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JUSTICE LEGISLATION
(MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS) BILL (No. 2)
1999
Queensland
JUSTICE LEGISLATION
(MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL
(No. 2) 1999
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF BAIL ACT 1980
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
4 Amendment of s 17 (Enlargement of undertaking) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
5 Amendment of s 28A (Warrant for apprehension of defendant by
Magistrates Court or Childrens Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE
6 Code amended in pt 3 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
7 Amendment of s 56A (Disturbance in House when Parliament not
sitting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
8 Amendment of s 56B (Going armed to Parliament House) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
9 Amendment of s 363A (Abduction of child under 16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
10 Amendment of s 364 (Cruelty to children under 16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
11 Amendment of s 552B (Charges of indictable offences that may
be dealt with summarily) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
12 Amendment of s 651 (Supreme Court and District Court may
decide summary offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
13 Amendment of s 652 (Proceedings to transmit charge for
summary offence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
14 Insertion of new s 653 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
653 Remission of proceedings to court exercising summary
jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
15 Amendment of s 668D (Right of appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
4
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
16 Insertion of new ch 73 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
CHAPTER 73--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR JUSTICE
LEGISLATION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT
(No. 2) 1999
710 Transitional provision for Justice Legislation
(Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1999 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURT ACT 1967
17 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
18 Insertion of new s 28AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
28AA Protection for administrative acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
19 Replacement of s 61 (Exception from criminal jurisdiction) . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
61 Limited criminal jurisdiction if maximum penalty more
than 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
20 Amendment of s 77 (Removal of proceedings from Supreme
Court to District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
21 Amendment of s 78 (Removal of proceedings from a District
Court to a Magistrates Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
22 Amendment of s 97 (Court may consider and order reference to
ADR process) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
23 Replacement of s 129 (Contempt of court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
129 Contempt . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF MAGISTRATES COURTS ACT
1921
24 Act amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
25 Amendment of s 29 (Court may consider and order reference to
ADR process) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
26 Amendment of s 45A (Limitation on appeal if minor debt claim) . . . . . . . 18
27 Amendment of s 50 (Contempt) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
28 Amendment of s 52 (Publication of particulars of minor debt claims) . . . . 19
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF PENALTIES AND SENTENCES
ACT 1992
29 Act amended in pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
30 Amendment of s 13A (Cooperation with law enforcement
authorities to be taken into account) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES
ACT 1991
31 Act amended in pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
5
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
32 Insertion of new s 21A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
21A Protection for administrative acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT OF
QUEENSLAND ACT 1991
33 Act amended in pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
34 Amendment of title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
35 Insertion of new s 27A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
27A Protection for administrative acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
36 Amendment of s 75 (Removal to Magistrates Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
37 Amendment of s 83 (Interpleader orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
