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JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 2002

Queensland JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 2002

Queensland JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 2002 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1--PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL ACT 1999 3 Act amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4 Insertion of new s 9A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 9A Relator application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 PART 3--AMENDMENT OF CORONERS ACT 1958 5 Act amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 6 Amendment of s 22 (No cremation when post-mortem examination directed) 9 7 Amendment of s 23 (Orders for burial and certificates of cremation) . . . . . 9 8 Insertion of new s 23G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 23G When particular provisions do not apply after post-mortem . . . . . . . 10 9 Insertion of new ss 59AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 59AA National coronial database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 PART 4--AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURT ACT 1967 10 Act amended in pt 4 and sch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 11 Amendment of s 14 (Retirement of judges) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12 Replacement of s 36 (Appointment and salary of registrar and deputy registrars) ........................................... 11 36 Registrar, deputy registrars and other officers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 13 Replacement of s 85 (Procedure where proceedings beyond jurisdiction are commenced in District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

2 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 85 Procedure if proceeding started in wrong court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 14 Insertion of new s 140 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 140 Transitional provision for Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 PART 5--AMENDMENT OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2001 15 Act amended in pt 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 16 Insertion of new s 7A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7A Act does not apply to particular requirements etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 17 Amendment of s 16 (Requirement to produce document) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 18 Insertion of new schedule 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 PART 6--AMENDMENT OF GAS PIPELINES ACCESS (QUEENSLAND) ACT 1998 19 Act amended in pt 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 20 Amendment of s 25 (Qualifications of tribunal members) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 21 Amendment of s 28 (Vacation of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 PART 7--AMENDMENT OF GUARDIANSHIP AND ADMINISTRATION ACT 2000 22 Act amended in pt 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 23 Insertion of new ss 230A and 230B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 230A Investigations about suitability of applicant to be community visitor 17 230B Use of information obtained under this part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 PART 8--AMENDMENT OF JUDGES (SALARIES AND ALLOWANCES) ACT 1967 24 Act amended in pt 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 25 Amendment of s 5 (Establishment of tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 PART 9--AMENDMENT OF JURY ACT 1995 26 Act amended in pt 9. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 27 Amendment of s 4 (Qualification to serve as juror) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 28 Amendment of s 13 (Practice directions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 29 Amendment of s 14 (Administrative directions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 PART 10--AMENDMENT OF LAND AND RESOURCES TRIBUNAL ACT 1999 30 Act amended in pt 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 31 Section 9 (Retirement or resignation of presiding members) . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

3 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 32 Amendment of s 28 (Appointment to NNTT). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 33 Amendment of s 39 (General requirements for constituting tribunal for proceeding) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 34 Amendment of s 86 (Assumption by tribunal of role of warden and Wardens Court under certain Acts). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 35 Amendment of sch 1 (Requirements for constituting tribunal). . . . . . . . . . . 20 PART 11--AMENDMENT OF MAGISTRATES COURTS ACT 1921 36 Act amended in pt 11 and sch 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 37 Insertion of new s 5A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 5A Proceeding started in wrong court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 38 Insertion of new s 57A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 57A Annual report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 PART 12--AMENDMENT OF POWERS OF ATTORNEY ACT 1998 39 Act amended in pt 12. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 40 Amendment of s 59A (Effect of revocation by joint attorney) . . . . . . . . . . . 22 41 Amendment of s 85 (Keep records). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 42 Amendment of sch 2 (Types of matters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 PART 13--AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1978 43 Act amended in pt 13 and sch 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 44 Amendment of s 18 (Accounting) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 45 Insertion of new s 19A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 19A Application of particular amounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 46 Insertion of new s 25A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 25A Budget and performance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 47 Insertion of new s 63A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 63A Adult guardian resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 48 Amendment of s 99A (Public trustee's register of unclaimed moneys) . . . . 25 49 Amendment of s 124 (Searches) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 PART 14--AMENDMENT OF QUEENSLAND LAW SOCIETY ACT 1952 50 Act amended in pt 14. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 51 Amendment of s 5A (Rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

4 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 PART 15--AMENDMENT OF STATE PENALTIES ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 52 Act amended in pt 15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 53 Amendment of s 10 (Director, registrar and other staff of SPER) . . . . . . . . 26 54 Amendment of s 41 (Ways enforcement debtor may deal with enforcement order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 55 Amendment of s 50 (Making and registration of fine option order) . . . . . . . 27 56 Amendment of s 119 (Enforcement by imprisonment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 57 Amendment of s 137 (Enforcement order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 58 Amendment of s 151 (Information from commissioner of police service) . . 27 59 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 PART 16--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT ACT 1995 60 Act amended in pt 16 and sch 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 61 Replacement of s 210 (Officers of the court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 210 Officer of the court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 62 Amendment of s 221 (Power to award costs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 63 Amendment of s 286 (Constitution of districts etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 64 Insertion of new s 302 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 302 Transitional provision for Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 PART 17--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 65 Act amended in pt 17. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 66 Amendment of s 23 (Retirement of judges) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 67 Amendment of s 81 (Amendment for new cause of action or party) . . . . . . 30 68 Amendment of s 116C (Use of video link facilities in proceedings) . . . . . . 30 69 Amendment of s 125 (Leave granted to appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 70 Amendment of sch 1 (Subject matter for rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS 25 Matter used in proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 PART 18--AMENDMENT OF TRUSTEE COMPANIES ACT 1968 71 Act amended in pt 18. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 72 Amendment of sch 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

5 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 PART 19--MISCELLANEOUS 73 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 74 Other Acts amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 SCHEDULE 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF DISTRICT COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1967 33 SCHEDULE 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF ELECTRONIC TRANSACTIONS (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 SCHEDULE 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF MAGISTRATES COURTS ACT 1921 . 42 SCHEDULE 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF PUBLIC TRUSTEE ACT 1978 . . . . 43 SCHEDULE 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF SUPREME COURT ACT 1995 . . . . 44 SCHEDULE 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 OTHER AMENDMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 APPEAL COSTS FUND ACT 1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 BAIL ACT 1980 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION ACT 1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 CORPORATIONS (QUEENSLAND) ACT 1990. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 DRUGS MISUSE ACT 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 ELECTORAL AND OTHER ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 2002 . . . . . . . . 50 FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REPORTS ACT 1992. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 JUDICIAL REVIEW ACT 1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 JUSTICES ACT 1886 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 LEGAL AID QUEENSLAND ACT 1997. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT 1974. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

6 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES ACT 1962 54 VEXATIOUS LITIGANTS ACT 1981 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54

