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Queensland
Justice and Other Legislation
Amendment Bill 2010
Queensland
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment
Bill 2010
Contents
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Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Part 2 Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act 1954
3 Act amended in pt 2 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
4 Amendment of s 9 (Act to be interpreted not to exceed
Parliament's legislative power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
5 Amendment of s 35C (Headings part of provision etc.) . . . . . . . . 15
6 Insertion of new pt 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Part 12 Application of particular State laws to coastal
waters
47 Definitions for pt 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
47A Application of laws of the State to coastal waters . . . 16
47B Laws with specific application not to apply . . . . . . . . . 16
47C Extent of jurisdiction in relation to coastal waters. . . . 17
47D Constitutional basis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
47E Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Part 3 Amendment of Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973
7 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
8 Amendment of s 4 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
9 Amendment of s 12 (Statement to Minister). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
10 Insertion of new s 25A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
25A Approval of forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
11 Insertion of new pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Part 6 Transitional provisions
27 Amendment of regulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
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28 Approved forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Part 4 Amendment of Appeal Costs Fund Regulation 2010
12 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
13 Omission of s 2 (Definition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
14 Omission of s 13 (Approval of forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Part 5 Amendment of Bail Act 1980
15 Act amended in pt 5 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
16 Amendment of s 16 (Refusal of bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
17 Amendment of s 28A (Other warrants for apprehension of
defendant) .................................. 20
18 Amendment of s 33 (Failure to appear in accordance with
undertaking) .................................. 20
Part 6 Amendment of Childrens Court Act 1992
19 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
20 Insertion of new s 28A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
28A Access to court records for approved research . . . . . 21
Part 7 Amendment of Criminal Code
21 Code amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
22 Amendment of s 694 (Costs of defence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
23 Renumbering of pt 9, ch 87 (Transitional provisions for Civil and
Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation Amendment
Act 2010) .................................... 22
Part 8 Amendment of Disability Services Act 2006
24 Act amended in pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
25 Amendment of s 123ZK (Short term approval for use of
restrictive practices other than containment or seclusion) . . . . . . 23
26 Amendment of s 123ZL (Period for which short term approval
has effect) .................................... 23
27 Amendment of pt 16, div 3, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
28 Amendment of s 241 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
29 Insertion of new s 241A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
241A Declaration about transitional period . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Part 9 Amendment of District Court of Queensland Act 1967
30 Act amended in pt 9 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
31 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
32 Replacement of s 36 (Principal registrar and associates) . . . . . . 25
36 Principal registrar and associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
33 Omission of ss 93, 94 and 95. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
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34 Omission of pt 7, div 7 (Miscellaneous) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
35 Omission of s 121 (Appeal against refusal to approve and
revocation of approval as mediator or case appraiser). . . . . . . . . 25
36 Insertion of new s 147 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
147 Transitional provision for Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Part 10 Amendment of Drugs Misuse Act 1986
37 Act amended in pt 10 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
38 Amendment of s 4C (Analysts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Part 11 Amendment of Electoral Act 1992
39 Act amended in pt 11 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
40 Amendment of s 60 (Inspection and purchase of publicly
available parts of electoral rolls) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
41 Replacement of s 61 (Availability of entire electoral rolls) . . . . . . 27
61 Information on electoral rolls to be provided to
particular people and organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
42 Amendment of s152 (Misuse of restricted information) . . . . . . . . 31
43 Insertion of new pt 11, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Division 4 Transitional provision for Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010
190 Transitional provision for Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
44 Amendment of schedule, s 320 (Inspection and supply of copies
of claims and returns). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Part 12 Amendment of Electoral Regulation 2002
45 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
46 Amendment of sch 2 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Part 13 Amendment of Evidence Act 1977
47 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
48 Amendment of s 21AM (Use of prerecorded evidence) . . . . . . . . 33
Part 14 Amendment of Family Responsibilities Commission Act
2008
49 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
50 Amendment of s 10 (Commission's functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
51 Amendment of s 50 (Constitution of commission for conference) 34
52 Insertion of new ss 50A and 50B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
50A Constitution of commission for particular conference. 34
50B Commissioner must monitor particular decisions. . . . 35
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53 Amendment of s 53 (Reconstituting commission for particular
conference). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
54 Insertion of new s 53A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
53A Reconstituting commission for particular conferences 36
55 Amendment of s 62 (Obtaining views of persons not attending
conference). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
56 Amendment of s 64 (Adjournment of conference) . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
57 Amendment of s 73 (Notice about requirement to attend
community support service) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
58 Amendment of s 77 (Recording of case plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
59 Amendment of pt 7, div 2, hdg (Noncompliance with compulsory
case plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
60 Amendment of s 81 (Definition for div 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
61 Amendment of s 82 (Show cause notice). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
62 Amendment of s 86 (Ending show cause process without taking
proposed action). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
63 Insertion of new pt 9, div 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
64 Insertion of new pt 9, div 2, and div 3, hdg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Division 2 Commissioner may dismiss particular
applications
97A Frivolous or vexatious applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
65 Amendment of s 98 (Constitution of commission) . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
66 Amendment of s 100 (Inquiry about application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
67 Amendment of s 101 (Failure to decide application) . . . . . . . . . . 41
68 Amendment of s 103 (Limitation on increasing period of income
management) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
69 Amendment of s 147 (Preservation of confidentiality) . . . . . . . . . 41
70 Insertion of new s 157 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
157 Transitional provision for Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
71 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Part 15 Amendment of Guardianship and Administration Act 2000
72 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
73 Amendment of s 80ZK (When adult guardian may give short
term approval for use of other restrictive practices) . . . . . . . . . . . 43
74 Insertion of new ch 11, pt 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Part 2A Access to record of proceedings
244A Access to record of proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
75 Amendment of s 245 (Settlements or damages awards) . . . . . . . 44
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76 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Part 16 Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1999
77 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
78 Amendment of s 17 (Definitions for pt 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
79 Amendment of s 18 (Entitlement). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
80 Amendment of s 20 (Notices and documents--parental leave
other than maternity or adoption leave) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
81 Insertion of new s 21A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
21A Notices and documents--surrogacy leave . . . . . . . . . 47
82 Amendment of s 22 (Reasons not to give notice or documents) . 48
83 Amendment of s 23 (Notice of change to situation) . . . . . . . . . . . 48
84 Amendment of s 25 (Spouses not to take parental leave at same
time) ....................................... 48
85 Amendment of s 26 (Cancelling parental leave). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
86 Amendment of s 29A (Extending period of parental leave by
agreement) .................................... 49
87 Amendment of s 29C (Application for extension or part-time
work) ....................................... 49
88 Amendment of s 29D (Employer to give proper consideration to
application for extension or part-time work) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
89 Amendment of s 31 (Effect on parental leave of ceasing to be
the primary caregiver) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
90 Amendment of s 33 (Employer's obligation to advise about
parental leave entitlements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
91 Amendment of s 34 (Dismissal because of pregnancy or
parental leave) ................................... 50
92 Insertion of new s 38AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
38AA Special surrogacy leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
93 Amendment of s 243 (President of the court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
94 Amendment of s 246 (Acting president of the court) . . . . . . . . . . 52
95 Amendment of s 258 (Vice president of the commission) . . . . . . 52
96 Amendment of s 258A (Deputy presidents of the commission) . . 53
97 Amendment of s 259 (Commissioners) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
98 Amendment of s 259A (Commissioner may be appointed
ombudsman) .................................... 54
99 Insertion of new s 259AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
259AA Dealing with matters as commissioner and
ombudsman .......................... 55
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100 Amendment of s 264 (Administrative responsibilities for the
commission and registry) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
101 Amendment of s 278 (Power to recover unpaid wages and
superannuation contribution etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
102 Amendment of s 281 (Reference to full bench) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
103 Amendment of s 338 (Rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
104 Insertion of new s 339GA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
339GA Dealing with matters as ombudsman and
commissioner ........................ 57
105 Amendment of s 339H (Appointment of ombudsman) . . . . . . . . . 57
106 Omission of s 339Z (Quarterly report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
107 Amendment of s 365 (Revocation and suspending industrial
officer's authorisation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
108 Amendment of s 373 (Right to inspect and request
information--authorised industrial officer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
109 Insertion of new s 373A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
373A Right to request information about outworkers under
code .............................. 59
110 Amendment of s 400I (Mandatory code of practice for
outworkers) ................................. 59
111 Amendment of s 408F (Commission may order repayment of
fees received by private employment agent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
112 Amendment of s 412 (Meaning of office for ch 12). . . . . . . . . . . . 60
113 Insertion of new ch 20, pt 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
Part 11 Transitional provisions for Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010
763 Amendment of tribunals rules under the Justice and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010. . . . . . . . . . . 60
764 Final quarterly report by ombudsman . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
765 Appointment of associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
114 Amendment of sch 2 (Appointments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
2A Benefits for part-time members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
115 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Part 17 Amendment of Industrial Relations (Tribunals) Rules 2000
116 Rules amended in pt 17 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
117 Amendment of r 201A (Vacations and holidays) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Part 18 Amendment of Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957
118 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
119 Amendment of s 15 (Leave of absence of judges) . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
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Part 19 Amendment of Justices Act 1886
120 Act amended in pt 19 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
121 Amendment of s 47 (What is sufficient description of offence). . . 66
122 Omission of s 64 (Sunday warrants) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
123 Replacement of s 151 (Formal convictions and orders) . . . . . . . . 67
151 Formal convictions and orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
124 Amendment of s 152 (Formal record of conviction not
necessary, except for special purposes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
125 Amendment of s 154 (Copies of record) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Part 20 Amendment of Justices of the Peace and Commissioners
for Declarations Act 1991
126 Act amended in pt 20 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
127 Amendment of s 3 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
128 Amendment of s 13 (Register of justices of the peace and
commissioners for declarations). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
129 Amendment of s 14 (Correction of register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
130 Amendment of s 21 (Registration of justices of the peace and
commissioners for declarations). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
131 Amendment of s 22 (Registrar to be notified of change to
registered particulars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
132 Amendment of s 23 (Resignation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
133 Amendment of s 24 (Revocation of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
134 Amendment of s 25 (Prohibition on acting in office) . . . . . . . . . . . 70
135 Amendment of s 26 (Notification of cessation of office) . . . . . . . . 70
136 Amendment of s 38 (Publication of office holders) . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
137 Insertion of new pt 5, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Division 3 Transitional provision for Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010
47 Correction of register to comply with amended Act . . 71
Part 21 Amendment of Legal Profession Act 2007
138 Act amended in pt 21 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
139 Amendment of s 25 (Prohibition on representing or advertising
entitlement to engage in legal practice when not entitled) . . . . . . 72
140 Amendment of s 330 (Bills) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
141 Amendment of s 683 (Delegation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
142 Insertion of new ch 10, pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Part 3 Transitional provision for Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010
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778 Amended definition of previous admission rules . . . . 73
143 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Part 22 Amendment of Magistrates Act 1991
144 Act amended in pt 22 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
145 Amendment of s 4 (Qualifications for appointment of
magistrates) ................................ 74
146 Amendment of s 6 (Appointment of acting magistrates) . . . . . . . 74
147 Amendment of s 12 (Functions of Chief Magistrate) . . . . . . . . . . 74
148 Amendment of s 42 (Tenure of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
149 Amendment of s 53 (Appointment of judicial registrars). . . . . . . . 75
150 Amendment of s 53A (Appointment of acting judicial registrars) . 75
151 Amendment of s 53N (Ceasing to be a judicial registrar) . . . . . . . 75
152 Omission of pt 9A, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
153 Insertion of new pt 10, div 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Division 7 Transitional provision for Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010