38 Replacement of s 84 (Effect of default judgment order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
84 Effect of default judgment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
39 Amendment of s 86 (Demand for compliance unnecessary) . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
40 Amendment of s 93A (Enforcement warrant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
41 Amendment of s 93B (Securities held by enforcement officer) . . . . . . . . . 25
42 Insertion of new pt 7, div 5, sdiv 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Subdivision 4--Non-attendance
93I Attendance of individuals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
93J Attendance of corporation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
93K Noncompliance is contempt of court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
93L Issue of warrant for defendant's arrest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
43 Renumbering of ss 93I and 93J . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
44 Insertion of new s 93O . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
93O Delegation by registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
45 Amendment of s 102 (Court may consider and order reference to
ADR process) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
46 Omission of s 131 (References to judgment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
47 Amendment of sch 1 (Subject matter for rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
48 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF CRIMINAL CODE
1999
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend Acts administered by the Attorney-General and
Minister for Justice and Minister for The Arts
s1 8 s4
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
ART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
P
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous 4
Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1999. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2.(1) Sections 33, 34, 37 to 41 and 46 to 481 commence, or are taken to 7
have commenced, on 1 July 1999 immediately after the commencement of 8
the Civil Justice Reform Act 1998, section 12.2 9
(2) The remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day to be fixed 10
by proclamation. 11
ART 2--AMENDMENT OF BAIL ACT 1980 12
P
amended in pt 2 13
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Bail Act 1980. 14
of s 17 (Enlargement of undertaking) 15
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 17-- 16
insert-- 17
1 Sections 33 (Act amended in pt 8), 34 (Amendment of title), 37 (Amendment of
s 83 (Interpleader orders)), 38 (Replacement of s 84), 39 (Amendment of s 86
(Demand for compliance unnecessary)), 40 (Amendment of s 93A (Enforcement
warrant)), 41 (Amendment of s 93B (Securities held by enforcement officer)),
46 (Omission of s 131 (References to judgment)), 47 (Amendment of sch 1
(Subject matter for rules)) and 48 (Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary))
2 Civil Justice Reform Act 1998, section 12 (Amendment of title)
s5 9 s6
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
`(7) Also, any record of an order of the court relating to the defendant, 1
whether or not the record is signed, is evidence that the defendant's bail was 2
enlarged if-- 3
(a) an indictment relating to the defendant has been presented to the 4
court; and 5
(b) the record is to the effect that-- 6
(i) the defendant's undertaking has been enlarged under 7
subsection (2); and 8
(ii) the defendant's trial has been adjourned to a later sittings of a 9
court to be held at a particular place.'. 10
of s 28A (Warrant for apprehension of defendant by 11
Amendment
Magistrates Court or Childrens Court) 12
Clause 5. Section 28A(1)(a)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(a) released on bail-- 15
(i) by the Supreme Court or District Court, on the condition that 16
the defendant will appear before a Magistrates Court; or 17
(ii) by a Magistrates Court or the Childrens Court or by any 18
justice or justices conducting a committal proceeding, on the 19
defendant entering into an undertaking; or 20
(iii) under section 7(1)(b)3; or'. 21
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL CODE 22
P
amended in pt 3 and schedule 23
Code
Clause 6. This part and the schedule amend the Criminal Code. 24
3 Section 7 (Power of police officer to grant bail)
s7 10 s 10
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
of s 56A (Disturbance in House when Parliament not 1
Amendment
sitting) 2
Clause 7.(1) Section 56A(2)(b), `$100'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`100 penalty units'. 5
(2) Section 56A(2)(b), `6 calendar months'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`2 years'. 8
of s 56B (Going armed to Parliament House) 9
Amendment
Clause 8.(1) Section 56B(1), `$100'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`100 penalty units'. 12