2002 A BILL FOR An Act to amend various Acts administered by the Attorney-General and Minister for Justice, and for other purposes

s1 8 s3 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1 PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2 1 Short title Clause 3 This Act may be cited as the Justice and Other Legislation 4 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002. 5 2 Commencement Clause 6 (1) Sections 8, 56 and 571 commence on a day to be fixed by 7 proclamation. 8 (2) Section 342 is taken to have commenced on 14 May 2002. 9 (3) Section 453 is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1999. 10 (4) Schedule 6,4 to the extent it amends the Corporations (Queensland) 11 Act 1990, is taken to have commenced on 1 January 1991. 12 (5) Schedule 6, to the extent it amends the Electoral and Other Acts 13 Amendment Act 2002, is taken to have commenced on 5 June 2002. 14 PART 2--AMENDMENT OF ATTORNEY-GENERAL 15 ACT 1999 16 3 Act amended in pt 2 Clause 17 This part amends the Attorney-General Act 1999. 18 1 Sections 8 (Insertion of new s 23G), 56 (Amendment of s 119 (Enforcement by imprisonment)) and 57 (Amendment of s 137 (Enforcement order)) 2 Section 34 (Amendment of s 86 (Assumption by tribunal of role of warden and Wardens Court under certain Acts) 3 Section 45 (Insertion of new s 19A) 4 Schedule 6 (Other amendments)

s4 9 s8 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 4 Insertion of new s 9A Clause 1 Part 3, after section 9-- 2 insert-- 3 `9A Relator application 4 `An application for the Attorney-General's fiat under section 7(1)(g) 5 must be made to the Attorney-General in the way prescribed under a 6 regulation.'. 7 PART 3--AMENDMENT OF CORONERS ACT 1958 8 5 Act amended in pt 3 Clause 9 This part amends the Coroners Act 1958. 10 6 Amendment of s 22 (No cremation when post-mortem Clause 11 examination directed) 12 Section 22(2), `the Cremation Act 1913, or'-- 13 omit. 14 7 Amendment of s 23 (Orders for burial and certificates of Clause 15 cremation) 16 Section 23(5)-- 17 omit, insert- 18 `(5) This section does not limit or otherwise affect the other provisions 19 of this Act about cremation.'. 20 8 Insertion of new s 23G Clause 21 Part 9, after section 23F-- 22 insert-- 23

s9 10 s9 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 `23G When particular provisions do not apply after post-mortem 1 `(1) This section applies if-- 2 (a) a person removes a part of the body of a deceased as part of a 3 post-mortem examination or a special examination of the body 4 made under a coroner's order under section 18; and 5 (b) the removed part of the body ("remains") is not buried or 6 cremated with the body. 7 `(2) Sections 20, 21, 23 and 23A to 23F do not apply to the disposal of 8 the remains. 9 `(3) For disposing of the remains, the entity possessing the remains may 10 issue a certificate stating a coroner no longer requires the remains to be 11 kept. 12 `(4) The certificate authorises the entity or, if the entity gives the remains 13 to someone else for disposal, the person to whom the remains are given for 14 disposal, to dispose, or arrange for the disposal, of the remains by burial or 15 cremation.'. 16 9 Insertion of new ss 59AA Clause 17 After section 59A-- 18 insert-- 19 `59AA National coronial database 20 `(1) The Minister may, for the State, enter into an arrangement with a 21 government or non-government entity responsible for maintaining a 22 database about coronial inquiries and investigations for the inclusion in the 23 database of stated information obtained under this Act ("relevant 24 information"). 25 `(2) The Minister may enter into the arrangement only if satisfied-- 26 (a) the entity has a legitimate interest in storing relevant information 27 in the database; and 28 (b) the entity will make relevant information available only to 29 persons with a legitimate interest in obtaining it; and 30 (c) the conditions for making relevant information available to 31 database users are reasonable. 32

s 10 11 s 12 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 `(3) The Minister may delegate the Minister's powers under this section 1 to the chief executive. 2 `(4) For this section, each coroner must give the chief executive the 3 reports and other information the chief executive reasonably requires.'. 4 PART 4--AMENDMENT OF DISTRICT COURT 5 ACT 1967 6 10 Act amended in pt 4 and sch 1 Clause 7 This part and schedule 1 amend the District Court Act 1967. 8 11 Amendment of s 14 (Retirement of judges) Clause 9 Section 14(2), `attaining 70 years of age'-- 10 omit, insert-- 11 `retiring, whether or not because of subsection (1)'. 12 12 Replacement of s 36 (Appointment and salary of registrar and Clause 13 deputy registrars) 14 Section 36-- 15 omit, insert-- 16 `36 Registrar, deputy registrars and other officers 17 `(1) The Governor in Council may appoint, for the court-- 18 (a) registrars; and 19 (b) deputy registrars; and 20 (c) the other officers, including associates; 21 the Governor in Council considers appropriate. 22 `(2) An associate is appointed under this Act and not under the Public 23 Service Act 1996. 24

s 13 12 s 14 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 `(3) If the Public Service Act 1996 does not apply to a person appointed 1 under subsection (1), the Governor in Council is to decide the person's 2 salary and conditions of appointment.'. 3 13 Replacement of s 85 (Procedure where proceedings beyond Clause 4 jurisdiction are commenced in District Court) 5 Section 85-- 6 omit, insert-- 7 `85 Procedure if proceeding started in wrong court 8 `(1) This section applies if the District Court considers the court does not 9 have jurisdiction to hear and decide a proceeding started in the court. 10 `(2) If the District Court considers the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to 11 hear the proceeding, the District Court may, by order, transfer the 12 proceeding to the Supreme Court. 13 `(3) Subsection (2) does not apply to a proceeding that may or must be 14 struck out under subsection (4) or (5). 15 `(4) If the District Court considers that the party who started the 16 proceeding knew, or should have known, that the court did not have 17 jurisdiction to hear the proceeding, the court may strike out the proceeding 18 and order the party who started the proceeding to pay the costs of the other 19 party to the proceeding. 20 `(5) If the District Court does not have jurisdiction and the proceeding 21 may not be transferred under subsection (2) or struck out under 22 subsection (4), the court-- 23 (a) must strike out the proceeding; and 24 (b) may order the party who started the proceeding to pay the costs 25 of the other party to the proceeding. 26 `(6) In this section-- 27 "proceeding" includes appeal.'. 28 14 Insertion of new s 140 Clause 29 Part 12, after section 139-- 30 insert-- 31

