF BURIALS ASSISTANCE 9
ACT 1965 10
amended in pt 3 11
Act
Clause 7. This part amends the Burials Assistance Act 1965. 12
of s 4 (Cost of burial or cremation) 13
Amendment
Clause 8. Section 4(2), after `chief executive'-- 14
insert-- 15
`on behalf of the State'. 16
of new s 4A 17
Insertion
Clause 9. After section 4-- 18
insert-- 19
on account with financial institution 20
`Charge
`4A.(1) Any funds standing to the credit of the deceased, or the 21
s9 12 s9
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
deceased's personal representative, with a financial institution at or after the 1
time a notice is given to a financial institution under this section are charged 2
in the hands of the financial institution from the time the notice is given or 3
the time the funds come into the institution's hands, as the case may be. 4
`(2) However, funds held on a joint account or as a trustee, other than as 5
the deceased's personal representative, are not subject to the charge. 6
`(3) The charge attaches to secure payment of the following-- 7
(a) the expenses recoverable under section 4(2); 8
(b) any costs awarded in a proceeding to recover the expenses; 9
(c) any proper costs of enforcing a judgement in the proceeding. 10
`(4) A charge under this section is lower in priority than any earlier 11
charge unless the earlier charge provides otherwise. 12
`(5) The chief executive may give a written notice to a financial institution 13
about the charge. 14
`(6) The notice about the charge must state the following-- 15
(a) the notice is given under this section; 16
(b) the name and address, if known, of the deceased; 17
(c) the amount currently subject to the charge; 18
(d) the general effect of this section, including the following-- 19
(i) the charge applies to funds standing to the credit of the 20
deceased, or the deceased's personal representative, in, or 21
afterwards coming into, the institution's hands; 22
(ii) the charge is lower in priority than any earlier charge (unless 23
the earlier charge provides otherwise); 24
(iii) the institution must pay the funds, other than funds subject 25
to an earlier charge of higher priority, to the chief executive 26
within 7 days after the notice is given to the extent of the 27
amount the notice states is currently subject to the charge; 28
(iv) payment in accordance with the notice is a valid discharge of 29
the institution's liability to the person otherwise entitled to 30
the funds paid. 31
s 10 13 s 13
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
`(7) Further notices may be given to correct a mistake or to state a 1
different amount if circumstances change. 2
`(8) If a financial institution is given a notice under this section, it must 3
pay the funds, other than funds subject to an earlier charge of higher 4
priority, to the chief executive within 7 days after the notice is given to the 5
extent of the amount the notice states is currently subject to the charge. 6
`(9) Payment to the chief executive in accordance with a notice under this 7
section is a valid discharge of the institution's liability to the person 8
otherwise entitled to the funds paid.'. 9
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OF 10
COMPUTER GAMES AND IMAGES ACT 1995 11
amended in pt 4 12
Act
Clause 10. This part amends the Classification of Computer Games and Images 13
Act 1995. 14
of s 19 (Sale of unclassified computer games prohibited) 15
Amendment
Clause 11. Section 19(1)(b), `(MA)'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`MA'. 18
of s 32 (Identity cards) 19
Amendment
Clause 12. Section 32(3)(d)-- 20
omit. 21
of sch 2 (Dictionary) 22
Amendment
Clause 13. Schedule 2, definitions "child abuse computer game" and 23
s 14 14 s 16
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
"objectionable computer game", from `depicts' to `16 years'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`depicts a person who is, or who looks like, a child under 16 years 3
(whether the person is engaged in sexual activity or not)'. 4
of new s 71 5
Insertion
Clause 14. After section 70-- 6
insert-- 7
to omit attachment not forming part of Act 8
`Reprint
`71.(1) The attachment not forming part of this Act must be omitted in 9
the first reprint of this Act after the commencement of this section. 10
`(2) This section expires 1 month after it commences.'. 11
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OF 12
FILMS ACT 1991 13
amended in pt 5 14
Act
Clause 15. This part amends the Classification of Films Act 1991. 15
of s 3 (Definitions) 16
Amendment
Clause 16. Section 3, definition "child abuse film", from `minor' to 17
`16 years'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`person who is, or who looks like, a child under 16 years (whether the 20
person is engaged in sexual activity or not)'. 21
s 17 15 s 19
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OF 1
PUBLICATIONS ACT 1991 2
amended in pt 6 3
Act
Clause 17. This part amends the Classification of Publications Act 1991. 4
of s 3 (Definitions) 5
Amendment
Clause 18. Section 3, definitions "child abuse photograph" and "child abuse 6
publication", from `minor' to `16 years'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`person who is, or who looks like, a child under 16 years (whether the 9
person is engaged in sexual activity or not)'. 10
of new pt 2A 11
Insertion
Clause 19. After section 11-- 12
insert-- 13
`PART 2A--PROTECTION OF CHILDREN AND 14
FAMILIES BY CONDITIONS FOR DISPLAYING 15
CERTAIN UNRESTRICTED PUBLICATIONS 16
for pt 2A 17
`Definitions
`11A. In this part-- 18
"cover", of a publication, includes a box, label, covering or other packaging 19
for the publication. 20
"depiction" includes description, expression or other dealing with. 21
"inappropriate matter" means a matter of sex (including sexuality of the 22
body), drug misuse or addiction, crime, cruelty, violence or revolting 23
or abhorrent phenomena. 24
"officer" means the publications classification officer. 25
s 19 16 s 19
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
of children and families by order prohibiting display of 1
`Protection
unrestricted publication unless certain parts of its cover are concealed 2
`11B.(1) The officer may, by gazette notice, make an order (a "display 3
order") prohibiting the display of a specified unrestricted publication for 4
sale at any public place to which children have access unless-- 5
(a) the rack or other thing that may be holding the publication is at 6
least 1.5 m above the floor or ground, as the case may be; or 7
(b) the pictures, drawings and other images on the publication's 8
cover are concealed by the rack or other thing that may be holding 9
the publication; or 10
(c) the pictures, drawings and other images on the publication's 11
cover are concealed by a cover; or 12
(d) the pictures, drawings and other images on the publication's 13
cover can not be seen without being handled. 14
`(2) A display order may only be made if the officer is satisfied the order 15
is necessary to protect children or families. 16
`(3) In deciding whether to make a display order, the officer must 17
assume that, generally, it is not in the best interests of children and families 18
to display a publication's cover to children without proper adult supervision 19
if the cover contains-- 20
(a) a gratuitous depiction of inappropriate matter; or 21
(b) inappropriate matter on which there is an undue emphasis or 22
undue focus. 23
`(4) A display order may be made on the complaint of a person or on the 24
officer's own initiative. 25
`(5) A display order is not subordinate legislation. 26
for which display order may be made 27
`Publications
`11C.(1) A display order may be made for an existing or future 28
publication. 29
`(2) However, a display order may only be made for a future publication 30
if the officer is also satisfied that, at some time within the previous 2 years, 31
s 19 17 s 19
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
another publication has been available for sale, as a new publication, at a 1
public place and-- 2
(a) the other publication-- 3
(i) had the same name as the future publication; or 4
(ii) traded on the goodwill attaching to the name of the future 5
publication (whether or not it had a similar name); and 6
(b) a display order is being made, or could be made if necessary, for 7
the other publication as an existing publication. 8
`(3) A display order may specify the following publications-- 9
(a) a particular issue or issues of a named publication; 10
(b) all existing issues of a named publication; 11
(c) all future issues of a named publication; 12
(d) all future issues of a publication whose name is a derivative of a 13
named publication; 14
(e) all future publications-- 15
(i) whose cover indicates that the publication is a continuation 16
or modification of, or a replacement for, the named 17
publication; or 18
(ii) that, to the knowledge of the person displaying the 19
publication, trades on the goodwill attaching to the name of 20
the named publication (whether or not the publications have 21
similar names). 22
`(4) A display order must state the following-- 23
(a) the date the order commences; 24
(b) that it is an offence to contravene the order; 25
(c) the maximum penalty for a contravention of the order; 26
(d) the general effect of the defences provided under section 20C(2) 27
s 19 18 s 19
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
and (3);1 1
(e) a person whose interests are adversely affected by the order may 2
appeal against the order, or apply to have it lifted, under 3
section 11D. 4
`(5) Also, a display order-- 5
(a) must be published by the officer in a newspaper circulating 6
throughout Queensland; and 7
(b) commences on the date specified in the order being a date not less 8
than 2 days after the day of publication in the newspaper. 9
`(6) If a display order is made and the officer knows the identity of, and a 10
way of communicating with, the distributor involved, the officer must 11
promptly notify the distributor of the order. 12
of display order, and appeal rights and procedure 13
`Lifting
`11D.(1) A person whose interests are adversely affected by a display 14
order may apply, in writing, to the officer to have the display order lifted. 15
`(2) The application must-- 16
(a) state the applicant's name and address; and 17
(b) show why the applicant is a person whose interests are adversely 18
affected by the order; and 19
(c) state the reasons why the order should be lifted; and 20
(d) contain a statement of the intentions of the publisher of the 21
publications affected by the order about the content of the covers 22
of future publications affected by the order; and 23
(e) contain a copy of each publication, issued in the previous year, 24
that was affected by the display order. 25
`(3) A display order may be lifted if the officer is satisfied, from the 26
1 Section 20C(2) provides a defence if the prohibited display is caused by
someone else and the person takes certain precautions. Section 20C(3) provides
a defence for certain persons who rely on a defect in the register of display
orders.
