Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Any person who--
(a) assaults another with intent to commit a crime, or with intent to resist or prevent the lawful arrest or detention of himself or herself or of any other person; or
(b) assaults, resists, or wilfully obstructs, a police officer while acting in the execution of the officer's duty, or any person acting in aid of a police officer while so acting; or
(c) unlawfully assaults any person while the person is performing a duty imposed on the person by law; or
(d) assaults any person because the person has performed a duty imposed on the person by law; or
(f) assaults any person in pursuance of any unlawful conspiracy respecting any manufacture, trade, business, or occupation, or respecting any person or persons concerned or employed in any manufacture, trade, business, or occupation, or the wages of any such person or persons; or
(g) unlawfully assaults any person who is 60 years or more; or
(h) unlawfully assaults any person who relies on a guide, hearing or assistance dog, wheelchair or other remedial device;
is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
Examples of remedial device for paragraph (h)--
walking frame, caliper, walking stick and artificial limb
(2) A prisoner who unlawfully assaults a working corrective services officer is guilty of a crime, and is liable to imprisonment for 7 years.
(2AA) A person who--
(a) unlawfully assaults, or resists or wilfully obstructs, a public officer while the officer is performing a function of the officer's office; or
Example--
A person unlawfully assaults an authorised officer under the Child Protection Act 1999 while the officer is investigating an allegation of harm to a child under that Act.
(b) assaults a public officer because the officer has performed a function of the officer's office;
commits a crime.
Maximum penalty--7 years imprisonment.
(2A) For subsection (1)(b), the circumstances in which a person assaults a police officer include, but are not limited to, circumstances in which the person bites, spits on or throws a bodily fluid or faeces at a police officer.
(3) In this section--
corrective services facility see the Corrective Services Act 2006, schedule 4.
corrective services officer see the Corrective Services Act 2006, schedule 4.
office includes appointment and employment.
prisoner see the Corrective Services Act 2006, schedule 4.
public officer includes--
(a) a member, officer or employee of a service established for a public purpose under an Act; and
Example of a service--
Queensland Ambulance Service established under the Ambulance Service Act 1991
(b) a health service employee under the Health Services Act 1991; and
(c) an authorised officer under the Child Protection Act 1999; and
(d) a transit officer under the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994.
working corrective services officer means a corrective services officer present at a corrective services facility in his or her capacity as a corrective services officer.