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Queensland
POLICE POWERS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES AND
ANOTHER ACT AMENDMENT
BILL 2001
Queensland
POLICE POWERS AND
RESPONSIBILITIES AND ANOTHER
ACT AMENDMENT BILL 2001
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). . . . . . . . . . . 4
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
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 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 8--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS
173 Transitional provision for Police Powers and Responsibilities and
Another Act Amendment Act 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
2001
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 and
the Weapons Act 1990
s1 4 s5
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another
Act Amendment Bill 2001
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
1 Short title
Clause 3
This Act may be cited as the Police Powers and Responsibilities and 4
Another Act Amendment Act 2001. 5
2 Commencement
Clause 6
(1) Part 2 is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2000, immediately after 7
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
3 Act amended in pt 2
Clause 13
This part amends the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000. 14
4 Amendment of s 144 (Powers under surveillance warrants)
Clause 15
Section 144(d), `to use reasonable force'-- 16
omit. 17
5 Amendment of s 152 (What covert search warrant must state)
Clause 18
Section 152(a)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
s6 5 s8
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another
Act Amendment Bill 2001
`(a) that a police officer may exercise covert search powers under the 1
warrant;'. 2
Clause 6 Replacement of s 375 (Power to use force--exercise of certain 3
powers) 4
Section 375-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`375 Power to use force--exercise of certain powers 7
`(1) It is lawful for a police officer, and anyone helping the police officer, 8
to use reasonably necessary force when exercising or attempting to 9
exercise a power under-- 10
(a) this Act, including, for example, surveillance powers under a 11
surveillance warrant or covert search powers under a covert 12
search warrant; or 13
(b) another Act. 14
15
Examples--
16
1. Forced entry may be necessary to execute a search warrant and seize items.
17
2. Forced entry may be needed for covert entry to a place to install a surveillance
18
device.
19
3. Force may be used to stop vehicles.
`(2) This section does not apply to the use of force against an 20
individual.1'. 21
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF WEAPONS ACT 1990 22
7 Act amended in pt 3
Clause 23
This part amends the Weapons Act 1990. 24
8 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions)
Clause 25
Section 5, definition "collector", from `weapons--'-- 26
1 See section 376 (Power to use force against individuals).
s9 6 s 12
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another
Act Amendment Bill 2001
omit, insert-- 1
`weapons.'. 2
9 Amendment of s 6A (What is a "replica")
Clause 3
Section 6A(1)(b), `, C or H'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`or C'. 6
10 Amendment of s 49 (Commissioner to maintain firearms register)
Clause 7
Section 49-- 8
insert-- 9
`(5) In this section-- 10
"firearm" includes a category H weapon that is permanently inoperable.'. 11
11 Amendment of s 77 (Collector's licence (weapons))
Clause 12
(1) Section 77(2)(b), after `1900'-- 13
insert-- 14
`and of obvious and significant commemorative, historic, thematic or 15
investment value'. 16
(2) Section 77(2)-- 17
insert-- 18
`(c) category H weapons that are permanently inoperable, whether or 19
not of commemorative, historic, thematic or investment value.'. 20
12 Insertion of new pt 8
Clause 21
After section 172-- 22
insert-- 23
s 12 7 s 12
Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another
Act Amendment Bill 2001
`PART 8--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 1
`173 Transitional provision for Police Powers and Responsibilities and 2
Another Act Amendment Act 2001 3
`(1) This section applies to a person who, immediately before the 4
commencement of this section, possesses a category H weapon that is 5
permanently inoperable. 6
`(2) The person may continue to possess the category H weapon without 7
a licence until whichever of the following happens first-- 8
(a) the person obtains a collector's licence for the weapon; 9
(b) the end of 3 months after the commencement of this section.'. 10
11
© State of Queensland 2001
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