s 15 13 s 17 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 `140 Transitional provision for Justice and Other Legislation 1 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 2 `An appointment of a person under section 36 as in force immediately 3 before the amendment of that section by the Justice and Other Legislation 4 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002, section 12, continues to have effect 5 as if section 12 had not been enacted.'. 6 PART 5--AMENDMENT OF ELECTRONIC 7 TRANSACTIONS (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2001 8 15 Act amended in pt 5 Clause 9 This part and schedule 2 amend the Electronic Transactions 10 (Queensland) Act 2001. 11 16 Insertion of new s 7A Clause 12 Chapter 1, after section 7-- 13 insert-- 14 `7A Act does not apply to particular requirements etc. 15 `This Act does not apply to-- 16 (a) a State law mentioned in schedule 1, part 1; or 17 (b) a requirement or permission of a kind mentioned in schedule 1, 18 part 2.'. 19 17 Amendment of s 16 (Requirement to produce document) Clause 20 Section 16-- 21 insert-- 22 `(3) For subsection (2)(a), the integrity of information contained in a 23 document is maintained only if the information has remained complete and 24 unaltered, apart from-- 25 (a) the addition of any endorsement; or 26

s 18 14 s 18 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 (b) immaterial change; 1 arising in the normal course of communication, storage or display.'. 2 18 Insertion of new schedule 1 Clause 3 After section 27-- 4 insert-- 5 `SCHEDULE 1 6 `EXCLUDED STATE LAWS, REQUIREMENTS AND 7 PERMISSIONS 8 section 7A 9 PART 1--ACTS 10 Associations Incorporation Act 1981 11 Bills of Sale and Other Instruments Act 1955 12 Business Names Act 1962 13 Charitable Funds Act 1958 14 Collections Act 1966 15 Consumer Credit (Queensland) Act 1994 16 Consumer Credit Code 17 Cooperatives Act 1997 18 Disposal of Uncollected Goods Act 1967 19 Fair Trading Act 1989 20 Funeral Benefit Business Act 1982 21 Hire-purchase Act 1959 22 Land Sales Act 1984 23 Liens on Crops of Sugar Cane Act 1951 24

s 18 15 s 18 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 Motor Vehicles Securities Act 1986 1 Partnership Act 1891 2 Partnership (Limited Liability) Act 1988 3 Pawnbrokers Act 1984 4 Property Agents and Motor Dealers Act 2000 5 Retirement Villages Act 1999 6 Second-hand Dealers and Collectors Act 1984 7 Security Providers Act 1993 8 Storage Liens Act 1973 9 Trade Measurement Act 1990 10 Trade Measurement Administration Act 1990 11 Travel Agents Act 1988 12 Traveller Accommodation Providers (Liability) Act 2001 13 PART 2--EXCLUDED REQUIREMENTS AND 14 PERMISSIONS 15 `1. A requirement or permission for a person to file a document with a 16 court or tribunal for a proceeding. 17 `2. A requirement or permission for a person to sign a document to be 18 filed with a court or tribunal for a proceeding. 19 `3. A requirement or permission for a person to produce a document-- 20 (a) to a court or tribunal in a proceeding; or 21 (b) to a party to a proceeding for the proceeding. 22 `4. A requirement or permission for a person to retain a document that 23 has been-- 24 (a) filed with, or produced to, a court or tribunal in a proceeding; or 25 (b) admitted in evidence in a proceeding before a court or tribunal; 26 or 27

s 19 16 s 21 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 (c) issued by a court or tribunal for a proceeding. 1 `5. A requirement or permission for a document to be served personally 2 or by post. 3 `6. A requirement or permission for a document to be attested, 4 authenticated, verified or witnessed by a person other than the author of the 5 document. 6 `7. An authorisation under the Trust Accounts Act 1973.'. 7 PART 6--AMENDMENT OF GAS PIPELINES ACCESS 8 (QUEENSLAND) ACT 1998 9 19 Act amended in pt 6 Clause 10 This part amends the Gas Pipelines Access (Queensland) Act 1998. 11 20 Amendment of s 25 (Qualifications of tribunal members) Clause 12 (1) Section 25(1), `Premier'-- 13 omit, insert-- 14 `Minister'. 15 (2) Section 25(2), `Premier'-- 16 omit, insert-- 17 `Minister'. 18 21 Amendment of s 28 (Vacation of office) Clause 19 Section 28(1)(a), `Premier'-- 20 omit, insert-- 21 `Minister'. 22

s 22 17 s 23 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 PART 7--AMENDMENT OF GUARDIANSHIP AND 1 ADMINISTRATION ACT 2000 2 22 Act amended in pt 7 Clause 3 This part amends the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000. 4 23 Insertion of new ss 230A and 230B Clause 5 Chapter 10, part 3, before section 231-- 6 insert-- 7 `230A Investigations about suitability of applicant to be community 8 visitor 9 `(1) The chief executive may make investigations about a person to help 10 the chief executive decide whether the person is suitable to be a community 11 visitor. 12 `(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the chief executive may ask the 13 commissioner of the police service for a written report about the criminal 14 history of the person. 15 `(3) The commissioner must give the report to the chief executive. 16 `(4) However, the report is required to contain only criminal history the 17 commissioner has, or has access to. 18 `230B Use of information obtained under this part 19 `(1) This section applies to the chief executive in considering 20 information about a person received under this part. 21 `(2) The information must not be used for any purpose other than 22 assessing the person's suitability to be a community visitor. 23 `(3) When making the assessment, the chief executive must have regard 24 to the following matters relating to the person's criminal history-- 25 (a) when the offence was committed or was alleged to have been 26 committed; 27 (b) the nature of the offence and its relevance to the person's 28 proposed duties as a community visitor; 29

s 24 18 s 27 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 (c) anything else the chief executive considers relevant to the 1 assessment of the person.'. 2 PART 8--AMENDMENT OF JUDGES (SALARIES AND 3 ALLOWANCES) ACT 1967 4 24 Act amended in pt 8 Clause 5 This part amends the Judges (Salaries and Allowances) Act 1967. 6 25 Amendment of s 5 (Establishment of tribunal) Clause 7 (1) Section 5(3)(b), `Courts'-- 8 omit, insert-- 9 `Court'. 10 (2) Section 5(3)-- 11 insert-- 12 `(h) a presiding member of the Land and Resources Tribunal.'. 13 PART 9--AMENDMENT OF JURY ACT 1995 14 26 Act amended in pt 9 Clause 15 This part amends the Jury Act 1995. 16 27 Amendment of s 4 (Qualification to serve as juror) Clause 17 (1) Section 4(3)(e) to (l)-- 18 renumber as section 4(3)(f) to (m). 19 (2) Section 4(3)-- 20 insert-- 21