s 20 19 s 20
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
material in the application, that the order is no longer necessary to protect 1
children or families. 2
`(4) If the officer decides to lift a display order, the officer must 3
promptly-- 4
(a) give the applicant written notice that the order has been lifted; and 5
(b) publish notice in the gazette that the order has been lifted. 6
`(5) If the application is refused, the officer must promptly give the 7
applicant written reasons for the refusal. 8
`(6) A person whose interests are adversely affected by a display order, 9
or a refusal to lift a display order, has the same right of appeal as is available 10
under section 112 against a decision to classify a publication, and that 11
section applies to the appeal with any changes necessary. 12
of display orders 13
`Register
`11E.(1) The chief executive must keep a computerised or other register 14
of all current display orders including the terms of each order. 15
`(2) A person may, on payment of the fee fixed under subsection (3)-- 16
(a) inspect the register during ordinary business hours; or 17
(b) obtain a copy of part or all of the register. 18
`(3) The fee must be an amount that-- 19
(a) the chief executive considers is reasonable; and 20
(b) is not more than the reasonable cost of providing the inspection or 21
copy.'. 22
of new s 20C 23
Insertion
Clause 20. Part 3, after section 20B-- 24
insert-- 25
2 Section 11 (Appeal against classification by publications classification officer)
s 21 20 s 22
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
to contravene a display order for an unrestricted publication 1
`Offence
`20C.(1) A person must not contravene a display order made under 2
section 11B.3 3
Maximum penalty--30 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 month. 4
`(2) It is a defence for the person to prove that-- 5
(a) either-- 6
(i) the prohibited display was caused by a customer, or 7
someone else, not under the person's control; or 8
(ii) if the display was caused by a person under the person's 9
control--the person took reasonable steps to ensure the other 10
person's compliance with the order; and 11
(b) the person followed a system for periodically taking action, 12
throughout the trading day, to rectify prohibited displays at the 13
place to which the charge relates. 14
`(3) It is also a defence for the person to prove that the person relied on 15
the omission of an order from, or other defect in, the register kept under 16
section 11E not knowing, and not having reason to know, of the defect.'. 17
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF THE COOPERATIVES 18
ACT 1997 19
amended in pt 7 20
Act
Clause 21. This part amends the Cooperatives Act 1997. 21
of s 245 (Name to include certain matter) 22
Amendment
Clause 22. Section 245-- 23
3 Section 11B (Protection of children and families by order prohibiting display of
unrestricted publication unless certain parts of its cover are concealed)
s 23 21 s 25
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
insert-- 1
`(5A) However, the registrar may register a name that contains a thing 2
declared to be an unsuitable name, if the Minister is satisfied the name is 3
suitable for registration in the particular circumstances.'. 4
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF CRIMES 5
(CONFISCATION) ACT 1989 6
amended in pt 8 7
Act
Clause 23. This part amends the Crimes (Confiscation) Act 1989. 8
of s 51 (Provisions concerning the public trustee) 9
Amendment
Clause 24. Section 51(3), `, senior deputy public trustee or acting public 10
trustee'-- 11
omit. 12
of sch 2 (Serious offences) 13
Amendment
Clause 25.(1) Schedule 2, items 1, 2, 3 and 4 to 9-- 14
renumber as items 4, 6, 7 and 9 to 14. 15
(2) Schedule 2-- 16
insert-- 17
`1. Classification of Computer Games and Images Act 1995 18
2. Classification of Films Act 1991 19
3. Classification of Publications Act 1991 20
5. Fair Trading Act 1989, part 3, divisions 1 and 24 21
4 Part 3 (Trade practices), division 1 (General rules) and division 2 (Unsolicited
goods and services)
s 26 22 s 27
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
8. Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996'. 1
(3) Schedule 2, item 9 as renumbered, from `part 6'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`part 6, division 35'. 4
ART 9--AMENDMENT OF DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC 5
P
PROSECUTIONS ACT 1984 6
amended in pt 9 7
Act
Clause 26. This part amends the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984. 8
of s 11 (Powers of Director) 9
Amendment
Clause 27.(1) Section 11(1), from `, from time to time'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`may, from time to time, do any of the following'. 12
(2) Section 11(1)(a) and (b), `may'-- 13
omit. 14
(3) Section 11(1)-- 15
insert-- 16
`(c) give guidelines to a person to whom section 24A(1)6 applies 17
stating that specified information is confidential information for 18
the purposes of section 24A.'. 19
5 Part 6 (Obligatory provisions and offences), division 3 (Provisions concerning
sale of liquor by unlicensed persons or on unlicensed premises)
6 Section 24A (Prohibition on disclosure of information)
s 28 23 s 28
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
of new s 24A 1
Insertion
Clause 28. After section 24-- 2
insert-- 3
on disclosure of information 4
`Prohibition
`24A.(1) A person who is or was employed for the purposes of this Act 5
must not disclose confidential information that came to the person's 6
knowledge because of the employment. 7
Maximum penalty--100 penalty units. 8
`(2) Subsection (1) applies to information that came to the person's 9
knowledge directly or incidentally because of the employment or because of 10
an opportunity given by the employment. 11
`(3) However, subsection (1) does not apply to a disclosure by the 12
person of information-- 13
(a) under this or another Act; or 14
(b) under a requirement of a court or tribunal. 15
16
Example of a disclosure under this Act--
17
A witness' statement disclosed for the purposes of a trial.
