Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 (Qld)

Queensland JUSTICE LEGISLATION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1992 Act No. 40 of 1992

Queensland JUSTICE LEGISLATION (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 1992 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF THE JUSTICES ACT 1886 3 Amendment of Justices Act 1886 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4 Replacement of s.1 (Short title and division of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 5 Omission of headings before ss.3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 6 Amendment of s.4 (Meaning of terms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 7 Replacement of heading before s.19 (General provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 8 Replacement of heading before s.22 (Magistrates Courts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 9 Replacement of s.22 (Power to appoint Magistrates Courts Districts, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 22 Continuance of Magistrates Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 22A Jurisdiction of Magistrates Courts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 22B Magistrates Court districts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 22C Appointment of clerks of the court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 10 Insertion of new s.23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 23 Vacancy in office of clerk of court etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 11 Replacement of heading before s.24 (Powers of one justice) . . . . . . . . . . . 16 12 Replacement of heading before s.27 (Hearing and quorum) . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 13 Amendment of s.28 (Majority to decide) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

2 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 14 Replacement of heading before s.30 (Stipendiary Magistrates) . . . . . . . . . 17 15 Amendment of s.30 (Stipendiary Magistrates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 16 Omission of s.31 (Duties of clerks of petty sessions to be discharged by police magistrate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 17 Replacement of heading before s.32 (Extent of jurisdiction) . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 18 Replacement of s.34 (Duty of police officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 34 Police officers to obey warrants of justice etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 19 Replacement of s.35 (Duty of police officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 35 Apprehended person may be taken before any justice . . . . . . . . . . . 18 20 Omission of s.36 (Duty of police officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 21 Replacement of s.39 (Power of Court to order delivery of certain property) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 39 Power of court to order delivery of certain property . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 22 Replacement of heading before s.40 (Interruption of proceedings) . . . . . . . 20 23 Amendment of s.40 (Penalty for insulting or interrupting justices) . . . . . . . 20 24 Replacement of heading before s.42 (Complaints) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 25 Replacement of heading before s.48 (Variance and amendment) . . . . . . . . 20 26 Replacement of s.50 (Recording of amendment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 50 Recording of amendment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 27 Replacement of heading before s.51 (Complaints how made) . . . . . . . . . . 21 28 Replacement of heading before s.52 (Limitation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 29 Replacement of heading before s.53 (Summons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 30 Omission of heading before s.56 (Service, endorsement, and proof of service) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 31 Amendment of s.56 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 32 Insertion of new s.56A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 56A Right of entry to serve summons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 33 Replacement of heading before s.57 (Warrants in the first instance) . . . . . 23 34 Replacement of s.57 (Warrant and summons in what cases issued) . . . . . . 23 57 Cases in which warrants may be issued . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 35 Replacement of s.58 (Proviso) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 58 Summons may be issued instead of warrant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 36 Omission of headings before ss.60, 62, 65 and 69 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

3 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 37 Replacement of heading before s.70 (Publicity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 38 Amendment of s.71B (Prohibition on taking photographs, producing pictures or other optical effects) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 39 Replacement of heading before s.72 (Counsel and solicitor) . . . . . . . . . . . 24 40 Replacement of heading before s.73 (Evidence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 41 Replacement of heading before s.78 (Witnesses in general) . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 42 Replacement of s.78 (Power of justice to summon witnesses to attend and give evidence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 78 Power to issue summons to witness . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 43 Amendment of s.79 (After summons warrant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 44 Replacement of heading before s.84 (Remand and adjournment) . . . . . . . . 26 45 Replacement of heading before s.89 (Committal and recognizance) . . . . . 26 46 Omission of heading before s.94 (Recognizances generally) . . . . . . . . . . . 26 47 Replacement of s.94 (Recognizances taken out of Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 94 Recognisances taken out of court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 48 Omission of heading before s.97 (Execution of warrants of commitment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 49 Omission of heading before s.98 (Forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 50 Omission of section 98 (Forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 51 Insertion of heading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 52 Amendment of s.98C (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 53 Amendment of s.98D (Reminder notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 54 Amendment of ss.98E, 98F, 98G, 98H, 98I, 98L and 98M . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 55 Amendment of s.98F (Enforcement orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 56 Amendment of ss.98H and 98L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 57 Amendment of s.98K (Fine option orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 58 Omission of s.98N (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 59 Replacement of heading before s.99 (Information presented) . . . . . . . . . . . 29 60 Amendment of s.101 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 61 Replacement of heading before s.102A (Procedure for private complaint) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 62 Amendment of s.102F (Publication prohibited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 63 Omission of s.102H (Meaning of expression “private complaint”) . . . . . . . 30 64 Replacement of heading (Warrant—committal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

