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JUVENILE JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1998

      Queensland




 JUVENILE JUSTICE
   LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 1998

 


 

 

Queensland JUVENILE JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1998 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1--PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 PART 2--AMENDMENT OF CORRECTIVE SERVICES (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1988 3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4 Amendment of s 18 (Functions of Commission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 5 Amendment of s 19 (Powers of Commission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 6 Amendment of s 20 (Rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 Amendment of s 23A (Definitions for div 2A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 8 Amendment of s 23B (Engaging persons or bodies to conduct commission's operations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 9 Omission of s 23D (Directions for detention centres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 10 Amendment of s 23E (Commission retains custody and responsibilities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 11 Amendment of s 30 (Custody of seal; authentication of documents) . . . . . 8 12 Amendment of s 32 (Disclosure of interest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 13 Amendment of s 43 (Discipline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 14 Amendment of s 45 (Suspension) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 15 Replacement of s 51 (Funds to be maintained) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 51 Prisoners trust fund to be kept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 16 Amendment of s 63 (Commission deemed to be owner of property) . . . . . 9 17 Amendment of s 70 (Annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 18 Amendment of s 71 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

 


 

2 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment 19 Insertion of new pt 6, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Division 4--Transitional provisions for Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1998 78 Authentication of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 79 Proceedings for offences relating to property . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 20 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 PART 3--AMENDMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE ACT 1992 21 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 22 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 23 Omission of pt 1A (Administration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 24 Amendment of s 10 (Application by police officer for permission to take child's identifying particular) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 25 Amendment of s 41 (Custody of child pending court appearance) . . . . . . . 12 26 Amendment of s 43 (Custody of child if not released by court) . . . . . . . . . 12 27 Amendment of s 48 (Application of Mental Health Act 1974, pt 4) . . . . . . 12 28 Amendment of s 60 (Chief executive's and commission's rights of audience generally) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 29 Amendment of s 89 (Application for review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 30 Amendment of s 94 (Interrelation with other types of appeal) . . . . . . . . . . 13 31 Amendment of s 98 (Correction of error by court making order) . . . . . . . . . 13 32 Amendment of s 98A (Court may reopen sentencing proceedings) . . . . . . 14 33 Amendment of s 101 (Lack of jurisdiction discovered after proceeding ends) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 34 Amendment of s 102 (Extension of Act for detainee offender) . . . . . . . . . . 14 35 Insertion of new s 107C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 107C Commission to be notified if offender sentenced as adult . . . . . . . . 14 36 Amendment of s 119 (Copy of court order to be given to child, parent etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 37 Amendment of s 167 (Detention to be served in detention centre) . . . . . . . 15 38 Amendment of s 172A (Application for variation of detention order in interests of justice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 39 Amendment of s 173 (Multiple orders of detention and imprisonment against person as adult and child) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 40 Amendment of s 191 (Cancellation of release order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 41 Amendment of s 198 (Show cause hearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

 


 

3 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment 42 Amendment of s 203 (Management of detention centres) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 43 Amendment of s 204 (Official visitors appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 44 Amendment of s 205 (Functions, powers and duties of official visitor) . . . 16 45 Amendment of s 206 (Directions to official visitor on security) . . . . . . . . . 16 46 Amendment of s 207 (Where children to be detained) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 47 Amendment of s 208 (Authority for admission to detention centre) . . . . . . 17 48 Amendment of s 210 (Leave of absence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 49 Amendment of s 211 (Childrens Court may order transfer to prison) . . . . . 17 50 Amendment of s 212 (Commission may authorise treatment) . . . . . . . . . . . 17 51 Amendment of s 213 (Ordinary visitor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 52 Amendment of s 215 (Complaints generally) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 53 Amendment of s 216 (Official visitor to hear and investigate complaints) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 54 Amendment of s 220 (Search warrant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 55 Amendment of s 221 (Warrants may be granted by telephone, facsimile, radio etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 56 Amendment of s 222 (Offences relating to detention centres) . . . . . . . . . . 19 57 Amendment of s 223 (Child of detainee may be accommodated in detention centre) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 58 Insertion of new pt 6, div 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Division 6--Trust fund 224AA Detainees trust fund to be kept . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 59 Amendment of s 224A (Programs and services for children) . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 60 Amendment of s 224B (Police may help in keeping child in custody) . . . 20 61 Amendment of s 225 (Parent entitled to know of whereabouts of child in custody) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 62 Amendment of s 226 (Preservation of confidentiality) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 63 Replacement of s 227 (Approved form) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 227 Approved forms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 64 Amendment of s 228 (Evidence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 65 Amendment of s 229 (Proceeding for offence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 66 Insertion of new ss 232A and 232B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 232A Delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 232B Delegation of powers by proper officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