s 28 19 s 31 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 `(e) a person who is or has been a presiding member of the Land and 1 Resources Tribunal;'. 2 28 Amendment of s 13 (Practice directions) Clause 3 Section 13, `District Courts'-- 4 omit, insert-- 5 `the District Court'. 6 29 Amendment of s 14 (Administrative directions) Clause 7 Section 14, `District Courts'-- 8 omit, insert-- 9 `the District Court'. 10 PART 10--AMENDMENT OF LAND AND RESOURCES 11 TRIBUNAL ACT 1999 12 30 Act amended in pt 10 Clause 13 This part amends the Land and Resources Tribunal Act 1999. 14 31 Section 9 (Retirement or resignation of presiding members) Clause 15 (1) Section 9(1)-- 16 omit, insert-- 17 `(1) A presiding member must retire when the presiding member would 18 be required to retire if the presiding member were a Supreme Court judge.'. 19 (2) Section 9(4)-- 20 omit. 21 (3) Section 9(5)-- 22 renumber as section 9(4). 23

s 32 20 s 35 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 32 Amendment of s 28 (Appointment to NNTT) Clause 1 Section 28, `the Act'-- 2 omit, insert-- 3 `this Act'. 4 33 Amendment of s 39 (General requirements for constituting Clause 5 tribunal for proceeding) 6 Section 39(2)-- 7 insert-- 8 `(aa) 2 or more presiding members (also a "standard panel"); or'. 9 34 Amendment of s 86 (Assumption by tribunal of role of warden Clause 10 and Wardens Court under certain Acts) 11 Section 86(4), definition "designated Acts"-- 12 insert-- 13 `� the Offshore Minerals Act 1998'. 14 35 Amendment of sch 1 (Requirements for constituting tribunal) Clause 15 (1) Schedule 1, column 1, 2 and 3 entries for Mineral Resources Act 16 1989-- 17 insert-- 18 `Substantive jurisdiction 19 363 actions, suits and presiding member'. proceedings of the kind mentioned in the section (2) Schedule 1-- 20 insert-- 21 `PETROLEUM ACT 1923 22 `For all matters within the tribunal's jurisdiction, the tribunal is to be 23 constituted by a presiding member.'. 24

s 36 21 s 37 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 PART 11--AMENDMENT OF MAGISTRATES COURTS 1 ACT 1921 2 36 Act amended in pt 11 and sch 3 Clause 3 This part and schedule 3 amend the Magistrates Courts Act 1921. 4 37 Insertion of new s 5A Clause 5 After section 5-- 6 insert-- 7 `5A Proceeding started in wrong court 8 `(1) This section applies if a Magistrates Court considers the court does 9 not have jurisdiction to hear and decide a proceeding started in the court. 10 `(2) If the Magistrates Court considers the District Court has jurisdiction 11 to hear the proceeding, the Magistrates Court may, by order, transfer the 12 proceeding to the District Court. 13 `(3) If subsection (2) does not apply and the Magistrates Court considers 14 the Supreme Court has jurisdiction to hear the proceeding, the Magistrates 15 Court may, by order, transfer the proceeding to the Supreme Court. 16 `(4) If the Magistrates Court considers that the party who started the 17 proceeding knew, or should have known, that the court did not have 18 jurisdiction to hear the proceeding, the court may strike out the proceeding 19 and order the party who started the proceeding to pay the costs of the other 20 party to the proceeding. 21 `(5) If the Magistrates Court does not have jurisdiction and the matter 22 may not be transferred under subsection (2) or (3) or struck out under 23 subsection (4), the court-- 24 (a) must strike out the proceeding; and 25 (b) may order the party who started the proceeding to pay the costs 26 of the other party to the proceeding. 27 `(6) In this section-- 28 "proceeding" includes appeal.'. 29

s 38 22 s 41 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 38 Insertion of new s 57A Clause 1 Part 7, after section 57-- 2 insert-- 3 `57A Annual report 4 `(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, but within 5 4 months after the end of the financial year, the Chief Magistrate must 6 prepare and give to the Minister a written report about the operation of 7 Magistrates Courts during the year. 8 `(2) The Minister must table a copy of the report in the Legislative 9 Assembly within 14 sitting days after receiving the report.'. 10 PART 12--AMENDMENT OF POWERS OF ATTORNEY 11 ACT 1998 12 39 Act amended in pt 12 Clause 13 This part amends the Powers of Attorney Act 1998. 14 40 Amendment of s 59A (Effect of revocation by joint attorney) Clause 15 (1) Section 59A, heading-- 16 omit, insert-- 17 `Effect of power ending'. 18 (2) Section 59A, `under this division'-- 19 omit. 20 41 Amendment of s 85 (Keep records) Clause 21 Section 85, from `under'-- 22

s 42 23 s 44 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 omit, insert-- 1 `under the power.5'. 2 42 Amendment of sch 2 (Types of matters) Clause 3 (1) Schedule 2, section 1(m), (n), (o) and (p)-- 4 omit, insert-- 5 `(m) undertaking a real estate transaction for the principal; 6 (n) dealing with land under the Land Act 1994 or Land Title Act 7 1994; 8 (o) undertaking a transaction for the principal involving the use of 9 the principal's property as security (for example, for a loan or by 10 way of a guarantee) for an obligation the performance of which 11 is beneficial to the principal;'. 12 (2) Schedule 2, section 1(q)-- 13 renumber as schedule 2, section 1(p). 14 PART 13--AMENDMENT OF PUBLIC TRUSTEE 15 ACT 1978 16 43 Act amended in pt 13 and sch 4 Clause 17 This part and schedule 4 amend the Public Trustee Act 1978. 18 44 Amendment of s 18 (Accounting) Clause 19 (1) Section 18(1)-- 20 omit. 21 (2) Section 18(2), `(2) Where by reason of'-- 22 5 See also Guardianship and Administration Act 2000, chapter 8 (Adult guardian), part 2 (Investigative powers).

s 45 24 s 47 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 omit, insert-- 1 `If because of'. 2 45 Insertion of new s 19A Clause 3 After section 19-- 4 insert-- 5 `19A Application of particular amounts 6 `(1) This section applies to-- 7 (a) fees and charges received by the public trustee; and 8 (b) interest earned on amounts invested under section 19 and paid 9 into the common fund. 10 `(2) The public trustee must apply the amounts-- 11 (a) first, to pay interest to the estates whose funds formed part of the 12 amounts invested; and 13 (b) after paying the interest, towards operating and capital expenses 14 of the public trust office.'. 15 46 Insertion of new s 25A Clause 16 After section 25-- 17 insert-- 18 `25A Budget and performance 19 `(1) For each financial year, the public trustee must develop and submit 20 to the Minister a budget not later than the day the Minister directs. 21 `(2) During a financial year the public trustee may develop and submit to 22 the Minister amendments of its budget. 23 `(3) The public trustee must not spend in a financial year more than the 24 amount allowed in its budget for the financial year, unless the Minister 25 approves a higher amount.'. 26 47 Insertion of new s 63A Clause 27 Part 5, after section 63-- 28