4 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 65 Insertion of heading before s.103A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 66 Amendment of s.103A (Defendant’s appearance upon private complaint) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 67 Insertion of heading before s.104 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 68 Amendment of s.111 (Depositions of persons dead, absent, etc.) . . . . . . . . 31 69 Replacement of heading before s.113 (Defendant admitting guilt) . . . . . . . 31 70 Replacement of heading before s.113A (Corporation charged with indictable offence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 71 Replacement of heading before s.121 (Transmission of undertaking as to bail) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 72 Omission of headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 73 Replacement of heading before s.132 (Remote places) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 74 Replacement of heading before s.139 (Venue) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 75 Replacement of heading before s.141 (Complainant’s default) . . . . . . . . . . 32 76 Omission of heading before s.142 (Defendant’s default) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 77 Amendment of s.142 (Proceedings in absence of defendant) . . . . . . . . . . . 32 78 Amendment of s.142A (Permissible procedure in absence of defendant in certain cases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 79 Replacement of heading before s.144 (Hearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 80 Amendment of s.146A (Proceeding at hearing on defendant’s confession in absentia) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 81 Amendment of s.146B (Payment to clerk of petty sessions of money recoverable in a summary way) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 82 Omission of heading before s.148 (Practice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 83 Replacement of heading before s.149 (Dismissal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 84 Replacement of heading before s.151 (Convictions and orders) . . . . . . . . . 35 85 Amendment of s.151 (Formal convictions and orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 86 Omission of heading before s.153 (No certiorari) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 87 Replacement of heading before s.154 (Copies of depositions, etc.) . . . . . . 35 88 Replacement of heading after s.154 (Imprisonment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 89 Replacement of heading before s.157 (Costs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 90 Amendment of s.158 (Costs on dismissal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 91 Insertion of new s.158A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 158A Exercise of discretion in relation to an award of costs . . . . . . . . . . . 36

5 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 92 Replacement of heading before s.161 (Enforcement of decisions) . . . . . . . 38 93 Omission of heading before s.161A (Execution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 94 Amendment of s.164 (Payment by instalments of, or security taken for payment of, money) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 95 Omission of headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 96 Amendment of s.169 (To whom payments to be made) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 97 Omission of headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 98 Amendment of s.172 (Procedure on execution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 99 Omission of heading before s.173 (Imprisonment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 100 Amendment of s.173 (Mitigation of punishment by justices) . . . . . . . . . . . 39 101 Omission of heading before s.175 (Duty of clerk of petty sessions and of keeper of gaol) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 102 Amendment of s.175 (Transfer of jurisdiction as to enforcement of fines, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 103 Amendment of s.175A (Allocation of part payments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 104 Omission of heading before s.177 (Remission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 105 Amendment of s.179 (Meaning of terms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 106 Amendment of s.180 (Proclamation of reciprocating States and Territories and reciprocating courts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 107 Omission of heading (Part VIII—Surety of the peace and for good behaviour) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 108 Amendment of s.212 (Return of order and terms on which it may be granted) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 109 Amendment of s.222 (Appeal to a single Judge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 110 Amendment of s.227 (Judge may state case) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41 111 Amendment of s.230 (Memorandum of Judge’s determination) . . . . . . . . . 42 112 Amendment of s.232 (Costs of appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 113 Omission of headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 114 Omission of headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 115 Replacement of heading to Part 11 (Part XI—Fees and rules of court) . . . 42 116 Replacement of s.266 (Governor in Council to prescribe fees, etc.) . . . . . . 42 266 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 117 Amendment of s.267 (Rules of Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43 118 Insertion of new Part 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43

6 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 PART 11—SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL 268 Savings and transitional . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 119 Omission of headings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 120 Omission of Schedules 3, 4 and 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF THE LAND SALES ACT 1984 121 Amendment of Land Sales Act 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 122 Omission of s.4 (Amendment and citations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 123 Amendment of s.6 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 124 Insertion of new s.7A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 7A Part not to apply to large transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 125 Amendment of s.8 (Restriction on selling and purchasing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 126 Amendment of s.10 (Delivery of registered plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 127 Amendment of s.18 (Declaration of non-application of Part in respect of certain relevant leasehold land) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46 128 Amendment of s.19 (Exemption from Part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 129 Amendment of s.20 (Application of Part to sale or purchase of proposed lots) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 130 Replacement of s.32 (Offence provision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 32 Offences against Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 131 Replacement of s.35 (Regulations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 35 Delegations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 36 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 132 Omission of Schedule (Amendments of Auctioneers and AgentsAct 1971-1981) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 PART 3A—AMENDMENT OF MOBILE HOMES ACT 1989 133 Amendment of Mobile Homes Act 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 134 Amendment of s.3 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 135 Amendment of s.8 (Strictures on conduct of site) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 136 Amendment of Schedule 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 PART 4—AMENDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SECURITIES ACT 1986 137 Amendment of Motor Vehicles Securities Act 1986 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 138 Omission of ss.3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 139 Amendment of s.5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