 


 

4 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment 67 Insertion of new pt 8 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 68 Insertion of new pt 8, div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Division 2--Transitional provisions for Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1998 237 Transfer of staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 238 Disciplinary proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 239 Transfer of amounts held on trust for detainees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 240 Termination of contracts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

 


 

1998 A BILL FOR An Act to amend the Corrective Services (Administration) Act 1988 and Juvenile Justice Act 1992

 


 

s1 6 s5 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1 PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2 title 3 Short Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment 4 Act 1998. 5 6 Commencement Clause 2. This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 7 ART 2--AMENDMENT OF CORRECTIVE 8 P SERVICES (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1988 9 amended in pt 2 10 Act Clause 3. This part amends the Corrective Services (Administration) Act 1988. 11 of s 18 (Functions of Commission) 12 Amendment Clause 4. Section 18(2)(e) and (f)-- 13 omit. 14 of s 19 (Powers of Commission) 15 Amendment Clause 5.(1) Section 19(2)(b), `, prisoners and detainees'-- 16 omit, insert-- 17 `and prisoners'. 18 (2) Section 19(2)(e) and (f), `, the Juvenile Justice Act 1992'-- 19

 


 

s6 7 s8 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment omit. 1 (3) Section 19(2)(f), `subject to section 23B(2),'-- 2 omit. 3 (4) Section 19(2)(g), `, detainees'-- 4 omit. 5 of s 20 (Rules) 6 Amendment Clause 6. Section 20(7) and (8)-- 7 omit. 8 of s 23A (Definitions for div 2A) 9 Amendment Clause 7.(1) Section 23A, heading, `Definitions'-- 10 omit, insert-- 11 `Definition'. 12 (2) Section 23A, definition "juvenile justice operations"-- 13 omit. 14 (3) Section 23A, definition "offenders", paragraph (a)-- 15 omit. 16 (4) Section 23A, definition "offenders", paragraphs (b) and (c)-- 17 renumber as paragraphs (a) and (b). 18 of s 23B (Engaging persons or bodies to conduct 19 Amendment commission's operations) 20 Clause 8. Section 23B(2) and (3)-- 21 omit, insert-- 22 `(2) This section does not limit section 19(2)(f).'. 23

 


 

s9 8 s 13 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment of s 23D (Directions for detention centres) 1 Omission Clause 9. Section 23D-- 2 omit. 3 of s 23E (Commission retains custody and 4 Amendment responsibilities) 5 Clause 10.(1) Section 23E(2), `, community correction centre or detention 6 centre'-- 7 omit, insert-- 8 `or community corrections centre'. 9 (2) Section 23E(3), `and the exercise of its power under section 23D'-- 10 omit. 11 of s 30 (Custody of seal; authentication of documents) 12 Amendment Clause 11. Section 30(5), `, the Juvenile Justice Act 1992'-- 13 omit. 14 of s 32 (Disclosure of interest) 15 Amendment Clause 12.(1) Section 32, `, detainee'-- 16 omit. 17 (2) Section 32(1)(c), `, detainees'-- 18 omit. 19 of s 43 (Discipline) 20 Amendment Clause 13. Section 43(1)(c), `or a rule' to `Juvenile Justice Act 1992, 21 section 203(2)'-- 22 omit. 23

 


 

s 14 9 s 17 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment of s 45 (Suspension) 1 Amendment Clause 14. Section 45(1)(a), `or detention centre'-- 2 omit. 3 of s 51 (Funds to be maintained) 4 Replacement Clause 15. Section 51-- 5 omit, insert-- 6 trust fund to be kept 7 `Prisoners `51.(1) The commission must keep a prisoners trust fund. 8 `(2) All amounts received by the commission, or anyone else under an 9 arrangement with the commission, for a prisoner must be paid into the 10 prisoners trust fund. 11 `(3) Amounts in the prisoners trust fund to the credit of a prisoner-- 12 (a) may be spent by the prisoner, with the commission's consent; 13 and 14 (b) must be paid by the commission to the public trustee, if the public 15 trustee is managing the prisoner's estate and the public trustee 16 requests the payment; and 17 (c) must be paid by the commission to the prisoner on being 18 discharged or being released on parole.'. 19 of s 63 (Commission deemed to be owner of property) 20 Amendment Clause 16.(1) Section 63(1)(a), `and detention centre'-- 21 omit. 22 (2) Section 63(1)(b), `detainees'-- 23 omit. 24 of s 70 (Annual report) 25 Amendment Clause 17. Section 70(1), `, the Corrective Services Act 1988 and the Juvenile 26 Justice Act 1992'-- 27

