Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person's death is a death in custody if, when the person died, the person was--
(a) in custody; or
(b) escaping, or trying to escape, from custody; or
(c) trying to avoid being put into custody.
Example of paragraph (c)--
a suspected bank robber who dies in a car crash while being pursued by police
(2) In this section--
custody means detention--
(a) by a police officer; or
(b) under the Corrective Services Act 2006--
(i) in a corrective services facility or watch-house; or
(ii) under the escort of a corrective services officer; or
(iii) by a law enforcement agency; or
(iv) by the proper officer of a court; or
(c) under the Corrective Services Act 2006, section 136; or
(d) under the Juvenile Justice Act 1992, section 54, 56, 175 or 176.
detention includes detention under--
(a) arrest; or
(b) the authority of a court order; or
(c) the authority of an Act.