7 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 140 Replacement of s.6 (Register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 6 Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 141 Omission of s.6A (Approval of standard forms of instruments) . . . . . . . . . . 52 142 Replacement of s.7 (Registration of instruments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 7 Application for registration of security interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 7AA Registration of security interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 143 Replacement of ss.8 to 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 8 Application for assignment of a registered security interest . . . . . . 53 9 Registration of assignment of a registered security interest . . . . . . . 53 10 Registration becomes effective on next business day . . . . . . . . . . . 53 11 Effect of failure to register a security interest . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 144 Replacement of s.12 (Priority of instruments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 12 Priority of security interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 145 Amendment of s.13 (Notice of security interest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 146 Replacement of ss.14 and 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 14 Application for discharge of registered security interest . . . . . . . . . 55 15 Registration of discharge of registered security interest . . . . . . . . . . 55 147 Omission of s.16 (Registration fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 148 Replacement of s.17 (Onus to cancel registration of instrument upon discharge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 17 Onus to cancel registration on discharge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 149 Replacement of ss.19, 20 and 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 19 Correction of errors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 20 Registrar may cancel registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 21 False or misleading information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 21A False or misleading documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 150 Replacement of ss.22 and 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 22 Certificate of entry in register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 23 Search of register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58 151 Amendment of s.24 (Forged, etc. certificates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 152 Amendment of s.25 (Purchaser from approved dealer not to be deemed to have notice of security interest in certain circumstances) . . . . 59 153 Amendment of s.27 (Purchases to which ss.25 and 26 do not apply) . . . . . 59

8 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 154 Amendment of s.28 (Compensation for loss etc. by holder of security interest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 155 Omission of s.29 (Compensation for loss during first 12 months of operation of section) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 156 Amendment of s.30 (Compensation for loss, etc. by purchaser) . . . . . . . . . 60 157 Replacement of ss.31 and 32 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 31 Delegations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 32 Protection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 158 Omission of s.33 (General penalty for offence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 159 Amendment of s.36 (Fees and penalties) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 160 Replacement of ss.37 to 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 37 Evidentiary provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 38 Recognised States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 39 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62 40 Savings provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 PART 5—SUPREME COURT ACT 1867 161 Amendment of Supreme Court Act 1867 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 162 Amendment of s.39A (Masters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 PART 6—MINOR AMENDMENTS AND REPEALS 163 Amended Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 164 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 SCHEDULE 1 MINOR AMENDMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 BILLS OF SALE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS ACT 1955 . . . . . . . . . . . 65 CORRECTIVE SERVICES (ADMINISTRATION) ACT 1988 . . . . . . . . . . 75 CONTRACTORS’ TRUST ACCOUNTS ACT 1974 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78 CREDIT ACT 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 DECENTRALIZATION OF MAGISTRATES COURTS ACT 1965 . . . . . . 82 HAWKERS ACT 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 INVASION OF PRIVACY ACT 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95 JURY ACT 1929 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 LIENS ON CROPS OF SUGAR CANE ACT 1931 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98 MORTGAGE BROKERS ACT 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102

9 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 PARTNERSHIP (LIMITED LIABILITY) ACT 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103 PAWNBROKERS ACT 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 PYRAMID SELLING SCHEMES (ELIMINATION) ACT 1973 . . . . . . . . 118 RECORDING OF EVIDENCE ACT 1962 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGESACT 1962 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122 RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125 SECOND-HAND DEALERS AND COLLECTORS ACT 1984 . . . . . . . . . 126 SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNALS ACT 1973 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142 SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 TRUSTEE COMPANIES ACT 1968 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146 SCHEDULE 2 REPEALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

Queensland Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 Act No. 40 of 1992 An Act to amend certain Acts administered by the Minister for Justice and Corrective Services and to repeal certain Acts [Assented to 14 August 1992]

12 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 BE IT ENACTED by the Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland in Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows. PART 1—PRELIMINARY ˙ Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1992 . ˙ Commencement 2.(1) The following provisions commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation— (a) sections 21, 50, 80(1), 91, 105, 106, 120, 124, 134 and 135; (b) Part 4; (c) amendments 10, 15 and 44 of the BillsofSaleandOtherInstruments Act 1955 ; (d) all amendments of the Hawkers Act 1984 ; (e) amendments 4 to 7, 11 and 14 of the LiensonCropsofSugarCane Act 1931 ; (f) all amendments of the Pawnbrokers Act 1984 ; (g) all amendments of the Second-hand Dealers and Collectors Act1984 ; (h) amendment 11 of the Small Claims Tribunals Act 1973 ; (i) amendments 7, 14 and 27 of the Trustee Companies Act 1968 . (2) Amendment 9 of the Corrective Services (Administration) Act 1988 is taken to have commenced on 22 June 1992.

