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Queensland
JUSTICE LEGISLATION
(MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS) BILL 1998
Queensland
JUSTICE LEGISLATION
(MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) BILL
1998
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Amended Acts--schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF BAIL ACT 1980
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 10 (General powers as to bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Insertion of new ss 19B-19E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
19B Review of certain bail decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
19C Review by Supreme Court of magistrate's decision on a review . . 6
19D Warrants in aid of orders under section 19B or 19C . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
19E Review provisions do not affect other powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF CRIMES (CONFISCATION) ACT
1989
6 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7 Amendment of s 13 (Meaning of "tainted property") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 Amendment of s 40 (Restraining orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
9 Amendment of s 43 (Supreme Court may order that property be
excluded from restraining order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10 Amendment of s 90 (Money laundering) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF FINANCIAL TRANSACTION
REPORTS ACT 1992
11 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 Amendment of s 6 (Further reports of suspect transactions) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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PART 5--AMENDMENT OF JUDGES (PENSIONS AND LONG
LEAVE) ACT 1957
13 Act amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
14 Amendment of s 2C (Minimum benefit payable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886
15 Act amended in pt 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
16 Amendment of s 39 (Power of court to order delivery of certain
property) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
17 Insertion of new pt 6, div 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Division 10--Charge for issuing certain warrants
178AA Warrant may include charge for its issue . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF PROPERTY LAW ACT 1974
18 Act amended in pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
19 Amendment of s 61 (Conditions of sale of land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
MINOR AMENDMENTS
CRIMINAL CODE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION (EXTRA-TERRITORIAL
OFFENCES) ACT 1985 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
EVIDENCE ACT 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION (MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS) ACT (NO. 2) 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
LEGAL AID QUEENSLAND ACT 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
MISCELLANEOUS ACTS (NON-BANK FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS) AMENDMENT ACT 1997 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES ACT 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
1998
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend Acts administered by the Attorney-General and
Minister for Justice and Minister for The Arts
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous 4
Provisions) Act 1998. 5
Acts--schedule 6
Amended
Clause 2. The schedule amend the Acts mentioned in it. 7
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF BAIL ACT 1980 8
amended in pt 2 9
Act
Clause 3. This part amends the Bail Act 1980. 10
of s 10 (General powers as to bail) 11
Amendment
Clause 4. Section 10(1), after `charge of an offence'-- 12
insert-- 13
`, or in connection with a criminal proceeding,'. 14
of new ss 19B-19E 15
Insertion
Clause 5. Part 2, after section 19A-- 16
insert-- 17
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of certain bail decisions 1
`Review
`19B.(1) This section does not apply to the following decisions about 2
bail-- 3
(a) a decision by the Supreme Court; 4
(b) a decision under section 10(2);1 5
(c) a decision by a magistrate acting as a reviewing court under this 6
section. 7
`(2) If a decision has been made about bail for a defendant, the defendant, 8
complainant or prosecutor or a person appearing on behalf of the Crown 9
may apply to the reviewing court for a review of the decision. 10
`(3) The reviewing court is-- 11
(a) for a decision by a police officer or justice who is not a 12
magistrate--a Magistrates Court constituted by a magistrate; or 13
(b) for any other decision--the Supreme Court constituted by a 14
single judge. 15
`(4) A complainant, prosecutor or a person appearing on behalf of the 16
Crown who makes an application under subsection (2) must take 17
reasonable steps to inform the defendant of the time and place for the 18