65 Acting magistrates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Part 23 Amendment of Magistrates Courts Act 1921
154 Act amended in pt 23 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
155 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
156 Omission of ss 25-27. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
157 Omission of s 49 (Appeal against refusal to approve and
revocation of approval as mediator or case appraiser). . . . . . . . . 77
158 Omission of pt 5, div 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Part 24 Amendment of Payroll Tax Act 1971
159 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
160 Amendment of s 14A (Exemption for parental and adoption
leave) ...................................... 77
Part 25 Amendment of Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
161 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
162 Amendment of s 15D (Meaning of eligible drug offence) . . . . . . . 79
163 Amendment of s 32 (Recognisance instead of imposing any
other sentence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
164 Insertion of new s 219 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
219 Transitional provision for the Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment act 2010 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Part 26 Amendment of Professional Standards Act 2004
165 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
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166 Amendment of s 14 (Schemes are subject to disallowance) . . . . 80
167 Amendment of s 15 (Commencement of schemes) . . . . . . . . . . . 80
168 Amendment of s 16 (Challenges to schemes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Part 27 Amendment of Property Law Act 1974
169 Act amended in pt 27 and schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
170 Amendment of s 82 (Tacking and further advances) . . . . . . . . . . 81
Part 28 Amendment of Public Trustee Act 1978
171 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
172 Amendment of s 77 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Part 29 Amendment of Queensland Civil and Administrative
Tribunal Act 2009
173 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
174 Insertion of new ch 4, pt 4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Part 4A Dual appointments
206A Dual appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
175 Omission of s 242A (Expiry of ss 198A and 242A and
amendment of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
176 Insertion of new ch 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Chapter 9 Transitional and validation provisions for
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2010
281 Effect of regulation amendment in Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
282 Validation relating to dual appointments. . . . . . . . . . . 83
177 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Part 30 Amendment of Queensland Civil and Administrative
Tribunal Regulation 2009
178 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
179 Omission of pt 5 (Other provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
Part 31 Amendment of Reprints Act 1992
180 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
181 Amendment of s 26 (Spelling) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
182 Amendment of s 40 (Omission of amending and repealing
provisions) .................................. 85
Part 32 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999
183 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
184 Amendment of s 24 (Registration of instalment payments for
infringement notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
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185 Amendment of s 30 (Application to cancel infringement notice
for mistake of fact) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
186 Amendment of s 32 (Proceedings after cancellation of
infringement notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
187 Amendment of s 46 (Fine option order only for unpaid fine) . . . . 87
188 Amendment of s 55 (Application of div 6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
189 Amendment of s 56 (Applications for cancellation of
enforcement orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
190 Amendment of s 57 (Decision on application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
191 Amendment of s 60 (Provisions relating to cancellation of
enforcement order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
192 Amendment of s 110 (Registration of interests) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
193 Amendment of s 112 (Order of satisfaction of other amounts). . . 89
194 Amendment of s 118 (Good behaviour order when
imprisonment not appropriate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
195 Amendment of s 137 (Enforcement order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Part 33 Amendment of Supreme Court Act 1995
196 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
197 Replacement of s 210 (Principal registrar and associates) . . . . . 90
210 Principal registrar and associates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
198 Insertion of new s 306 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
306 Transitional provision for Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Part 34 Amendment of Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991
199 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
200 Omission of ss 98, 99 and 100. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
201 Omission of pt 8, div 7 (Miscellaneous) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
202 Insertion of new s 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
140 Transitional provision for Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2010. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
203 Amendment of sch 1 (Subject matter for rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
204 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Part 35 Amendment of Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991
205 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
206 Amendment of s 126 (Annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Part 36 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport)
Act 1994
207 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
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208 Insertion of new ch 13, pt 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
Part 10 Validation of regulation
188 Validation of Transport Legislation Amendment
(Postponement) Regulation (No. 1) 2008 . . . . . . . . . . 93
Part 37 Amendment of Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) Regulation
2009
209 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
210 Omission of pt 3 (Alternative dispute resolution fees) . . . . . . . . . 94
Part 38 Amendment of Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation
Act 2003
211 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
212 Renumbering of ch 26 (Transitional provision for Civil and
Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation Amendment Act
2010) ..................................... 95
213 Amendment of sch 4 (Adjacent areas) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Part 39 Minor amendments
214 Legislation amended in schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Schedule Minor amendment of legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Acts Interpretation Act 1954 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Bail Act 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Child Employment Act 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
Civil Liability Act 2003 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Classification of Films Act 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Contract Cleaning Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act
2005 ...................................... 102
Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
District Court of Queensland Act 1967. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
Drug Court Act 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Drugs Misuse Act 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
Electoral Act 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Electronic Transactions (Queensland) Act 2001. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109
Financial Transaction Reports Act 1992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Industrial Relations (Tribunals) Rules 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Invasion of Privacy Act 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
Judicial Review Act 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
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Jury Act 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Justices Act 1886 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Act
1991 ...................................... 114
Law Reform Act 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Legal Aid Queensland Act 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Legal Profession Act 2007 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Limitation of Actions Act 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Magistrates Act 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Magistrates Courts Act 1921 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Maintenance Act 1965 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
Oaths Act 1867. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Ombudsman Act 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Property Law Act 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Recording of Evidence Act 1962 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Referendums Act 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
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2010
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, Anti-Discrimination Act 1991,
Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973, Appeal Costs Fund Regulation 2010, Bail Act 1980,
Child Employment Act 2006, Childrens Court Act 1992, Civil Liability Act 2003,
Classification of Films Act 1991, Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950, Contract
Cleaning Industry (Portable Long Service Leave) Act 2005, Criminal Code, Criminal
Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002, Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984, Disability
Services Act 2006, District Court of Queensland Act 1967, Drug Court Act 2000,
Drugs Misuse Act 1986, Electoral Act 1992, Electoral Regulation 2002, Electronic
Transactions (Queensland) Act 2001, Evidence Act 1977, Family Responsibilities
Commission Act 2008, Financial Transaction Reports Act 1992, Guardianship and
Administration Act 2000, Industrial Relations Act 1999, Industrial Relations
(Tribunals) Rules 2000, Invasion of Privacy Act 1971, Judges (Pensions and Long
Leave) Act 1957, Judicial Review Act 1991, Jury Act 1995, Justices Act 1886, Justices
of the Peace and Commissioners for Declarations Act 1991, Law Reform Act 1995,
Legal Aid Queensland Act 1997, Legal Profession Act 2007, Limitation of Actions Act
1974, Magistrates Act 1991, Magistrates Courts Act 1921, Maintenance Act 1965,
Oaths Act 1867, Ombudsman Act 2001, Payroll Tax Act 1971, Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992, Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002, Professional Standards
Act 2004, Property Law Act 1974, Public Trustee Act 1978, Queensland Civil and
Administrative Tribunal Act 2009, Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
Regulation 2009, Recording of Evidence Act 1962, Referendums Act 1997, Reprints
Act 1992, State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999, Supreme Court Act 1995, Supreme
Court of Queensland Act 1991, Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991, Transport
Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994, Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees)
Regulation 2009 and Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003 for
particular purposes
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
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 Justice and Other Legislation 4
Amendment Act 2010. 5
Clause 2 Commencement 6
(1) Sections 17, 23, 25, 26, 73, 123, 124 and 212 commence on a 7
day to be fixed by proclamation. 8
(2) Section 28 commences, or is taken to have commenced, on 30 9
September 2010. 10
Part 2 Amendment of Acts 11
Interpretation Act 1954 12
Clause 3 Act amended in pt 2 and schedule 13
This part and the schedule amend the Acts Interpretation Act 14
1954. 15
Clause 4 Amendment of s 9 (Act to be interpreted not to exceed 16
Parliament's legislative power) 17
(1) Section 9, heading-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
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Part 2 Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act 1954
[s 5]
`9 Interpretation of Act in relation to Parliament's legislative 1
power'. 2
(2) Section 9-- 3
insert-- 4
`(1A) Without limiting subsection (1)(a), it is declared that 5
subsection applies (and always applied) to the legislative 6
power conferred on Parliament under the Coastal Waters 7
(State Powers) Act 1980 (Cwlth), section 5 and the Coastal 8
Waters (State Title) Act 1980 (Cwlth), section 4. 9
`(1B) Subsection (1A) does not apply in relation to the substantive 10
criminal law, and the law of criminal investigation, procedure 11
and evidence, under the cooperative scheme as defined under 12
the Crimes at Sea Act 2001, section 3.'. 13
Clause 5 Amendment of s 35C (Headings part of provision etc.) 14
Section 35C-- 15
insert-- 16
`(8) A provision reference associated with a heading to a schedule 17
is part of the heading. 18
Note-- 19
The provision referred to is the authorising provision or another 20
provision relevant to the schedule.'. 21
Clause 6 Insertion of new pt 12 22
After section 46-- 23
insert-- 24
`Part 12 Application of particular State 25
laws to coastal waters 26
`47 Definitions for pt 12 27
`In this part-- 28
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Part 2 Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act 1954
[s 6]
cooperative scheme means the cooperative scheme as defined 1
under the Crimes at Sea Act 2001, section 3. 2
criminal laws means the substantive criminal law, and the law 3
of criminal investigation, procedure and evidence, within the 4
meaning of the cooperative scheme. 5
laws of the State means the laws, whether written or 6
unwritten and whether substantive or procedural, that are from 7
time to time in force in the State, but does not include-- 8
(a) laws of the Commonwealth; or 9
(b) criminal laws. 10
`47A Application of laws of the State to coastal waters 11
`The laws of the State apply in and in relation to-- 12
(a) the coastal waters of the State; and 13
(b) the seabed and subsoil beneath, and the airspace above, 14
the coastal waters of the State; 15
as if the coastal waters of the State, as extending from time to 16
time, were within the limits of the State. 17
`47B Laws with specific application not to apply 18
`(1) Nothing in this part makes a provision of the laws of the State 19
applicable in or in relation to a particular place-- 20
(a) to the extent the provision is incapable of applying in or 21
in relation to that place; or 22
(b) if those laws expressly provide that the provision does 23
not extend or apply in or in relation to that place; or 24
(c) if those laws expressly provide that the provision applies 25
only in a stated locality in the State that does not include 26
that place. 27
`(2) A provision of the laws of the State is not to be taken to be a 28
provision to which subsection (1) applies merely because it is 29
limited in its application to acts, matters and things within 30
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Part 2 Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act 1954
[s 6]
Queensland waters, coastal waters or the adjacent area, 1
however described, of the State. 2
`47C Extent of jurisdiction in relation to coastal waters 3
`(1) A person who has a function or power conferred on the person 4
under a law for the purposes of or in connection with a 5
provision of the laws of the State has and may perform the 6
function for the purposes of or in connection with that 7
provision, as applying because of this part, as if the coastal 8
waters of the State, as extending from time to time, were 9
within the limits of the State. 10
`(2) All courts of the State are invested with jurisdiction in all 11
matters arising under the provisions of the laws of the State, as 12
applying because of this part, as if the coastal waters of the 13
State, as extending from time to time, were within the limits 14
of the State. 15
`47D Constitutional basis 16
`In addition to any other power under which the provisions of 17
this part may be enacted, the provisions of this part are 18
enacted under the legislative power of Parliament as extended 19
by the Coastal Waters (State Powers) Act 1980 (Cwlth), 20
section 5 and the Coastal Waters (State Title) Act 1980 21
(Cwlth), section 4. 22
`47E Saving 23
`Nothing in this part limits any law, other than this part, that 24
provides for the application of the laws of the State, or any 25
part of those laws, beyond the limits of the State. 26
Note-- 27
Some Acts have special application provisions, for example, the 28
following-- 29
· Fisheries Act 1994, section 11 30
· Offshore Minerals Act 1998, section 16 31
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Part 3 Amendment of Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973
[s 7]
· Petroleum Act 1923, section 7A 1
· Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 1982, section 14.'. 2
Part 3 Amendment of Appeal Costs 3
Fund Act 1973 4
Clause 7 Act amended 5
This part amends the Appeal Costs Fund Act 1973. 6
Clause 8 Amendment of s 4 (Interpretation) 7
Section 4-- 8
insert-- 9
`approved form means a form approved under section 25A.'. 10
Clause 9 Amendment of s 12 (Statement to Minister) 11
Section 12, `prescribed form'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`approved form'. 14
Clause 10 Insertion of new s 25A 15
After section 25-- 16
insert-- 17
`25A Approval of forms 18
`The chief executive may approve forms for use under this 19
Act.'. 20
Clause 11 Insertion of new pt 6 21
After section 26-- 22
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Part 4 Amendment of Appeal Costs Fund Regulation 2010
[s 12]
insert-- 1
`Part 6 Transitional provisions 2
`27 Amendment of regulation 3
`The amendment of the Appeal Costs Fund Regulation 2010 4
by the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 5
does not affect the power of the Governor in Council to 6
further amend the regulation or to repeal it. 7
`28 Approved forms 8
`(1) This section applies if, immediately before the 9
commencement of this section, a form was approved for a 10
purpose under section 13 of the regulation as in force before 11