(2) Section 56B(1), `6 calendar months'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`2 years'. 15
of s 363A (Abduction of child under 16) 16
Amendment
Clause 9.(1) Section 363A(1), `misdemeanour'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`crime'. 19
(2) Section 363A(1), `2 years'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`7 years'. 22
of s 364 (Cruelty to children under 16) 23
Amendment
Clause 10. Section 364, penalty, `5 years'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`7 years'. 26
s 11 11 s 13
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
of s 552B (Charges of indictable offences that may be 1
Amendment
dealt with summarily) 2
Clause 11.(1) Section 552B(1)-- 3
insert-- 4
`(ha)an offence against section 339(1);4'. 5
(2) Section 552B(1)(i), after `involving an assault'-- 6
insert-- 7
`, other than an offence against section 339(1)'. 8
of s 651 (Supreme Court and District Court may decide 9
Amendment
summary offences) 10
Clause 12.(1) Section 651, heading-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Court may decide summary offences if a person is charged on 13
indictment'. 14
(2) Section 651(1), from `the Supreme' to `court")'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`a court'. 17
Section 651(6)-- 18
omit. 19
(3) Section 651(7) and (8)-- 20
renumber as section 651(6) and (7). 21
of s 652 (Proceedings to transmit charge for summary 22
Amendment
offence) 23
Clause 13.(1) Section 652(1), `the Supreme Court or District Court'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`a court'. 26
4 Section 339 (Assaults occasioning bodily harm)
s 14 12 s 14
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
(2) Section 652(2), from `magistrates court'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`court of summary jurisdiction to take any necessary steps to transmit the 3
relevant complaint or bench charge sheet to the registrar of the court that is 4
to deal with the charge under section 651 (the "receiving court").'. 5
(3) Section 652(3)(b)(iii), `to the Supreme Court or District Court'-- 6
omit. 7
(4) Section 652(3)(b)(iii), after `to the charge'-- 8
insert-- 9
`before the receiving court'. 10
(5) Section 652(4), `magistrates court'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`court of summary jurisdiction'. 13
(6) Section 652(4), `the Supreme Court or District Court'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`the receiving court'. 16
(7) Section 652(5), from `Supreme Court' to `relevant court'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`the receiving court, the registrar of the court'. 19
(8) Section 652(5), `magistrates court'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`court of summary jurisdiction from which the charge was transmitted'. 22
of new s 653 23
Insertion
Clause 14. After section 652-- 24
insert-- 25
of proceedings to court exercising summary jurisdiction 26
`Remission
`653.(1) This section applies if a charge against a person for a summary 27
offence has been transmitted to the registry of a court for the purpose of the 28
charge being dealt with under section 651. 29
s 15 13 s 16
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
`(2) If-- 1
(a) the person states an intention of entering a plea of not guilty 2
before the court to the charge or enters a plea of not guilty before 3
the court to the charge; or 4
(b) any of the conditions mentioned in section 651(2) are not 5
satisfied; or 6
(c) the person has been dealt with on the indictment mentioned in 7
section 651(1) before the charge for the summary offence is 8
brought before the court; or 9
(d) for any other reason the court decides not to deal with the charge; 10
the court must direct that the charge must be heard by a court exercising 11
summary jurisdiction and order the court registrar to send the relevant court 12
record to the registrar of the court exercising summary jurisdiction.'. 13
of s 668D (Right of appeal) 14
Amendment
Clause 15. Section 668D(1), `the Supreme Court or District Court'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`a court'. 17
of new ch 73 18
Insertion
Clause 16. After section 709-- 19
insert-- 20
`CHAPTER 73--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR 21
JUSTICE LEGISLATION (MISCELLANEOUS 22
PROVISIONS) ACT (No. 2) 1999 23
provision for Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous 24
`Transitional
Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1999 25
`710.(1) This section applies if, after the commencement of the Justice 26
Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1999, section 115-- 27
5 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (No. 2) 1999, section 11
(Amendment of s 552B (Charges of indictable offences that may be dealt with
summarily))
s 17 14 s 18
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
(a) a charge of an offence against section 339(1)6 is before the 1