`(4) The offence is committed even if-- 18
(a) the person knew the information before it came to his or her 19
knowledge because of employment for the purposes of this Act; 20
or 21
(b) the information later stops being confidential. 22
`(5) In this section-- 23
"confidential information", for a person to whom subsection (1) applies, 24
includes information stated to be confidential information for the 25
purposes of this section under a guideline given to the person under 26
section 11(1)(c).7 27
"employed" includes-- 28
7 Section 11 (Powers of Director)
s 29 24 s 32
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
(a) appointed; and 1
(b) engaged; and 2
(c) requested to assist under section 13.'. 3
ART 10--AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURTS 4
P
ACT 1967 5
amended in pt 10 6
Act
Clause 29. This part amends the District Courts Act 1967. 7
of long title 8
Amendment
Clause 30. Long title, `District Courts'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`the District Court'. 11
of s 1 (Short title) 12
Amendment
Clause 31. Section 1, `Courts'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Court'. 15
of pt 2 (Courts, judges, registries and officers) 16
Amendment
Clause 32. Part 2, heading and division 1-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
s 32 25 s 32
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
`PART 2--COURT, JUDGES, REGISTRIES AND 1
OFFICERS 2
`Division 1--Court 3
of the District Court 4
`Establishment
`4. The District Court is established. 5
and constitution of Court 6
`Members
`5.(1) The members of the District Court are the District Court judges. 7
`(2) The District Court is constituted by any one of its members. 8
the Court may be held 9
`Where
`6.(1) The District Court may be constituted at any place. 10
`(2) The District Court as constituted by any of its members may sit in 11
more than 1 place at the same time. 12
`(3) A regulation may declare-- 13
(a) the places at which the District Court is to be held; or 14
(b) that the District Court is no longer to be held at a place. 15
`(4) The District Court held at a place may be referred to as the District 16
Court at the place. 17
18
Example--
19
If the District Court is held at Toowoomba, the District Court at that place may be
20
referred to as the District Court at Toowoomba.
of districts 21
`Declaration
`7.(1) A regulation may declare a district for the District Court at a place. 22
`(2) The district has the same name as the place. 23
s 32 26 s 32
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
1
Example--
2
The name of the district for the District Court at Toowoomba, is the Toowoomba
3
District Court district.
`(3) The district must consist of-- 4
(a) 1 Magistrates Courts district; or 5
(b) 1 division of a Magistrates Courts district; or 6
(c) if the District Court district would form 1 continuous area-- 7
(i) 2 or more Magistrates Courts districts; or 8
(ii) 2 or more divisions of a Magistrates Courts district; or 9
(iii) 1 or more Magistrates Courts districts and 1 or more 10
divisions of a Magistrates Courts district. 11
`(4) If the District Court is no longer to be held at a place, a regulation 12
may declare that all proceedings pending in the court at the place must be 13
continued in the court at a specified place. 14
to be a court of record 15
`Court
`8. The District Court is a court of record and has civil and criminal 16
jurisdiction as provided under this or another Act. 17
jurisdiction 18
`Statewide
`8A. The District Court has jurisdiction throughout Queensland. 19
of the court 20
`Seals
`8B.(1) The District Court must have a seal, and may have the other seals 21
that may be required for the business and administration of the court. 22
`(2) All notices, summons, certificates, warrants and other process, 23
issued by the registrar must be sealed with a seal mentioned in 24
subsection (1).'. 25
s 33 27 s 34
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
of s 16 (Retirement of judge) 1
Omission
Clause 33. Section 16-- 2
omit. 3
of new s 139 4
Insertion
Clause 34. After section 138-- 5
insert-- 6
of the District Court 7
`Transitional--establishment
`139.(1) On the commencement of part 2, division 1-- 8
(a) the District Courts in existence on the commencement (the 9
"previous District Courts") are amalgamated into the District 10
Court; and 11
(b) the places at which the previous District Courts were held are the 12
places at which the District Court is to be held; and 13
(c) the district assigned to a previous District Court held at a place is 14
the district for the District Court to be held at the place; and 15
(d) any jurisdiction or power of the previous District Courts or a 16
judge of a previous District Court or the previous District Courts 17
becomes jurisdiction or power of the District Court or a judge of 18
the District Court; and 19
(e) anything else done or existing in relation to a previous District 20
Court continues, and is taken to be done or existing in relation to 21
the District Court or the corresponding district of the District 22
Court; and 23
(f) a proceeding pending in a previous District Court is to be 24
continued in the District Court at the place at which it would have 25
continued if part 2, division 1 had not been enacted; and 26
(g) each judge of a previous District Court or the previous District 27
Courts becomes a judge of the District Court; and 28
(h) the Chief Judge of District Courts becomes the Chief Judge of the 29
District Court. 30
s 35 28 s 36
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
`(2) Part 2, division 1 does not affect-- 1
(a) any appointment, subject to the name changes mentioned in 2
subsection (1)(f) and (g); or 3
(b) the seniority of a judge; or 4
(c) any principle or rule of law or equity; or 5
(d) any right, privilege or liability. 6
`(3) In an Act or document, if the context permits-- 7
(a) a reference to the District Courts Act 1967 is taken to be a 8
reference to the District Court Act 1967; and 9
(b) a reference to the District Courts Rules 1968 is taken to be a 10
reference to the District Court Rules 1968; and 11
(c) a reference to a District Court or the District Courts is taken to be 12
a reference to the District Court; and 13
(d) a reference to a District Court held at a place is a reference to the 14
District Court held at the place; and 15
(e) a reference to a judge of a District Court or to a judge of District 16
Courts is taken to be a reference to a judge of the District Court; 17
and 18
(f) a reference to the Chief Judge of District Courts is a reference to 19
the Chief Judge of the District Court.'. 20
21
PART 11--AMENDMENT OF EVIDENCE ACT 1977 22
amended in pt 11 23
Act
Clause 35. This part amends the Evidence Act 1977. 24
of s 105 (Certified reproductions of certain official 25
Amendment
documents etc. to be admissible without further proof) 26
Clause 36. Section 105(1), definition "approved person", `declared under a 27
s 37 29 s 40
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
regulation'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`the Minister declares by gazette notice'. 3
ART 12--AMENDMENT OF FAIR TRADING 4
P
ACT 1989 5
amended in pt 12 6
Act
Clause 37. This part amends the Fair Trading Act 1989. 7
of s 82 (Compliance with information standard) 8
Amendment
Clause 38. Section 82(1), penalty, `400 penalty units'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`540 penalty units'. 11
of s 84 (Compliance with safety standard) 12
Amendment
Clause 39. Section 84(1), penalty, `400 penalty units'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`540 penalty units'. 15
ART 13--AMENDMENT OF GIRL GUIDES 16
P
ASSOCIATION ACT 1970 17
amended in pt 13 18
Act
Clause 40. This part amends the Girl Guides Association Act 1970. 19
s 41 30 s 45
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
of long title 1
Amendment
Clause 41. Long title, `the Girl Guides Association (Queensland, 2
Australia)'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Guides Queensland'. 5
of s 1 (Short title) 6
Amendment
Clause 42. Section 1, `Girl Guides Association'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Guides Queensland'. 9
of s 2 (Meaning of terms) 10
Amendment
Clause 43. Section 2, definitions "Branch" and "council", `the Girl Guides 11
Association (Queensland, Australia)'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Guides Queensland'. 14
of s 3 (Incorporation of the Council) 15
Amendment
Clause 44. Section 3(1)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(1) The corporation named the Girl Guides Association (Queensland, 18