s 48 25 s 50 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 insert-- 1 `63A Adult guardian resources 2 `(1) The public trustee must give the adult guardian6 the financial and 3 other resources (including professional and administrative services and 4 support) approved by the Minister. 5 `(2) The resources must also include any resources the Minister may 6 specify in writing to the public trustee.'. 7 48 Amendment of s 99A (Public trustee's register of unclaimed Clause 8 moneys) 9 Section 99A(3), `prescribed under a regulation'-- 10 omit, insert-- 11 `fixed under section 177'. 12 49 Amendment of s 124 (Searches) Clause 13 Section 124, `Land Act 1962'-- 14 omit, insert-- 15 `Land Act 1994'. 16 PART 14--AMENDMENT OF QUEENSLAND LAW 17 SOCIETY ACT 1952 18 50 Act amended in pt 14 Clause 19 This part amends the Queensland Law Society Act 1952. 20 6 The adult guardian is constituted under the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000 (see section 173 of the Act). 7 Section 17 (Public trustee may fix fees and charges)

s 51 26 s 54 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 51 Amendment of s 5A (Rules) Clause 1 (1) Section 5A(9) and (10)-- 2 renumber as section 5A(11) and (12). 3 (2) Section 5A-- 4 insert-- 5 `(9) Unless sooner repealed, the indemnity rules continue to have effect 6 until 30 June 2004. 7 `(10) Subsection (9) applies despite the Statutory Instruments Act 1992, 8 part 7.8'. 9 PART 15--AMENDMENT OF STATE PENALTIES 10 ENFORCEMENT ACT 1999 11 52 Act amended in pt 15 Clause 12 This part amends the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999. 13 53 Amendment of s 10 (Director, registrar and other staff of SPER) Clause 14 Section 10, heading, `Director, registrar'-- 15 omit, insert-- 16 `Registrar'. 17 54 Amendment of s 41 (Ways enforcement debtor may deal with Clause 18 enforcement order) 19 Section 41(c), `if the amount is at least the threshold amount--'-- 20 omit. 21 8 Statutory Instruments Act 1992, part 7 (Staged automatic expiry of subordinate legislation)

s 55 27 s 59 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 55 Amendment of s 50 (Making and registration of fine option order) Clause 1 Section 50(1), `may'-- 2 omit, insert-- 3 `must'. 4 56 Amendment of s 119 (Enforcement by imprisonment) Clause 5 (1) Section 119(5) and (6)-- 6 renumber as section 119(6) and (7). 7 (2) Section 119-- 8 insert-- 9 `(5) However, if the registrar issues the warrant without first taking 10 action under part 5 for which a civil enforcement fee may be added to an 11 unpaid amount, the unpaid amount for subsection (4) is increased by the 12 amount of the warrant issue fee prescribed under a regulation.'. 13 57 Amendment of s 137 (Enforcement order) Clause 14 Section 137(1)(e)(iii), `if the amount is at least the threshold amount,'-- 15 omit. 16 58 Amendment of s 151 (Information from commissioner of police Clause 17 service) 18 Section 151(4)-- 19 omit, insert-- 20 `(4) This section applies subject to the Police Powers and 21 Responsibilities Act 2000, chapter 11, part 2.9'. 22 59 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) Clause 23 (1) Schedule 2, definitions "chief executive (corrective services)" and 24 "commercial agent"-- 25 9 Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, chapter 11 (Administration), part 2 (Registers)

s 60 28 s 61 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 omit. 1 (2) Schedule 2-- 2 insert-- 3 ` "chief executive (corrective services)" means the chief executive for the 4 Corrective Services Act 2000. 5 "commercial agent" means a commercial agent or commercial subagent 6 under the Property Agents and Motor Dealers Act 2000.'. 7 (3) Schedule 2, definition "arrest and imprisonment warrant", 8 `section 120'-- 9 omit, insert-- 10 `section 119'. 11 PART 16--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT 12 ACT 1995 13 60 Act amended in pt 16 and sch 5 Clause 14 This part and schedule 5 amend the Supreme Court Act 1995. 15 61 Replacement of s 210 (Officers of the court) Clause 16 Section 210-- 17 omit, insert-- 18 `210 Officer of the court 19 `(1) The Governor in Council may appoint-- 20 (a) registrars; and 21 (b) deputy registrars; and 22 (c) the other officers, including associates; 23 the Governor in Council considers appropriate. 24 `(2) An associate is appointed under this Act and not under the Public 25 Service Act 1996. 26

s 62 29 s 64 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 `(3) If the Public Service Act 1996 does not apply to a person appointed 1 under subsection (1), the Governor in Council is to decide the person's 2 salary and conditions of appointment.'. 3 62 Amendment of s 221 (Power to award costs) Clause 4 Section 221, `lawfully'-- 5 omit. 6 63 Amendment of s 286 (Constitution of districts etc.) Clause 7 Section 286(2)-- 8 omit, insert-- 9 `(2) The chief justice is to decide-- 10 (a) when and where the Supreme Court is to sit; and 11 (b) the way notice of when and where the Supreme Court is to sit 12 may be given.'. 13 64 Insertion of new s 302 Clause 14 Part 21, after section 301-- 15 insert-- 16 `302 Transitional provision for Justice and Other Legislation 17 (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002 18 `An appointment of a person under section 210 of this Act as in force 19 immediately before the amendment of that section by the Justice and Other 20 Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2002, section 61 continues to 21 have effect as if that section had not been enacted.'. 22

s 65 30 s 69 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 PART 17--AMENDMENT OF SUPREME COURT OF 1 QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 2 65 Act amended in pt 17 Clause 3 This part amends the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991. 4 66 Amendment of s 23 (Retirement of judges) Clause 5 Section 23(2), `attaining 70 years of age'-- 6 omit, insert-- 7 `retiring, whether or not because of subsection (1)'. 8 67 Amendment of s 81 (Amendment for new cause of action or party) Clause 9 (1) Section 81(3)-- 10 renumber as section 81(4). 11 (2) Section 81-- 12 insert-- 13 `(3) Despite subsection (2), the rules of court may limit the 14 circumstances in which amendments may be made.'. 15 68 Amendment of s 116C (Use of video link facilities in proceedings) Clause 16 Section 116C(1)(b)(ii), `the District Courts Act 1967'-- 17 omit, insert-- 18 `the District Court of Queensland Act 1967'. 19 69 Amendment of s 125 (Leave granted to appeal) Clause 20 Section 125(2), `the District Courts Act 1967, section 92(2)'-- 21 omit, insert-- 22 `the District Court of Queensland Act 1967, section 118(2)10' 23 10 Section 118 (Appeal to Court of Appeal in certain cases)

s 70 31 s 72 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 70 Amendment of sch 1 (Subject matter for rules) Clause 1 Schedule 1-- 2 insert-- 3 `PART 4--MISCELLANEOUS 4 `25 Matter used in proceedings 5 `The disposal or destruction of matter held by the court that was used in 6 a proceeding and is unclaimed.'. 7 PART 18--AMENDMENT OF TRUSTEE COMPANIES 8 ACT 1968 9 71 Act amended in pt 18 Clause 10 This part amends the Trustee Companies Act 1968. 11 72 Amendment of sch 2 Clause 12 (1) Schedule 2, part 1-- 13 insert-- 14 `Tower Trust Limited'. 15 (2) Schedule 2, part 2-- 16 insert-- 17 `TOWER TRUST LIMITED 18 `The paid-up capital of the company must be at least $2 000 000.'. 19

s 73 32 s 74 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 PART 19--MISCELLANEOUS 1 73 Repeal Clause 2 The (Forgery) Act 1833 4 Wm 4 No. 4 (NSW) is repealed so far as it is 3 part of the law of Queensland. 4 74 Other Acts amended Clause 5 Schedule 6 amends the Acts it mentions. 6