Supreme or District Court; and 2
(b) the person charged with the offence informs the court that he or 3
she does not want to be tried by jury; and 4
(c) the prosecutor agrees to the charge being dealt with summarily. 5
`(2) The court may order that-- 6
(a) the matter be remitted to a court of summary jurisdiction for the 7
charge to be dealt with summarily; and 8
(b) the court registrar send the relevant court record to the registrar of 9
the relevant court of summary jurisdiction. 10
`(3) The court may not make an order under subsection (2) if satisfied 11
that because of the nature or seriousness of the offence or any other relevant 12
consideration the defendant, if convicted, may not be adequately punished 13
on summary conviction.'. 14
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURT ACT 15
1967 16
amended in pt 4 17
Act
Clause 17. This part amends the District Court Act 1967. 18
of new s 28AA 19
Insertion
Clause 18. Part 2, division 2, after section 28-- 20
insert-- 21
for administrative acts 22
`Protection
`28AA. A judge has, in the performance or exercise of an administrative 23
function or power conferred on the judge under an Act, the same protection 24
and immunity as a judge in a judicial proceeding in the court.'. 25
6 Section 339 (Assaults occasioning bodily harm)
s 19 15 s 19
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
of s 61 (Exception from criminal jurisdiction) 1
Replacement
Clause 19. Section 61-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
criminal jurisdiction if maximum penalty more than 14 years 4
`Limited
`61.(1) The District Court does not generally have jurisdiction to try a 5
person charged with an indictable offence if the maximum penalty for the 6
offence is more than 14 years. 7
`(2) However, the District Court has jurisdiction to try a person charged 8
with committing or counselling or procuring the commission of any of the 9
following offences even if the maximum penalty for the offence is more 10
than 14 years-- 11
(a) an offence against the Corrective Services Act 1988, 12
section 92(3)(b);7 13
(b) an offence under the Criminal Code, section 64, 65, 208, 213, 14
215, 216, 219, 222, 229B, 315, 316, 317, 317A, 318, 319, 319A, 15
337, 347, 398, 409, 411, 412, 415, 419, 421, 461 or 469.8 16
`(3) Subsection (2) applies to an offence mentioned in subsection (2)(b) 17
even if 1 or more circumstances of aggravation under the Criminal Code are 18
alleged to exist in relation to the offence.'. 19
7 Corrective Services Act 1988, section 92 (Unlawful assembly, riot and mutiny)
8 Criminal Code, section 64 (Rioters remaining after proclamation ordering them
to disperse), 65 (Rioters demolishing buildings etc.), 208 (Unlawful sodomy),
213 (Owner etc. permitting abuse of children on premises), 215 (Carnal
knowledge of girls under 16), 216 (Abuse of intellectually impaired persons),
219 (Taking child for immoral purposes), 222 (Incest), 229B (Maintaining a
sexual relationship with a child), 315 (Disabling in order to commit indictable
offence), 316 (Stupefying in order to commit indictable offence), 317 (Acts
intended to cause grievous bodily harm and other malicious acts),
317A (Carrying or sending dangerous goods in a vehicle), 318 (Obstructing
rescue or escape from unsafe premises), 319 (Intentionally endangering safety of
persons travelling by railway), 319A (Endangering safety of persons travelling by
aircraft), 337 (Sexual assaults), 347 (Rape), 398 (Punishment of stealing),
409 (Definition of "robbery"), 411 (Punishment of robbery), 412 (Attempted
robbery), 415 (Demanding property, benefit or performance of services with
threats), 419 (Burglary), 421 (Entering or being in premises and committing
indictable offences), 461 (Arson) or 469 (Wilful damage)
s 20 16 s 23
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
of s 77 (Removal of proceedings from Supreme Court to 1
Amendment
District Court) 2
Clause 20. Section 77(6)(b)(i), from `shall'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`, must be assessed on the basis the proceedings had been started 5
in the Supreme Court if the Supreme Court orders, or, in the 6
absence of an order, as if the proceedings had been started in the 7
District Court; and'. 8
of s 78 (Removal of proceedings from a District Court to 9
Amendment
a Magistrates Court) 10
Clause 21. Section 78(6)(b)(i), from `shall'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`must be assessed on the basis the proceedings had been started in 13
the District Court if the District Court orders, or, in the absence of 14
an order, as if the proceedings had been started in a Magistrates 15
Court; and'. 16
of s 97 (Court may consider and order reference to ADR 17
Amendment
process) 18
Clause 22.(1) Section 97(2) to (4)-- 19
renumber as section 97(3) to (5). 20
(2) Section 97-- 21
insert-- 22
`(2) This section also applies if-- 23
(a) a party applies to the District Court for an order referring a dispute 24