 


 

s 18 10 s 19 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment omit, insert-- 1 `and the Corrective Services Act 1988'. 2 of s 71 (Regulation-making power) 3 Amendment Clause 18. Section 71(2)(d)-- 4 omit. 5 of new pt 6, div 4 6 Insertion Clause 19. Part 6-- 7 insert-- 8 `Division 4--Transitional provisions for Juvenile Justice Legislation 9 Amendment Act 1998 10 of documents 11 `Authentication `78. The following documents are taken to be, or to have been, 12 sufficiently authenticated if signed by a commissioner or the secretary-- 13 (a) a document made or issued by the commission before the 14 commencement of this section for the purposes of the Juvenile 15 Justice Act 1992; 16 (b) a document made or issued by the commission after the 17 commencement of this section for the purposes of its functions in 18 relation to the Juvenile Justice Act 1992 before that 19 commencement. 20 for offences relating to property 21 `Proceedings `79.(1) This section applies for a proceeding for an offence relating to 22 property that happened between the commencement of the Juvenile Justice 23 Legislation Amendment Act 1996, section 101 and the commencement of 24 this section. 25 `(2) Section 63, as in force during that period, applies for the purpose of 26 alleging the ownership of property.'. 27

 


 

s 20 11 s 22 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 1 Amendment Clause 20.(1) Schedule, definitions "detainee", "detention centre" and 2 "detention centre officer"-- 3 omit. 4 (2) Schedule, definition "custodial corrections", paragraphs (b) 5 and (d)-- 6 omit. 7 (3) Schedule, definition "custodial corrections", paragraph (c)-- 8 renumber as paragraph (b). 9 (4) Schedule, definition "prisoner", `, other than a detainee,'-- 10 omit. 11 PART 3--AMENDMENT OF JUVENILE JUSTICE 12 ACT 1992 13 amended in pt 3 14 Act Clause 21. This part amends the Juvenile Justice Act 1992. 15 of s 5 (Definitions) 16 Amendment Clause 22.(1) Section 5, definitions "detainee" and "officer"-- 17 omit. 18 (2) Section 5-- 19 insert-- 20 ` "detention centre" means a detention centre established under 21 section 201.'. 22

 


 

s 23 12 s 27 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment of pt 1A (Administration) 1 Omission Clause 23. Part 1A-- 2 omit. 3 of s 10 (Application by police officer for permission to 4 Amendment take child's identifying particular) 5 Clause 24. Section 10(3)(d)-- 6 omit. 7 of s 41 (Custody of child pending court appearance) 8 Amendment Clause 25. Section 41, `commission'-- 9 omit, insert-- 10 `chief executive'. 11 of s 43 (Custody of child if not released by court) 12 Amendment Clause 26.(1) Section 43, `commission'-- 13 omit, insert-- 14 `chief executive'. 15 (2) Section 43(5), `commission's'-- 16 omit, insert-- 17 `chief executive's'. 18 of s 48 (Application of Mental Health Act 1974, pt 4) 19 Amendment Clause 27.(1) Section 48(2)(c), `commission'-- 20 omit, insert-- 21 `chief executive'. 22 (2) Section 48(2)-- 23 insert-- 24

 


 

s 28 13 s 31 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment `(d) mention of the Queensland Corrective Services Commission is 1 taken to be a reference to the chief executive.'. 2 of s 60 (Chief executive's and commission's rights of 3 Amendment audience generally) 4 Clause 28.(1) Section 60, heading-- 5 omit, insert-- 6 `Chief executive's right of audience generally'. 7 (2) Section 60(2), `or, if the child is a detainee, the commission,'-- 8 omit. 9 (3) Section 60, `or commission'-- 10 omit. 11 of s 89 (Application for review) 12 Amendment Clause 29. Section 89(1)(b)-- 13 omit, insert-- 14 `(b) the chief executive acting in the child's interests; or'. 15 of s 94 (Interrelation with other types of appeal) 16 Amendment Clause 30. Section 94(1), definition "application", `or the commission'-- 17 omit. 18 of s 98 (Correction of error by court making order) 19 Amendment Clause 31. Section 98(2)(b), from `, or' to `either case'-- 20 omit, insert-- 21 `acting'. 22