hearing of the application. 19
`(5) The hearing may proceed in the defendant's absence, if the 20
reviewing court is satisfied the steps were taken. 21
`(6) On the review, additional or substitute evidence or information may 22
be given and the reviewing court may make any order it considers 23
appropriate. 24
`(7) However, the orders that may be made under subsection (6) are 25
limited by sections 13, 16 and 17(1A).2 26
`(8) The person or court that made the decision under review must give 27
the reviewing court any documents in the person's or court's possession 28
that may be relevant to the review. 29
1 Section 10 (General powers as to bail)
2 Sections 13 (When only the Supreme Court may grant bail), 16 (Refusal of bail)
and 17 (Enlargement of undertaking)
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`(9) The reviewing court must decide an application under this section as 1
soon as is reasonably practicable. 2
by Supreme Court of magistrate's decision on a review 3
`Review
`19C.(1) If a decision is made by a magistrate on a review of a bail 4
decision, the defendant, complainant or prosecutor or a person appearing on 5
behalf of the Crown may apply to the Supreme Court as constituted by a 6
single judge for a review of the magistrate's decision. 7
`(2) A complainant, prosecutor or a person appearing on behalf of the 8
Crown who makes an application under subsection (1) must take 9
reasonable steps to inform the defendant of the time and place for the 10
hearing of the application. 11
`(3) The hearing may proceed in the defendant's absence, if the 12
reviewing court is satisfied the steps were taken. 13
`(4) The decision may be reviewed only with the court's leave. 14
`(5) On the review, additional or substitute evidence or information may 15
be given and the court may make any order it considers appropriate. 16
`(6) However, the orders that may be made under subsection (5) are 17
limited by sections 16 and 17(1A). 18
in aid of orders under section 19B or 19C 19
`Warrants
`19D. A reviewing court that makes an order under section 19B or 19C 20
may issue the following warrants for the purpose of giving effect to the 21
order-- 22
(a) a warrant for the apprehension of the defendant directing that the 23
defendant be brought before a stated court; 24
(b) a warrant for the apprehension of the defendant directing that the 25
defendant be committed to prison in accordance with the warrant. 26
provisions do not affect other powers 27
`Review
`19E. Sections 19B to 19D do not affect a power of the Supreme Court 28
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under section 10, 3 or any other power of a court to grant, enlarge, vary or 1
revoke bail under other provisions of this or any other Act.'. 2
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF CRIMES 3
(CONFISCATION) ACT 1989 4
amended in pt 3 5
Act
Clause 6. This part amends the Crimes (Confiscation) Act 1989. 6
of s 13 (Meaning of "tainted property") 7
Amendment
Clause 7.(1) Section 13(1)-- 8
insert-- 9
`(d) mentioned in section 90(2)(a), if the offence is against 10
section 90(1); or 11
(e) mentioned in section 92(1), if the offence is against that 12
subsection.'. 13
(2) Section 13-- 14
insert-- 15
`(1A) Property mentioned in subsection (1)(a) includes property the use 16
of which is, or the intended use of which would be, all or part of the serious 17
offence. 18
`(1B) Subsection (1)(d) and (e)-- 19
(a) do not limit subsection (1)(a) to (c); and 20
(b) apply even though an act done in relation to the property is all or 21
part of the serious offence.'. 22
3 Section 10 (General powers as to bail)
s8 8 s 11
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of s 40 (Restraining orders) 1
Amendment
Clause 8.(1) Section 40(19)(b), `derived by anyone from the commission of'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`tainted property in relation to'. 4
(2) Section 40-- 5
insert-- 6
`(19A) Despite sections 43 and 45, subsection (18) is the only provision 7
of this Act under which provision may be made for meeting out of property 8
that is the subject of a restraining order expenses mentioned in 9
subsection (18)(b).'. 10
of s 43 (Supreme Court may order that property be 11
Amendment
excluded from restraining order) 12
Clause 9. Section 43(8), `For all applications'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`For an application under this section'. 15
of s 90 (Money laundering) 16
Amendment
Clause 10. Section 90(2)(a)(iii), `the tainted property'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`tainted property'. 19
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF FINANCIAL 20
TRANSACTION REPORTS ACT 1992 21
amended in pt 4 22
Act
Clause 11. This part amends the Financial Transaction Reports Act 1992. 23
s 12 9 s 14
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
of s 6 (Further reports of suspect transactions) 1
Amendment
Clause 12. Section 6(1), `give the commissioner or police officer'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(c) the Queensland Crime Commission; or 4