to an ADR process; or 25
(b) the parties are otherwise before the District Court.'. 26
of s 129 (Contempt of court) 27
Replacement
Clause 23. Section 129-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
s 23 17 s 23
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
1
`Contempt
`129.(1) A person is in contempt of the District Court if the person-- 2
(a) without lawful excuse, fails to comply with an order of the court 3
(other than an order mentioned in paragraph (e)), or an 4
undertaking given to the court; or 5
(b) wilfully insults a judge or juror, or a registrar, bailiff, or other 6
court officer during the person's sitting or attendance in court, or 7
in going to or returning from the court; or 8
(c) wilfully interrupts the proceedings of the court or otherwise 9
misbehaves himself or herself in court; or 10
(d) unlawfully obstructs or assaults someone in attendance in court; 11
or 12
(e) without lawful excuse, disobeys a lawful order or direction of the 13
court at the hearing of any proceeding; or 14
(f) commits any other contempt of the court. 15
`(2) A District Court judge has the same power to punish for a contempt 16
mentioned in subsection (1) as a Supreme Court judge would have if the 17
contempt were a contempt of the Supreme Court. 18
`(3) If the contempt is in the face of the court, a bailiff or other court 19
officer acting under the court's order may, using necessary and reasonable 20
help and force, take the person committing the contempt into custody and 21
detain the person until the court rises. 22
`(4) Before the court rises, the court may-- 23
(a) ask the person to explain why the person should not be punished; 24
or 25
(b) adjourn the matter to be dealt with on a stated date. 26
`(5) If the court acts under subsection (4)(a), the court may deal with the 27
person immediately.'. 28
s 24 18 s 27
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF MAGISTRATES 1
COURTS ACT 1921 2
amended in pt 5 3
Act
Clause 24. This part amends the Magistrates Courts Act 1921. 4
of s 29 (Court may consider and order reference to ADR 5
Amendment
process) 6
Clause 25.(1) Section 29(2) to (4)-- 7
renumber as section 29(3) to (5). 8
(2) Section 29-- 9
insert-- 10
`(2) This section also applies if-- 11
(a) a party applies to a Magistrates Court for an order referring a 12
dispute to an ADR process; or 13
(b) the parties are otherwise before a Magistrates Court.'. 14
of s 45A (Limitation on appeal if minor debt claim) 15
Amendment
Clause 26. Section 45A(1) and (2), `order made'-- 16
omit. 17
of s 50 (Contempt) 18
Amendment
Clause 27.(1) Section 50(1)(a) to (d)-- 19
renumber as section 50(1)(b) to (e). 20
(2) Section 50(1)-- 21
insert-- 22
`(a) without lawful excuse, fails to comply with an order of the court, 23
other than an order mentioned in paragraph (e), or an undertaking 24
given to the court; or'. 25
s 28 19 s 28
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
(No. 2)
(3) Section 50(1)-- 1
insert-- 2
`(f) commits any other contempt of the court.'. 3
(4) Section 50(1), penalty-- 4
omit. 5
(5) Section 50(3) to (5)-- 6
renumber as section 50(5) to (7) 7
(6) Section 50(7), as renumbered, `(4)(a)'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(6)(a)'. 10
(7) Section 50(2)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(2) A contempt under subsection (1) must be dealt with in the way 13
prescribed under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules. 14
`(3) However-- 15
(a) a contempt mentioned in subsection (1)(a) may be punished by a 16
maximum penalty of 200 penalty units or 3 years imprisonment; 17
and 18
(b) a contempt mentioned in subsection (1)(b) to (f) may be punished 19
by a maximum penalty of 84 penalty units or 1 year's 20
imprisonment. 21
`(4) Without limiting the court's power to punish for contempt, the court 22
may order a person committing a contempt to be excluded from the room 23
or other place in which the court is sitting.'. 24
of s 52 (Publication of particulars of minor debt claims) 25
Amendment
Clause 28. Section 52(1)(d), `order'-- 26
omit. 27
s 29 20 s 30
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ART 6--AMENDMENT OF PENALTIES AND 1
P
SENTENCES ACT 1992 2
amended in pt 6 3
Act
Clause 29. This part amends the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992. 4
of s 13A (Cooperation with law enforcement authorities 5
Amendment
to be taken into account) 6
Clause 30. Section 13A(2) and (3)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(2) Before the sentencing proceeding starts, a party to the proceeding-- 9
(a) must advise the relevant officer-- 10
(i) that the offender has undertaken to cooperate with law 11
enforcement agencies; and 12
(ii) that written or oral submissions or evidence will be made or 13
brought before the court relevant on that account to the 14
reduction of sentence; and 15
(b) may give to the relevant officer copies of any proposed written 16