Australia) as formerly established is continued in existence under the name 19
Guides Queensland.'. 20
of s 4 (Registration of Royal Charters and constitution) 21
Amendment
Clause 45. Section 4(7)(a)(i) and (b), `Secretary'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`executive officer'. 24
s 46 31 s 50
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
of s 6 (Transfer of property to corporation) 1
Amendment
Clause 46. Section 6(3)(a), `Secretary'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`executive officer'. 4
of s 7 (Dealing with property by the corporation) 5
Amendment
Clause 47.(1) Section 7(a), `in the first instance'-- 6
omit. 7
(2) Section 7(b) from `at' to `if'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`the proposed lease, mortgage or sale, if'. 10
of s 9 (Custody and use of the seal) 11
Amendment
Clause 48. Section 9(1), `Secretary'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`executive officer'. 14
of s 10 (Service of notices) 15
Amendment
Clause 49. Section 10(1), `Secretary'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`executive officer'. 18
of s 11 (Receipts etc.) 19
Amendment
Clause 50. Section 11(a)(i), `Secretary'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`executive officer'. 22
s 51 32 s 53
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
of new s 14 1
Insertion
Clause 51. After section 13-- 2
insert-- 3
consequential on change to Girl Guides Association 4
`Transitional
(Queensland, Australia) 5
`14.(1) Anything done or existing in relation to Girl Guides Association 6
(Queensland, Australia) continues, and is taken to be done or existing in 7
relation to Guides Queensland. 8
(2) In an Act or document, a reference to the Girl Guides Association 9
(Queensland, Australia) may, if the context permits, be taken to be a 10
reference to Guides Queensland.'. 11
ART 14--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886 12
P
amended in pt 14 13
Act
Clause 52. This part amends the Justices Act 1886. 14
of s 22B (Magistrates Court districts) 15
Amendment
Clause 53.(1) Section 22B, heading, `Court'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Courts'. 18
(2) Section 22B(1A)(a), after `Court'-- 19
insert-- 20
`, if constituted by a magistrate,'. 21
s 54 33 s 55
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
of s 53 (When justice may issue summons) 1
Amendment
Clause 54. Section 53(3) to (5)-- 2
omit. 3
of new s 53A 4
Insertion
Clause 55. After section 53-- 5
insert-- 6
after summons issued, to order mediation 7
`Power,
`53A.(1) If a summons has been issued under section 53, the clerk of the 8
court for the place where the defendant is required to appear may order the 9
complainant to submit the matter to mediation under the Dispute Resolution 10
Centres Act 1990 (an "order to mediate"). 11
`(2) The clerk of the court may make an order to mediate if-- 12
(a) the clerk considers that the matter would be better resolved by 13
mediation than by proceeding on the summons; or 14
(b) the complainant consents to the order. 15
`(3) The clerk of the court may, at any time, refer a summons to a 16
Magistrate for directions as to whether or not to make an order. 17
`(4) An order to mediate must be in the approved form. 18
`(5) If an order to mediate is made-- 19
(a) the clerk of the court must give notice of the order to the 20
complainant and defendant; and 21
(b) the summons may not be served, and no other action may be 22
taken on the summons, unless a clerk of the court orders that the 23
summons may be proceeded with. 24
`(6) If the clerk of the court for the place where the defendant is required 25
to appear is satisfied that an event mentioned in subsection (7) has 26
happened, the clerk of the court may order that the summons may be 27
proceeded with. 28
`(7) The events are-- 29
s 56 34 s 57
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Provisions) (No. 2)
(a) if the complainant consented to the order--the complainant 1
withdraws the consent; or 2
(b) the matter of the complaint may not be mediated at a convenient 3
place because of a decision made by the director of a dispute 4
resolution centre under the Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990, 5
section 30(1); or 6
(c) the defendant refuses to attend at, or participate in, a mediation 7
session under that Act, or either party withdraws from a 8
mediation session under that Act; or 9
(d) the director of a dispute resolution centre declines under 10
section 32(1) of that Act to consent to the acceptance of the matter 11
of the complaint for mediation; or 12
(e) a mediation session attended by the complainant and the 13
defendant is terminated under section 32(2) of that Act. 14
`(8) A clerk of the court may be satisfied about the happening of an event 15
even if the only information before the clerk is from the complainant.'. 16
of s 54 (Form of summons and filing of complaint and 17
Amendment
summons) 18
Clause 56. Section 54-- 19
insert-- 20
`(5) If the complainant gives the clerk of the court written notice that the 21
dispute has been resolved by mediation-- 22
(a) the filing fee paid on lodgement of the summons must be 23
refunded; and 24
(b) the summons may not be served, and no other action may be 25
taken on the summons.'. 26
of s 98B (Definitions) 27
Amendment
Clause 57. Section 98B, definition "authorised person"-- 28
insert-- 29
s 58 35 s 59
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
`(e) if a person is not appointed under a regulation for a matter 1
mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d)--the administering authority 2
for the infringement notice offence.'. 3
of new pt 4A, div 1A 4
Insertion
Clause 58. After section 98B-- 5
insert-- 6
`Division 1A--Service of documents under this part generally 7
of documents 8
`Service
`98BA.(1) A document may be served under this part as provided for 9
under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 39. 10
`(2) Service by post-- 11
(a) may be effected by properly addressing, prepaying and posting 12
the document as a letter; and 13
(b) is taken to have been effected at the time at which the letter would 14
be delivered in the ordinary course of post. 15
`(3) The Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 39A(2) applies to this part. 16
`(4) This section is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1992.'. 17
of s 98N (Reminder notices) 18
Amendment
Clause 59.(1) Section 98N(4), from `prescribed'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`fixed by the chief executive by gazette notice for the cost of serving a 21
reminder notice.'. 22
(2) Section 98N-- 23
insert-- 24
`(5) The amount fixed by the chief executive must be not more than the 25
reasonable cost of serving notice.'. 26
s 60 36 s 62
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
of s 147A (Power of justices to reopen proceedings and 1
Amendment
rectify orders)-- 2
Clause 60. Section 147(1), `1988'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`1992'. 5
of s 159 (The sum allowed for costs to be specified in the 6
Replacement
conviction or order) 7
Clause 61. Section 159-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
allowed for costs to be stated in conviction or order 10
`Amount
`159.(1) An order for costs made under this division must be stated in 11
the conviction or order or order of dismissal, or order striking out the 12
complaint for want of jurisdiction. 13
`(2) The order must state-- 14
(a) if the defendant and complainant agree on all the necessary or 15
proper costs to be allowed--the amount allowed for costs; or 16
(b) if the defendant and complainant can not agree on all the 17
necessary or proper costs to be allowed--the costs are to be taxed 18
by the clerk of the court. 19
`(3) On taxation, the clerk may only allow costs set out in the scale of 20
costs prescribed under this Act. 21
`(4) The clerk's taxation may be reviewed by a Magistrate on the 22
application of the defendant or complainant.'. 23
of s 179 (Meaning of terms) 24
Amendment
Clause 62. Section 179, definition "reciprocating State or Territory", after 25
`to'-- 26
insert-- 27
`be'. 28
s 63 37 s 65
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
of s 222 (Appeal to a single judge) 1
Amendment
Clause 63.(1) Section 222-- 2
insert-- 3
`(1B) Also, this section does not apply to a person convicted of a 4
summary offence by the Supreme Court or District Court under the 5
Criminal Code, section 6518'. 6
(2) Section 222-- 7
insert-- 8
`(2E) Despite subsection (2)(a)(i), if the appellant is in custody, the 9
appeal must be heard in the District Court district where the appellant is in 10