 


 

s 32 14 s 36 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment of s 98A (Court may reopen sentencing proceedings) 1 Amendment Clause 32. Section 98A(2), `or the commission'-- 2 omit. 3 of s 101 (Lack of jurisdiction discovered after proceeding 4 Amendment ends) 5 Clause 33. Section 101(3)(b), from `, or'-- 6 omit, insert-- 7 `acting in the child's interests; or'. 8 of s 102 (Extension of Act for detainee offender) 9 Amendment Clause 34. Section 102(3)(c), `commission'-- 10 omit, insert-- 11 `chief executive'. 12 of new s 107C 13 Insertion Clause 35. Part 4, division 9-- 14 insert-- 15 to be notified if offender sentenced as adult 16 `Commission `107C.(1) This section applies if, under this division, an order is made 17 by a court sentencing an offender as an adult. 18 `(2) The chief executive must immediately give the commission notice of 19 the order.'. 20 of s 119 (Copy of court order to be given to child, parent 21 Amendment etc.) 22 Clause 36. Section 119(1)(b)(iii)-- 23 omit, insert-- 24 `(iii) the chief executive.'. 25

 


 

s 37 15 s 41 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment of s 167 (Detention to be served in detention centre) 1 Amendment Clause 37. Section 167(2), `commission'-- 2 omit, insert-- 3 `chief executive'. 4 of s 172A (Application for variation of detention order in 5 Amendment interests of justice) 6 Clause 38. Section 172A(3) and (4), `commission'-- 7 omit, insert-- 8 `chief executive'. 9 of s 173 (Multiple orders of detention and imprisonment 10 Amendment against person as adult and child) 11 Clause 39. Section 173(4), `commission may arrange'-- 12 omit, insert-- 13 `chief executive may arrange with the commission'. 14 of s 191 (Cancellation of release order) 15 Amendment Clause 40. Section 191(5), after `commissioner'-- 16 insert-- 17 `of the police service'. 18 of s 198 (Show cause hearing) 19 Amendment Clause 41. Section 198(12), `commission'-- 20 omit, insert-- 21 `chief executive'. 22

 


 

s 42 16 s 46 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment of s 203 (Management of detention centres) 1 Amendment Clause 42. Section 203, `commission'-- 2 omit, insert-- 3 `chief executive'. 4 of s 204 (Official visitors appointment) 5 Amendment Clause 43. Section 204(4)(a), (b) and (c)-- 6 omit, insert-- 7 `(a) a public service employee; or 8 (b) a member of the Queensland Police Service; or 9 (c) an officer of the Queensland Corrective Services Commission as 10 defined under the Corrective Services (Administration) Act 1988; 11 or 12 (d) a person, or an officer or employee of a person, engaged by the 13 Queensland Corrective Services Commission under the 14 Corrective Services (Administration) Act 1988, section 19(2)(f);'. 15 of s 205 (Functions, powers and duties of official visitor) 16 Amendment Clause 44. Section 205, `commission'-- 17 omit, insert-- 18 `chief executive'. 19 of s 206 (Directions to official visitor on security) 20 Amendment Clause 45. Section 206, `commission'-- 21 omit, insert-- 22 `chief executive'. 23 of s 207 (Where children to be detained) 24 Amendment Clause 46. Section 207, `commission'-- 25

 


 

s 47 17 s 50 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment omit, insert-- 1 `chief executive'. 2 of s 208 (Authority for admission to detention centre) 3 Amendment Clause 47. Section 208(1), `commission'-- 4 omit, insert-- 5 `chief executive'. 6 of s 210 (Leave of absence) 7 Amendment Clause 48. Section 210, `commission'-- 8 omit, insert-- 9 `chief executive'. 10 of s 211 (Childrens Court may order transfer to prison) 11 Amendment Clause 49.(1) Section 211(1), `commission'-- 12 omit, insert-- 13 `chief executive'. 14 (2) Section 211-- 15 insert-- 16 `(4A) The chief executive must immediately give the commission notice 17 of the order.'. 18 of s 212 (Commission may authorise treatment) 19 Amendment Clause 50.(1) Section 212, heading, `Commission'-- 20 omit, insert-- 21 `Chief executive'. 22 (2) Section 212, `commission'-- 23 omit, insert-- 24

 