submissions mentioned in paragraph (a)(ii). 17
`(3) After the offender is invited to address the court-- 18
(a) the offender's written undertaking to cooperate with law 19
enforcement agencies must be handed up to the court; and 20
(b) any party may hand up to the court written submissions relevant 21
to the reduction of sentence. 22
`(4) The undertaking must be in an unsealed envelope addressed to the 23
sentencing judge or magistrate. 24
`(5) If oral submissions are to be made to, or evidence is to be brought 25
before, the court relevant to the reduction of sentence, the court must be 26
closed for that purpose. 27
`(6) The penalty imposed on the offender must be stated in open court. 28
`(7) After the imposition of the penalty, the sentencing judge or 29
magistrate must-- 30
(a) close the court; and 31
s 30 21 s 30
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(b) state in closed court-- 1
(i) that the sentence is being reduced under this section; and 2
(ii) the sentence it would otherwise have imposed; and 3
(c) cause the following to be sealed and placed on the court file with 4
an order that it may be opened only by an order of the court, 5
including on an application to reopen the sentencing proceedings 6
under section 188(2)9-- 7
(i) the written undertaking; 8
(ii) a record of evidence or submissions made relevant to the 9
reduction of sentence and the sentencing remarks made 10
under paragraph (b). 11
`(8) The sentencing judge or magistrate may make an order prohibiting 12
publication of all or part of the proceeding or the name and address of any 13
witness on his or her own initiative or on application. 14
`(9) In deciding whether to make an order under subsection (8), the judge 15
or magistrate may have regard to-- 16
(a) the safety of any person; and 17
(b) the extent to which the detection of offences of a similar nature 18
may be affected; and 19
(c) the need to guarantee the confidentiality of information given by 20
an informer. 21
`(10) A person who contravenes an order made under subsection (8) 22
commits an offence. 23
Maximum penalty-- 24
(a) for an order made by a judge--5 years imprisonment; 25
(b) for an order made by a magistrate--3 years imprisonment. 26
`(11) In this section-- 27
"relevant officer" means-- 28
(a) for a proceeding before the Supreme or District Court--the 29
sentencing judge's associate; or 30
9 Section 188 (Court may reopen sentencing proceedings)
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(b) for a proceeding before a Magistrates Court--the relevant clerk of 1
the court.'. 2
ART 7--AMENDMENT OF STIPENDIARY 3
P
MAGISTRATES ACT 1991 4
amended in pt 7 5
Act
Clause 31. This part amends the Stipendiary Magistrates Act 1991. 6
of new s 21A 7
Insertion
Clause 32. After section 21-- 8
insert-- 9
for administrative acts 10
`Protection
`21A. A magistrate has, in the performance or exercise of an 11
administrative function or power conferred on the magistrate under an Act, 12
the same protection and immunity as a magistrate has in a judicial 13
proceeding in a Magistrates Court.'. 14
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT OF 15
QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 16
amended in pt 8 17
Act
Clause 33. This part amends the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991. 18
of title 19
Amendment
Clause 34. Title, `money orders'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`orders'. 22
s 35 23 s 39
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of new s 27A 1
Insertion
Clause 35. Part 2, division 3, after section 27-- 2
insert-- 3
for administrative acts 4
`Protection
`27A. A judge has, in the performance or exercise of an administrative 5
function or power conferred on the judge under an Act, the same protection 6
and immunity as a judge has in a judicial proceeding in the court.'. 7
of s 75 (Removal to Magistrates Court) 8
Amendment
Clause 36. Section 75(2)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(2) If a proceeding is transferred to a Magistrates Court, that court may 11
hear and decide the matter as if the proceeding had been started in a 12
Magistrates Court.'. 13
of s 83 (Interpleader orders) 14
Amendment
Clause 37. Section 83(1)(f), `a judgment'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`an'. 17
of s 84 (Effect of default judgment order) 18
Replacement
Clause 38. Section 84-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
of default judgment 21
`Effect
`84. A default judgment given by a registrar has the same effect as if it 22
were a judgment given by the court.'. 23
of s 86 (Demand for compliance unnecessary) 24
Amendment
Clause 39.(1) Section 86(2), `an enforcement debtor'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`a person'. 27
s 40 24 s 40
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(2) Section 86(2), `the enforcement debtor'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`the person'. 3
