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Queensland
Criminal Law (Domestic
Violence) Amendment
Bill (No. 2) 2015
Queensland
Criminal Law (Domestic Violence)
Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2015
Contents
Page
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part 2 Amendment of Criminal Code
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Insertion of new s 315A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
315A Choking, suffocation or strangulation in a domestic setting 4
Part 3 Amendment of Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
4 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
5 Amendment of s 9 (Sentencing guidelines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Amendment of s 15 (Information on sentence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
7 Insertion of new pt 14, div 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Division 12 Transitional provision for Criminal Law
(Domestic Violence) Amendment Act (No. 2)
2015
239 Sentencing submissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Part 4 Amendment of Youth Justice Act 1992
8 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 Amendment of s 150 (Sentencing principles). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 Insertion of new pt 11, div 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Division 12 Transitional provision for Criminal Law
(Domestic Violence) Amendment Act (No. 2)
2015
368 Sentencing submissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2015
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992 and the Youth Justice Act 1992, for
particular purposes
Criminal Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2015
Part 1 Preliminary
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
Clause 1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Criminal Law (Domestic 4
Violence) Amendment Act (No. 2) 2015. 5
Part 2 Amendment of Criminal Code 6
Clause 2 Act amended 7
This part amends the Criminal Code. 8
Clause 3 Insertion of new s 315A 9
After section 315-- 10
insert-- 11
315A Choking, suffocation or strangulation in a 12
domestic setting 13
(1) A person commits a crime if-- 14
(a) the person unlawfully chokes, suffocates or 15
strangles another person, without the other 16
person's consent; and 17
(b) either-- 18
(i) the person is in a domestic relationship 19
with the other person; or 20
(ii) the choking, suffocation or 21
strangulation is associated domestic 22
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Criminal Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2015
Part 3 Amendment of Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
[s 4]
violence under the Domestic and 1
Family Violence Protection Act 2012. 2
Maximum penalty--7 years imprisonment. 3
(2) An assault is not an element of an offence against 4
subsection (1). 5
Part 3 Amendment of Penalties and 6
Sentences Act 1992 7
Clause 4 Act amended 8
This part amends the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992. 9
Clause 5 Amendment of s 9 (Sentencing guidelines) 10
Section 9-- 11
insert-- 12
(10A) In determining the appropriate sentence for an 13
offender convicted of a domestic violence 14
offence, the court must treat the fact that it is a 15
domestic violence offence as an aggravating 16
factor, unless the court considers it is not 17
reasonable because of the exceptional 18
circumstances of the case. 19
Examples of exceptional circumstances-- 20
1 the victim of the offence has previously committed an 21
act of serious domestic violence, or several acts of 22
domestic violence, against the offender 23
2 the offence is manslaughter under the Criminal Code, 24
section 304B 25
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Part 3 Amendment of Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
[s 6]
Clause 6 Amendment of s 15 (Information on sentence) 1
(1) Section 15, heading, 'on'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
or submissions for 4
(2) Section 15(1), after 'section 344'-- 5
insert-- 6
, or a sentencing submission made by a party to the 7
proceedings 8
(3) Section 15-- 9
insert-- 10
(3) In this section-- 11
sentencing submission, made by a party, means a 12
submission stating the sentence, or range of 13
sentences, the party considers appropriate for the 14
court to impose. 15
Clause 7 Insertion of new pt 14, div 12 16
Part 14-- 17
insert-- 18
Division 12 Transitional provision for 19
Criminal Law (Domestic 20
Violence) Amendment Act 21
(No. 2) 2015 22
239 Sentencing submissions 23
The amendments made to section 15 by the Criminal 24
Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Act (No. 2) 25
2015 apply in relation to sentencing an offender even 26
if the offence or conviction happened before the 27
commencement. 28
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Part 4 Amendment of Youth Justice Act 1992
[s 8]
Part 4 Amendment of Youth Justice 1
Act 1992 2
Clause 8 Act amended 3
This part amends the Youth Justice Act 1992. 4
Clause 9 Amendment of s 150 (Sentencing principles) 5
(1) Section 150(3)-- 6
omit. 7
(2) Section 150-- 8
insert-- 9
(4A) In sentencing a child for an offence, a court may 10
receive any information, or a sentencing 11
submission made by a party to the proceedings, it 12
considers appropriate to enable it to impose the 13
proper sentence or make a proper order in 14
connection with the sentence. 15
(3) Section 150-- 16
insert-- 17
(6) In this section-- 18
sentencing submission, made by a party, means a 19
submission stating the sentence, or range of 20
sentences, the party considers appropriate for the 21
court to impose. 22
Clause 10 Insertion of new pt 11, div 12 23
Part 11-- 24
insert-- 25
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Criminal Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Bill (No. 2) 2015
Part 4 Amendment of Youth Justice Act 1992
[s 10]
Division 12 Transitional provision for 1
Criminal Law (Domestic 2
Violence) Amendment Act 3
(No. 2) 2015 4
368 Sentencing submissions 5
The amendments made to section 150 by the Criminal 6
Law (Domestic Violence) Amendment Act (No. 2) 7
2015 apply in relation to sentencing a child even if the 8
offence or conviction happened before the 9
commencement. 10
© State of Queensland 2015
Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel
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