33 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 1 1 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF DISTRICT COURT OF 2 QUEENSLAND ACT 1967 3 section 10 4 1 Section 3, definition "district"-- 5 omit, insert-- 6 ` "district" means a district of the District Court declared under section 7.'. 7 2 Section 3, definition "judgment", `a judge'-- 8 omit, insert-- 9 `the court'. 10 3 Section 3, definition "referring court", `that referred the action'-- 11 omit, insert-- 12 `at the place where the action was referred'. 13 4 Section 8B, `the registrar'-- 14 omit, insert-- 15 `a registrar'. 16 5 Section 18-- 17 omit. 18

34 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 6 Section 19, `District Court'-- 1 omit, insert-- 2 `district'. 3 7 Section 20(2)-- 4 omit. 5 8 Section 20(3) and (4), 43(1) and 45, `the judge'-- 6 omit, insert-- 7 `a judge'. 8 9 Sections 21, 29(1), 30, 31(1), 32, 34, 35(2), first mention, 35(4), 9 40(1), 52(2), 63(2), 64(1) and (3), 68(3), 69(1) and (2), 73, 76, 77(1), 10 (3), (4), (5) and (6), 78, heading, 78(1), 79(1) and (2), 80(1), 81(1), 11 82(1), 83(1), 84, 86(1), (2) and (5), 87, 89(d)(ii), 92(2)(b), 98(2), 12 100(1) and (3), 101(1), 105(1), 106(1), 108(2), (3) and (4), 109(1), 13 110A, 110C(1)(a), 111, definition "appeal", 114(2), 116(1) and (3), 14 117(1), 118(2), (3), (9) and (10), 122, 123 and 130, `a District 15 Court'-- 16 omit, insert-- 17 `the District Court'. 18 10 Section 27, `sit either in court or in chambers'-- 19 omit, insert-- 20 `act'. 21 11 Sections 28A, 77(1)(b), 130A(1) and 131(2), `District Courts'-- 22 omit, insert-- 23 `the District Court'. 24

35 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 12 Sections 29(1), 30, 31(1), 32, 33, 34, 70, 77(1), (2) and (4), 78(1), 1 79(1), 80(1), 82(1), 83(1) and 86(3), `or a judge thereof'-- 2 omit. 3 13 Sections 29, 77(3), 78(3), 82(2) and 83(2), `or the judge'-- 4 omit. 5 14 Sections 29(1) and 64(1), `or a Circuit Court'-- 6 omit. 7 15 Section 29(2), `or the judge thinks'-- 8 omit, insert-- 9 `thinks'. 10 16 Sections 29(2), 30, 32, 82(2) and 83(2), `or judge'-- 11 omit. 12 17 Section 29(2), `or the Judge shall think'-- 13 omit, insert-- 14 `thinks'. 15 18 Section 32, `, or by a judge thereof,'-- 16 omit. 17 19 Section 35(1), `the registrar of a District Court'-- 18 omit, insert-- 19 `a registrar of the District Court'. 20

36 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 20 Sections 37, 39(1) and 67(1), `The registrar'-- 1 omit, insert-- 2 `A registrar'. 3 21 Section 40(1), 72(2) and 128, `the registrar'-- 4 omit, insert-- 5 `a registrar'. 6 22 Section 41, `every Court'-- 7 omit, insert-- 8 `each district'. 9 23 Section 60, heading, `District Courts shall have criminal'-- 10 omit, insert-- 11 `Criminal'. 12 24 Sections 60 and 68(1), `A District Court shall have'-- 13 omit, insert-- 14 `The District Court has'. 15 25 Section 62-- 16 omit. 17 26 Section 63(1), from `to a District Court,' to `that district,'-- 18 omit, insert-- 19 `to the District Court in a place other than the district in which the 20 offence is alleged to have been committed, a Supreme Court judge or a 21 District Court judge may order that the trial be held in that district'. 22

37 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 27 Section 63(3), `The judge of a District Court'-- 1 omit, insert-- 2 `The District Court judge'. 3 28 Section 63(3), `another District Court'-- 4 omit, insert-- 5 `another place'. 6 29 Section 64(3), `or Circuit Court'-- 7 omit. 8 30 Section 67(1), `to the Court of which'-- 9 omit, insert-- 10 `at the place where'. 11 31 Section 67(1), `to another Court'-- 12 omit, insert-- 13 `at another place'. 14 32 Section 68, heading, `District Courts' civil'-- 15 omit, insert-- 16 `Civil'. 17 33 Section 68(1), `A District Court shall have'-- 18 omit, insert-- 19 `The District Court has'. 20

38 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 34 Section 68(4), `or judge thereof'-- 1 omit. 2 35 Section 69(1) and (2), `and any judge thereof'-- 3 omit. 4 36 Section 69(3)-- 5 omit. 6 37 Section 72(1), `any specified District Court'-- 7 omit, insert-- 8 `the District Court sitting in a particular district'. 9 38 Section 72(1), `that District Court'-- 10 omit, insert-- 11 `the District Court sitting at that place'. 12 39 Sections 77(1) and (2) and 78(1) and (2), `or the judge's'-- 13 omit. 14 40 Sections 77(4) and (5) and 78(4), `that District Court'-- 15 omit, insert-- 16 `the District Court'. 17 41 Section 77(6)(a), `in District Courts'-- 18 omit, insert-- 19 `for the District Court'. 20

39 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 42 Section 77(6)(b)(ii), `prescribed in'-- 1 omit, insert-- 2 `prescribed for'. 3 43 Section 78(2) and (4), 79(1) and 80(1), `a District Court or a judge 4 thereof'-- 5 omit, insert-- 6 `the District Court'. 7 44 Section 78(6)(b)(ii), `in the District Courts'-- 8 omit, insert-- 9 `for the District Court'. 10 45 Sections 97(1), 99(3) and 113, `A District Court'-- 11 omit, insert-- 12 `The District Court'. 13 46 Part 8, heading, `DISTRICT COURTS'-- 14 omit, insert-- 15 `THE DISTRICT COURT'. 16 47 Section 115-- 17 omit. 18 48 Part 9, heading, `DISTRICT COURTS'-- 19 omit, insert-- 20 `THE DISTRICT COURT'. 21