13 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF THE JUSTICES ACT 1886 ˙ Amendment of Justices Act 1886 3. The Justices Act 1886 is amended as set out in this Part. ˙ Replacement of s.1 (Short title and division of Act) 4. Section 1— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Short title ‘1. This Act may be cited as the Justices Act 1886 . ’. ˙ Omission of headings before ss.3 and 4 5. Headings before sections 3 and 4— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.4 (Meaning of terms) 6.(1) Section 4 (definitions “District Court”, “Magistrates Court”, “Minister”, “Oath”, “Police officer” and “Stipendiary Magistrate” )— omit. (2) Section 4— insert— ‘ “private complaint” means a complaint made by a person who is not— (a) a public officer; or (b) in making the complaint, acting in— (i) the execution of a duty imposed on the person by law; or (ii) the proper administration of an Act or Commonwealth Act; “public officer” means— (a) an officer or employee of the public service of the State or the

14 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 Commonwealth; or (b) an officer or employee of a statutory body that represents the Crown in right of the State or the Commonwealth; or (c) an officer or employee of a local authority; who is acting in an official capacity; ’. (3) Section 4 (definition “Breach of duty” )— omit ‘ upon complaint whereof ’, insert ‘ on complaint of which ’. (4) Section 4 (definition “Clerk of the court” )— omit ‘ , or deemed to have been appointed, ’. (5) Section 4 (definition “Justices” or “justice” )— omit ‘ constituted under and in accordance with this Act ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.19 (General provisions) 7. Heading before section 19— omit, insert— ‘ Division 1—General provisions ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.22 (Magistrates Courts) 8. Heading before section 22— omit, insert— ‘Division 2—Magistrates Courts ’. ˙ Replacement of s.22 (Power to appoint Magistrates Courts Districts, etc.) 9. Section 22— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Continuance of Magistrates Courts ‘22.(1) The Magistrates Courts, as formerly established as courts of record in Queensland, are continued in existence.

15 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ‘(2) Each Magistrates Court is to have a seal that is to be kept by the clerk of the court and is to be judicially noticed. ˙ ‘Jurisdiction of Magistrates Courts ‘22A. Magistrates Courts are to have the civil, criminal and other jurisdiction— (a) that Courts of Petty Sessions or justices sitting in Petty Sessions had before the commencement of the Justices Act Amendment Act1964 ; and (b) that is conferred on them by this Act and other Acts. ˙ ‘Magistrates Court districts ‘22B.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations with respect to— (a) the appointment of districts, and divisions of districts, for the purposes of Magistrates Courts; and (b) the names of districts and divisions; and (c) the appointment of places for holding Magistrates Courts within districts and divisions; and (d) the transfer of proceedings, matters, documents, records and accounts from one Magistrates Court to another. ‘(2) Two or more Magistrates Courts may be held at the same time at the same place. ‘(3) Provision made by a proclamation under section 22 (as in force immediately before the commencement of this section) continues to have effect, after the commencement, as if it had been made by a regulation. ‘(4) Provision made by an order in council under section 5 of the Decentralisation of Magistrates Courts Act 1965 (as in force immediately before the commencement of this section) continues to have effect, after the commencement, as if it had been made by a regulation under this Act.

16 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ ‘Appointment of clerks of the court ‘22C.(1) The Governor in Council may, by Gazette notice, appoint a person to be clerk of the court, or an assistant clerk of the court, at 1 or more places. ‘(2) A clerk of the court— (a) may discharge the functions of the office at each place for which the clerk is appointed; and (b) is the clerk of each Magistrates Court held at the place. ’. ˙ Insertion of new s.23 10. After section 22— insert— ˙ ‘Vacancy in office of clerk of court etc. ‘23.(1) If, in relation to a place appointed for holding a Magistrates Court, a clerk of the court is not appointed or is absent, a Magistrate may discharge the duties of the clerk of the court. ‘(2) Anything done by or in relation to a Magistrate acting under subsection (1) is taken to have been done by the clerk of the court. ‘(3) If a Magistrate is discharging the duties of clerk of the court under subsection (1), the Magistrate may require a police officer to perform, or assist in performing, a specified part of the duties. ‘(4) Anything done by or in relation to a police officer acting under subsection (3) is taken to have been done by the clerk of the court. ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.24 (Powers of one justice) 11. Heading before section 24— omit, insert—

17 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ‘ Division 3—Powers of single justice ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.27 (Hearing and quorum) 12. Heading before section 27— omit, insert— ‘ Division 4—Hearing and quorum ’. ˙ Amendment of s.28 (Majority to decide) 13.(1) Section 28 (1st sentence)— omit ‘ Except as hereinafter provided, when ’, insert ‘ When ’. (2) Section 28 (2nd and 3rd sentences)— omit, insert— ‘(2) Despite subsection (1), on a complaint for an indictable offence, any 2 or more of the justices may commit the defendant for trial even though a majority of the justices are of the opinion that the defendant should be discharged. ‘(3) If the defendant is committed under subsection (2), a memorandum of the dissent of the majority of the justices is to be made on, or attached to, the depositions. ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.30 (Stipendiary Magistrates) 14. Heading before section 30— omit, insert— ‘ Division 5—Magistrates ’. ˙ Amendment of s.30 (Stipendiary Magistrates) 15. Section 30(3)— omit.

