Queensland Consolidated Acts

DANGEROUS PRISONERS (SEXUAL OFFENDERS) ACT 2003

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

           Contents

           Part 1--Preliminary

   1.      Short title
   2.      Definitions
   3.      Objects of this Act
   4.      Relationship with Bail Act

           Part 2--Continuing detention or supervision

           Division 1--Application for orders

   5.      Attorney-General may apply for orders
   6.      Prisoner may file material in response
   7.      Contents of affidavit
   8.      Preliminary hearing
   9.      What a risk assessment order authorises
   9AA.    Victim's submission relating to division 3 order
   9A.     Court may adjourn hearing for division 3 order
   10.     Discontinuing application for division 3 order

           Division 2--Psychiatric examinations

   11.     Preparation of psychiatric report
   12.     Psychiatric reports to be given to the Attorney-General and the prisoner

           Division 3--Final orders

   13.     Division 3 orders

           Division 3A--Effect of particular orders

   14.     Effect of continuing detention order or interim detention order
   15.     Effect of supervision order or interim supervision order

           Division 3B--Supervised release to be subject to particular requirements

   16.     Requirements for supervised release
   16A.    Curfew and monitoring directions

           Division 3C--Reasons for orders

   17.     Court to give reasons

           Division 4--Amendment of supervision orders or interim supervision orders

   18.     Application for amendment
   19.     Amendment of requirements of supervision order or interim supervision order
   19A.    Removal or reinstatement of requirement to comply with curfew direction or monitoring direction

           Division 5--Contravention of supervision order or interim supervision order

   20.     Warrant for released prisoner suspected of contravening a supervision order or interim supervision order
   21.     Interim order concerning custody generally
   21A.    Victim's submission relating to further order
   22.     Court may make further order
   22A.    Appearance by Attorney-General

           Division 6--Return to custody of released prisoner

   23.     Application of division
   24.     Period in custody not counted

           Division 7--Disclosure provisions

   25.     Duty to disclose

           Part 3--Annual reviews

   26.     Purpose of this part
   27.     Review—periodic
   28.     Review—application by prisoner
   29.     Psychiatric reports to be prepared for review
   30.     Review hearing

           Part 4--Appeals

   31.     Appeals
   32.     Time for appeal
   33.     Starting appeal
   34.     Registrar to give respondent copies of particular documents
   35.     Abandoning applications for extensions
   36.     Abandoning appeal
   37.     Lawyer acting for prisoner
   38.     Lawyer withdrawing from acting for prisoner
   39.     Application for leave to be present
   40.     Prisoner detained in custody
   41.     Stay of operation of decision
   42.     Court's power to order re-arrest on appeal by Attorney-General
   43.     Court of Appeal's powers on appeal

           Part 5--General

   43A.    Persons who remain prisoners for particular purposes
   43B.    Offence of contravening supervision order or interim supervision order
   44.     Hearings on the papers
   45.     Other hearings
   46.     Court may give directions
   47.     Service on a prisoner
   48.     Service or filing by a prisoner
   49.     Appearance at hearings
   50.     Order for detention taken to be a warrant for Corrective Services Act
   51.     Parole
   52.     Approved forms
   53.     Regulation-making power

           Part 6--Transitional provisions for Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2005

   54.     Amendment does not affect existing orders
   55.     Transitional statements for particular provisions
   56.     Amendments not to affect status of persons who were prisoners for particular purposes

           Part 7--Transitional provisions for Dangerous Prisoners (Sexual Offenders) Amendment Act 2007

   57.     Application of amended Act to previous orders
   58.     Transitional statements for particular provisions
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           Endnotes