its repeal by the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 12
2010. 13
`(2) The form is taken to have been approved under section 25A 14
for the purpose.'. 15
Part 4 Amendment of Appeal Costs 16
Fund Regulation 2010 17
Clause 12 Regulation amended 18
This part amends the Appeal Costs Fund Regulation 2010. 19
Clause 13 Omission of s 2 (Definition) 20
Section 2-- 21
omit. 22
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Part 5 Amendment of Bail Act 1980
[s 14]
Clause 14 Omission of s 13 (Approval of forms) 1
Section 13-- 2
omit. 3
Part 5 Amendment of Bail Act 1980 4
Clause 15 Act amended in pt 5 and schedule 5
This part and the schedule amend the Bail Act 1980. 6
Clause 16 Amendment of s 16 (Refusal of bail) 7
Section 16(3)(d), at the end-- 8
insert-- 9
`Note-- 10
For this paragraph, a person proceeded against under section 33(3) is 11
taken to be charged with an offence against this Act--see section 12
33(6).'. 13
Clause 17 Amendment of s 28A (Other warrants for apprehension of 14
defendant) 15
Section 28A(1)(e), `, or varied under section 34BA(3) or 16
34BB(5)'-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 18 Amendment of s 33 (Failure to appear in accordance with 19
undertaking) 20
Section 33-- 21
insert-- 22
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Part 6 Amendment of Childrens Court Act 1992
[s 19]
`(6) Despite subsection (3)(a), a defendant mentioned in 1
subsection (1)(b) is taken to be charged with an offence under 2
subsection (1) for the purpose of-- 3
(a) applying for bail under any provision of this Act; and 4
(b) section 16(3)(d).'. 5
Part 6 Amendment of Childrens Court 6
Act 1992 7
Clause 19 Act amended 8
This part amends the Childrens Court Act 1992. 9
Clause 20 Insertion of new s 28A 10
After section 28-- 11
insert-- 12
`28A Access to court records for approved research 13
`(1) The chief executive may authorise a person to have access to a 14
record, or information from a record, to allow the person to 15
carry out research. 16
`(2) However, the chief executive may authorise access only if the 17
chief executive is satisfied-- 18
(a) the record or information will not be used or published 19
in a way that could reasonably be expected to result in 20
the identification of any of the individuals to whom it 21
relates; and 22
(b) it would not be inappropriate to authorise the access in 23
all the circumstances including, for example, the cost to 24
the department of providing the access. 25
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Part 7 Amendment of Criminal Code
[s 21]
`(3) The registrar or clerk of a court may give a person access to a 1
record or information from a record under an authorisation 2
under this section. 3
`(4) In this section-- 4
record means a court record or part of a court record.'. 5
Part 7 Amendment of Criminal Code 6
Clause 21 Code amended 7
This part amends the Criminal Code. 8
Clause 22 Amendment of s 694 (Costs of defence) 9
(1) Section 694, after `say--'-- 10
insert-- 11
`(aa) if an application for leave to present an information 12
against a person (the accused person) ends without the 13
application being granted;'. 14
(2) Section 694, paragraphs (aa) to (c)-- 15
renumber as paragraphs (a) to (d). 16
Clause 23 Renumbering of pt 9, ch 87 (Transitional provisions for 17
Civil and Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation 18
Amendment Act 2010) 19
(1) Part 9, chapter 87 and sections 724 to 726-- 20
renumber as part 9, chapter 88 and sections 725 to 727. 21
(2) Section 725, as renumbered, heading, `87'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`88'. 24
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Part 8 Amendment of Disability Services Act 2006
[s 24]
Part 8 Amendment of Disability 1
Services Act 2006 2
Clause 24 Act amended in pt 8 3
This part amends the Disability Services Act 2006. 4
Clause 25 Amendment of s 123ZK (Short term approval for use of 5
restrictive practices other than containment or seclusion) 6
Section 123ZK(2)(b)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(b) either-- 9
(i) there is no guardian for a restrictive practice 10
(general) matter for the adult; or 11
(ii) there is a guardian for a restrictive practice 12
(general) matter for the adult but the guardian has 13
neither given, nor refused to give, consent to the 14
use of the restrictive practice for the adult; and'. 15
Clause 26 Amendment of s 123ZL (Period for which short term 16
approval has effect) 17
Section 123ZL(3)(a)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(a) a guardian for a restrictive practice (general) matter for 20
the adult gives, or refuses to give, consent to use the 21
restrictive practice for the adult; or'. 22
Clause 27 Amendment of pt 16, div 3, hdg 23
Part 16, division 3, heading, after `2008'-- 24
insert-- 25
`and Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010'. 26
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Part 9 Amendment of District Court of Queensland Act 1967
[s 28]
Clause 28 Amendment of s 241 (Interpretation) 1
Section 241(1), definition transitional period, `27'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`33'. 4
Clause 29 Insertion of new s 241A 5
Part 16, division 3, subdivision 1-- 6
insert-- 7
`241A Declaration about transitional period 8
`To remove doubt, it is declared that for all purposes, 9
including for anything done in relation to the transitional 10
period, the transitional period includes, and is taken to have 11
always included, the period from after 30 September 2010 12
until the commencement of this section.'. 13
Part 9 Amendment of District Court of 14
Queensland Act 1967 15
Clause 30 Act amended in pt 9 and schedule 16
This part and the schedule amend the District Court of 17
Queensland Act 1967. 18
Clause 31 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) 19
(1) Section 3, definitions approval, case appraiser and 20
mediator-- 21
omit. 22
(2) Section 3-- 23
insert-- 24
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Part 9 Amendment of District Court of Queensland Act 1967
[s 32]
`case appraiser means a person appointed as a case appraiser 1
under a referring order. 2
mediator means a person appointed as a mediator under a 3
referring order.'. 4
Clause 32 Replacement of s 36 (Principal registrar and associates) 5
Section 36-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`36 Principal registrar and associates 8
`(1) The Governor in Council may appoint a principal registrar. 9
`(2) The Chief Judge may appoint a person nominated by a judge 10
as an associate to the judge. 11
`(3) An associate is appointed under this Act and not the Public 12
Service Act 2008. 13
`(4) The Governor in Council is to decide the salary and 14
conditions of appointment for an associate appointed under 15
subsection (2).'. 16
Clause 33 Omission of ss 93, 94 and 95 17
Sections 93, 94 and 95-- 18
omit. 19
Clause 34 Omission of pt 7, div 7 (Miscellaneous) 20
Part 7, division 7-- 21
omit. 22
Clause 35 Omission of s 121 (Appeal against refusal to approve and 23
revocation of approval as mediator or case appraiser) 24
Section 121-- 25
omit. 26
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Part 10 Amendment of Drugs Misuse Act 1986
[s 36]
Clause 36 Insertion of new s 147 1
Part 12-- 2
insert-- 3
`147 Transitional provision for Justice and Other 4
Legislation Amendment Act 2010 5
`(1) To remove any doubt, it is declared that an appointment of an 6
associate to a judge that is in force under section 36 7
immediately before the section is replaced by a new section 8
36 under the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 9
2010, section 32 (Replacement of s 36), is taken, from the 10
replacement, to continue in force as if it had been made by the 11
Chief Judge under the new section 36. 12
`(2) This section does not limit the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, 13
section 20B.'. 14
Part 10 Amendment of Drugs Misuse 15
Act 1986 16
Clause 37 Act amended in pt 10 and schedule 17
This part and the schedule amend the Drugs Misuse Act 1986. 18
Clause 38 Amendment of s 4C (Analysts) 19
Section 4C-- 20
insert-- 21
`(3) The Minister may delegate the Minister's function under 22
subsection (1) to-- 23
(a) the chief executive; or 24
(b) an officer of the department who the Minister is satisfied 25
has the qualifications, experience or standing necessary 26
to perform the function. 27
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Part 11 Amendment of Electoral Act 1992
[s 39]
Example of standing-- 1
the officer's classification or level in the department 2
`(4) In this section-- 3
function includes power.'. 4
Part 11 Amendment of Electoral Act 5
1992 6
Clause 39 Act amended in pt 11 and schedule 7
This part and the schedule amend the Electoral Act 1992. 8
Clause 40 Amendment of s 60 (Inspection and purchase of publicly 9
available parts of electoral rolls) 10
(1) Section 60, heading, `and purchase'-- 11
omit. 12
(2) Section 60(3) and (4)-- 13
omit. 14
Clause 41 Replacement of s 61 (Availability of entire electoral rolls) 15
Section 61-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`61 Information on electoral rolls to be provided to 18
particular people and organisations 19
`(1) The following table sets out persons and organisations to 20
whom the commission must give stated information about 21
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Part 11 Amendment of Electoral Act 1992
[s 41]
electoral rolls and states the information to be given and the 1
circumstances in which it is to be given. 2
Mandatory provision of information on electoral rolls
Circumstances in which
Person or
Item Information to be given information is to be
organisation
given
1 a candidate a certified copy, in a (a) on request by the
for an form decided by the candidate; and
election commissioner, of the (b) as soon as
entire electoral roll for practicable after the
the electoral district cut-off day for the
for which the nomination of
candidate is seeking candidates; and
election (c) without charge
2 a registered a copy, in electronic (a) on request by the
political form, of the most party; and
party recent version of the (b) at a price which
entire electoral roll for reasonably reflects
any electoral district or the cost of producing
all electoral districts that copy
3 a registered a copy, in electronic (a) on request by the
political form, of the changes to party; and
party the most recent (b) at a price which
version of the entire reasonably reflects
electoral roll for any the cost of producing
electoral district or all that copy
electoral districts
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Part 11 Amendment of Electoral Act 1992
[s 41]
Mandatory provision of information on electoral rolls
Circumstances in which
Person or
Item Information to be given information is to be
organisation
given
4 a member a reasonable number (a) as soon as
of the of copies, in printed practicable after
Legislative form, of the most each of the
Assembly recent version of the following happens--
entire electoral roll for (i) the member is
the electoral district declared elected;
the member represents (ii) the roll is
prepared under
section 59(1)(c);
and
(b) without charge
5 a member a copy, in electronic (a) once during each
of the form, of the most Legislative
Legislative recent version of the Assembly; and
Assembly entire electoral roll for (b) without charge
the electoral district
the member represents
6 a member a copy, in electronic without charge
of the form, of the changes to
Legislative the most recent
Assembly version of the entire
electoral roll for the
electoral district the
member represents
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Part 11 Amendment of Electoral Act 1992
[s 41]
Mandatory provision of information on electoral rolls
Circumstances in which
Person or
Item Information to be given information is to be
organisation
given
7 local a copy, in electronic (a) on request by the
government form, of the most local government;
recent version of the and
entire electoral roll for (b) at a price fixed or
any electoral district decided under a
wholly or partly within regulation
the local government's
area
8 local a copy, in electronic (a) on request by the
government form, of the changes to local government;
the most recent and
version of the entire (b) at a price fixed or
electoral roll for any decided under a
electoral district regulation
wholly or partly within
the local government's
area
`(2) The following table sets out persons and organisations to 1
whom the commission may give a copy, in any form, of 2
information in relation to electoral rolls and states the 3
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information that may be given and the circumstances in which 1
it may be given. 2
Discretionary provision of information on electoral rolls
Circumstances in which
Person or
Item Information to be given information is to be
organisation
given
1 any a copy, in electronic (a) on request by the
department form, of the most department or State
or State recent version of the public authority; and
public entire, or part of the, (b) without charge
authority electoral roll for any
electoral district
`(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent an entity other than the 3
commission, when providing a person or organisation with 4
services for accessing information given by the commission, 5
charging the person or organisation for the services. 6
`(4) Other than as provided by this section, the commission must 7
not provide a copy of any part of an electoral roll, other than 8
the publicly available part, to a person other than-- 9
(a) a senior electoral officer; or 10
(b) a member of the commission's staff; or 11
(c) a person performing functions under an arrangement 12
mentioned in section 62.'. 13
Clause 42 Amendment of s152 (Misuse of restricted information) 14
Section 152(1) `part of the copy that is not a publicly available 15
part'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`the copy'. 18
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Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 12 Amendment of Electoral Regulation 2002
[s 43]
Clause 43 Insertion of new pt 11, div 4 1
After section 189-- 2
insert-- 3
`Division 4 Transitional provision for Justice 4
and Other Legislation Amendment 5
Act 2010 6
`190 Transitional provision for Justice and Other 7
Legislation Amendment Act 2010 8
`The amendment of the Electoral Regulation 2002 by the 9
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 does not 10
affect the power of the Governor in Council to further amend 11
the regulation or to repeal it.'. 12
Clause 44 Amendment of schedule, s 320 (Inspection and supply of 13
copies of claims and returns) 14
Schedule, section 320(5), from `A person' to the end-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(omitted)'. 17
Part 12 Amendment of Electoral 18
Regulation 2002 19
Clause 45 Regulation amended 20
This part amends the Electoral Regulation 2002. 21
Clause 46 Amendment of sch 2 (Fees) 22
(1) Schedule 2, item 1-- 23
omit. 24
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Part 13 Amendment of Evidence Act 1977
[s 47]
(2) Schedule 2, item 2, `section 61(6)'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`section 61(1), table, item 7'. 3
(3) Schedule 2, item 3, `section 61(7)'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`section 61(1), table, item 8'. 6
(4) Schedule 2, items 2 to 4-- 7
renumber as schedule 2, items 1 to 3. 8
Part 13 Amendment of Evidence Act 9
1977 10
Clause 47 Act amended 11
This part amends the Evidence Act 1977. 12
Clause 48 Amendment of s 21AM (Use of prerecorded evidence) 13
(1) Section 21AM(1) `A video-taped' to `lawfully'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`The affected child's evidence contained in a videotaped 16
recording made under this subdivision for a proceeding, or in 17
a lawfully'. 18
(2) Section 21AM(2), `recording or copy'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`evidence'. 21
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Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 14 Amendment of Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008
[s 49]
Part 14 Amendment of Family 1
Responsibilities Commission 2
Act 2008 3
Clause 49 Act amended 4
This part amends the Family Responsibilities Commission Act 5
2008. 6
Clause 50 Amendment of s 10 (Commission's functions) 7
Section 10(1)(b), `compulsory'-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 51 Amendment of s 50 (Constitution of commission for 10
conference) 11
(1) Section 50, heading, after `conference'-- 12
insert-- 13
`generally'. 14
(2) Section 50(1), `For'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Subject to section 50A, for'. 17
Clause 52 Insertion of new ss 50A and 50B 18
After section 50-- 19
insert-- 20
`50A Constitution of commission for particular conference 21
`(1) This section provides for the constitution of the commission 22
for a conference in relation to a relevant person for an agency 23
notice if the commissioner considers it is unlikely that an 24
income management decision will be made for the 25
conference. 26
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[s 53]
`(2) For the conference, the commission may be constituted by 3 1
local commissioners appointed for the welfare reform 2
community area in which the commissioner considers the 3
person the subject of the conference lives or lived. 4
`(3) The local commissioners mentioned in subsection (2) are to 5
be nominated by a local registry coordinator, and appointed by 6
the commissioner, under section 51. 7
`(4) The commissioner must nominate one of the local 8
commissioners to be the chairperson of the commission for 9
the conference. 10
`(5) The chairperson is to preside at the conference. 11
`50B Commissioner must monitor particular decisions 12
`If the commission is constituted under section 50A for a 13
conference, the commissioner must monitor the decision of 14
the commission for the conference for consistency of the 15
decision with other decisions of the commission when 16
constituted under section 50 or 50A.'. 17
Clause 53 Amendment of s 53 (Reconstituting commission for 18
particular conference) 19
(1) Section 53, heading, `particular conference'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`conferences generally'. 22
(2) Section 53(1), after `a conference'-- 23
insert-- 24
`, other than a constituting member for a conference 25
mentioned in section 50A,'. 26
Clause 54 Insertion of new s 53A 27
After section 53-- 28
insert-- 29
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Part 14 Amendment of Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008
[s 55]
`53A Reconstituting commission for particular conferences 1
`(1) This section applies if the commission is constituted under 2
section 50A for a conference. 3
`(2) If a constituting member for the conference stops being a 4
member or for any reason is not available for the conference, 5
the commissioner may direct that the commission for the 6
conference be constituted by-- 7
