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Queensland
POLICE POWERS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES AND
ANOTHER ACT
AMENDMENT BILL 2000
Queensland
POLICE POWERS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ANOTHER
ACT AMENDMENT BILL 2000
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF POLICE POWERS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 144 (Powers under surveillance warrants) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 152 (What covert search warrant must state) . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Replacement of s 375 (Power to use force--exercise of certain powers) . 5
375 Power to use force--exercise of certain powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF WEAPONS ACT 1990
7 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 6A (What is a "replica") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10 Amendment of s 49 (Commissioner to maintain firearms register) . . . . . . . 6
11 Amendment of s 77 (Collector's licence (weapons)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
12 Insertion of new pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
PART 8--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
173 Transitional provision for Police Powers and Responsibilities
and Another Act Amendment Act 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2000
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 and
the Weapons Act 1990
s1 4 s4
Police Powers and Responsibilities and
Another Act Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
ART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
P
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Police Powers and Responsibilities and 4
Another Act Amendment Act 2000. 5
6
Commencement
Clause 2.(1) Part 2 is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2000, immediately 7
after the commencement of the provisions of the Police Powers and 8
Responsibilities Act 2000 that commenced on that day. 9
(2) Part 3 commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 10
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF POLICE POWERS AND 11
RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 12
amended in pt 2 13
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000. 14
of s 144 (Powers under surveillance warrants) 15
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 144(d), `to use reasonable force'-- 16
omit. 17
s5 5 s6
Police Powers and Responsibilities and
Another Act Amendment
of s 152 (What covert search warrant must state) 1
Amendment
Clause 5. Section 152(a)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(a) that a police officer may enter the place and exercise covert search 4
powers under the warrant;'. 5
of s 375 (Power to use force--exercise of certain powers) 6
Replacement
Clause 6. Section 375-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
to use force--exercise of certain powers 9
`Power
`375.(1) It is lawful for a police officer, and anyone helping the police 10
officer, to use reasonably necessary force when exercising or attempting to 11
exercise a power under-- 12
(a) this Act, including, for example, surveillance powers under a 13
surveillance warrant or covert search powers under a covert 14
search warrant; or 15
(b) another Act. 16
17
Examples--
18
1. Forced entry may be necessary to execute a search warrant and seize items.
19
2. Forced entry may be needed for covert entry to a place to install a surveillance
20
device.
21
3. Force may be used to stop vehicles.
`(2) This section does not apply to the use of force against an 22
individual.1'. 23
1 See section 376 (Power to use force against individuals).
s7 6 s 11
Police Powers and Responsibilities and
Another Act Amendment
ART 3--AMENDMENT OF WEAPONS ACT 1990 1
P
amended in pt 3 2
Act
Clause 7. This part amends the Weapons Act 1990. 3
of s 5 (Definitions) 4
Amendment
Clause 8. Section 5, definition "collector", from `weapons--'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`weapons for their commemorative, historic, thematic or investment 7
value.'. 8
of s 6A (What is a "replica") 9
Amendment
Clause 9. Section 6A(1)(b), `, C or H'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
` or C'. 12
of s 49 (Commissioner to maintain firearms register) 13
Amendment
Clause 10. Section 49-- 14
insert-- 15
`(5) In this section-- 16
"firearm" includes a category H weapon that is permanently inoperable.'. 17
of s 77 (Collector's licence (weapons)) 18
Amendment
Clause 11.(1) Section 77(2)(b), after `1990'-- 19
insert-- 20
`and of obvious and significant commemorative, historic, thematic or 21
investment value'. 22
(2) Section 77(2)-- 23
s 12 7 s 12
Police Powers and Responsibilities and
Another Act Amendment
insert-- 1
`(c) category H weapons that are permanently inoperable, whether or 2
not of commemorative, historic, thematic or investment value.'. 3
of new pt 8 4
Insertion
Clause 12. After section 172-- 5
insert-- 6
ART 8--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 7
`P
provision for Police Powers and Responsibilities and 8
`Transitional
Another Act Amendment Act 2000 9
`173.(1) This section applies to a person who, immediately before the 10
commencement of this section, possesses a category H weapon that is 11
permanently inoperable. 12
`(2) The person may continue to possess the category H weapon without 13
a licence until whichever of the following happens first-- 14
(a) the person obtains a collector's licence for the weapon; 15
(b) the end of 3 months after the commencement of this section.'. 16
© State of Queensland 2000
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