40 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 49 Section 128, `the bailiff'-- 1 omit, insert-- 2 `a bailiff'. 3

41 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 2 1 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF ELECTRONIC 2 TRANSACTIONS (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2001 3 section 15 4 1 Section 6, `the schedule'-- 5 omit, insert-- 6 `schedule 2'. 7 2 Schedule-- 8 renumber as schedule 2. 9

42 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 3 1 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF MAGISTRATES COURTS 2 ACT 1921 3 section 36 4 1 Section 25, `Stipendiary'-- 5 omit. 6 2 Section 26, `Stipendiary'-- 7 omit. 8 3 Section 27(1) and (4)(c), `Stipendiary'-- 9 omit. 10 4 Section 42, `Stipendiary'-- 11 omit. 12

43 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 4 1 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF PUBLIC TRUSTEE 2 ACT 1978 3 section 43 4 1 Section 6-- 5 insert-- 6 ` "chief executive (corrective services)" means the chief executive for the 7 Corrective Services Act 2000.'. 8 2 Section 69(3), `where pursuant to section 74(2),'- 9 omit, insert-- 10 `if, under section 67'. 11 3 Section 80(1)(d), `subject to subsections (3) and (3A),'-- 12 omit. 13 4 Section 80(2)(f), `part 5 of the Succession Act 1867'-- 14 omit, insert-- 15 `the Succession Act 1981, part 4'. 16

44 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 5 1 MINOR AMENDMENTS OF SUPREME COURT 2 ACT 1995 3 section 60 4 1 Section 53, `and for every Circuit Court'-- 5 omit. 6 2 Part 4, division 26, heading-- 7 omit. 8 3 Section 204, `a Circuit Court or'-- 9 omit. 10 4 Section 208, heading, `judges of District Courts'-- 11 omit, insert-- 12 `District Court judges'. 13 5 Section 208, `at any Circuit Court or court of gaol delivery or'-- 14 omit. 15 6 Section 211(8), `District Courts'-- 16 omit, insert-- 17 `the District Court'. 18

45 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 5 (continued) 7 Section 272, `or a Circuit Court'-- 1 omit. 2 8 Section 277-- 3 omit. 4 9 Section 287-- 5 omit, insert-- 6 `287 Residence of particular judges 7 `The far northern judge, northern judge and central judge must 8 respectively reside in the far northern district, northern district and central 9 district.'. 10 10 Section 296, `Criminal Code, sections 627, 660, 661 and 671F.'-- 11 omit, insert-- 12 `Criminal Code, sections 660 and 671F.11'. 13 11 Schedules 1 and 2, `section 266'-- 14 omit, insert-- 15 `section 266A'. 16 11 Criminal Code sections 660 (Costs of prosecution in certain cases) and 671F (Costs of appeal)

46 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 6 1 OTHER AMENDMENTS 2 section 74 3 ACTS INTERPRETATION ACT 1954 4 1 Section 36, definition "instrument"-- 5 omit. 6 2 Section 36-- 7 insert-- 8 ` "CSIRO" means the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research 9 Organisation. 10 "instrument" means any document.'. 11 ANTI-DISCRIMINATION ACT 1991 12 1 Section 3A(2), `sea.'-- 13 omit, insert-- 14 `sea.12'. 15 2 Section 64, `Occupational Superannuation Standards Act 1987 16 (Cwlth) or'-- 17 omit. 18 12 See for example the Crimes at Sea Act 2001.

47 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 6 (continued) 3 Section 65, `Occupational Superannuation Standards Act 1987 1 or'-- 2 omit. 3 4 Section 106A(1)(h), `Authority'-- 4 omit, insert-- 5 `Service'. 6 APPEAL COSTS FUND ACT 1973 7 1 Section 4-- 8 insert-- 9 ` "assessed", in relation to costs, includes taxed.'. 10 2 Section 5(3), `(9)'-- 11 omit, insert-- 12 `(8)'. 13 3 Section 6(8)-- 14 omit, insert-- 15 `(8) Each member of the board is to be paid the fees and allowances 16 decided by the Governor in Council.'. 17 4 Section 15(2)-- 18 omit. 19 5 Section 15(3)-- 20 renumber as section 15(2). 21

48 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 6 (continued) 6 Sections 16(1)(a), (b) and (c), 18(1), 23(1)(b) and (c), 24(1)(b) and 1 (c) and 26(2)(c) and (d), `taxed'-- 2 omit, insert-- 3 `assessed'. 4 7 Section 26(2)(b), `taxation or'-- 5 omit. 6 BAIL ACT 1980 7 1 Section 33(4)(b), `the State--the further term'-- 8 omit, insert-- 9 `the State, the further term'. 10 2 Section 33(4)(c), `the State--the first mentioned term'-- 11 omit, insert-- 12 `the State, the first mentioned term'. 13 COMMERCIAL ARBITRATION ACT 1990 14 1 Section 3(6)(a)-- 15 omit, insert-- 16 `(a) an arbitration under the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999, 17 other than to the extent that those rules expressly provide for the 18 application of this Act to the arbitration; or'. 19

49 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 6 (continued) CORPORATIONS (QUEENSLAND) ACT 1990 1 1 Section 74(3)(a), `office'-- 2 omit, insert-- 3 `offence'. 4 2 Part 13, division 7, sections 96E and 96F-- 5 renumber as sections 96F and 96G. 6 DRUGS MISUSE ACT 1986 7 1 Section 4, definition "intellectually handicapped citizen"-- 8 omit, insert-- 9 ` "intellectually impaired person" means a person who has a disability 10 that-- 11 (a) is attributable to an intellectual, psychiatric, cognitive or 12 neurological impairment or a combination of these; and 13 (b) results in-- 14 (i) a substantial reduction of the person's capacity for 15 communication, social interaction or learning; and 16 (ii) the person needing support.'. 17 2 Section 6(2)(b), "handicapped citizen"-- 18 omit, insert-- 19 `impaired person'. 20 3 Section 6(2)(d), `institution'-- 21 omit, insert-- 22 `facility'. 23