(a) the remaining constituting members and another local 8
commissioner appointed by the commissioner; or 9
(b) the commissioner and the remaining constituting 10
members. 11
`(3) If the commission adjourns a conference under section 64(2), 12
the commissioner must direct that the commission for the 13
conference be constituted by-- 14
(a) the commissioner; and 15
(b) 2 local commissioners appointed by the commissioner. 16
`(4) If practicable, a local commissioner mentioned in subsection 17
(3)(b) is to be a local commissioner who was a constituting 18
member for the conference before the conference was 19
adjourned. 20
`(5) In appointing another local commissioner under subsection 21
(2)(a) or (3)(b), the commissioner must have regard to the 22
matters mentioned in section 51(2) and (3). 23
`(6) The commission as reconstituted must continue and finish the 24
conference, and, for that purpose, may have regard to any 25
record relating to the conference made by the commission as 26
previously constituted.'. 27
Clause 55 Amendment of s 62 (Obtaining views of persons not 28
attending conference) 29
Section 62-- 30
insert-- 31
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Part 14 Amendment of Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008
[s 56]
`(3) For this section, if the commission is constituted under section 1
50A for a conference, the duty imposed on the commissioner 2
under subsection (1) is taken to be a duty imposed on the 3
chairperson of the commission for the conference.'. 4
Clause 56 Amendment of s 64 (Adjournment of conference) 5
(1) Section 64-- 6
insert-- 7
`(1A) However, if the commission is constituted under section 50A 8
for a conference, it must adjourn the conference if it considers 9
the decision for the conference is likely to be an income 10
management decision. 11
Note-- 12
See section 53A for the reconstitution of the commission if a conference 13
is adjourned under this subsection.'. 14
(2) Section 64-- 15
insert-- 16
`(2A) Also, if a conference is adjourned under subsection (2), the 17
chairperson of the commission for the conference must inform 18
the registrar of the adjournment.'. 19
(3) Section 64(1A) to (2A)-- 20
renumber as section 64(2) to (4). 21
Clause 57 Amendment of s 73 (Notice about requirement to attend 22
community support service) 23
Section 73(2), `registrar of the decision.'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`registrar-- 26
(a) of the decision; and 27
(b) if the agreement or direction includes section 76 28
matters, that a case plan need not be recorded for the 29
person. 30
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Part 14 Amendment of Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008
[s 58]
Note-- 1
See section 77(2) for the circumstances in which the registrar 2
need not record a case plan.'. 3
Clause 58 Amendment of s 77 (Recording of case plan) 4
Section 77-- 5
insert-- 6
`(2) However, the registrar need not record a case plan under 7
subsection (1) if the commission decides to-- 8
(a) enter into a family responsibilities agreement under 9
section 68(2)(a) and the agreement includes section 76 10
matters; or 11
(b) make a family responsibilities order to direct a person 12
under section 69(1)(b)(iii) and the order includes section 13
76 matters.'. 14
Clause 59 Amendment of pt 7, div 2, hdg (Noncompliance with 15
compulsory case plans) 16
Part 7, division 2, heading, `compulsory'-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 60 Amendment of s 81 (Definition for div 2) 19
(1) Section 81, heading, `Definition'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`Definitions'. 22
(2) Section 81-- 23
insert-- 24
`case plan includes-- 25
(a) if a family responsibilities agreement includes section 26
76 matters--the matters; or 27
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Part 14 Amendment of Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008
[s 61]
(b) if a family responsibilities order to direct a person to 1
attend a community support service includes section 76 2
matters--the matters.'. 3
Clause 61 Amendment of s 82 (Show cause notice) 4
(1) Section 82(1), `compulsory'-- 5
omit. 6
(2) Section 82(4), `28 days'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`14 days'. 9
Clause 62 Amendment of s 86 (Ending show cause process without 10
taking proposed action) 11
Section 86(1)(b), (3), (4) and (5), `compulsory'-- 12
omit. 13
Clause 63 Insertion of new pt 9, div 1, hdg 14
After part 9 heading-- 15
insert-- 16
`Division 1 Applications'. 17
Clause 64 Insertion of new pt 9, div 2, and div 3, hdg 18
After section 97-- 19
insert-- 20
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Part 14 Amendment of Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008
[s 65]
`Division 2 Commissioner may dismiss 1
particular applications 2
`97A Frivolous or vexatious applications 3
`(1) This section applies if the commissioner considers an 4
application under division 1 is frivolous or vexatious. 5
`(2) The commissioner may give the applicant a notice stating that 6
the application may be dismissed unless the applicant makes 7
oral or written representations to the commissioner, within a 8
stated period of at least 14 days, to show that the application is 9
not frivolous or vexatious. 10
`(3) The commissioner must consider all representations (the 11
accepted representations) made under subsection (2). 12
`(4) The commissioner may dismiss the application if-- 13
(a) at the end of the stated period, there are no accepted 14
representations about the application; or 15
(b) after considering the accepted representations about the 16
application, the commissioner still considers the 17
application is frivolous or vexatious. 18
`(5) If the commissioner decides to dismiss the application, the 19
commissioner must give to the applicant-- 20
(a) a notice stating-- 21
(i) that the application is dismissed; and 22
(ii) the reasons for the decision; and 23
(b) an appeal notice for the decision.'. 24
`Division 3 Hearing and deciding applications'. 25
Clause 65 Amendment of s 98 (Constitution of commission) 26
Section 98(1), `this part'-- 27
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Part 14 Amendment of Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008
[s 66]
omit, insert-- 1
`division 1'. 2
Clause 66 Amendment of s 100 (Inquiry about application) 3
Section 100(1), `part'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`division'. 6
Clause 67 Amendment of s 101 (Failure to decide application) 7
Section 101(2)(a), `this part'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`division 1'. 10
Clause 68 Amendment of s 103 (Limitation on increasing period of 11
income management) 12
Section 103(1), `part'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`division'. 15
Clause 69 Amendment of s 147 (Preservation of confidentiality) 16
Section 147(4)-- 17
insert-- 18
`(d) a person engaged by a community support service who 19
has gained information about a person to whom 20
confidential information relates. 21
Example of a person engaged by a community support service-- 22
a volunteer'. 23
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Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 14 Amendment of Family Responsibilities Commission Act 2008
[s 70]
Clause 70 Insertion of new s 157 1
Part 15-- 2
insert-- 3
`157 Transitional provision for Justice and Other 4
Legislation Amendment Act 2010 5
`(1) A reference in section 81, definition case plan, paragraph (a) 6
to a family responsibilities agreement does not include a 7
family responsibilities agreement made before the 8
commencement of this section. 9
`(2) A reference in section 81, definition case plan, paragraph (b) 10
to a family responsibilities order does not include a family 11
responsibilities order made before the commencement of this 12
section.'. 13
Clause 71 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 14
(1) Schedule, definition case plan-- 15
omit. 16
(2) Schedule-- 17
insert-- 18
`case plan-- 19
(a) for part 7, division 2--see section 81; or 20
(b) otherwise--see section 76. 21
income management decision means-- 22
(a) a decision to enter into a family responsibilities 23
agreement about giving the centrelink secretary a notice 24
requiring that the person be subject to income 25
management; or 26
(b) a decision under section 69(1)(b)(iv). 27
section 76 matters means-- 28
(a) all of the matters mentioned in section 76(1)(c); and 29
(b) any other matters that may be included in a case plan.'. 30
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Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 15 Amendment of Guardianship and Administration Act 2000
[s 72]
Part 15 Amendment of Guardianship 1
and Administration Act 2000 2
Clause 72 Act amended 3
This part amends the Guardianship and Administration Act 4
2000. 5
Clause 73 Amendment of s 80ZK (When adult guardian may give 6
short term approval for use of other restrictive practices) 7
(1) Section 80ZK(3), from `there is'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`a guardian for a restrictive practice (general) matter for the 10
adult has given, or refused to give, consent to the use of the 11
restrictive practice for the adult.'. 12
(2) Section 80ZK(7), paragraphs (a) and (b)-- 13
renumber as paragraphs (b) and (c). 14
(3) Section 80ZK(7)-- 15
insert-- 16
`(a) if a guardian for a restrictive practice (general) matter 17
for the adult gives, or refuses to give, consent to the use 18
of the restrictive practice for the adult; or'. 19
Clause 74 Insertion of new ch 11, pt 2A 20
Chapter 11-- 21
insert-- 22
`Part 2A Access to record of 23
proceedings 24
`244A Access to record of proceedings 25
`(1) This section applies if-- 26
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Part 15 Amendment of Guardianship and Administration Act 2000
[s 75]
(a) the tribunal is considering making an appointment or 1
reviewing the appointment of a guardian or an 2
administrator for an adult; and 3
(b) the adult has been a party to a civil proceeding in a 4
court; and 5
(c) the court has not made an order under section 245. 6
`(2) The tribunal may request from the registrar of the court a copy 7
of the part of the record of proceedings for the civil 8
proceeding that is relevant to the tribunal's consideration. 9
`(3) The registrar may, if the registrar considers the part of the 10
record of proceedings is relevant to the tribunal's 11
consideration, comply with a request under subsection (2). 12
`(4) A fee is not payable to the court for a copy of part of the 13
record of proceedings under this section. 14
`(5) In this section-- 15
court means the Supreme Court or the District Court.'. 16
Clause 75 Amendment of s 245 (Settlements or damages awards) 17
(1) Section 245(5)-- 18
renumber as section 245(7). 19
(2) Section 245-- 20
insert-- 21
`(5) Also, after the order is made, the registrar must, if requested 22
by the tribunal, give the tribunal a copy of the part of the 23
record of proceedings that is relevant to making the order. 24
`(6) A fee is not payable to the court for a copy of part of the 25
record of proceedings under subsection (5).'. 26
Clause 76 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 27
Schedule 4-- 28
insert-- 29
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Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 16 Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1999
[s 77]
`record of proceedings includes-- 1
(a) a written transcript of the proceedings; and 2
(b) the documents in the court file for the proceedings.'. 3
Part 16 Amendment of Industrial 4
Relations Act 1999 5
Clause 77 Act amended 6
This part amends the Industrial Relations Act 1999. 7
Clause 78 Amendment of s 17 (Definitions for pt 2) 8
(1) Section 17-- 9
insert-- 10
`intended parent, for a surrogacy arrangement, see the 11
Surrogacy Act 2010, section 9. 12
long surrogacy leave means leave taken by an employee to 13
enable the employee to be the primary caregiver of a child 14
born as a result of a surrogacy arrangement. 15
short surrogacy leave means leave taken by an employee 16
when a child born as a result of a surrogacy arrangement starts 17
residing with the employee. 18
surrogacy arrangement see the Surrogacy Act 2010, section 19
7. 20
surrogacy leave means long surrogacy leave or short 21
surrogacy leave.'. 22
(2) Section 17, definition child-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`child means-- 25
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Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 16 Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1999
[s 79]
(a) for adoption leave--a child who is under the age of 5 1
years, but does not include a child who-- 2
(i) has previously lived continuously with the 3
employee for a period of at least 6 months; or 4
(ii) is the child or stepchild of the employee or 5
employee's spouse; or 6
(b) for surrogacy leave--a child born as a result of a 7
surrogacy arrangement.'. 8
(3) Section 17, definition parental leave, `or adoption leave'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`, adoption leave or surrogacy leave'. 11
(4) Section 17, definition parental leave entitlement, `or (4)'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`, (4) or (4A)'. 14
Clause 79 Amendment of s 18 (Entitlement) 15
(1) Section 18-- 16
insert-- 17
`(4A) An employee who is an intended parent under a surrogacy 18
arrangement is entitled to the following leave-- 19
(a) an unbroken period of up to 1 week's unpaid short 20
surrogacy leave; 21
(b) a further unbroken period of up to 51 weeks unpaid long 22
surrogacy leave.'. 23
(2) Section 18(5), after `adopted'-- 24
insert-- 25
`or started residing with the employee under the surrogacy 26
arrangement'. 27
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Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 16 Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1999
[s 80]
Clause 80 Amendment of s 20 (Notices and documents--parental 1
leave other than maternity or adoption leave) 2
(1) Section 20, heading, `or adoption leave'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`, adoption or surrogacy leave'. 5
(2) Section 20(1), `or adoption leave'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`, adoption leave or surrogacy leave'. 8
Clause 81 Insertion of new s 21A 9
After section 21-- 10
insert-- 11
`21A Notices and documents--surrogacy leave 12
`(1) This section applies if an employee wants to take surrogacy 13
leave. 14
`(2) The employee must give the employer-- 15
(a) for long surrogacy leave--written notice of intention to 16
take the leave at least 10 weeks before the expected date 17
when a child is to start residing with the employee under 18
the surrogacy arrangement (the expected residence 19
date); and 20
(b) at least 4 weeks written notice of the dates on which the 21
employee wants to start and end the leave. 22
`(3) The employee must, before starting the leave, give the 23
employer a statutory declaration by the employee stating-- 24
(a) the employee is an intended parent under a surrogacy 25
arrangement; and 26
(b) the expected residence date; and 27
(c) for long surrogacy leave-- 28
(i) the period of leave sought by the employee; and 29
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Part 16 Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1999
[s 82]
(ii) the period of any surrogacy leave sought by the 1
employee's spouse; and 2
(iii) the employee is seeking the leave to be the child's 3
primary caregiver.'. 4
Clause 82 Amendment of s 22 (Reasons not to give notice or 5
documents) 6
(1) Section 22(1), `or 21'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`, 21 or 21A'. 9
(2) Section 22(1)-- 10
insert-- 11
`(ba) the child starting to reside with the employee before the 12
expected residence date; or'. 13
Clause 83 Amendment of s 23 (Notice of change to situation) 14
Section 23, `or 21'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`, 21 or 21A'. 17
Clause 84 Amendment of s 25 (Spouses not to take parental leave at 18
same time) 19
Section 25(1), `or short adoption leave'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`, short adoption leave or short surrogacy leave'. 22
Clause 85 Amendment of s 26 (Cancelling parental leave) 23
(1) Section 26(1)-- 24
insert-- 25
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Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 16 Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1999
[s 86]
`(d) a child does not start residing with the employee under 1
the surrogacy arrangement.'. 2
(2) Section 26(2)-- 3
insert-- 4
`(d) the residence of the child with the employee under the 5
surrogacy arrangement does not start or continue;'. 6
Clause 86 Amendment of s 29A (Extending period of parental leave 7
by agreement) 8
Section 29A-- 9
insert-- 10
`(3A) An employee entitled to parental leave under section 18(4A), 11
or who is taking surrogacy leave, may apply to the employer 12
for either or both of the following-- 13
(a) an extension of the short surrogacy leave for an 14
unbroken period of up to 8 weeks in total; 15
(b) an extension of the long surrogacy leave for an 16
unbroken period of up to 96 weeks in total.'. 17
Clause 87 Amendment of s 29C (Application for extension or 18
part-time work) 19
(1) Section 29C(1)(b)(i), `or short adoption leave'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`, short adoption leave or short surrogacy leave'. 22
(2) Section 29C(1)(b)(ii), `or long adoption leave'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`, long adoption leave or long surrogacy leave'. 25
(3) Section 29C(1)(f)(i), `or long adoption leave'-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
`, long adoption leave or long surrogacy leave'. 28
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Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 16 Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1999
[s 88]
Clause 88 Amendment of s 29D (Employer to give proper 1
consideration to application for extension or part-time 2
work) 3
Section 29D(3)(a), `or short adoption leave'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`, short adoption leave or short surrogacy leave'. 6
Clause 89 Amendment of s 31 (Effect on parental leave of ceasing to 7
be the primary caregiver) 8
Section 31(1)(a), after `leave'-- 9
insert-- 10
`, long adoption leave or long surrogacy leave'. 11
Clause 90 Amendment of s 33 (Employer's obligation to advise 12
about parental leave entitlements) 13
Section 33(1), after `child,'-- 14
insert-- 15
`, or that an employee is an intended parent under a surrogacy 16
arrangement,'. 17
Clause 91 Amendment of s 34 (Dismissal because of pregnancy or 18
parental leave) 19
Section 34(1)-- 20
insert-- 21
`(ba) the employee is an intended parent under a surrogacy 22
arrangement or a child has started residing with the 23
employee under a surrogacy arrangement; or'. 24
Clause 92 Insertion of new s 38AA 25
After section 38-- 26
insert-- 27
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Part 16 Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1999
[s 93]