18 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ Omission of s.31 (Duties of clerks of petty sessions to be discharged by police magistrate) 16. Section 31— omit. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.32 (Extent of jurisdiction) 17. Heading before section 32— omit, insert— ‘ Division 6—Extent of jurisdiction ’. ˙ Replacement of s.34 (Duty of police officers) 18. Section 34— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Police officers to obey warrants of justice etc. ‘34. Police officers must obey, and perform their duties in relation to, warrants, orders and directions of a justice. ’. ˙ Replacement of s.35 (Duty of police officers) 19. Section 35— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Apprehended person may be taken before any justice ‘35.(1) A police officer or other person who apprehends a person (the “offender” ) offending against law may take the offender before any justice. ‘(2) The justice may deal with the person according to law, even though the justice does not have jurisdiction for the place where the offender was apprehended. ’. ˙ Omission of s.36 (Duty of police officers) 20. Section 36—

19 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 omit. ˙ Replacement of s.39 (Power of Court to order delivery of certain property) 21. Section 39— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Power of court to order delivery of certain property ‘39.(1) If property— (a) has come into the custody or possession of the police— (i) in connection with any charge or prosecution; or (ii) otherwise in the course of their duty; or (b) has come into the possession of a Magistrates Court or clerk of the court, whether as an exhibit or otherwise, in connection with a summary proceeding under this Act; the Magistrates Court may, on application by a police officer or the clerk of the court or by a claimant of the property— (c) make an order for the delivery of the property to the person who appears to be its owner; or (d) if the owner cannot be ascertained—make such order in relation to the property as the Court considers appropriate. ‘(2) Subject to subsection (3), the order does not prevent a person from recovering the property by action from the person to whom the property is delivered under the order. ‘(3) An action for the recovery of the property may only be brought within 6 months after the making of the order. ‘(4) A regulation may make provision with respect to disposal of property mentioned in subsection (1) if— (a) the owner has not been ascertained; and (b) an order of a court of competent jurisdiction has not been made for the disposal of the property. ‘(5) The regulation may authorise the sale of the property and the

20 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 application of the proceeds of sale. ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.40 (Interruption of proceedings) 22. Heading before section 40— omit, insert— ‘ Division 7—Interruption of proceedings ’. ˙ Amendment of s.40 (Penalty for insulting or interrupting justices) 23. Section 40(2)— omit ‘ fifty pounds ’ (one hundred dollars) , insert ‘ 2 penalty units ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.42 (Complaints) 24. Heading before section 42— omit, insert— ‘ Division 1—Complaints ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.48 (Variance and amendment) 25. Heading before section 48— omit, insert — ‘ Division 2—Amendment of complaints, summonses and warrants ’. ˙ Replacement of s.50 (Recording of amendment) 26. Section 50— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Recording of amendment ‘50. If an order is made for the amendment of a complaint, summons or warrant, the Magistrates Court or justices must— (a) immediately enter particulars of the amendment on the complaint,

21 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 summons or warrant; and (b) give a copy of the order to the party against whom the order is made on request by the party. ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.51 (Complaints how made) 27. Heading before section 51— omit, insert— ‘ Division 3—How complaints are made ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.52 (Limitation) 28. Heading before section 52— omit, insert— ‘ Division 4—Limitation of proceedings ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.53 (Summons) 29. Heading before section 53— omit, insert— ‘ Division 5—Summonses ’. ˙ Omission of heading before s.56 (Service, endorsement, and proof of service) 30. Heading before section 56— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.56 31.(1) Section 56— insert (as a section heading)—

22 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ‘Service of summonses’. (2) Section 56(2)(b)— omit ‘ “ The Main Roads Acts, 1920 to 1965 ” ’, insert ‘ the Transport Infrastructure (Roads) Act 1991 ’. (3) Section 56(6) (2nd sentence)— renumber as subsection (7). (4) Section 56(6) (3rd sentence)— omit, insert— ‘(8) The deposition made under subsection (7) is, on production to the Magistrates Court or justices— (a) evidence of the matters contained in the deposition; and (b) sufficient proof of the service of the document on the defendant. ’. ˙ Insertion of new s.56A 32. After section 56— insert— ˙ ‘Right of entry to serve summons ‘56A.(1) Subject to subsection (3), a police officer or public officer, and a person acting in aid of the police officer or public officer, may enter, and remain for a reasonable time in or on, a place for the purpose of serving a summons. ‘(2) If the officer seeking to serve the summons is not a uniformed police officer, the officer must produce the officer’s identification to any person requesting proof of the officer’s authority to be in or on the place. ‘(3) If the place is premises, or the part of premises, used exclusively for residential purposes, a police officer or public officer, and a person acting in aid of the police officer or public officer, may enter the place only with the consent of the occupier. ’.