of s 93A (Enforcement warrant) 4
Amendment
Clause 40.(1) Section 93A(1)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`93A.(1) To enforce an order (the "original order") (but not an order for 7
the payment of money into court), a person entitled to enforce the original 8
order may obtain an enforcement warrant from the court.'. 9
(2) Section 93A(2), `a money order'-- 10
omit, insert 11
`the original order'. 12
(3) Section 93A(2)(a) and (d), `the money'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`a money'. 15
(4) Section 93A(2)(a), `property exempted under the Uniform Civil 16
Procedure Rules'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`exempt property'. 19
(5) Section 93A(2)-- 20
insert-- 21
`(e) an enforcement officer to enter and deliver possession of land; or 22
(f) an enforcement officer to seize and deliver specified goods; or 23
(g) an enforcement officer to seize and detain property.'. 24
(6) Section 93A(3) and (4)-- 25
renumber as section 93A(4) and (5). 26
(7) Section 93A-- 27
insert-- 28
s 41 25 s 42
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`(3) An enforcement warrant may contain more than 1 order directed to 1
enforcing the original order and may be issued to enforce an original order 2
that is a money order and a non-money order.'. 3
of s 93B (Securities held by enforcement officer) 4
Amendment
Clause 41.(1) Section 93B(2) and (3)-- 5
renumber as section 93B(3) and (4). 6
(2) Section 93B(1)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`93B.(1) This section applies if an enforcement officer seizes cheques, 9
bills of exchange, promissory notes, specialties or other securities for 10
money (the "seized documents") under an enforcement warrant to enforce 11
a money order. 12
`(2) The enforcement officer holds the seized documents as security for 13
the amount to be recovered under the enforcement warrant for the benefit of 14
the enforcement creditor.'. 15
of new pt 7, div 5, sdiv 4 16
Insertion
Clause 42. After section 93H-- 17
insert-- 18
`Subdivision 4--Non-attendance 19
of individuals 20
`Attendance
`93I.(1) This section applies if an individual fails to comply with a 21
subpoena or order requiring attendance to give evidence or produce a 22
document or thing before the court or before an officer, examiner, referee or 23
other person having authority to take evidence. 24
`(2) The court may make an order for the issue of a warrant for-- 25
(a) the arrest of the individual; and 26
(b) the production of the individual as required by the subpoena or 27
order for the purpose of the proceeding; and 28
(c) the detention in custody of the individual until released by the 29
court. 30
s 42 26 s 42
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`(3) The court may order an individual who did not attend as required by 1
the subpoena or order to pay the costs and expenses resulting because the 2
individual did not comply with the subpoena or order. 3
of corporation 4
`Attendance
`93J.(1) This section applies if a corporation fails to comply with a 5
subpoena or order requiring attendance to give evidence or produce a 6
document or thing before the court or before an officer, examiner, referee or 7
other person having authority to take evidence. 8
`(2) The court may make an order for the issue of a warrant for-- 9
(a) the arrest of a named officer of the corporation; and 10
(b) the production of the officer as required by the subpoena or order 11
for the purpose of the proceeding; and 12
(c) the detention in custody of the officer until released by the court. 13
`(3) The court may order a corporation that did not attend as required by 14
the subpoena or order to pay the costs and expenses resulting because the 15
corporation did not comply with the subpoena or order. 16
is contempt of court 17
`Noncompliance
`93K.(1) Failure to comply with a subpoena without lawful excuse is 18
contempt of court and the person who failed to comply may be dealt with 19
for contempt of court. 20
`(2) Nothing in section 93I or 93J affects the court's power to punish for 21
contempt. 22
of warrant for defendant's arrest 23
`Issue
`93L.(1) Jurisdiction under this section may be exercised only by the 24
Supreme Court. 25
`(2) If the court is satisfied that-- 26
(a) a defendant to a claim has absconded or is about to abscond; and 27
(b) the absence of the defendant would materially prejudice the 28
plaintiff in prosecuting the proceeding or enforcing any judgment 29
that may be given. 30
s 43 27 s 44
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`(3) The court may issue a warrant in the approved form for the arrest of 1
a defendant. 2
`(4) The court may issue the warrant at any time, for example, before the 3
defendant has been served with a claim or before judgment. 4
`(5) The warrant must state-- 5
(a) the name of the defendant; and 6
(b) the date, within 2 months after the warrant's issue, the warrant 7
ends. 8