`38AA Special surrogacy leave 1
`An employee who is an intended parent under a surrogacy 2
arrangement is entitled to up to 2 days unpaid leave to attend 3
compulsory interviews or court hearings associated with the 4
surrogacy arrangement.'. 5
Clause 93 Amendment of s 243 (President of the court) 6
Section 243-- 7
insert-- 8
`(4) A non-judicial appointee is taken to be appointed on a 9
full-time basis unless the appointment is stated, in the 10
instrument of appointment, to be on a part-time basis. 11
`(5) A non-judicial appointee appointed on a full-time basis may, 12
by written agreement between the Minister and the appointee, 13
perform the functions of the office of the president on a 14
part-time basis. 15
`(6) An appointment or agreement for a non-judicial appointee to 16
perform the functions of the office of the president on a 17
part-time basis must state the percentage of the full-time basis 18
the appointee is to perform. 19
`(7) A non-judicial appointee appointed on a part-time basis may, 20
by written agreement between the Minister and the appointee, 21
perform the functions of the office of the president on a 22
full-time basis. 23
`(8) A non-judicial appointee performing the functions of the 24
office of the president on a part-time basis may hold another 25
office, perform other duties or engage in employment if-- 26
(a) the Minister is satisfied that holding the other office, 27
performing the other duties or engaging in the 28
employment is compatible with, and is not a conflict of 29
interest issue for, the office of the president; and 30
(b) the Minister has given written approval for the 31
non-judicial appointee to hold the other office, perform 32
the other duties or engage in the employment.'. 33
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Clause 94 Amendment of s 246 (Acting president of the court) 1
Section 246(2)(b), after `vice president'-- 2
insert-- 3
`or if the vice president temporarily can not perform the 4
functions of the office, a presidential member who is a lawyer 5
of at least 5 years standing'. 6
Clause 95 Amendment of s 258 (Vice president of the commission) 7
Section 258-- 8
insert-- 9
`(3) The person is taken to be appointed on a full-time basis unless 10
the appointment is stated, in the instrument of appointment, to 11
be on a part-time basis. 12
`(4) A person appointed on a full-time basis may, by written 13
agreement between the Minister and the person, perform the 14
functions of the office of the vice president on a part-time 15
basis. 16
`(5) An appointment or agreement for a vice president to perform 17
the functions of the office of the vice president on a part-time 18
basis must state the percentage of the full-time basis the vice 19
president is to perform. 20
`(6) A person appointed on a part-time basis may, by written 21
agreement between the Minister and the person, perform the 22
functions of the office of the vice president on a full-time 23
basis. 24
`(7) A person performing the functions of the office of the vice 25
president on a part-time basis may hold another office, 26
perform other duties or engage in employment if-- 27
(a) the Minister is satisfied that holding the other office, 28
performing the other duties or engaging in the 29
employment is compatible with, and is not a conflict of 30
interest issue for, the office of the vice president; and 31
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(b) the Minister has given written approval for the person to 1
hold the other office, perform the other duties or engage 2
in the employment.'. 3
Clause 96 Amendment of s 258A (Deputy presidents of the 4
commission) 5
Section 258A-- 6
insert-- 7
`(3) The person is taken to be appointed on a full-time basis unless 8
the appointment is stated, in the instrument of appointment, to 9
be on a part-time basis. 10
`(4) A person appointed on a full-time basis may, by written 11
agreement between the Minister and the person, perform the 12
functions of the office of a deputy president on a part-time 13
basis. 14
`(5) An appointment or agreement for a deputy president to 15
perform the functions of the office of a deputy president on a 16
part-time basis must state the percentage of the full-time basis 17
the deputy president is to perform. 18
`(6) A person appointed on a part-time basis may, by written 19
agreement between the Minister and the person, perform the 20
functions of the office of a deputy president on a full-time 21
basis. 22
`(7) A person performing the functions of the office of a deputy 23
president on a part-time basis may hold another office, 24
perform other duties or engage in employment if-- 25
(a) the Minister is satisfied that holding the other office, 26
performing the other duties or engaging in the 27
employment is compatible with, and is not a conflict of 28
interest issue for, the office of a deputy president; and 29
(b) the Minister has given written approval for the person to 30
hold the other office, perform the other duties or engage 31
in the employment.'. 32
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[s 97]
Clause 97 Amendment of s 259 (Commissioners) 1
Section 259-- 2
insert-- 3
`(3) The person is taken to be appointed on a full-time basis unless 4
the appointment is stated, in the instrument of appointment, to 5
be on a part-time basis. 6
`(4) A person appointed on a full-time basis may, by written 7
agreement between the Minister and the person, perform the 8
functions of the office of a commissioner on a part-time basis. 9
`(5) An appointment or agreement for a commissioner to perform 10
the functions of the office of a commissioner on a part-time 11
basis must state the percentage of the full-time basis the 12
commissioner is to perform. 13
`(6) A person appointed on a part-time basis may, by written 14
agreement between the Minister and the person, perform the 15
functions of the office of a commissioner on a full-time basis. 16
`(7) A person performing the functions of the office of a 17
commissioner on a part-time basis may hold another office, 18
perform other duties or engage in employment if-- 19
(a) the Minister is satisfied that holding the other office, 20
performing the other duties or engaging in the 21
employment is compatible with, and is not a conflict of 22
interest issue for, the office of a commissioner; and 23
(b) the Minister has given written approval for the person to 24
hold the other office, perform the other duties or engage 25
in the employment.'. 26
Clause 98 Amendment of s 259A (Commissioner may be appointed 27
ombudsman) 28
Section 259A(3)-- 29
omit, insert-- 30
`(3) A commissioner who holds an appointment as ombudsman 31
may, by written agreement of the Minister, the president and 32
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[s 99]
the commissioner, perform the functions of office of both 1
commissioner and ombudsman.'. 2
Clause 99 Insertion of new s 259AA 3
After section 259A-- 4
insert-- 5
`259AA Dealing with matters as commissioner and 6
ombudsman 7
`(1) This section applies if-- 8
(a) a commissioner who holds, or held, an appointment as 9
ombudsman has dealt with a matter while performing 10
the functions of the office of ombudsman; and 11
(b) the matter is or has become a matter or proceeding 12
before the commission. 13
`(2) The commissioner must not deal with the matter or 14
proceeding. 15
`(3) The commissioner must inform the president why the 16
commissioner is not dealing with the matter or proceeding.'. 17
Clause 100 Amendment of s 264 (Administrative responsibilities for 18
the commission and registry) 19
Section 264(4)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(4) Subsection (4AA) applies if a member has dealt with, or is 22
dealing with, a particular issue while performing the functions 23
of the ombudsman. 24
`(4AA) The president must not constitute the commission, including 25
the full bench, with the member for a matter or proceeding 26
that will, or is likely to, consider, or have regard to, the 27
particular issue.'. 28
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[s 101]
Clause 101 Amendment of s 278 (Power to recover unpaid wages and 1
superannuation contribution etc.) 2
Section 278(6), from `The' to `president', second mention-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`A presidential member may, either before or after the start of 5
a hearing, remit the application to a magistrate if the 6
presidential member'. 7
Clause 102 Amendment of s 281 (Reference to full bench) 8
(1) Section 281(2), (4), (5) and (7), `vice'-- 9
omit. 10
(2) Section 281(3) and (6)-- 11
omit. 12
(3) Section 281(7), `subsection (4)'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`subsection (3)'. 15
(4) Section 281(4) to (8)-- 16
renumber as section 281(3) to (6). 17
Clause 103 Amendment of s 338 (Rules) 18
Section 338(3)(c), from `the'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`2 commissioners'. 21
Clause 104 Insertion of new s 339GA 22
Chapter 8A, part 2-- 23
insert-- 24
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[s 105]
`339GA Dealing with matters as ombudsman and 1
commissioner 2
`(1) This section applies if-- 3
(a) an ombudsman who holds an appointment as a 4
commissioner has dealt with a matter or proceeding 5
while performing the functions of the office of a 6
commissioner; and 7
(b) the matter or proceeding is or has become a matter for 8
the ombudsman. 9
`(2) The ombudsman must not deal with, or continue to deal with, 10
the matter.'. 11
Clause 105 Amendment of s 339H (Appointment of ombudsman) 12
Section 339H-- 13
insert-- 14
`(3) The ombudsman is taken to be appointed on a full-time basis 15
unless the appointment is stated, in the instrument of 16
appointment, to be on a part-time basis. 17
`(4) A person appointed on a full-time basis may, by written 18
agreement between the Minister and the person, perform the 19
functions of the office of ombudsman on a part-time basis. 20
`(5) An appointment or agreement for an ombudsman to perform 21
the functions of the office of ombudsman on a part-time basis 22
must state the percentage of the full-time basis the 23
ombudsman is to perform. 24
`(6) A person appointed on a part-time basis may, by written 25
agreement between the Minister and the person, perform the 26
functions of the office of ombudsman on a full-time basis. 27
`(7) A person performing the functions of the office of 28
ombudsman on a part-time basis may hold another office, 29
perform other duties or engage in employment if-- 30
(a) the Minister is satisfied that holding the other office, 31
performing the other duties or engaging in the 32
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[s 106]
employment is compatible with, and is not a conflict of 1
interest issue for, the office of ombudsman; and 2
(b) the Minister has given written approval for the person to 3
hold the other office, perform the other duties or engage 4
in the employment. 5
`(8) If the ombudsman holding appointment as a commissioner 6
performs the functions of both offices concurrently, the 7
ombudsman may, when the appointment as ombudsman ends, 8
perform the functions of the office of a commissioner on a 9
full-time basis.'. 10
Clause 106 Omission of s 339Z (Quarterly report) 11
Section 339Z-- 12
omit. 13
Clause 107 Amendment of s 365 (Revocation and suspending 14
industrial officer's authorisation) 15
Section 365(1), after `employer'-- 16
insert-- 17
`or a person required to produce a record under section 373A'. 18
Clause 108 Amendment of s 373 (Right to inspect and request 19
information--authorised industrial officer) 20
(1) Section 373-- 21
insert-- 22
`(2A) The officer may also inspect a record required to be kept 23
under the code made under section 400I.'. 24
(2) Section 373(3)-- 25
insert-- 26
`(c) must allow the officer to inspect the record mentioned in 27
subsection (2A).'. 28
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(3) Section 373(3A), `the record'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`the time and wages record or the record mentioned in 3
subsection (2A)'. 4
Clause 109 Insertion of new s 373A 5
After section 373-- 6
insert-- 7
`373A Right to request information about outworkers under 8
code 9
`(1) An authorised industrial officer of a relevant employee 10
organisation may, by notice, require a person to produce a 11
record required to be kept by the person under the code made 12
under section 400I-- 13
(a) at a reasonably convenient place for the person as 14
nominated by the officer; and 15
(b) at a reasonable time. 16
Maximum penalty--27 penalty units. 17
`(2) The officer may make a copy of the record, but can not require 18
any help from the person. 19
`(3) In this section-- 20
relevant employee organisation means an employee 21
organisation that is entitled to represent the industrial interests 22
of an employee under the code made under section 400I.'. 23
Clause 110 Amendment of s 400I (Mandatory code of practice for 24
outworkers) 25
Section 400I-- 26
insert-- 27
`(8) A magistrate may hear and decide a complaint for an offence 28
under this section.'. 29
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[s 111]
Clause 111 Amendment of s 408F (Commission may order repayment 1
of fees received by private employment agent) 2
Section 408F(5), from `The' to `president', second mention-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`A presidential member may, either before or after the start of 5
a hearing, remit the application to a magistrate if the 6
presidential member'. 7
Clause 112 Amendment of s 412 (Meaning of office for ch 12) 8
Section 412(a), `vice-president'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`vice president'. 11
Clause 113 Insertion of new ch 20, pt 11 12
After section 762-- 13
insert-- 14
`Part 11 Transitional provisions for 15
Justice and Other Legislation 16
Amendment Act 2010 17
`763 Amendment of tribunals rules under the Justice and 18
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010 19
`The amendment of the Industrial Relations (Tribunals) Rules 20
2000 under the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 21
2010 does not affect the power of the Governor in Council to 22
further amend or repeal the rules. 23
`764 Final quarterly report by ombudsman 24
`(1) Despite the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 25
2010, section 106, the ombudsman must prepare a report 26
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[s 114]
under the pre-amended Act, section 339Z, for the period from 1
1 October 2010 to 31 December 2010. 2
`(2) In this section-- 3
pre-amended Act means this Act as it was in force 4
immediately before the commencement of this section. 5
`765 Appointment of associates 6
`(1) To remove any doubt, it is declared that an appointment of an 7
associate to a member of the commission that is in force under 8
schedule 2, part 1A, section 4C immediately before the 9
section is amended under the Justice and Other Legislation 10
Amendment Act 2010, section 114, is taken, from the 11
amendment, to continue in force as if it had been made by the 12
Minister under the new schedule 2, part 1A, section 4C. 13
`(2) This section does not limit the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, 14
section 20B.'. 15
Clause 114 Amendment of sch 2 (Appointments) 16
(1) Schedule 2, part 1, section 1(4) and (5)-- 17
renumber as section 1(5) and (6). 18
(2) Schedule 2, part 1, section 1-- 19
insert-- 20
`(4) If a relevant member performs the functions of the office of a 21
member on a part-time basis under an appointment or 22
agreement, the salary and allowances payable to the relevant 23
member are worked out by multiplying the percentage of the 24
part-time basis stated in the appointment or agreement by the 25
salary and allowances payable to a member who performs the 26
functions of the office on a full-time basis. 27
Example for subsection (4)-- 28
The annual salary of a full-time member is $200000 and the allowances 29
are $5000. The salary of a relevant member who is appointed on a 50% 30
part-time basis will be $100000 and the allowances will be $2500.'. 31
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(3) Schedule 2, part 1, section 1-- 1
insert-- 2
`(7) In this section-- 3
relevant member means a member other than a president who 4
is a Supreme Court judge.'. 5
(4) Schedule 2, part 1-- 6
insert-- 7
`2A Benefits for part-time members 8
`(1) This section applies if a relevant member performs the 9
functions of the office on a part-time basis under an 10
appointment or agreement. 11
`(2) For the pensions Act, sections 3, 4 and 5, the period served by 12
the relevant member is taken to be the total number of years, 13
including any part of a year, that the person serves as a 14
relevant member regardless of whether the person performs 15
the functions of the office on a full-time or part-time basis. 16
`(3) For the pensions Act, sections 3, 4 and 5, the salary of the 17
relevant member is taken to be the amount worked out using 18
the formula-- 19
PS
FTS ------
- 20
TS
where-- 21
FTS means the salary under schedule 2, part 1, section 1 22
payable to a relevant member who performs the functions of 23
the office on a full-time basis. 24
PS means the sum of the period served on a full-time basis 25
and each period of equivalent full-time service of the relevant 26
member. 27
TS means the total number of years, including any part of a 28
year, that the person serves as a relevant member regardless of 29
whether the person performs the functions of the office on a 30
full-time or part-time basis. 31
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Example of TS-- 1
A person works as a commissioner full-time for 5 years 6 months and 2
then works part-time on a 50% part-time basis for 5 years. The TS of the 3
person is 10 1/2 years (5 1/2 years plus 5 years). 4
`(4) The amount of the salary of the relevant member worked out 5
under subsection (3) is to be calculated to 2 decimal places 6
and rounded up or down. 7
`(5) In this section-- 8
equivalent full-time service, for each period of part-time 9
service, means the period of service multiplied by the 10
percentage stated in the appointment or agreement. 11
relevant member means a member other than a president who 12
is a Supreme Court judge.'. 13
(5) Schedule 2, part 1, section 4(3)(a) to (c)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(a) the Minister if the member is the president or a member 16
holding appointment as ombudsman; or 17
(b) the president for any other member.'. 18
(6) Schedule 2, part 1, section 4A(1), `vice president'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`a member holding appointment as ombudsman'. 21
(7) Schedule 2, part 1, section 4A(2), from `a deputy'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`any other member on the terms the president considers 24
appropriate.'. 25
(8) Schedule 2, part 1, section 4A(3)-- 26
omit. 27
(9) Schedule 2, part 1, after section 4A-- 28
insert-- 29
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[s 115]
`4AA Leave for part-time members 1
`(1) If a relevant member performs the functions of the office of a 2