23 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ Replacement of heading before s.57 (Warrants in the first instance) 33. Heading before section 57— omit, insert— ‘ Division 6—Warrants and arrest without warrant ’. ˙ Replacement of s.57 (Warrant and summons in what cases issued) 34. Section 57— omit, insert — ˙ ‘Cases in which warrants may be issued ‘57. If a complaint is made before a justice— (a) that a person is suspected of having committed an indictable offence within the justice’s jurisdiction; or (b) that a person charged with committing an indictable offence elsewhere within the State is suspected of being within the justice’s jurisdiction; or (c) that a person charged with committing an indictable offence on the high seas, or elsewhere outside the State, of which notice may be taken by the courts of the State, is suspected of being within the justice’s jurisdiction; the justice may issue a warrant— (d) to apprehend the person; and (e) have the person brought before justices to answer the complaint and to be further dealt with according to law. ’. ˙ Replacement of s.58 (Proviso) 35. Section 58— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Summons may be issued instead of warrant ‘58.(1) A justice may issue a summons against a person for an indictable offence instead of issuing a warrant to apprehend the person for the offence.

24 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ‘(2) Despite the issue of the summons, a justice may issue a warrant for the apprehension of the person at any time before or after the time mentioned in the summons for the person’s appearance. ’. ˙ Omission of headings before ss.60, 62, 65 and 69 36. Headings before sections 60, 62, 65 and 69— omit. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.70 (Publicity) 37. Heading before section 70— omit, insert— ‘ Division 7—When courts open ’. ˙ Amendment of s.71B (Prohibition on taking photographs, producing pictures or other optical effects) 38. Section 71B— omit ‘ Penalty: $400 or imprisonment for one month ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ Maximum penalty—7 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 month or both. ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.72 (Counsel and solicitor) 39. Heading before section 72— omit, insert— ‘Division 8—Right to conduct own case or have counsel or solicitor’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.73 (Evidence) 40. Heading before section 73— omit, insert—

25 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ‘ Division 9—Evidence ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.78 (Witnesses in general) 41. Heading before section 78— omit, insert— ‘ Division 10—Witnesses in general ’. ˙ Replacement of s.78 (Power of justice to summon witnesses to attend and give evidence) 42. Section 78— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Power to issue summons to witness ‘78.(1) If a justice is satisfied that a person within the justice’s jurisdiction is likely to be able to give material evidence as a witness at the hearing of a complaint, the justice may issue a summons to the person. ‘(2) The summons must require the person— (a) to appear at a time and place specified in the summons; and (b) to testify before the justices present about what the person knows concerning the complaint. ‘(3) The summons must be served, and a memorandum of service endorsed on the summons, in the same way, and within the same time, as a summons to a defendant. ‘(4) Proof of service of the summons may be given in the same way as a summons to a defendant. ’. ˙ Amendment of s.79 (After summons warrant) 43. Section 79 (1st sentence)— omit ‘ fifty pounds ’ (one hundred dollars) , insert ‘ 2 penalty units ’.

26 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ Replacement of heading before s.84 (Remand and adjournment) 44. Heading before section 84— omit, insert— ‘ Division 11—Remand and adjournment ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.89 (Committal and recognizance) 45. Heading before section 89— omit, insert— ‘ Division 12—Committal and recognisance ’. ˙ Omission of heading before s.94 (Recognizances generally) 46. Heading before section 94— omit. ˙ Replacement of s.94 (Recognizances taken out of Court) 47. Section 94— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Recognisances taken out of court ‘94.(1) If justices have fixed the amount in which the principal and any sureties are to be bound by a recognisance, the recognisance need not be entered into before the same justices, but may be entered into before— (a) another justice; or (b) a clerk of the court; or (c) an inspector of police or another police officer who is of a higher rank; or (d) another police officer who is in charge of a police station; or (e) if a party is in gaol—the keeper of the gaol. ‘(2) The recognisance has effect as if it had been entered into before the justices.

27 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ‘(3) If it is inconvenient for a surety to enter into the recognisance at the same time as the principal, the recognisance of the surety may be taken by any person authorised to take the recognisance of the principal and any other sureties, even though the person does not take the recognisance of the principal or other sureties. ’. ˙ Omission of heading before s.97 (Execution of warrants of commitment) 48. Heading before section 97— omit. ˙ Omission of heading before s.98 (Forms) 49. Heading before section 98— omit. ˙ Omission of section 98 (Forms) 50. Section 98— omit. ˙ Insertion of heading 51. Before section 98A— insert— ‘ Division 13—Records of court ’. ˙ Amendment of s.98C (Interpretation) 52. Section 98C(1)— insert — ‘ “SETONS” is an acronym for the ‘ self-enforcing ticketable offence notice system ’ ;

28 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 “SETONS clerk” means the person appointed to the office of that name under the Public Service Management and Employment Act 1988 ; ’. ˙ Amendment of s.98D (Reminder notices) 53. Section 98D(2)(b)(iv)— renumber as subsection (2)(c). ˙ Amendment of ss.98E, 98F, 98G, 98H, 98I, 98L and 98M 54. Sections 98E(1), (4) and (5), 98F(1), 98G(1), 98H(3) and (4), 98I(1), 98L(2) and 98M(2)— omit ‘ clerk of the court ’ (wherever occurring), insert ‘ SETONS clerk ’. ˙ Amendment of s.98F (Enforcement orders) 55. Section 98F(2)— omit, insert — ‘(2) On the making of the order— (a) the order is taken to be an order of the prescribed court; and (b) the prescribed court is taken to have jurisdiction to make the order. ’. ˙ Amendment of ss.98H and 98L 56. Sections 98H(1) and 98L(1)— omit ‘ clerk of the court who made the order ’, insert ‘ SETONS clerk ’. ˙ Amendment of s.98K (Fine option orders) 57.(1) Section 98K(b)— omit ‘ a Magistrates Court ’, insert ‘ the court prescribed for the purpose of section 98F(2) ’. ‘(2) After section 98K(b)—