custody. 11
`(2F) Subsection (2E) is subject to the District Court Act 1867.'. 12
ART 15--AMENDMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE 13
P
ACT 1992 14
amended in pt 15 15
Act
Clause 64. This part amends the Juvenile Justice Act 1992. 16
of s 55 (Infringement notices) 17
Amendment
Clause 65. Section 55(2), `part 4A'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`part 4A, division 39'. 20
8 Section 651 (Supreme Court and District Court may decide summary offences)
9 Part 4A (Infringement notices), division 3 (Enforcement of infringement notices
by registration)
s 66 38 s 70
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
ART 16--AMENDMENT OF LAW REFORM 1
P
COMMISSION ACT 1968 2
amended in pt 16 3
Act
Clause 66. This part amends the Law Reform Commission Act 1968. 4
of s 3 (Constitution of Commission) 5
Amendment
Clause 67. Section 3(2), from `shall'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`must consist of at least 3 members, who may be full-time or part-time 8
members.'. 9
ART 17--AMENDMENT OF LEGAL AID 10
P
QUEENSLAND ACT 1997 11
amended in pt 17 12
Act
Clause 68. This part amends the Legal Aid Queensland Act 1997. 13
of s 80 (Protection from liability) 14
Amendment
Clause 69. Section 80(1) and (2), after `employee'-- 15
insert-- 16
`or a member of the board'. 17
of s 82 (Secrecy) 18
Amendment
Clause 70. Section 82(1)-- 19
s 71 39 s 73
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
insert-- 1
`(c) a member of the board.'. 2
PART 18--AMENDMENT OF MOBILE HOMES 3
ACT 1989 4
amended in pt 18 5
Act
Clause 71. This part amends the Mobile Homes Act 1989. 6
of s 4 (Particulars of agreement) 7
Amendment
Clause 72. After section 4(1)-- 8
insert-- 9
`(1AA) An offence against subsection (1) is a continuing offence and-- 10
(a) continues, despite the end of the 3 month period, until the written 11
statement is given; and 12
(b) may be charged in 1 or more complaints for periods the offence 13
continues.'. 14
of s 12E (Warrants--applications made otherwise than 15
Amendment
in person) 16
Clause 73. Section 12E(1)(b), `officer's'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`inspector's'. 19
s 74 40 s 75
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
ART 19--AMENDMENT OF PENALTIES AND 1
P
SENTENCES ACT 1992 2
amended in pt 19 3
Act
Clause 74. This part amends the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992. 4
of new s 146A 5
Insertion
Clause 75. After section 146-- 6
insert-- 7
or warrant for offender whose sentence of imprisonment 8
`Summons
has been suspended 9
`146A.(1) This section applies if-- 10
(a) an order has been made under section 14410 for an offender; and 11
(b) a police officer or an authorised commission officer suspects, on 12
reasonable grounds, that the offender has committed an offence, 13
in or outside Queensland, during the operational period of the 14
order; and 15
(c) imprisonment may be imposed if the offender is convicted, in or 16
outside Queensland, of the suspected offence. 17
`(2) The officer may, by a complaint to a magistrate, apply for a 18
summons requiring the offender to appear before the court that made the 19
order. 20
`(3) The magistrate may issue the summons or, instead of issuing the 21
summons, issue a warrant, in the approved form, directed to all police 22
officers to arrest the offender and bring the offender before the court that 23
made the order to be further dealt with according to law. 24
`(4) The summons or warrant issued under this section is of no effect 25
unless and until the offender is convicted of an offence that enables a court 26
to deal with the offender under section 147. 27
10 Section 144 (Sentence of imprisonment may be suspended)
s 76 41 s 77
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
`(5) The magistrate must issue the summons or warrant if the magistrate 1
is satisfied the grounds for issuing the summons or warrant exist. 2
`(6) However, the warrant may be issued only if-- 3
(a) the complaint is under oath; and 4
(b) the magistrate is satisfied the offender would not appear in 5
answer to a summons. 6
`(7) Further, the magistrate may refuse to issue the warrant if the 7
magistrate considers it would be unjust to issue the warrant. 8
`(8) The summons or warrant may state the suspected offence in general 9
terms.'. 10
PART 20--AMENDMENT OF PRISONERS 11
(INTERSTATE TRANSFER) ACT 1982 12
amended in pt 20 13
Act
Clause 76. This part amends the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982. 14
of s 2 (Definitions) 15
Amendment
Clause 77.(1) Section 2, definitions, "Australian Capital Territory", 16
"corresponding Minister", "Governor", "joint prisoner" and 17
"sentence of imprisonment"-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Section 2-- 20
insert-- 21
"corresponding Minister", for a participating State, means the Minister of 22
that State who is responsible for the administration of the interstate law 23
of that State. 24
"Governor", for the Australian Capital Territory, means-- 25
s 78 42 s 78
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
(a) in this section, definition "indeterminate sentence" and in 1
section 27(4)--the Governor-General; 2
(b) in section 27(5)(b)--the Governor-General, or the Executive 3
within the meaning of the Australian Capital Territory (Self 4
Government Act 1988 (Cwlth). 5
"joint prisoner" see section 2A. 6
"sentence of imprisonment" see section 2B.'. 7
of new ss 2A and 2B 8
Insertion
Clause 78. After section 2-- 9
insert-- 10
of "joint prisoner" 11
`Meaning
`2A. A "joint prisoner" is a person on whom both of the following 12
sentences have been imposed-- 13
(a) a Commonwealth sentence of imprisonment; 14
(b) any of the following sentences of imprisonment-- 15
(i) a State sentence of imprisonment; 16
(ii) a State sentence of imprisonment as defined under an 17
interstate law; 18
(iii) an ACT sentence of imprisonment as defined under the 19
Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1993 (ACT); 20
(iv) a Territory sentence of imprisonment within the meaning of 21
the Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983 (NT). 22
of "sentence of imprisonment" 23
`Meaning
`2B. Each of the following is a "sentence of imprisonment"-- 24
(a) a State sentence of imprisonment; 25
(b) a State sentence of imprisonment as defined by an interstate law; 26
(c) an ACT sentence of imprisonment as defined by the Prisoners 27
s 79 43 s 82
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
(Interstate Transfer) Act 1993 (ACT); 1
(d) a Territory sentence of imprisonment within the meaning of the 2
Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1983 (NT); 3
(e) if relevant--a Commonwealth sentence of imprisonment.'. 4
ART 21--AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC TRUSTEE 5
P
ACT 1978 6
amended in pt 21 7
Act
Clause 79. This part amends the Public Trustee Act 1978. 8
of s 97B (Application of unclaimed superannuation 9
Amendment
benefit provisions) 10
Clause 80. Section 97B(1), `division'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`part'. 13
of section 98 (Definitions) 14
Amendment
Clause 81. Section 98, definition "unclaimed moneys", paragraph (a), `6 years 15
or'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`2 years'. 18
of s 116 (Funds held by Public Trustee to be transferred) 19
Amendment
Clause 82. Section 116, `the term of 6 years next preceding'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`the previous 2 years'. 22
s 83 44 s 85
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
PART 22--AMENDMENT OF QUEENSLAND LAW 1
SOCIETY ACT 1952 2
amended in pt 22 3
Act
Clause 83. This part amends the Queensland Law Society Act 1952. 4
of new s 6MA 5
Insertion
Clause 84. After section 6M-- 6
insert-- 7
for directions 8
`Application
`6MA.(1) A party to a charge or other matter referred to the tribunal may 9
apply to the chairperson of the tribunal for directions about the conduct of 10
the charge or other matter. 11
`(2) The chairperson or a member of the tribunal chosen by the 12
chairperson, who is a practitioner, may give the directions the chairperson 13
or member considers appropriate (with or without consulting another 14
tribunal member). 15
`(3) However, if an application to the chairperson for directions is made, 16
or pursued, before the tribunal, the tribunal, rather than the chairperson or 17
member, must deal with the application and give any directions it considers 18
appropriate.'. 19
of s 24B (Practitioners to notify clients about 20
Amendment
non-liability of fund for certain mortgages) 21