member on a part-time basis under an appointment or 3
agreement, the entitlement to leave of the relevant member is 4
worked out by multiplying the percentage stated in the 5
appointment or agreement by the entitlement to the leave of a 6
relevant member who performs the functions of the office on a 7
full-time basis. 8
`(2) In this section-- 9
relevant member means a member other than a president who 10
is a Supreme Court judge.'. 11
(10) Schedule 2, part 1A, section 4C(1) and (2), `Governor in 12
Council'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Minister'. 15
(11) Schedule 2, part 1A, section 4C-- 16
insert-- 17
`(4) The Minister may delegate the Minister's function under this 18
section to the chief executive.'. 19
Clause 115 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) 20
(1) Schedule 5-- 21
insert-- 22
`conflict of interest issue has the meaning given by the 23
Integrity Act 2009, section 10. 24
intended parent, for chapter 2, part 2, see section 17. 25
long surrogacy leave, for chapter 2, part 2, see section 17. 26
short surrogacy leave, for chapter 2, part 2, see section 17. 27
surrogacy arrangement, for chapter 2, part 2, see section 17. 28
surrogacy leave, for chapter 2, part 2, see section 17.'. 29
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[s 116]
Part 17 Amendment of Industrial 1
Relations (Tribunals) Rules 2
2000 3
Clause 116 Rules amended in pt 17 and schedule 4
This part and the schedule amend the Industrial Relations 5
(Tribunals) Rules 2000. 6
Clause 117 Amendment of r 201A (Vacations and holidays) 7
Rule 201A(1), `vice'-- 8
omit. 9
Part 18 Amendment of Judges 10
(Pensions and Long Leave) Act 11
1957 12
Clause 118 Act amended 13
This part amends the Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 14
1957. 15
Clause 119 Amendment of s 15 (Leave of absence of judges) 16
Section 15(8), definition prescribed authority-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`prescribed authority, for leave of absence to a judge, 19
means-- 20
(a) the Governor in Council, if the judge is the Chief Justice 21
and the leave of absence is more than 1 month; or 22
(b) the Chief Justice, if the judge is-- 23
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[s 120]
(i) the Chief Judge; or 1
(ii) the Chief Magistrate and paragraph (c)(i) does not 2
apply; or 3
(iii) a Supreme Court judge, other than the Chief 4
Justice; or 5
(c) the Chief Judge, if the judge is-- 6
(i) a District Court judge who is the Chief Magistrate; 7
or 8
(ii) a District Court judge, other than the Chief Judge; 9
or 10
(d) the Minister, if the judge is the Chief Justice and the 11
leave of absence is 1 month or less.'. 12
Part 19 Amendment of Justices Act 13
1886 14
Clause 120 Act amended in pt 19 and schedule 15
This part and the schedule amend the Justices Act 1886. 16
Clause 121 Amendment of s 47 (What is sufficient description of 17
offence) 18
Section 47(3) and (3A)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(3) Any person who serves a notice specifying any alleged 21
previous conviction of the defendant may-- 22
(a) if the proceeding for the offence was started by a notice 23
to appear--serve, and document service of, the notice in 24
the same way as is provided for the service and 25
documenting of service of a notice to appear under the 26
Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000; or 27
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[s 122]
(b) otherwise--serve the notice and depose to the service in 1
the same way as is provided for the service and 2
deposition of a summons under this Act. 3
Note-- 4
1 For documenting service under paragraph (a), see the Police Powers 5
and Responsibilities Act 2000, section 389(2). 6
2 For deposing as to service under paragraph (b), see section 56. 7
`(3A) Without limiting section 56, a document of service or a 8
deposition as to service of a notice under subsection (3) is, on 9
production to the court-- 10
(a) evidence of the matters contained in the document or 11
deposition; and 12
(b) sufficient proof of the service of the notice on the 13
defendant.'. 14
Clause 122 Omission of s 64 (Sunday warrants) 15
Section 64-- 16
omit. 17
Clause 123 Replacement of s 151 (Formal convictions and orders) 18
Section 151-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`151 Formal convictions and orders 21
`(1) The conviction or order must afterwards, if required under 22
section 152, be drawn up in proper form by the justices or the 23
clerk of the court. 24
`(2) The formal conviction or order must be filed with or by the 25
clerk of the court. 26
`(3) Whether or not a requirement is made under section 152, the 27
clerk of the court must make a record of the conviction or 28
order and any other matter (a verdict and judgment record) as 29
required under the Criminal Practice Rules 1999. 30
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[s 124]
Editor's note-- 1
See the Criminal Practice Rules 1999, rule 62. 2
`(4) A verdict and judgment record relating to a conviction or 3
order is a sufficiently proper form of the conviction or order 4
for subsection (1).'. 5
Clause 124 Amendment of s 152 (Formal record of conviction not 6
necessary, except for special purposes) 7
Section 152, from `Provided that' to `justices'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Subject to the Criminal Practice Rules 1999, it is 10
unnecessary for justices or a clerk of the court'. 11
Clause 125 Amendment of s 154 (Copies of record) 12
Section 154-- 13
insert-- 14
`(5) Subsections (2) and (3) do not prevent the giving of access to 15
a record or information under the Childrens Court Act 1992, 16
section 28A.'. 17
Part 20 Amendment of Justices of the 18
Peace and Commissioners for 19
Declarations Act 1991 20
Clause 126 Act amended in pt 20 and schedule 21
This part and the schedule amend the Justices of the Peace 22
and Commissioners for Declarations Act 1991. 23
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[s 127]
Clause 127 Amendment of s 3 (Interpretation) 1
Section 3-- 2
insert-- 3
`contact details, of a justice of the peace or commissioner for 4
declarations, means the telephone number and suburb or other 5
locality of the residence of the justice of the peace or 6
commissioner for declarations. 7
registered particulars means particulars about justices of the 8
peace and commissioners for declarations mentioned in 9
section 13(2)(b) stated on the register.'. 10
Clause 128 Amendment of s 13 (Register of justices of the peace and 11
commissioners for declarations) 12
(1) Section 13(2)(b)(i)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(i) the name and contact details; and'. 15
(2) Section 13-- 16
insert-- 17
`(3) Despite subsection (2)(a), the registrar may withhold the 18
contact details of a particular person from inspection if the 19
registrar considers it necessary to do so to protect the safety or 20
wellbeing of the person or a relative of the person. 21
Examples of persons whose contact details may need to be withheld-- 22
· a person, or a relative of the person, whose occupation involves the 23
administration or enforcement of the law, for example, a police 24
officer, inspector or corrective services officer 25
· a person who has reasonably held concerns for the safety or 26
wellbeing of the person, or a relative, because of domestic violence 27
or the commission of an offence'. 28
Clause 129 Amendment of s 14 (Correction of register) 29
Section 14, `names and addresses and other'-- 30
omit. 31
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[s 130]
Clause 130 Amendment of s 21 (Registration of justices of the peace 1
and commissioners for declarations) 2
Section 21(2)(a)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(a) the name and contact details of the person; and'. 5
Clause 131 Amendment of s 22 (Registrar to be notified of change to 6
registered particulars) 7
Section 22(1), `address'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`contact details'. 10
Clause 132 Amendment of s 23 (Resignation) 11
Section 23(3)(b), `name'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`registered particulars'. 14
Clause 133 Amendment of s 24 (Revocation of appointment) 15
Section 24(2)(b), `name'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`registered particulars'. 18
Clause 134 Amendment of s 25 (Prohibition on acting in office) 19
Section 25(4)(a) and (b), `name'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`registered particulars'. 22
Clause 135 Amendment of s 26 (Notification of cessation of office) 23
Section 26(2)(b)-- 24
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[s 136]
omit, insert-- 1
`(b) remove the person's registered particulars from the 2
register.'. 3
Clause 136 Amendment of s 38 (Publication of office holders) 4
(1) Section 38(2), after `directs'-- 5
insert-- 6
`, other than contact details withheld from inspection by the 7
registrar under section 13(3)'. 8
(2) Section 38(3), `addresses'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`contact details'. 11
Clause 137 Insertion of new pt 5, div 3 12
Part 5-- 13
insert-- 14
`Division 3 Transitional provision for Justice 15
and Other Legislation Amendment 16
Act 2010 17
`47 Correction of register to comply with amended Act 18
`(1) This section applies to any corrections the registrar is required 19
to make to the register because of the amendment of section 20
13 made by the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 21
2010. 22
`(2) The registrar may correct the register as soon as the registrar 23
considers it practicable to do so after the commencement of 24
the amendment of the section.'. 25
Page 71
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Part 21 Amendment of Legal Profession Act 2007
[s 138]
Part 21 Amendment of Legal 1
Profession Act 2007 2
Clause 138 Act amended in pt 21 and schedule 3
This part and the schedule amend the Legal Profession Act 4
2007. 5
Clause 139 Amendment of s 25 (Prohibition on representing or 6
advertising entitlement to engage in legal practice when 7
not entitled) 8
(1) Section 25(4)-- 9
renumber as section 25(5). 10
(2) Section 25-- 11
insert-- 12
`(4) Also, subsection (1) does not apply to a representation or 13
advertisement about a person being entitled to engage in legal 14
practice as mentioned in section 24(3).'. 15
Clause 140 Amendment of s 330 (Bills) 16
Section 330(7), from `electronically'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`electronically if the client requests the bill to be given 19
electronically.'. 20
Clause 141 Amendment of s 683 (Delegation) 21
Section 683(1)(b), after `committee'-- 22
insert-- 23
`of the law society'. 24
Page 72
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 21 Amendment of Legal Profession Act 2007
[s 142]
Clause 142 Insertion of new ch 10, pt 3 1
Chapter 10-- 2
insert-- 3
`Part 3 Transitional provision for 4
Justice and Other Legislation 5
Amendment Act 2010 6
`778 Amended definition of previous admission rules 7
`The definition previous admission rules as inserted into the 8
schedule by the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 9
2010, section 143, is taken to have always been the definition 10
of the term for the purposes of the Act from the 11
commencement of section 5.'. 12
Clause 143 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 13
Schedule 2, definition previous admission rules-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`previous admission rules means rules made for the Supreme 16
Court providing for the admission of barristers and solicitors 17
as in force at any time before 1 July 2004. 18
Note-- 19
See, for example, the following-- 20
(a) the repealed Barristers' Admission Rules 1975 and the rules 21
repealed by those rules; 22
(b) the repealed Solicitors' Admission Rules 1968 and the rules 23
repealed by those rules.'. 24
Page 73
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 22 Amendment of Magistrates Act 1991
[s 144]
Part 22 Amendment of Magistrates Act 1
1991 2
Clause 144 Act amended in pt 22 and schedule 3
This part and the schedule amend the Magistrates Act 1991. 4
Clause 145 Amendment of s 4 (Qualifications for appointment of 5
magistrates) 6
Section 4(1), `65'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`70'. 9
Clause 146 Amendment of s 6 (Appointment of acting magistrates) 10
Section 6(5), definition retired magistrate-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`retired magistrate means a person who-- 13
(a) ceases to be a magistrate under section 42(a) or (b); and 14
(b) has not attained the age of 70.'. 15
Clause 147 Amendment of s 12 (Functions of Chief Magistrate) 16
Section 12(5)-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 148 Amendment of s 42 (Tenure of office) 19
Section 42(d), `65'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`70'. 22
Page 74
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 22 Amendment of Magistrates Act 1991
[s 149]
Clause 149 Amendment of s 53 (Appointment of judicial registrars) 1
(1) Section 53(5)-- 2
omit. 3
(2) Section 53(6) to (8)-- 4
renumber as section 53(5) to (7). 5
Clause 150 Amendment of s 53A (Appointment of acting judicial 6
registrars) 7
(1) Section 53A(5)-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Section 53A(6)-- 10
renumber as section 53A(5). 11
Clause 151 Amendment of s 53N (Ceasing to be a judicial registrar) 12
(1) Section 53N(1)(e), `65'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`70'. 15
(2) Section 53N(1)(g)-- 16
omit. 17
Clause 152 Omission of pt 9A, div 4 18
Part 9A, division 4-- 19
omit. 20
Clause 153 Insertion of new pt 10, div 7 21
Part 10-- 22
insert-- 23
Page 75
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Part 23 Amendment of Magistrates Courts Act 1921
[s 154]
`Division 7 Transitional provision for Justice 1
and Other Legislation Amendment 2
Act 2010 3
`65 Acting magistrates 4
`(1) This section applies if-- 5
(a) a person ceased to be a magistrate under pre-amended 6
section 42(d); and 7
(b) the person has not attained the age of 70. 8
`(2) The person is taken to be a retired magistrate for section 6(5), 9
definition retired magistrate until the person has attained the 10
age of 70. 11
`(3) In this section-- 12
pre-amended section 42(d) means section 42(d) as in force 13
before its amendment by the Justice and Other Legislation 14
Amendment Act 2010.'. 15
Part 23 Amendment of Magistrates 16
Courts Act 1921 17
Clause 154 Act amended in pt 23 and schedule 18
This part and the schedule amend the Magistrates Courts Act 19
1921. 20
Clause 155 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) 21
(1) Section 2, definitions approval, case appraiser and 22
mediator-- 23
omit. 24
(2) Section 2-- 25
insert-- 26
Page 76
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Part 24 Amendment of Payroll Tax Act 1971
[s 156]
`case appraiser means a person appointed as a case appraiser 1
under a referring order. 2
mediator means a person appointed as a mediator under a 3
referring order.'. 4
Clause 156 Omission of ss 25-27 5
Sections 25 to 27-- 6
omit. 7
Clause 157 Omission of s 49 (Appeal against refusal to approve and 8
revocation of approval as mediator or case appraiser) 9
Section 49-- 10
omit. 11
Clause 158 Omission of pt 5, div 7 12
Part 5, division 7-- 13
omit. 14
Part 24 Amendment of Payroll Tax Act 15
1971 16
Clause 159 Act amended 17
This part amends the Payroll Tax Act 1971. 18
Clause 160 Amendment of s 14A (Exemption for parental and 19
adoption leave) 20
(1) Section 14A, heading, `and adoption leave'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
Page 77
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Part 24 Amendment of Payroll Tax Act 1971
[s 160]
`, adoption or surrogacy leave'. 1
(2) Section 14A(1), `or adoption leave'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`, adoption leave or surrogacy leave'. 4
(3) Section 14A(2), from `immaterial'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`immaterial whether-- 7
(a) the parental leave is taken during or after the pregnancy; 8
or 9
(b) the adoption leave is taken before or after the adoption; 10
or 11
(c) the surrogacy leave is taken before or after a child starts 12
residing with the employee under a surrogacy 13
arrangement.'. 14
(4) Section 14A(3)-- 15
insert-- 16
`(d) not more than 14 weeks' surrogacy leave for any 1 17
surrogacy arrangement.'. 18
(5) Section 14A(5)-- 19
insert-- 20
`(d) for wages paid or payable for surrogacy leave--a 21
statutory declaration by the employee stating a child has 22
started residing with the employee under a surrogacy 23
arrangement.'. 24
(6) Section 14A(7)-- 25
insert-- 26
`surrogacy arrangement has the meaning given by the 27
Surrogacy Act 2010. 28
surrogacy leave means leave given to an employee in 29
connection with a child residing with the employee under a 30
Page 78
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Part 25 Amendment of Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
[s 161]
surrogacy arrangement, other than annual leave, recreation 1
leave, sick leave or similar leave.'. 2
Part 25 Amendment of Penalties and 3
Sentences Act 1992 4
Clause 161 Act amended 5
This part amends the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992. 6
Clause 162 Amendment of s 15D (Meaning of eligible drug offence) 7
(1) Section 15D(1)(b)-- 8
renumber as section 15D(1)(c). 9
(2) Section 15D(1)-- 10
insert-- 11
`(b) an offence against the Drugs Misuse Act 1986, section 10(1), 12
if the court considers the possession of each thing mentioned 13
in the charge was related to its personal use by the person in 14
connection with the commission of the offence.'. 15
Clause 163 Amendment of s 32 (Recognisance instead of imposing 16
any other sentence) 17
Section 32-- 18
insert-- 19
`(2) In making an order under subsection (1), the court may 20
impose any additional conditions that it considers 21
appropriate.'. 22
Clause 164 Insertion of new s 219 23
Part 14-- 24
Page 79
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Part 26 Amendment of Professional Standards Act 2004
[s 165]
insert-- 1
`219 Transitional provision for the Justice and Other 2
Legislation Amendment act 2010 3
`This Act as amended by the Justice and Other Legislation 4
Amendment Act 2010, part 25 applies to a sentence imposed 5
after the commencement of part 25, whether the offence was 6
committed before or after the commencement of part 25.'. 7
Part 26 Amendment of Professional 8
Standards Act 2004 9
Clause 165 Act amended 10
This part amends the Professional Standards Act 2004. 11
Clause 166 Amendment of s 14 (Schemes are subject to 12
disallowance) 13
Section 14(5)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(5) A reference in this section to an interstate scheme includes a 16
reference to-- 17
(a) an instrument amending an interstate scheme; and 18
(b) an instrument amending a scheme prepared under the 19
corresponding law of another jurisdiction so that the 20
scheme indicates an intention to operate as a scheme of 21
this jurisdiction.'. 22
Clause 167 Amendment of s 15 (Commencement of schemes) 23