29 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 insert — ‘ (c) the SETONS clerk were the clerk of the court prescribed for the purposes of section 98F(2). ’. ˙Omission of s.98N (Regulations) 58. Section 98N— omit. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.99 (Information presented) 59. Heading before section 99— omit, insert— ‘ Division 1—Procedure on presentation of information ’. ˙ Amendment of s.101 60. Section 101— insert (as a section heading)— ‘Committal of person who has been apprehended’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.102A (Procedure for private complaint) 61. Heading before section 102A— omit, insert— ‘ Division 2—Procedure for private complaint ’. ˙ Amendment of s.102F (Publication prohibited) 62. Section 102F(1) (penalty at the end)— omit, insert— ‘ Maximum penalty—

30 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 (a) in the case of an individual—4 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both; or (b) in the case of a corporation—20 penalty units. ’. ˙ Omission of s.102H (Meaning of expression “private complaint”) 63. Section 102H— omit. ˙ Replacement of heading (Warrant—committal) 64. Heading before section 103— omit, insert— ‘ Division 3—Warrant of committal ’. ˙ Insertion of heading before s.103A 65. Before section 103A— insert— ‘ Division 4—Defendant’s appearance on private complaint ’. ˙ Amendment of s.103A (Defendant’s appearance upon private complaint) 66. Section 103A(4)— omit. ˙ Insertion of heading before s.104 67. Before section 104— insert—

31 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ‘ Division 5—Examination of witnesses ’. ˙ Amendment of s.111 (Depositions of persons dead, absent, etc.) 68.(1) Section 111 (3rd sentence, paragraph (a), all words after ‘on his behalf’)— omit. (2) Section 111 (3rd sentence, paragraph (b))— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’, insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. (3) Section 111 (1st proviso)— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’, insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. (4) Section 111 (2nd proviso and 3rd proviso)— omit. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.113 (Defendant admitting guilt) 69. Heading before section 113— omit, insert— ‘ Division 6—Defendant admitting guilt ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.113A (Corporation charged with indictable offence) 70. Heading before section 113A— omit, insert— ‘ Division 7—Corporation charged with indictable offence ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.121 (Transmission of undertaking as to bail) 71. Heading before section 121— omit, insert—

32 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ‘ Division 8—Action on committal for trial ’. ˙ Omission of headings 72. Headings before sections 123, 126 and 129— omit. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.132 (Remote places) 73. Heading before section 132— omit, insert— ‘ Division 9—Examination of witnesses in another court district ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.139 (Venue) 74. Heading before section 139— omit, insert— ‘ Division 1—Venue ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.141 (Complainant’s default) 75. Heading before section 141— omit, insert — ‘ Division 2—Default by complainant or defendant ’. ˙ Omission of heading before s.142 (Defendant’s default) 76. Heading before section 142— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.142 (Proceedings in absence of defendant) 77. Section 142(3)— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’ (wherever occurring) ,

33 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. ˙ Amendment of s.142A (Permissible procedure in absence of defendant in certain cases) 78.(1) Section 142A(3)— omit. (2) After section 142A(14)— insert— ‘(15) In this section— “public officer” does not include— (a) an officer of the public service of the Commonwealth; or (b) an officer or employee of a statutory body that represents the Crown in right of the Commonwealth. ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.144 (Hearing) 79. Heading before section 144— omit, insert— ‘ Division 3—Hearing ’. ˙ Amendment of s.146A (Proceeding at hearing on defendant’s confession in absentia) 80.(1) Section 146A(1)— omit, insert— ‘(1) This section applies if a summons has been issued requiring a person to appear before a Magistrates Court or justices to answer a complaint, other than a complaint of— (a) an offence that is also triable on indictment; or (b) an offence for which the defendant is liable to be sentenced to imprisonment for a term of more than 1 year; or

34 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 (c) an offence prescribed by regulation for the purposes of this paragraph; or (d) an offence in relation to which another Act requires the court or justices to proceed in a way different from that provided by this section. ’. (2) Section 146A(2)— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. (3) Section 146A(6)— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.146B (Payment to clerk of petty sessions of money recoverable in a summary way) 81.(1) Section 146B— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. (2) Section 146B (1st sentence)— omit ‘ (whether passed before or after the passing of “ The Justices Acts Amendment Act of 1941 ”) ’. (3) Section 146B (4th sentence, all words after ‘Rules’ and before proviso)— omit. ˙ Omission of heading before s.148 (Practice) 82. Heading before section 148— omit. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.149 (Dismissal) 83. Heading before section 149—