`(6) The court may fix an amount as security to be stated in the warrant. 9
`(7) On payment of the security, the defendant is entitled not to be 10
arrested or, if arrested, to be released. 11
`(8) In fixing the amount, the court may have regard to any matter it 12
considers relevant, including the following matters-- 13
(a) the amount (if any) of the plaintiff's claim; 14
(b) the costs of issuing the warrant; 15
(c) an estimate of the costs of executing the warrant.'. 16
of ss 93I and 93J 17
Renumbering
Clause 43. Sections 93I and 93J, as inserted by Act No. 20 of 1998-- 18
renumber as sections 93M and 93N. 19
of new s 93O 20
Insertion
Clause 44. Part 7, division 6-- 21
insert-- 22
by registrar 23
`Delegation
`93O.(1) A registrar of the court may delegate the registrar's powers to 24
an appropriately qualified person who is a public service employee in a 25
registry of the court. 26
`(2) In this section-- 27
"appropriately qualified", for a person to whom a power may be 28
delegated, includes having the qualifications, experience or standing 29
appropriate to exercise the power. 30
s 45 28 s 47
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1
Example of `standing'--
A person's classification level in the public service. '. 2
of s 102 (Court may consider and order reference to 3
Amendment
ADR process) 4
Clause 45.(1) Section 102(2) to (4)-- 5
renumber as section 102(3) to (5). 6
(2) Section 102-- 7
insert-- 8
`(2) This section also applies if-- 9
(a) a party applies to the Supreme Court for an order referring a 10
dispute to an ADR process; or 11
(b) the parties are otherwise before the Supreme Court.'. 12
of s 131 (References to judgment) 13
Omission
Clause 46. Section 131-- 14
omit. 15
of sch 1 (Subject matter for rules) 16
Amendment
Clause 47.(1) Schedule 1, section 20, `money orders'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`orders'. 19
(2) Schedule 1, section 20(b)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(b) enforcement warrants, including-- 22
(i) enforcement warrants for entry on to and delivery of 23
possession of land; or 24
(ii) enforcement warrants for seizure and sale of property; or 25
(iii) enforcement warrants for seizure and delivery of specified 26
goods; or 27
s 48 29 s 48
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(iv) enforcement warrants for seizure and detention of property; 1
or 2
(v) enforcement warrants for redirection of debts or earnings; or 3
(vi) enforcement warrants for payment of the money order debt 4
by instalments; or 5
(vii) for the Supreme Court--enforcement warrants for charging 6
orders and stop orders;'. 7
of sch 2 (Dictionary) 8
Amendment
Clause 48.(1) Schedule 2, definition "money order"-- 9
omit. 10
(2) Schedule 2-- 11
insert-- 12
` "exempt property" means property that is not divisible among the 13
creditors of a bankrupt under the relevant bankruptcy law as in force 14
from time to time. 15
"money order" means an order of the court, or part of an order of the 16
court, for the payment of an amount, including an amount for 17
damages, whether or not the amount is or includes an amount for 18
interest or costs. 19
"non-money order" means an order of the court, or part of an order of the 20
court, for a form of relief other than the payment of an amount.'. 21
(3) Schedule 2, definition "enforcement warrant", `a money'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`an'. 24
(4) Schedule 2, definition "registrar", paragraph (a)(ii), `; and'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`; or 27
(iii) for a Magistrates Court--a deputy registrar of a Magistrates 28
Court; and'. 29
30
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SCHEDULE 1
¡
INOR AMENDMENTS OF CRIMINAL CODE 2
M
section 6 3
1. Section 59(1), after `asks'-- 4
insert-- 5
`for'. 6
2. Section 87(1)(a), after `asks'-- 7
insert-- 8
`for'. 9
3. Section 103(b) and (c), after `asks'-- 10
insert-- 11
`for'. 12
4. Section 118(a), after `asks'-- 13
insert-- 14
`for'. 15
5. Section 120(1)(a), after `asks'-- 16
insert-- 17
`for'. 18
6. Section 121(1)(a), after `asks'-- 19
insert-- 20
`for'. 21
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SCHEDULE (continued)
7. Section 127(1)(c), after `asks'-- 1
insert-- 2
`for'. 3
8. Section 133(1), after `asks'-- 4
insert-- 5
`for'. 6
9. Section 433(2), `who has'-- 7
insert-- 8
`who, having'. 9
10. Chapter 72, heading and part 1, heading, as inserted by the 10
Criminal Code (Stalking) Amendment Act 1999, section 4-- 11
omit. 12
11. Chapter 72, part 2, heading, as inserted by the Criminal Code 13
(Stalking) Amendment Act 1999, section 5-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`PART 9--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 16
`CHAPTER 72--TRANSITIONAL PROVISION FOR 17
ACT NO. 18 OF 1999'. 18
12. Section 709, heading-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`Transitional provision for Act No. 18 of 1999'. 21
22
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