(1) Section 15(1)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
Page 80
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 27 Amendment of Property Law Act 1974
[s 168]
`(1) If the Minister gives notice under section 14 of the approval of 1
a scheme, the scheme commences-- 2
(a) if the scheme states a commencement day that is after 3
the day the notice is gazetted--on the day stated in the 4
scheme; or 5
(b) otherwise--2 months after the day the notice is 6
gazetted.'. 7
(2) Section 15(4), `amending that scheme'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`mentioned in section 14(5)'. 10
Clause 168 Amendment of s 16 (Challenges to schemes) 11
Section 16(6), `amending that scheme'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`mentioned in section 14(5)'. 14
Part 27 Amendment of Property Law 15
Act 1974 16
Clause 169 Act amended in pt 27 and schedule 17
This part and the schedule amend the Property Law Act 1974. 18
Clause 170 Amendment of s 82 (Tacking and further advances) 19
Section 82(4), `aforesaid'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`mentioned in subsection (1)'. 22
Page 81
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Part 28 Amendment of Public Trustee Act 1978
[s 171]
Part 28 Amendment of Public Trustee 1
Act 1978 2
Clause 171 Act amended 3
This part amends the Public Trustee Act 1978. 4
Clause 172 Amendment of s 77 (Definitions) 5
Section 77, definition proper officer, `Protective 6
Commissioner'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`NSW Trustee and Guardian'. 9
Part 29 Amendment of Queensland 10
Civil and Administrative 11
Tribunal Act 2009 12
Clause 173 Act amended 13
This part amends the Queensland Civil and Administrative 14
Tribunal Act 2009. 15
Clause 174 Insertion of new ch 4, pt 4A 16
Chapter 4-- 17
insert-- 18
`Part 4A Dual appointments 19
`206A Dual appointment 20
`(1) A person may hold appointment as an ordinary member and 21
an adjudicator. 22
Page 82
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Part 29 Amendment of Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009
[s 175]
`(2) The appointment mentioned in subsection (1) may be made in 1
the same instrument or separate instruments. 2
`(3) Any thing done under this Act for removing or suspending a 3
person from office as an ordinary member or adjudicator may 4
be expressed to be done for the person holding another office 5
under this Act.'. 6
Clause 175 Omission of s 242A (Expiry of ss 198A and 242A and 7
amendment of Act) 8
Section 242A-- 9
omit. 10
Clause 176 Insertion of new ch 9 11
After section 280-- 12
insert-- 13
`Chapter 9 Transitional and validation 14
provisions for Justice and 15
Other Legislation 16
Amendment Act 2010 17
`281 Effect of regulation amendment in Justice and Other 18
Legislation Amendment Act 2010 19
`The amendment of the Queensland Civil and Administrative 20
Tribunal Regulation 2009 by the Justice and Other 21
Legislation Amendment Act 2010 does not affect the power of 22
the Governor in Council to further amend the regulation or to 23
repeal it. 24
`282 Validation relating to dual appointments 25
`(1) This section applies to the purported appointment, at any time 26
before the commencement of this section, of a person as an 27
ordinary member and an adjudicator. 28
Page 83
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 30 Amendment of Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Regulation 2009
[s 177]
`(2) The purported appointment is taken to be, and to have always 1
been, as valid as if section 206A had been in force at the time 2
of the appointment. 3
`(3) Every decision, order or declaration made or direction given 4
by the person is taken to be, and to have always been, as valid 5
as if section 206A had been in force at the time the decision, 6
order or declaration was made or the direction was given.'. 7
Clause 177 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 8
Schedule 3, definition prescribed amount-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`prescribed amount means $25000.'. 11
Part 30 Amendment of Queensland 12
Civil and Administrative 13
Tribunal Regulation 2009 14
Clause 178 Regulation amended 15
This part amends the Queensland Civil and Administrative 16
Tribunal Regulation 2009. 17
Clause 179 Omission of pt 5 (Other provisions) 18
Part 5-- 19
omit. 20
Page 84
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Part 31 Amendment of Reprints Act 1992
[s 180]
Part 31 Amendment of Reprints Act 1
1992 2
Clause 180 Act amended 3
This part amends the Reprints Act 1992. 4
Clause 181 Amendment of s 26 (Spelling) 5
Section 26(2), example 4-- 6
omit. 7
Clause 182 Amendment of s 40 (Omission of amending and repealing 8
provisions) 9
Section 40, `another'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`a'. 12
Part 32 Amendment of State Penalties 13
Enforcement Act 1999 14
Clause 183 Act amended 15
This part amends the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999. 16
Clause 184 Amendment of s 24 (Registration of instalment payments 17
for infringement notices) 18
Section 24-- 19
insert-- 20
Page 85
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 32 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999
[s 185]
`(4A) The registrar may, if satisfied that it is appropriate, allow the 1
unpaid amount to be paid by stated instalments of less than the 2
minimum instalment.'. 3
Clause 185 Amendment of s 30 (Application to cancel infringement 4
notice for mistake of fact) 5
(1) Section 30(1)(a), `in an infringement'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`in the infringement'. 8
(2) Section 30(1)(a), `for an infringement'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`for the relevant infringement'. 11
(3) Section 30(3), `subsection (1)'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`subsection (2)'. 14
(4) Section 30(1) to (3)-- 15
renumber as section 30(2) to (4). 16
(5) Section 30-- 17
insert-- 18
`(1) This section applies to an infringement notice for which a 19
default certificate for the relevant infringement notice offence 20
has been given to SPER for registration under section 33(1).'. 21
Clause 186 Amendment of s 32 (Proceedings after cancellation of 22
infringement notice) 23
Section 32-- 24
insert-- 25
`(4) Subsection (3) provides some other time limit for making 26
complaint for the purposes of the Justices Act 1886, section 27
52.'. 28
Page 86
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 32 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999
[s 187]
Clause 187 Amendment of s 46 (Fine option order only for unpaid 1
fine) 2
Section 46-- 3
insert-- 4
`(2) To remove any doubt, it is declared that a fine option order 5
cannot be made for an amount ordered to be paid under the 6
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 by way of restitution or 7
compensation.'. 8
Clause 188 Amendment of s 55 (Application of div 6) 9
Section 55, after `offence'-- 10
insert-- 11
`registered with SPER under section 33'. 12
Clause 189 Amendment of s 56 (Applications for cancellation of 13
enforcement orders) 14
(1) Section 56(1)(d)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(d) the person is electing to have the matter of the offence to 17
which the relevant enforcement order relates decided in 18
a Magistrates Court.'. 19
(2) Section 56(3), `subsection (1)(d)'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`subsection (1)'. 22
Clause 190 Amendment of s 57 (Decision on application) 23
Section 57(5)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`(5) The administering authority may-- 26
(a) start a proceeding against the applicant for the offence; 27
or 28
Page 87
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 32 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999
[s 191]
(b) accept payment of the fine in full as stated in the 1
infringement notice for the offence; or 2
(c) issue a fresh infringement notice for the offence.'. 3
Clause 191 Amendment of s 60 (Provisions relating to cancellation of 4
enforcement order) 5
Section 60-- 6
insert-- 7
`(6) Subsection (4)(c) provides some other time limit for making 8
complaint for the purposes of the Justices Act 1886, section 9
52.'. 10
Clause 192 Amendment of s 110 (Registration of interests) 11
(1) Section 110(1) and (2)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(1) The registrar may register with the registrar of titles or any 14
other person required or permitted to keep a register about 15
dealing with property, an interest in land or an interest in any 16
other property if-- 17
(a) the total amount owing by the enforcement debtor is-- 18
(i) for an interest in a motor vehicle--more than $500; 19
or 20
(ii) otherwise--more than $1000; and 21
(b) the registrar issues an enforcement warrant for the 22
amount.'. 23
(2) Section 110(2A), `subsection (2)'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`subsection (1)'. 26
(3) Section 110(2A)-- 27
renumber as section 110(2). 28
Page 88
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 32 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999
[s 193]
Clause 193 Amendment of s 112 (Order of satisfaction of other 1
amounts) 2
(1) Section 112(2)(d) and (e)-- 3
omit. 4
(2) Section 112(2)(f) to (k)-- 5
renumber as section 112(2)(d) to (i). 6
(3) Section 112(2)-- 7
insert-- 8
`(j) any amount liable to be paid to the State under the 9
Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009, section 117(4); 10
(k) any amount liable to be paid to the State under the 11
Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009, section 191(4).'. 12
(4) Section 112(3), `subsection (2)(i)'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`subsection (2)(g)'. 15
Clause 194 Amendment of s 118 (Good behaviour order when 16
imprisonment not appropriate) 17
Section 118-- 18
insert-- 19
`(11) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the registrar cannot 20
make a good behaviour order for an enforcement debtor for an 21
amount ordered to be paid under the Penalties and Sentences 22
Act 1992 by way of restitution or compensation.'. 23
Clause 195 Amendment of s 137 (Enforcement order) 24
Section 137(1)(i)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`(i) that the registrar may also register with the registrar of 27
titles or any other person required or permitted to keep a 28
register about dealing with property, an interest in land 29
Page 89
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 33 Amendment of Supreme Court Act 1995
[s 196]
or an interest in any other property for the amount 1
outstanding if the total amount owing is-- 2
(i) for an interest in a motor vehicle--more than $500; 3
or 4
(ii) otherwise--more than $1000.'. 5
Part 33 Amendment of Supreme Court 6
Act 1995 7
Clause 196 Act amended 8
This part amends the Supreme Court Act 1995. 9
Clause 197 Replacement of s 210 (Principal registrar and associates) 10
Section 210-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`210 Principal registrar and associates 13
`(1) The Governor in Council may appoint a principal registrar. 14
`(2) The Chief Justice may appoint a person nominated by a judge 15
as an associate to the judge. 16
`(3) An associate is appointed under this Act and not the Public 17
Service Act 2008. 18
`(4) The Governor in Council is to decide the salary and 19
conditions of appointment for an associate appointed under 20
subsection (2).'. 21
Clause 198 Insertion of new s 306 22
After section 305-- 23
insert-- 24
Page 90
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 34 Amendment of Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991
[s 199]
`306 Transitional provision for Justice and Other 1
Legislation Amendment Act 2010 2
`(1) To remove any doubt, it is declared that an appointment of an 3
associate to a judge that is in force under section 210 4
immediately before the section is replaced by a new section 5
210 under the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 6
2010, section 197 (Replacement of s 210), is taken, from the 7
replacement, to continue in force as if it had been made by the 8
Chief Justice under the new section 210. 9
`(2) This section does not limit the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, 10
section 20B.'. 11
Part 34 Amendment of Supreme Court 12
of Queensland Act 1991 13
Clause 199 Act amended 14
This part amends the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991. 15
Clause 200 Omission of ss 98, 99 and 100 16
Sections 98, 99 and 100-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 201 Omission of pt 8, div 7 (Miscellaneous) 19
Part 8, division 7-- 20
omit. 21
Clause 202 Insertion of new s 140 22
Part 11-- 23
insert-- 24
Page 91
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 35 Amendment of Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991
[s 203]
`140 Transitional provision for Justice and Other 1
Legislation Amendment Act 2010 2
`The amendment of the Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) 3
Regulation 2009 by the Justice and Other Legislation 4
Amendment Act 2010 does not affect the power of the 5
Governor in Council to further amend the regulation or to 6
repeal it.'. 7
Clause 203 Amendment of sch 1 (Subject matter for rules) 8
Schedule 1, section 9(1)(d)(i)-- 9
omit. 10
Clause 204 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 11
(1) Schedule 2, definitions approval, case appraiser and 12
mediator-- 13
omit. 14
(2) Schedule 2-- 15
insert-- 16
`case appraiser means a person appointed as a case appraiser 17
under a referring order. 18
mediator means a person appointed as a mediator under a 19
referring order.'. 20
Part 35 Amendment of Torres Strait 21
Islander Land Act 1991 22
Clause 205 Act amended 23
This part amends the Torres Strait Islander Land Act 1991. 24
Page 92
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 36 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994
[s 206]
Clause 206 Amendment of s 126 (Annual report) 1
(1) Section 126(2) to (5)-- 2
renumber as section 126(3) to (6). 3
(2) Section 126-- 4
insert-- 5
`(2) Despite subsection (1) and the Financial Accountability Act 6
2009, section 63, the chairperson of the Land Tribunal is not 7
required to prepare and give a report to the Minister if during 8
the year no claims have been made to, or heard or determined 9
by, the tribunal.'. 10
Part 36 Amendment of Transport 11
Operations (Passenger 12
Transport) Act 1994 13
Clause 207 Act amended 14
This part amends the Transport Operations (Passenger 15
Transport) Act 1994. 16
Clause 208 Insertion of new ch 13, pt 10 17
Chapter 13-- 18
insert-- 19
`Part 10 Validation of regulation 20
`188 Validation of Transport Legislation Amendment 21
(Postponement) Regulation (No. 1) 2008 22
`(1) The postponement regulation is, and is taken to always have 23
been, validly made under the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, 24
Page 93
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 37 Amendment of Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) Regulation 2009
[s 209]
section 15DA(3) despite the 2 year limitation imposed by that 1
provision. 2
`(2) In this section-- 3
postponement regulation means the Transport Legislation 4
Amendment (Postponement) Regulation (No. 1) 2008, SL No. 5
350.'. 6
Part 37 Amendment of Uniform Civil 7
Procedure (Fees) Regulation 8
2009 9
Clause 209 Regulation amended 10
This part amends the Uniform Civil Procedure (Fees) 11
Regulation 2009. 12
Clause 210 Omission of pt 3 (Alternative dispute resolution fees) 13
Part 3-- 14
omit. 15
Part 38 Amendment of Workers' 16
Compensation and 17
Rehabilitation Act 2003 18
Clause 211 Act amended 19
This part amends the Workers' Compensation and 20
Rehabilitation Act 2003. 21
Page 94
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 38 Amendment of Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
[s 212]
Clause 212 Renumbering of ch 26 (Transitional provision for Civil 1
and Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation 2
Amendment Act 2010) 3
Chapter 26 and section 663, as inserted by the Civil and 4
Criminal Jurisdiction Reform and Modernisation Amendment 5
Act 2010, section 149-- 6
renumber as chapter 27 and section 671. 7
Clause 213 Amendment of sch 4 (Adjacent areas) 8
(1) Schedule 4, section 2(1), `Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 9
1967 (Cwlth), schedule 2'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 12
(Cwlth), schedule 1'. 13
(2) Schedule 4, section 2(2)(a), `Petroleum (Submerged Lands) 14
Act 1967 (Cwlth), schedule 2'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 17
(Cwlth), schedule 1'. 18
(3) Schedule 4, section 2(2)(b), `Petroleum (Submerged Lands) 19
Act 1967 (Cwlth), section 5A(7)'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 22
(Cwlth), section 8(2)'. 23
(4) Schedule 4, section 2(3), `Petroleum (Submerged Lands) Act 24
1967 (Cwlth), schedule 2'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 27
(Cwlth), schedule 1'. 28
(5) Schedule 4, section 2(3)(b), `Area A of the Zone of 29
Cooperation'-- 30
omit, insert-- 31
Page 95
Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2010
Part 38 Amendment of Workers' Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003
[s 213]
`the Joint Petroleum Development Area'. 1
(6) Schedule 4, section 2(4)(a), `Petroleum (Submerged Lands) 2
Act 1967 (Cwlth), schedule 2'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 5
(Cwlth), schedule 1'. 6
(7) Schedule 4, section 2(4)(a)(ii), `Area A of the Zone of 7
Cooperation'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`the Joint Petroleum Development Area'. 10
(8) Schedule 4, section 2(4)(b), `adjacent'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`offshore'. 13
(9) Schedule 4, section 2(4)(b), `Petroleum (Submerged Lands) 14
Act 1967 (Cwlth), section 5A(3)'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 17
(Cwlth), section 8(1)'. 18
(10) Schedule 4, section 2-- 19
insert-- 20
`(6) A reference in this section to the area described in the 21
Offshore Petroleum and Greenhouse Gas Storage Act 2006 22
(Cwlth), schedule 1 in relation to a State or Territory is a 23
reference to the scheduled area for the State or Territory under 24
the schedule.'. 25
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Part 39 Minor amendments 1
Clause 214 Legislation amended in schedule 2
(1) The schedule amends the legislation it mentions. 3
(2) However, subsection (1) does not apply in relation to 4
particular legislation if another provision of this Act states 5
that the schedule amends the particular legislation. 6
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Schedule Minor amendment of legislation 1
sections 3, 15, 30, 37, 39, 116, 120, 126, 138, 144, 154, 169 and 2
214 3
Acts Interpretation Act 1954 4
1 Section 19(3), `in which'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`that'. 7
2 Section 22A(6), after `appropriate'-- 8
insert-- 9
`numerical or alphanumerical'. 10
3 Section 22C(3), after `operation of'-- 11
insert-- 12
`,'. 13
4 Section 36, definitions Standards Association of 14
Australia and Standards Australia, `International'-- 15
omit. 16
Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 17
1 Section 32(3) `73(2)(k)'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`73(2)(m)'. 20
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2 Section 98(b)(i), `; or'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`;'. 3
3 Sections 127(1), penalty, paragraph (a), 128, penalty, 4
paragraph (a), 129, penalty, paragraph (a), 131A(1), 5
penalty, paragraph (a), 145(2), penalty, paragraph (a), 6
220(1), penalty, paragraph (a), 221, penalty, paragraph (a) 7
and 222, penalty, paragraph (a), at the end-- 8
insert-- 9
`or'. 10
4 Section 134(1)(a) and (b), `or'-- 11
omit. 12
5 Section 263C, heading, `of'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`for'. 15
6 Schedule, definition human rights, from `Human'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 (Cwlth).'. 18
7 Schedule, definitions Human Rights and Equal 19
Opportunity Commission, non-State school and 20
non-State school authority-- 21
omit. 22
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Bail Act 1980 1
1 Sections 8(1)(a)(iii), 14(2)(a)(iv), 15(1)(c)(i)(A) and (B), 2
20(3A)(a)(i) to (iv), 20(3C)(a), 20(5)(a), 31(2)(a)(ii) and 3
36(a), (b), (ba) and (c), at the end-- 4
insert-- 5
`and'. 6
2 Sections 11(2)(a), 16(1)(a)(i), 20(6)(a) and (b), 29A(1)(c), 7
30(4)(a) and (4)(b)(ii), 36(a)(i) and (b)(i) to (iv) and 36A(a) 8
and (b), at the end-- 9
insert-- 10
`or'. 11
3 Section 33(4), after `law or practice'-- 12
insert-- 13
`, the following applies'. 14
Child Employment Act 2006 15
1 Section 6(5)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(5) Despite subsections (1), (3) and (4), a reference in this Act to 18
a parent of a child is a reference only to-- 19
(a) if a person is granted guardianship of a child under the 20
Child Protection Act 1999--the person granted 21
guardianship; or 22
(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply but a person otherwise 23
exercises parental responsibility for a child under a 24
decision or order of a Federal Court or a court of a 25
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State--the person who exercises parental responsibility 1
for the child under the decision or order.'. 2
2 Section 15O(6)(a), `or'-- 3
omit. 4
Civil Liability Act 2003 5
1 Section 60(3), `Interest rates and yields--capital 6
market'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Capital Market Yields--Government Bonds--Daily--F2'. 9
2 Schedule 2, definition motor vehicle, `1999'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`2010'. 12
Classification of Films Act 1991 13
1 Section 3, definition classification certificate-- 14
omit. 15
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Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 1
1 Sections 5(2A)(a), 28(1)(a) and (b) and 30(2)(a) and (b), at 2
the end-- 3
insert-- 4
`and'. 5
2 Section 14(1)(a), at the end-- 6
insert-- 7
`or'. 8
Contract Cleaning Industry (Portable Long Service 9
Leave) Act 2005 10
1 Section 151 and note, `Act,'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Act or'. 13
Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002 14
1 Sections 17(1)(c) and 200(1)(b)(i) `; or'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`;'. 17
2 Section 219(1)(a)(ii), at the end-- 18
insert-- 19
`or'. 20
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3 Section 219(3)(c), `220(a)'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`220(1)(a)'. 3
4 Section 238, heading, `Division'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Pt 3'. 6
5 Section 238, `division'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`part'. 9
6 Section 247(4), `and (2)'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`or (2)'. 12
7 Schedule 1, sections 3(5) and (6)(a), 6(4) and (7), 11(2)(a) 13
and (3), 12(5) and (6)(a) and 13(3), `$1000000'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`$1m'. 16
8 Schedule 1, section 14(5), `$2500000'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`$2.5m'. 19
9 Schedule 6, definition examination order, first mention-- 20
omit. 21
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10 Schedule 6, definition relevant person, paragraph (a), 1
`4'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`5'. 4
Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984 5
1 Sections 10(1)(a)(i) to (iii), (1)(b), (1)(c)(i) and (ii), (1)(d) 6
and (1)(e) and 27(2)(a)(iii), at the end-- 7
insert-- 8
`and'. 9
2 Section 29(2)(a), at the end-- 10
insert-- 11
`or'. 12
District Court of Queensland Act 1967 13
1 Section 68(1)(a), after `including'-- 14
insert-- 15
`the following'. 16
2 Section 68(1)(b), before `actions'-- 17
insert-- 18
`the following'. 19
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3 Sections 68(3)(a) and (b), 69(2)(a) to (c), 69(4)(a), 77(6)(a) 1
and 78(6)(a), at the end-- 2
insert-- 3
`and'. 4
4 Section 69(2A)-- 5
renumber as section 69(3). 6
5 Section 74, after `cause'-- 7
insert-- 8
`of'. 9
Drug Court Act 2000 10
1 Section 7(1)(b), `340(a)'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`340(1)(a)'. 13
2 Section 7(1)(b), `340(b)'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`340(1)(b)'. 16
3 Section 7(2), `6(3)(b)'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`6(3)(c)'. 19
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4 Section 36(7), `161'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`159A'. 3
5 Schedule, definition initial sentence, `20(a)(i)'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`20(1)(a)(i)'. 6
Drugs Misuse Act 1986 7
1 Section 4, definitions correctional institution, supply and 8
visual surveillance device-- 9
omit. 10
2 Section 4-- 11
insert-- 12
`affected by bankruptcy action, for part 5B, see section 46. 13
cannabis, for part 5B, see section 46. 14
category 1 researcher, for part 5B, see section 46. 15
category 1 researcher licence, for part 5B, see section 46. 16
category 2 researcher, for part 5B, see section 46. 17
category 2 researcher licence, for part 5B, see section 46. 18
certified cannabis seed, for part 5B, see section 46. 19
class A research cannabis plant, for part 5B, see section 46. 20
class A research cannabis seed, for part 5B, see section 46. 21
class B research cannabis plant, for part 5B, see section 46. 22
class B research cannabis seed, for part 5B, see section 46. 23
close associate, for part 5B, see section 46. 24
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controlled thing, for part 5A, see section 43A. 1
convicted, for part 5B, see section 46. 2
court, for part 5, see section 30(1). 3
criminal history, for part 5B, see section 46. 4
denatured, for part 5B, see section 46. 5
executive officer-- 6
(a) for part 5A, see section 43A; or 7
(b) for part 5B, see section 46. 8
grower, for part 5B, see section 46. 9
grower licence, for part 5B, see section 46. 10
industrial cannabis fibre, for part 5B, see section 46. 11
industrial cannabis plant, for part 5B, see section 46. 12
industrial cannabis seed, for part 5B, see section 46. 13
information notice, for part 5B, see section 46. 14
inspector, for part 5B, see section 46. 15
licence, for part 5B, see section 46. 16
licensee, for part 5B, see section 46. 17
obstruct, for part 5A, see section 43A. 18
prescribed documents, for part 5A, see section 43A. 19
prescribed photograph, for part 5B, see section 46. 20
proceeds, for part 5, see section 30(1). 21
processed cannabis, for part 5B, see section 46. 22
register, for part 5A, see section 43A. 23
relevant position, for part 5B, see section 46. 24
relevant power, for part 5B, see section 46. 25
relevant transaction, for part 5A, see section 43A. 26
serious offence, for part 5B, see section 46. 27
supply-- 28
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(a) for part 5A--see section 43A; or 1
(b) otherwise, means-- 2
(i) give, distribute, sell, administer, transport or 3
supply; or 4
(ii) offering to do any act specified in subparagraph (i); 5
or 6
(iii) doing or offering to do any act preparatory to, in 7
furtherance of, or for the purpose of, any act 8
specified in subparagraph (i).'. 9
3 Sections 5, penalty, paragraph (a), 6(1), penalty, 10
paragraphs (a) to (c), 8, penalty, paragraphs (a), (b)(ii), (c) 11
and (d), 9, penalty, paragraphs (a), (b)(i) and (ii) and (c) 12
and 43(1)(a) to (c), at the end-- 13
insert-- 14
`or'. 15
4 Section 37(5), after `include'-- 16
insert-- 17
`the following'. 18
5 Sections 41(3)(a) and (b) and 129(1)(a) to (d), at the end-- 19
insert-- 20
`and'. 21
6 Section 46, definition certified cannabis seed, 22
paragraphs (a) and (b), `; or'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`;'. 25
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7 Section 82(5)(a), `licensee'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`licence'. 3
Electoral Act 1992 4
1 Section 125(4), `106(1)(c)'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`106(c)'. 7
2 Section 164(6)(b), `,'-- 8
omit. 9
3 Section 182, heading, `Regulations'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`Regulation-making power'. 12
Electronic Transactions (Queensland) Act 2001 13
1 Section 16(3)(b), before `immaterial'-- 14
insert-- 15
`any'. 16
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Financial Transaction Reports Act 1992 1
1 Section 6, heading, before `dealers'-- 2
insert-- 3
`cash'. 4
Industrial Relations (Tribunals) Rules 2000 5
1 Rule 76, `281(4)'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`281(3)'. 8
2 Rule 76, `vice'-- 9
omit. 10
Invasion of Privacy Act 1971 11
1 Section 7(1), after `time'-- 12
insert-- 13
`do any or all of the following'. 14
2 Section 43(2)(a), (b), (c)(i) and (ii), at the end-- 15
insert-- 16
`or'. 17
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3 Section 46(3), after `substance'-- 1
insert-- 2
`,'. 3
4 Section 48A(1A)(a) to (d) and (2)(a), at the end-- 4
insert-- 5
`or'. 6
Judicial Review Act 1991 7
1 Schedule 1, part 2-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Part 2 Enactments to which this Act 10
does not apply 11
Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004, part 12
3, division 2 13
Criminal Organisation Act 2009 14
Justices Act 1886, section 225 15
Magistrates Act 1991, sections 5(5), 12(2)(a), 26 and 30 16
Magistrates Courts Act 1921, sections 42T and 42U(1) 17
Police Service Administration Act 1990, part 5A 18
Witness Protection Act 2000'. 19
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Jury Act 1995 1
1 Section 59(1)(a)(iii), `or'-- 2
omit. 3
Justices Act 1886 4
1 Section 4-- 5
insert-- 6
`address, for part 3 division 2A, see section 23A. 7
associated place, for part 6A, see section 178B. 8
facility user, for part 6A, see section 178B. 9
fine, for part 7, see section 179. 10
primary court, for part 6A, see section 178B. 11
proceeding, for part 6A, see section 178B. 12
reciprocating court, for part 7, see section 179. 13
reciprocating State or Territory, for part 7, see section 179.'. 14
2 Section 4, definition defendant-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`defendant-- 17
(a) for part 3, division 2A--see section 23A; or 18
(b) otherwise--means a person complained against before a 19
Magistrates Court or before justices for a simple 20
offence, breach of duty or an indictable offence.'. 21
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3 Section 23A, definitions metropolitan district and motor 1
vehicle-- 2
omit. 3
4 Sections 23D(7)(a) and (b), 40(3)(a) to (c), 51(a), 56(4)(a), 4
91(2)(a), 102C(3)(a) and (b), 103A(1)(a), 104(1)(a),104(2)(a), 5
104A(2)(a) and (b), 142(7)(a) and (b), 142A(12A)(a) and (b) 6
and 146A(2A)(a), at the end-- 7
insert-- 8
`and'. 9
5 Sections 43(1)(a), (1)(b)(iv) and (3)(a), 53(2)(a)(i) and (ii), 10
71B(1)(a) and (b), 88(1)(a), 102E(2)(a) and (b), 108(2)(a), 11
113(4)(a) and 147A(3)(a) and (b), at the end-- 12
insert-- 13
`or'. 14
6 Section 56-- 15
insert-- 16
`(9) In this section-- 17
motor vehicle see the Transport Operations (Road Use 18
Management) Act 1995.'. 19
7 Section 222C(1)(b), `given'-- 20
omit. 21
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Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for 1
Declarations Act 1991 2
1 Sections 27(1) and 39(1)(a)(iv), `17(a)'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`17(1)(a)'. 5
2 Section 40, heading, `Regulations'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Regulation-making power'. 8
Law Reform Act 1995 9
1 Section 6, after `not)'-- 10
insert-- 11
`the following apply'. 12
2 Sections 14(a) and 16(a), at the end-- 13
insert-- 14
`or'. 15
Legal Aid Queensland Act 1997 16
1 Section 62(3), after `otherwise'-- 17
insert-- 18
`the member'. 19
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2 Section 62(3)(a), `the member'-- 1
omit. 2
3 Schedule, definition approved form, `see'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`means a form approved under'. 5
Legal Profession Act 2007 6
1 Sections 74(1)(a)(iii) and 175(1)(b)(ii), `$1.5 million'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`$1.5m'. 9
2 Section 218, `section'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`part'. 12
3 Section 225(1)(b), `barrister'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`barristers'. 15
4 Section 232(5), `230(2)(l)'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`231(2)(l)'. 18
5 Section 327(2) and (3), `319(b)'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`319(1)(b)'. 21
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6 Section 420, before `The'-- 1
insert-- 2
`(1)'. 3
7 Section 516(3)-- 4
renumber as section 516(2). 5
8 Section 595(1), `607(3)'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`592(3)'. 8
9 Chapter 7, part 7.6, division 6, heading, `rule'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`rules'. 11
10 Section 696, heading, `Rule'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Rules'. 14
11 Section 713, heading, `(Trust Accounts Act, section 33)'-- 15
omit. 16
12 Section 771-- 17
omit. 18
13 Schedule 2, definitions barristers rules, protections, 19
solicitors rules-- 20
omit. 21
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14 Schedule 2-- 1
insert-- 2
`barristers rules, for chapter 3, part 3.2, see section 218. 3
protection, for chapter 9, see section 717. 4
solicitors rules, for chapter 3, part 3.2, see section 218.'. 5
Limitation of Actions Act 1974 6
1 Sections 5(3)(a) and (6)(a), 6(3)(a) and (b)(i), 8(1)(a), 7
26(5A)(a), 29(3)(a) and 32(3)(a), at the end-- 8
insert-- 9
`or'. 10
2 Sections 5(7)(a), (b), (d) and (e), 10(6)(a), 24(2)(a) and 11
29(2)(a) and (b), at the end-- 12
insert-- 13
`and'. 14
3 Section 41(4), after `served'-- 15
insert-- 16
`in any of the following ways'. 17
4 Section 41(4), `manner'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`way'. 20
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Magistrates Act 1991 1
1 Section 52, heading, `Regulations'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Regulation-making power'. 4
Magistrates Courts Act 1921 5
1 Section 2, definition rules, after `Rules'-- 6
insert-- 7
`1999'. 8
2 Section 42E(c), example, `Uniform Civil Procedure 9
Rules'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999'. 12
3 Section 42S, `industrial commission'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`industrial relations commission'. 15
4 Section 43(2), after `passed'-- 16
insert-- 17
`,'. 18
5 Section 47, after `may'-- 19
insert-- 20
`do any of the following'. 21
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6 Section 50(2), `Uniform Civil Procedure Rules'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`rules'. 3
Maintenance Act 1965 4
1 Sections 4(1A)(a) and (b)(i) to (xii), 5(3)(a), 93(a) and (b), 5
107(1)(a), 115(2)(a) and 140(1)(a) to (c), at the end-- 6
insert-- 7
`and'. 8
2 Sections 31(4)(a)(i), 37(4)(a), 67, definition interstate 9
order, paragraph (a) and 106(1)(a) and (b), at the end-- 10
insert-- 11
`or'. 12
3 Section 5(6), after `under'-- 13
insert-- 14
`any of the following'. 15
4 Sections 133 and 138(1)(b), `Children's Services Act 16
1965'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Child Protection Act 1999'. 19
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Oaths Act 1867 1
1 Schedule, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Schedule Form of solemn affirmation 4
section 39'. 5
Ombudsman Act 2001 6
1 Schedule 3, definition operational action, after `for 7
example'-- 8
insert-- 9
`, the following'. 10
Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002 11
1 Section 9A(3)(h), `and'-- 12
omit. 13
2 Schedule, definitions Australian legal practitioner and 14
professional misconduct, `2004, schedule 5'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`2007, schedule 2'. 17
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Property Law Act 1974 1
1 Section 5(2), `Where'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Where,'. 4
Recording of Evidence Act 1962 5
1 Sections 6(1)(a) and (2)(a), 8(a) and 11A(4)(a), at the end-- 6
insert-- 7
`and'. 8
2 Sections 6(4)(a) and (b) and 12(2)(a) to (c), at the end-- 9
insert-- 10
`or'. 11
Referendums Act 1997 12
1 Section 42(1)(a) and (b), 91(a), at the end-- 13
insert-- 14
`and'. 15
2 Schedule 3, definitions Antarctic elector, Court of 16
Disputed Returns, cut-off day for electoral rolls, deputy 17
electoral commissioner, electoral commissioner and 18
electoral district, after `see'-- 19
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insert-- 1
`the'. 2
3 Schedule 3, definition Commonwealth Electoral Act-- 3
omit. 4
4 Schedule 3, definition polling day, paragraph (a), at the 5
end-- 6
insert-- 7
`or'. 8
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Bill 2010
Amendments agreed to during Consideration
1 Clause 114 (Amendment of sch 2 (Appointments))
Page 63, line 8--
omit, insert--
`(5) If the sum of the period served on a full-time basis and each
period of equivalent full-time service for a relevant member is
10 years or more--
(a) subsection (3) does not apply to the relevant member for
the pensions Act, sections 3, 4 and 5; and
(b) the salary of the relevant member for the pensions Act,
sections 3, 4 and 5 is taken to be the salary under
schedule 2, part 1, section 1 payable to a relevant
member who performs the functions of the office on a
full-time basis.
`(6) In this section--'.
2 Clause 153 (Insertion of new pt 10, div 7)
Page 76, line 1, `provision'--
omit, insert--
`provisions'.
3 Clause 153 (Insertion of new pt 10, div 7)
Page 76, line 15--
omit, insert--
`Amendment Act 2010.
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`66 Tenure of office of particular acting magistrates
`(1) This section applies if--
(a) before the commencement, a retired magistrate was
appointed under section 6 to act as a magistrate; and
(b) the appointment was in force immediately before the
commencement.
`(2) Despite sections 6(3)(a) and 42(d), the appointment does not
end only because the appointee attains the age of 70.
`(3) In this section--
commencement means the commencement of the Justice and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2010, section 148.'.'.
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