Clause 85.(1) Section 24B, heading, after `mortgages'-- 22
`or details of their insurance'. 23
(2) Section 24B(2)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`(2) The practicing practitioner must give the practitioner's client-- 26
(a) notice of the effect of section 24A, and a copy of section 24A and 27
s 86 45 s 87
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
this section; or 1
(b) a written notice in accordance with subsection 2A. 2
`(2A) A notice under subsection (2)(b) must-- 3
(a) identify the proposed mortgage (or mortgage) to which the notice 4
applies; and 5
(b) state that the practitioner holds the mortgage fidelity insurance 6
cover required to be held under this Act for claims arising out of 7
the mortgage and will keep the insurance current as required 8
under the Act; and 9
(c) state the following details about the insurance-- 10
(i) date of policy and policy number; 11
(ii) insurer's name; 12
(iii) the amount of insurance for each claim arising out of the 13
mortgage; and 14
(d) state that the client is entitled to a copy of the policy, and proof of 15
payment of the premium, from the practitioner if the client asks 16
for them.'. 17
ART 23--AMENDMENT OF SECURITY 18
P
PROVIDERS ACT 1993 19
amended in pt 23 20
Act
Clause 86. This part amends the Security Providers Act 1993. 21
of s 41 (Power to require information from certain 22
Amendment
persons) 23
Clause 87. Section 41-- 24
insert-- 25
s 88 46 s 90
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
`(1A) The inspector may require the information to be given-- 1
(a) to the inspector or another specified inspector; or 2
(b) at the place the requirement is made or at another stated place; or 3
(c) immediately or at, by or within a stated time; or 4
(d) in person or in another specified way.'. 5
ART 24--AMENDMENT OF TRAVEL AGENTS ACT 6
P
1988 7
amended in pt 24 8
Act
Clause 88. This part amends the Travel Agents Act 1988. 9
of section 45 (Powers of entry etc.) 10
Amendment
Clause 89.(1) Section 45, heading-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Certain powers of entry etc. for records required to be kept under 13
Act' 14
(2) Section 45(5) to (7)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(5) This section does not limit sections 45A to 45F.'. 17
of new ss 45A to 45H 18
Insertion
Clause 90. After section 45-- 19
insert-- 20
of place by authorised officer 21
`Entry
`45A.(1) An authorised officer may enter a place if-- 22
s 90 47 s 90
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Provisions) (No. 2)
(a) the occupier of the place consents to the entry; or 1
(b) it is a public place and the entry is made when the place is open to 2
the public; or 3
(c) the authorised officer believes on reasonable grounds that 4
business as a travel agent is being carried on at the place, or 5
records relating to a business as a travel agent are kept at the 6
place, and the entry is made when the place is open for business; 7
or 8
(d) the entry is authorised by a warrant. 9
`(2) Subsection (1)(c) does not authorise entry to a place that is, or is part 10
of, a dwelling house. 11
12
`Warrants
`45B.(1) An authorised officer may apply to a magistrate for a warrant 13
for a place. 14
`(2) The application must-- 15
(a) be sworn; and 16
(b) set out the grounds on which the warrant is sought. 17
`(3) The magistrate may refuse to consider the application until the 18
authorised officer gives the magistrate all the information the magistrate 19
requires about the application in the way the magistrate requires. 20
21
Example--
22
The magistrate may require that additional information supporting the application
23
be given by a statutory declaration.
`(4) The magistrate may issue a warrant only if the magistrate is satisfied 24
there are reasonable grounds for suspecting that-- 25
(a) there is a particular thing (the "evidence") that may provide 26
evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act; and 27
(b) the evidence is, or may be within the next 7 days, at the place. 28
`(5) The warrant must state-- 29
(a) that the authorised officer is authorised, with assistance and force 30
s 90 48 s 90
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
that may be necessary and reasonable-- 1
(i) to enter the place; and 2
(ii) to exercise the authorised officer's powers under this Act; 3
and 4
(b) the evidence for which the warrant is issued; and 5
(c) the hours of the day when entry may be made; and 6
(d) the day (within 14 days after the warrant's issue) on which the 7
warrant stops having effect. 8
made otherwise than in person 9
`Warrants--applications
`45C.(1) An authorised officer may apply for a warrant by phone, fax, 10
radio or another form of communication if the authorised officer considers 11
it necessary because of-- 12
(a) urgent circumstances; or 13
(b) other special circumstances, including, for example, the officer's 14
remote location. 15
`(2) Before applying for the warrant, the authorised officer must prepare 16
an application that sets out the grounds on which the warrant is sought. 17
`(3) The authorised officer may apply for the warrant before the 18
application is sworn. 19
`(4) If the magistrate issues the warrant and it is reasonably practicable to 20
fax a copy of it to the authorised officer, the magistrate must immediately 21
fax the copy to the authorised officer. 22
`(5) If the magistrate issues the warrant but it is not reasonably 23
practicable to fax a copy of it to the authorised officer-- 24
(a) the magistrate must-- 25
(i) tell the authorised officer what the terms of the warrant are; 26
and 27
(ii) tell the authorised officer the date and time the warrant was 28
signed; and 29
s 90 49 s 90
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
(iii) record the reasons for issuing the warrant on the warrant; 1
and 2
(b) the authorised officer must-- 3
(i) complete a form of warrant in the same terms as the warrant 4
issued by the magistrate; and 5
(ii) write on the warrant form the name of the magistrate and the 6
date and time the magistrate signed the warrant. 7
`(6) The facsimile warrant, or the warrant form properly completed by 8
the authorised officer, is authority for the entry and the exercise of the other 9
powers authorised by the warrant issued by the magistrate. 10
`(7) The authorised officer must send to the magistrate-- 11
(a) the sworn application; and 12
(b) if a warrant form was completed by the authorised officer--the 13
completed warrant form. 14
`(8) The sworn application and any completed warrant form must be sent 15
to the magistrate at the earliest practicable opportunity. 16
`(9) On receipt of the application and any warrant form, the magistrate 17
must attach them to the warrant issued by the magistrate. 18
`(10) If-- 19
(a) it is material for a court to be satisfied that the exercise of a power 20
was authorised by a warrant issued under this section; and 21
(b) the warrant is not produced in evidence; 22
the court must assume the exercise of power was not authorised by a 23
warrant, unless the contrary is proved. 24
officer's general powers in a place 25
`Authorised
`45D.(1) After entering a place under section 45A,11 an authorised officer 26
may exercise a power mentioned in subsection (2) only if-- 27
(a) the occupier of the place consents to the exercise of the power; or 28
11 Section 45A (Entry of place by authorised officer)
s 90 50 s 90
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
(b) the entry was authorised by a warrant. 1
`(2) The authorised officer may-- 2
(a) search any part of the place; or 3
(b) if entry was authorised by a warrant--seize the evidence for 4
which the warrant was issued; or 5
(c) in any case--seize a thing if the authorised officer believes on 6
reasonable grounds that-- 7
(i) the thing is evidence of the commission of an offence 8
against this Act; and 9
(ii) the seizure is necessary to prevent-- 10
(A) the concealment, loss or destruction of the thing; or 11
(B) the use of the thing in committing, continuing or 12
repeating an offence against this Act; or 13
(d) inspect, examine, photograph or film anything in or on the place; 14
or 15
(e) take extracts from, or make copies of, any documents in or on the 16
place; or 17
(f) take into or onto the place any person, equipment and materials 18
that the authorised officer reasonably requires for the purpose of 19
exercising any powers in relation to the place; or 20
(g) require a person in or on the place, or the occupier of the place, to 21
give the authorised officer reasonable help for the exercise of the 22
powers mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (f). 23