 

s 51 18 s 54 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment `chief executive'. 1 (3) Section 212, `commission's'-- 2 omit, insert-- 3 `chief executive's'. 4 of s 213 (Ordinary visitor) 5 Amendment Clause 51.(1) Section 213, `commission'-- 6 omit, insert-- 7 `chief executive'. 8 (2) Section 213(3)(a), `commission's'-- 9 omit, insert-- 10 `chief executive's'. 11 of s 215 (Complaints generally) 12 Amendment Clause 52. Section 215, `commission'-- 13 omit, insert-- 14 `chief executive'. 15 of s 216 (Official visitor to hear and investigate 16 Amendment complaints) 17 Clause 53. Section 216, `commission'-- 18 omit, insert-- 19 `chief executive'. 20 of s 220 (Search warrant) 21 Amendment Clause 54. Section 220(1), `commission'-- 22 omit, insert-- 23 `chief executive'. 24

 


 

s 55 19 s 58 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment of s 221 (Warrants may be granted by telephone, 1 Amendment facsimile, radio etc.) 2 Clause 55.(1) Section 221(1), `commission'-- 3 omit, insert-- 4 `chief executive'. 5 (2) Section 221(8), `police officer'-- 6 omit, insert-- 7 `applicant'. 8 of s 222 (Offences relating to detention centres) 9 Amendment Clause 56. Section 222(1), `commission'-- 10 omit, insert-- 11 `chief executive'. 12 of s 223 (Child of detainee may be accommodated in 13 Amendment detention centre) 14 Clause 57. Section 223, `commission'-- 15 omit, insert-- 16 `chief executive'. 17 of new pt 6, div 6 18 Insertion Clause 58. Part 6-- 19 insert-- 20 `Division 6--Trust fund 21 trust fund to be kept 22 `Detainees `224AA.(1) The chief executive must keep a detainees trust fund. 23 `(2) All amounts received by the chief executive, or anyone else under an 24 arrangement with the chief executive, for a detainee must be paid into the 25

 


 

s 59 20 s 60 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment detainees trust fund. 1 `(3) Amounts in the detainees trust fund to the credit of a detainee-- 2 (a) may be spent by the detainee, with the chief executive's consent; 3 and 4 (b) must be paid by the chief executive to the public trustee, if the 5 public trustee is managing the detainee's estate and the public 6 trustee requests the payment; and 7 (c) must be paid by the chief executive to the detainee on being 8 discharged or being released on parole or under a fixed release 9 order under this Act; and 10 (d) must be paid by the chief executive to the commission if the 11 detainee is transferred from the chief executive's custody to the 12 custody of the commission. 13 `(4) In this section-- 14 "detainee" means a person in the custody of the chief executive under this 15 Act.'. 16 of s 224A (Programs and services for children) 17 Amendment Clause 59.(1) Section 224A(2)-- 18 omit. 19 (2) Section 224A(3) and (4)-- 20 renumber as section 224A(2) and (3). 21 of s 224B (Police may help in keeping child in custody) 22 Amendment Clause 60. Section 224B, `commission'-- 23 omit, insert-- 24 `chief executive'. 25

 


 

s 61 21 s 64 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment of s 225 (Parent entitled to know of whereabouts of child 1 Amendment in custody) 2 Clause 61.(1) Section 225, `commission'-- 3 omit, insert-- 4 `chief executive'. 5 (2) Section 225(2), `commission's'-- 6 omit, insert-- 7 `chief executive's'. 8 of s 226 (Preservation of confidentiality) 9 Amendment Clause 62.(1) Section 226(1)(a), `a prescribed Act'-- 10 omit, insert-- 11 `this Act'. 12 (2) Section 226(5), definition "prescribed Act"-- 13 omit. 14 of s 227 (Approved form) 15 Replacement Clause 63. Section 227-- 16 omit, insert-- 17 forms 18 `Approved `227. The chief executive may approve forms for use under this Act.'. 19 of s 228 (Evidence) 20 Amendment Clause 64. Section 228(2), `an officer of the public service, an officer of the 21 commission,'-- 22 omit, insert-- 23 `a public service officer,'. 24

 