(d) a person who is an authorised QCC officer under the Crime 5
Commission Act 1997 carrying out an investigation arising from, 6
or relating to the matters referred to in, the information; 7
give the person who made the request'. 8
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF JUDGES (PENSIONS 9
AND LONG LEAVE) ACT 1957 10
amended in pt 5 11
Act
Clause 13. This part amends the Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957. 12
of s 2C (Minimum benefit payable) 13
Amendment
Clause 14.(1) Section 2C(3)-- 14
renumber as section 2C(4). 15
(2) Section 2C-- 16
insert-- 17
`(3) To remove doubt, it is declared that this section does not apply to an 18
acting Supreme Court judge or an acting District Court judge.'. 19
s 15 10 s 17
Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions)
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF JUSTICES ACT 1886 1
amended in pt 6 2
Act
Clause 15. This part amends the Justices Act 1886. 3
of s 39 (Power of court to order delivery of certain 4
Amendment
property) 5
Clause 16.(1) Section 39(1)(a), `police--'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`police or a public officer--'. 8
(2) Section 39(1), after `police officer'-- 9
insert-- 10
`, a public officer'. 11
of new pt 6, div 10 12
Insertion
Clause 17. Part 6-- 13
insert-- 14
`Division 10--Charge for issuing certain warrants 15
may include charge for its issue 16
`Warrant
`178AA.(1) The amount recoverable under a warrant of execution issued 17
under this or another Act for the nonpayment of a penalty is increased by 18
the amount of a charge that may be prescribed under a regulation for issuing 19
the warrant. 20
`(2) If a warrant under this or another Act authorises a person's 21
imprisonment for the nonpayment of a penalty, the amount of the penalty 22
recoverable under the warrant is increased by the amount of a charge that 23
may be prescribed under a regulation for issuing the warrant. 24
`(3) The amount of a charge under subsection (2) is to be disregarded in 25
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working out a term of imprisonment under the Penalties and Sentences Act 1
1992, section 185.4'. 2
ART 7--AMENDMENT OF PROPERTY LAW ACT 3
P
1974 4
amended in pt 7 5
Act
Clause 18. This part amends the Property Law Act 1974. 6
of s 61 (Conditions of sale of land) 7
Amendment
Clause 19. Section 61(2)(a), `cheque drawn by any bank'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`a financial institution cheque drawn on itself or a bank'. 10
11
4 Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 185 (Scale of imprisonment for
nonpayment of penalty)
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CHEDULE 1
¡S
INOR AMENDMENTS 2
M
section 2 3
CRIMINAL CODE 4
´
1. Section 651-- 5
insert-- 6
`(8) In this section-- 7
"summary offence" means-- 8
(a) a simple or regulatory offence; or 9
(b) an offence for which-- 10
(i) proceedings for a charge of the offence may be taken 11
summarily under the Drugs Misuse Act 1986; and 12
(ii) the prosecution has made an election under section 455 of 13
that Act.'. 14
2. Section 652, heading, `summary charge'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`charge for summary offence'. 17
5 Drugs Misuse Act 1986, section 45 (Proceedings for offences)
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SCHEDULE (continued)
RIMINAL INVESTIGATION 1
´C
(EXTRA-TERRITORIAL OFFENCES) ACT 1985 2
1. Section 2, definition "appropriate authority", paragraph (d)(ii)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(ii) the commissioner of the police service;'. 5
VIDENCE ACT 1977 6
´E
1. Section 107, heading, `Minister may approve'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Use of'. 9
JUSTICE AND OTHER LEGISLATION 10
´
(MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT (NO. 2) 1997 11
1. Section 60, `147(1)'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`147A(1)'. 14
2. Section 61-- 15
omit. 16
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SCHEDULE (continued)
EGAL AID QUEENSLAND ACT 1997 1
´L
1. Section 42(1)(a), `with perpetual succession'-- 2
omit. 3
2. Section 42(1)(b), `common'-- 4
omit. 5
3. Section 42(3)-- 6
insert-- 7
`(c) an exempt public authority under the Corporations Law.'. 8
4. Section 42-- 9
insert-- 10
`(5) Subsection (3)(c) is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1997. 11
`(6) Subsection (5) and this subsection expire on the day after they 12
commence.'. 13
5. Section 78, `73(2)'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`73(b)'. 16
ISCELLANEOUS ACTS (NON-BANK FINANCIAL 17
´M
INSTITUTIONS) AMENDMENT ACT 1997 18
1. Section 24-- 19
omit. 20
15
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SCHEDULE (continued)
STIPENDIARY MAGISTRATES ACT 1991 1
´
1. Section 18(3), `by'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`as'. 4
5
© State of Queensland 1998
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