`(3) A person who is required by an authorised officer under 24
subsection (2)(g) to give the authorised officer reasonable help for the 25
exercise of a power must comply with the requirement, unless the person 26
has a reasonable excuse for not complying with it. 27
`(4) If the help is required to be given by a person by-- 28
(a) answering a question; or 29
(b) producing a document (other than a document required to be kept 30
by the person under this Act); 31
s 90 51 s 90
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Provisions) (No. 2)
it is a reasonable excuse for the person to fail to comply with the 1
requirement on the ground that the information or document might tend to 2
incriminate the person. 3
to require name and address 4
`Power
`45E.(1) An authorised officer may require a person to state the person's 5
name and address if the authorised officer-- 6
(a) finds the person committing an offence against this Act; or 7
(b) finds the person in circumstances that lead, or has information 8
that leads, the authorised officer to suspect on reasonable grounds 9
that the person has committed, or assisted in the commission of, 10
an offence against this Act. 11
`(2) When making the requirement, the authorised officer must warn the 12
person that it is an offence to fail to state the person's name and address, 13
unless the person has a reasonable excuse. 14
`(3) The authorised officer may require the person to give evidence of the 15
correctness of the person's name or address if the authorised officer 16
suspects, on reasonable grounds, that the name or address given is false. 17
`(4) A person must comply with an authorised officer's requirement 18
under subsection (1) or (3), unless the person has a reasonable excuse for 19
not complying with it. 20
Maximum penalty--60 penalty units. 21
`(5) The person does not commit an offence against this section if-- 22
(a) the authorised officer required the person to state the person's 23
name and address on suspicion of the person having committed 24
an offence against this Act; and 25
(b) the person is not proved to have committed the offence. 26
after thing seized 27
`Procedure
`45F.(1) As soon as practicable after a thing is seized by an authorised 28
s 90 52 s 90
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
officer under section 45D,12 the authorised officer must give a receipt for it 1
to the person from whom it was seized. 2
`(2) The authorised officer must allow a person who would be entitled to 3
the seized thing if it were not in the authorised officers's possession-- 4
(a) to inspect it; or 5
(b) if it is a document--to take extracts from it or make copies of it. 6
`(3) The authorised officer must return the seized thing to the person at 7
the end of-- 8
(a) 1 year; or 9
(b) if a prosecution for an offence involving it is started within 10
1 year--the proceeding for the offence and any appeal from the 11
proceeding. 12
`(4) Despite subsection (3), the authorised officer must return the seized 13
thing to the person if the authorised officer is satisfied that-- 14
(a) its retention as evidence is no longer necessary; and 15
(b) its return is not likely to result in its use in repeating the offence. 16
etc. authorised officers 17
`Obstructing
`45G. A person must not obstruct, hinder or resist an authorised officer 18
in the exercise of a power, unless the person has a reasonable excuse. 19
Maximum penalty--60 penalty units. 20
21
`Compensation
`45H.(1) A person may claim compensation from the State if the person 22
incurs loss or expense because of the exercise or purported exercise of a 23
power under sections 45 to 45F. 24
`(2) Payment of compensation may be claimed and ordered in a 25
proceeding for-- 26
12 Section 45D (Authorised officer's general powers in a place)
s 91 53 s 92
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
(a) compensation brought in a court of competent jurisdiction; or 1
(b) an offence against this Act brought against the person making the 2
claim for compensation. 3
`(3) A court may order the payment of compensation for the loss or 4
expense only if it is satisfied that it is just to make the order in the 5
circumstances of the particular case.'. 6
PART 25--AMENDMENT OF TRUSTS ACT 1973 7
amended in pt 25 8
Act
Clause 91. This part amends the Trusts Act 1973. 9
of s 21 (Authorised investments) 10
Amendment
Clause 92.(1) Section 21(1), `in manner following, that is to say'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`in the following way'. 13
(2) Section 21(1)-- 14
insert-- 15
`(l) in a common fund established under the Public Trustee Act 16
1978.'. 17
18
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CHEDULE 1
¡S
INOR AMENDMENTS 2
M
section 3 3
CTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 4
´A
1. Section 36, definitions "District Court" and "District Court 5
judge"-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
` "District Court" means the District Court established under the District 8
Court Act 1967. 9
"District Court judge" means a judge of the District Court.'. 10
BILLS OF SALE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS 11
´
ACT 1955 12
1. Section 6(1), definition "office of the registrar", paragraphs (a) to 13
(c), `office of the registrar of the Supreme Court'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Office of Consumer Affairs'. 16
2. Section 6(1), definition "office of the registrar", paragraph (d), 17
`office of the department'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`Office of Consumer Affairs'. 20
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
OLLECTIONS ACT 1966 1
´C
1. Section 16(1), `or cities or towns'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`or cities and towns'. 4
2. Section 35(4), from `pursuant' to `transferred'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`under the regulation'. 7
3. Sections 35C(4) and 35D(2), `by order in council pursuant to'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`under'. 10
4. Section 47(3)(za), `formed as prescribed by the regulations under 11
the Education Act 1964'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`established under the Education (General Provisions) Act 1989'. 14
OMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 1950 15
´C
1. Section 33 (second mention), subsection (2)-- 16
relocate to section 33 (first mention) as subsection (2). 17
2. Section 33 (second mention)-- 18
omit. 19
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
CONSUMER CREDIT CODE 1
´
1. Schedule 1, definition "credit contract", `section 7'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`section 5'. 4
OOPERATIVES ACT 1997 5
´C
1. Section 218(1), after `for'-- 6
insert-- 7
`the'. 8
2. Section 300, `bodies corporate'-- 9
omit. 10
3. Section 341(5), `subsection (4)'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`subsection (1)(a)'. 13
4. Section 354(2), `the Supreme Court of another State'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`a court of another State'. 16
5. Section 396(1), from `when' to `warrant'-- 17
omit. 18
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
6. Section 397(1), from `when' to `consent'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`other than under a warrant'. 3
7. Schedule 2, part 3, heading, `BODIES'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`CORPORATIONS'. 6
8. Schedule 2, section 22, heading, `bodies corporate'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`corporations'. 9
9. Schedule 8, definition "deposit taking cooperative", `deposit 10
taking'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`deposit-taking'. 13
RIMINAL CODE ACT 1899 14
´C
1. Section 6(3), `or a'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`or'. 17
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
CRIMINAL CODE 1
´
1. Section 14A(1) and (3), `200 miles'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`320 km'. 4
2. Section 51(1)(a) and (2), `of a proclamation by the Governor in 5
Council in that behalf'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`under a regulation'. 8
3. Section 54A(6), definition "government corporation", `by order in 9
council'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`under a regulation'. 12
4. Section 98, definitions "election" and "parliamentary election", 13
`Referendums Act 1989'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Referendums Act 1997'. 16
5. Section 208(1), penalty, at the end-- 17
insert-- 18
`.'. 19
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