 

s 65 22 s 66 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment of s 229 (Proceeding for offence) 1 Amendment Clause 65. Section 229(2), `, an officer of the public service or an officer of the 2 commission'-- 3 omit, insert-- 4 `or a public service officer'. 5 of new ss 232A and 232B 6 Insertion Clause 66. After section 232-- 7 insert-- 8 9 `Delegation `232A.(1) The chief executive may delegate the chief executive's powers 10 under this Act to an appropriately qualified public service officer. 11 `(2) In this section-- 12 "appropriately qualified" includes having the qualifications, experience or 13 standing appropriate to exercise the power. 14 15 Example of `standing'-- 16 The officer's seniority level in the public service. of powers by proper officer 17 `Delegation `232B.(1) A proper officer may delegate the proper officer's powers 18 under this Act to a public service officer mentioned in subsection (2) if the 19 public service officer is a justice. 20 `(2) If the proper officer is-- 21 (a) the registrar, sheriff, deputy sheriff or under sheriff--the powers 22 may be delegated to a public service officer employed in the 23 registry of the court concerned; or 24 (b) the clerk of the court--the powers may be delegated to a public 25 service officer employed in the registry of the court concerned.'. 26

 


 

s 67 23 s 68 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment of new pt 8 hdg 1 Insertion Clause 67. Before section 236-- 2 insert-- 3 `PART 8--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 4 `Division 1--Transitional provision for Juvenile Justice Legislation 5 Amendment Act 1996'. 6 of new pt 8, div 2 7 Insertion Clause 68. After section 236-- 8 insert-- 9 `Division 2--Transitional provisions for Juvenile Justice Legislation 10 Amendment Act 1998 11 of staff 12 `Transfer `237.(1) The purpose of this section is to transfer officers and employees 13 of Queensland Corrections to the public service because of the change to the 14 chief executive's functions under the Juvenile Justice Legislation 15 Amendment Act 1998. 16 `(2) On the commencement of this section, the following persons 17 become public service employees employed in the department-- 18 (a) persons who, immediately before the commencement, were 19 officers or employees of Queensland Corrections employed as 20 members of the staff of detention centres; 21 (b) persons decided by the Governor in Council who, immediately 22 before the commencement, were employed by Queensland 23 Corrections. 24 `(3) Appointments for subsection (2) are to be made under the Public 25 Service Act 1996. 26 `(4) The remuneration under the Public Service Act 1996 of a person 27 under an appointment under subsection (3) must not be less than the 28

 


 

s 68 24 s 68 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment remuneration to which the person would have been entitled if the person's 1 employment as an officer or employee of Queensland Corrections had 2 continued. 3 `(5) The person may claim against the department all entitlements 4 accrued as an officer or employee of Queensland Corrections. 5 `(6) The person's leave entitlements are to be calculated as if previous 6 service as an officer of the public service and service as an officer or 7 employee of the Queensland Corrective Services Commission or 8 Queensland Corrections and service as a public service employee were 9 continuous service as a public service employee. 10 `(7) To remove any doubt, it is declared that for this section an officer or 11 employee of Queensland Corrections includes a person appointed under a 12 fixed-term contract of employment. 13 `(8) In this section-- 14 "remuneration" means total remuneration including entitlements. 15 proceedings 16 `Disciplinary `238.(1) This section applies to a person who becomes a public service 17 employee under section 237(2). 18 `(2) Disciplinary proceedings may be taken against the person after the 19 commencement of this section for a disciplinary matter that happened while 20 the person was an officer or employee of Queensland Corrections as if the 21 person were a public service employee at the time the matter happened. 22 of amounts held on trust for detainees 23 `Transfer `239.(1) This section applies to all amounts that, immediately before the 24 commencement of this section, were credited to the detainees trust fund 25 kept by the Queensland Corrective Services Commission under the 26 Corrective Services (Administration) Act 1988, section 51.1 27 `(2) The commission must, on the commencement of this section, 28 1 Section 51 (Funds to be maintained)

 


 

s 68 25 s 68 Juvenile Justice Legislation Amendment transfer the amounts to the detainees trust fund kept by the chief executive 1 under this Act. 2 of contracts 3 `Termination `240.(1) The detention centre contracts are terminated. 4 `(2) The State does not incur liability because of the termination. 5 `(3) In this section-- 6 "detention centre contracts" means the following contracts entered into 7 between the Queensland Corrective Services Commission and 8 Queensland Corrections-- 9 (a) a contract dated 29 August 1997 for the operation and 10 management of the John Oxley Youth Detention Centre; 11 (b) a contract dated 29 August 1997 for the operation and 12 management of the Sir Leslie Wilson Youth Detention Centre; 13 (c) a contract dated 29 August 1997 for the operation and 14 management of the Cleveland Youth Detention Centre.'. 15 16 © State of Queensland 1998

 


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