50 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 6 (continued) ELECTORAL AND OTHER ACTS AMENDMENT ACT 1 2002 2 1 Section 46, `Section 333(1)(b)'-- 3 omit, insert-- 4 `Schedule, section 333(1)(b)'. 5 FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REPORTS ACT 1992 6 1 Section 6(2)(b), `Crimes (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1989'-- 7 omit, insert-- 8 `Crimes (Confiscation) Act 1989'. 9 2 Section 7(1)(b), `Crimes (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1989'-- 10 omit, insert-- 11 `Crimes (Confiscation) Act 1989'. 12 3 Section 7(7)(b), `Crimes (Confiscation of Profits) Act 1989'-- 13 omit, insert-- 14 `Crimes (Confiscation) Act 1989'. 15 4 Section 8(2), from `sections 64' to `Act 1989'-- 16 omit, insert-- 17 `sections 90 and 9213 of the Crimes (Confiscation) Act 1989'. 18 13 Crimes (Confiscation) Act 1989, sections 90 (Money laundering) and 92 (Possession etc. of property suspected of being tainted property)

51 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 6 (continued) JUDICIAL REVIEW ACT 1991 1 1 Section 3, definition "corporatised corporation", after `Act'-- 2 insert-- 3 `1993'. 4 2 Schedule 1, part 1, item 2, `District Court Act 1967'-- 5 omit, insert-- 6 `District Court of Queensland Act 1967'. 7 3 Schedule 1, part 1, item 6-- 8 omit, insert-- 9 `6. Queensland Building Tribunal Act 2000, section 170'. 10 4 Schedule 1, part 2, item 1, `District Court Act 1967'-- 11 omit, insert-- 12 `District Court of Queensland Act 1967'. 13 JUSTICES ACT 1886 14 1 Section 97, `the keeper of such'-- 15 omit, insert-- 16 `the person in charge of the'. 17 2 Section 97, `such keeper'-- 18 omit, insert-- 19 `the person in charge'. 20

52 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 6 (continued) 3 Part 9, division 1, heading, `judge of District Courts'-- 1 omit, insert-- 2 `District Court judge'. 3 LEGAL AID QUEENSLAND ACT 1997 4 1 Section 72, heading, `Legal Practitioners Act 1995 and'-- 5 omit. 6 2 Section 72, `Legal Practitioners Act 1995, part 2 and'-- 7 omit. 8 3 Schedule, definition "transitional board", `see section 90'-- 9 omit, insert-- 10 ` "transitional board" means the board administratively established by 11 the Governor in Council under the name the Board of Legal Aid 12 Queensland (Transitional).'. 13 LIMITATION OF ACTIONS ACT 1974 14 1 Section 40(1), `section 5(c) of the Law Reform (Tortfeasors 15 Contribution, Contributory Negligence, and Division of Chattels) 16 Act 1952'-- 17 omit, insert-- 18 `the Law Reform Act 1995, section 6(c)14'. 19 14 Law Reform Act 1995, section 6 (Proceedings against, and contribution between, joint and several tortfeasors)

53 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 6 (continued) 2 Section 40(4), `section 5 of the Law Reform (Tortfeasors 1 Contribution, Contributory Negligence, and Division of Chattels) 2 Act 1952'-- 3 omit, insert-- 4 `the Law Reform Act 1995, section 6'. 5 LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1993 6 1 Section 1112-- 7 omit, insert-- 8 `1112 Judges and other office holders not disqualified from 9 adjudicating 10 `A judge, magistrate or justice or a presiding member of the Land and 11 Resources Tribunal is not disqualified from adjudicating in a proceeding to 12 which a local government is a party only because the person is, or is liable 13 to be, a ratepayer of the local government.'. 14 PENALTIES AND SENTENCES ACT 1992 15 1 Section 74(7)(c), `give'-- 16 omit, insert-- 17 `revoke all fine option orders made for the offender and give'. 18 2 Section 156A(1)(b)(v)-- 19 renumber as paragraph (iv). 20 3 Schedule, entry for Criminal Code, item 41-- 21 omit, insert-- 22 `41. Section 411(1) (Punishment of robbery)'. 23

54 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 6 (continued) PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974 1 1 Section 259, definition "monetary limit", paragraph (a), `District 2 Court Act 1967'-- 3 omit, insert-- 4 `District Court of Queensland Act 1967'. 5 2 Section 329(4)(a), `District Court Act 1967'-- 6 omit, insert-- 7 `District Court of Queensland Act 1967'. 8 REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND 9 MARRIAGES ACT 1962 10 1 Section 29A, heading-- 11 omit, insert-- 12 `29A Registration of birth before 1 May 1989 of child not born alive'. 13 2 Section 29A(1), from `before the passing' to `1989'-- 14 omit, insert-- 15 `before 1 May 1989'. 16 VEXATIOUS LITIGANTS ACT 1981 17 1 Section 3(2), `or Townsville'-- 18 omit, insert-- 19 `, Townsville or Cairns'. 20

55 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 SCHEDULE 6 (continued) 2 Section 9(1)(b), `Judge of District Courts'-- 1 omit, insert-- 2 `District Court judge'. 3 3 Section 10(6)(b), `a District Court'-- 4 omit, insert-- 5 `the District Court'. 6 � State of Queensland 2002

AMENDMENTS TO BILL

1 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL 2002 AMENDMENTS AGREED TO IN COMMITTEE 1 Clause 2-- At page 8, after line 14-- insert-- `(6) Schedule 6, to the extent it amends the Justices Act 1886, section 222(2)(b), is taken to have commenced on 17 November 2000.'. 2 Heading before clause 10-- At page 11, line 5, after `COURT'-- insert-- `OF QUEENSLAND'. 3 Clause 10-- At page 11, line 8, after `Court'-- insert-- `of Queensland'. 4 Clause 16-- At page 13, after line 19-- insert-- `(2) Subsection (1)(a) and schedule 1, part 1 expire 2 years after this section commences.'.'.

2 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 5 Schedule 6-- At page 46, after line 11-- insert-- `3 Section 36, definition "District Court judge", after `the District Court'-- insert-- `of Queensland'. 6 Schedule 6-- At page 52, after line 3-- insert-- `4 Section 222(2)(b), from `and the recognisance'-- omit, insert-- `and the recognisance to the registrar of the court stated in the notice;'. 7 Schedule 6-- At page 54, after line 16-- insert-- `STATUS OF CHILDREN AMENDMENT ACT 2001 `1 Section 6, new section 2-- insert-- ` "nominated reporter" means the person nominated by a laboratory to prepare a parentage testing procedure report in relation to a parentage testing procedure carried out at the laboratory.'. `2 Section 13, new section 11A(1), from `A person' to `order'-- omit, insert-- `The nominated reporter'.

3 Justice and Other Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2002 `3 Section 13, new section 11A(1), `the procedure'-- omit, insert-- `a parentage testing procedure under a parentage testing order'. `4 Section 13, new section 11A(4) and (5), `person who prepared the report'-- omit, insert-- `nominated reporter'. `5 Section 13, new section 11A(7), `person who made the report'-- omit, insert--

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