6. Section 334(2), `ordinance'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`ordnance'. 3
7. Section 442A(1), definition "local government", `authority 4
constituted'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`government established'. 7
8. Section 450F(2), `order in council'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`gazette notice'. 10
9. Section 450H(2), `Commissioner for Transport'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`chief executive of the department in which the Traffic Act 1949 is 13
administered'. 14
10. Section 506, heading `under Factories and Shops Act'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`relating to regulation of factories and shops'. 17
11. Sections 534(4) and 543A(2), `Industrial Conciliation and 18
Arbitration Act 1932'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`Workplace Relations Act 1997'. 21
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
12. Section 568(7), `(4)'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(6)'. 3
13. Section 590(2)(d), `if'-- 4
omit. 5
14. Section 590A(2)(d) and (6)(b) and (c), `Director of Prosecutions'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`director of public prosecutions'. 8
15. Section 651(1), after `subject to'-- 9
insert-- 10
`section 652(2) to (4) and'. 11
16. Section 651(2)(e), after `offence'-- 12
insert-- 13
`, or a copy,'. 14
17. Section 652(4), `or copy'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`, or a copy,'. 17
18. Section 668D, after `indictment'-- 18
insert-- 19
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Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
`, or a person convicted of a summary offence by the Supreme Court or 1
District Court under section 651,'. 2
19. Section 668D-- 3
insert-- 4
`(2) A person summarily convicted under section 651 may appeal to the 5
court, with the leave of the court, against the sentence passed on conviction, 6
including any order made under that section.'. 7
20. Section 671K(3), `1921'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`1995'. 10
21. Section 676, `Chapters 44 and 47'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`chapter 44'. 13
RIMINAL LAW AMENDMENT ACT 1945 14
´C
1. Section 18(1B)-- 15
omit. 16
2. Section 18(9), `Secretary for Health and Home Affairs'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`chief executive of the department in which the Health Services Act 1991 19
is administered'. 20
62
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
3. Section 18(9A), `Prisons Act 1890, section 52'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Corrective Services Act 1988, section 69'. 3
LECTORAL ACT 1992 4
´E
1. Section 61(10)(c), `or 185'-- 5
omit. 6
2. Section 140(2), `deposit filing'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`amount deposited'. 9
AIR TRADING ACT 1989 10
´F
1. Section 5, definition "bureau"-- 11
omit. 12
2. Section 5-- 13
insert-- 14
` "office" means the Office of Consumer Affairs established under this 15
Act.'. 16
3. Sections 18, 21, 34, 89, 90, 104, 105, 109 and 110, `bureau'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`office'. 19
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
4. Part 2, division 2, heading, `Consumer Affairs Bureau'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Office of Consumer Affairs'. 3
5. Section 20, heading-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Office of Consumer Affairs'. 6
6. Section 20(1), `a Consumer Affairs Bureau'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`an Office of Consumer Affairs'. 9
7. Section 20(2), `bureau'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`office'. 12
8. Section 20-- 13
insert-- 14
`(3) The Consumer Affairs Bureau in existence immediately before the 15
commencement of this subsection is continued in existence as the Office of 16
Consumer Affairs. 17
`(4) Anything done or existing in relation to the Consumer Affairs 18
Bureau continues, and is taken to be done or existing in relation to the 19
Office of Consumer Affairs. 20
`(5) In an Act or document, if the context permits, a reference to the 21
Consumer Affairs Bureau is taken to be a reference to the Office of 22
Consumer Affairs. 23
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
`(6) This subsection and subsections (3) to (5) expire 1 year after they 1
commence.'. 2
9. Section 90(6A), `subsection'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`section'. 5
REEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 6
´F
1. Schedule 2, item 1-- 7
renumber and relocate as item 3. 8
AND SALES ACT 1984 9
´L
1. Section 14, `section 11(3)'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`section 11(1)'. 12
2. Section 23(1)(b), at the end-- 13
insert-- 14
`or'. 15
3. Section 26, `section 23(3)'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`section 23(1)'. 18
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
4. Section 30E(1)(b), `officer's'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`inspector's'. 3
5. Section 30F(4), from `it' to `reasonable'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`it is a reasonable'. 6
AW REFORM ACT 1995 7
´L
1. Section 16, heading, at the end-- 8
insert-- 9
`and other prescribed persons'. 10
LEGAL PRACTITIONERS ACT 1995 11
´
1. Section 49, `Act'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`part'. 14
2. Schedule, section 1, `society of'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Queensland Law Society Incorporated (the "society") of'. 17
3. Schedule, section 1, `guarantee fund'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
`Legal Practitioners' Fidelity Guarantee Fund established under the 1
Queensland Law Society Act 1952'. 2
4. Schedule, section 3, `society and the commission'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Queensland Law Society Incorporated and the Legal Aid Commission'. 5
5. Schedule, section 5-- 6
omit. 7
PAWNBROKERS ACT 1984 8
´
1. Section 27(5)(b)-- 9
omit. 10
2. Section 27(5)(c)-- 11
renumber as section 27(5)(b). 12
PRIMARY PRODUCERS ORGANISATION AND 13
´
MARKETING ACT 1926 14
1. Section 56(2)(i), `association formed' to `1923'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`registered under the Cooperatives Act 1997.'. 17
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Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
UEENSLAND LAW SOCIETY LEGISLATION 1
´Q
AMENDMENT ACT 1997 2
1. Part 3-- 3
omit. 4
ETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1988 5
´R
1. Section 52(2C)-- 6
omit. 7
2. Section 54(d)-- 8
omit. 9
3. Section 54(e)-- 10
renumber as section 54(d). 11
SECOND-HAND DEALERS AND COLLECTORS 12
´
ACT 1984 13
1. Section 27(5)(b)-- 14
omit. 15
2. Section 27(5)(c)-- 16
renumber as section 27(5)(b). 17
68
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
MALL CLAIMS TRIBUNALS ACT 1973 1
´S
1. Section 4, definition "metropolitan district", `Decentralisation of 2
Magistrates Courts Act 1965'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Justices Act 1886'. 5
2. Section 15(5), `appointed pursuant to this subsection'-- 6
omit. 7
3. Section 20(2)(b), `section 16(1)(b)'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`section 16(1)(b),'. 10
4. Section 23A(3)(b), `Department of Justice'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`department'. 13
5. Section 34(2A), `this subsection'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`subsection (2)'. 16
6. Section 42(4)(d), `subsection 3(a) or (b)'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`subsection (3)(a) or (b)'. 19
69
Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous
Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
TORAGE LIENS ACT 1973 1
´S
1. Section 5(2), `shall be in writing'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`must be in the approved form'. 4
2. Sections 5(2)(b) and 6(3)(b), `of the warehouse'-- 5
omit. 6
3. Section 6(2), `, containing the prescribed particulars,' 7
omit. 8
4. After section 19-- 9
insert-- 10
`Approval of forms 11
`19A. The chief executive may approve forms for use under this Act.'. 12
SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 13
´
1. Section 2A, `(Consolidated Provisions)'-- 14
omit. 15
2. Schedule 2, part 1, `(Consolidated Provisions)'-- 16
omit. 17
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Provisions) (No. 2)
SCHEDULE (continued)
SUPREME COURT ACT 1995 1
´
1. Section 300(3), after `Supreme Court Act 1921'-- 2
insert-- 3
`, other than a reference to a provision of that Act that was relocated to 4
the Legal Practitioners Acts Amendment Act 1968,'. 5
6
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