35 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 omit, insert— ‘ Division 4—Dismissal ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.151 (Convictions and orders) 84. Heading before section 151— omit, insert— ‘ Division 5—Convictions and orders ’. ˙ Amendment of s.151 (Formal convictions and orders) 85. Section 151— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’, insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. ˙ Omission of heading before s.153 (No certiorari) 86. Heading before section 153— omit. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.154 (Copies of depositions, etc.) 87. Heading before section 154— omit, insert— ‘ Division 6—Supply of copies of record ’. ˙ Replacement of heading after s.154 (Imprisonment) 88. Heading after section 154— omit, insert— ‘Division 7—Imprisonment ’. ˙ Replacement of heading before s.157 (Costs) 89. Heading before section 157—

36 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 omit, insert— ‘ Division 8—Costs ’. ˙ Amendment of s.158 (Costs on dismissal) 90. Section 158(2) (2nd sentence)— omit. ˙ Insertion of new s.158A 91. After section 158— insert— ˙ ‘Exercise of discretion in relation to an award of costs ‘158A.(1) Despite section 158(1), justices who dismiss a complaint may make an order for costs in favour of a defendant against a complainant who is a police officer or public officer only if the justices are satisfied that it is proper that the order for costs should be made. ‘(2) In deciding whether it is proper to make the order for costs, the justices must take into account all relevant circumstances, including, for example— (a) whether the proceeding was brought and continued in good faith; and (b) whether there was a failure to take appropriate steps to investigate a matter coming to, or within, the knowledge of a person responsible for bringing or continuing the proceeding; and (c) whether the investigation into the offence was conducted in an appropriate way; and (d) whether the order of dismissal was made on technical grounds and not on a finding that there was insufficient evidence to convict or make an order against the defendant; and (e) whether the defendant brought suspicion on himself or herself by conduct engaged in after the events constituting the commission of the offence; and

37 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 (f) whether the defendant unreasonably declined an opportunity before a charge was laid— (i) to explain the defendant’s version of the events; or (ii) to produce evidence likely to exonerate the defendant; and the explanation or evidence could have avoided a prosecution; and (g) whether the defendant conducted the defence in a way that prolonged the proceeding unreasonably; and (h) whether the defendant was acquitted on a charge, but convicted on another. ‘(3) If an order for costs under section 158 is made against a complainant who is a police officer or public officer (within the meaning of this subsection), the clerk of the court is to give to the defendant a certificate signed by the clerk showing the amount of costs awarded. ‘(4) Subject to subsection (5), the defendant is entitled to be paid by the State the amount shown in the certificate within 2 months after payment is claimed. ‘(5) If application for an order to review the order for costs is made under section 209— (a) payment of the amount shown in the certificate is stayed until the application is determined; and (b) payment is to be made of the amount (if any) ordered or confirmed by further order made on the application. ‘(6) In subsection (3)— “public officer” does not include— (a) an officer or employee of the public service of the Commonwealth; or (b) an officer or employee of a statutory body that represents the Crown in right of the Commonwealth; or (c) an officer or employee of a local authority. ’.

38 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ Replacement of heading before s.161 (Enforcement of decisions) 92. Heading before section 161— omit, insert— ‘ Division 9—Enforcement of decisions ’. ˙ Omission of heading before s.161A (Execution) 93. Heading before section 161A— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.164 (Payment by instalments of, or security taken for payment of, money) 94. Section 164— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. ˙ Omission of headings 95. Headings before sections 167 and 169— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.169 (To whom payments to be made) 96. Section 169— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’, insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. ˙ Omission of headings 97. Headings after section 169 and before section 172— omit.

39 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ Amendment of s.172 (Procedure on execution) 98.(1) Section 172— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. (2) Section 172(4)— omit ‘ five pounds ’ (ten dollars) , insert ‘ 1 penalty unit ’. (3) Section 172(5)— omit ‘ twenty pounds ’ (forty dollars) , insert ‘ 1 penalty unit ’. (4) Section 172(8) (heading)— omit. ˙ Omission of heading before s.173 (Imprisonment) 99. Heading before section 173— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.173 (Mitigation of punishment by justices) 100. Section 173 (3rd sentence)— omit ‘ twenty-five pounds ’ (fifty dollars) , insert ‘ 1 penalty unit ’. ˙ Omission of heading before s.175 (Duty of clerk of petty sessions and of keeper of gaol) 101. Heading before section 175— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.175 (Transfer of jurisdiction as to enforcement of fines, etc.) 102.(1) Section 175— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’ (wherever occurring) ,

40 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. (2) Section 175(1) and (2)— omit ‘ Courts of Petty Sessions ’, insert ‘ Magistrates Courts ’. ˙ Amendment of s.175A (Allocation of part payments) 103. Section 175A— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’, insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. ˙ Omission of heading before s.177 (Remission) 104. Heading before section 177— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.179 (Meaning of terms) 105. Section 179 (definitions “reciprocating court” and “reciprocating State or Territory” )— omit, insert— ‘ “reciprocating court” means a court of a reciprocating State or Territory declared by regulation to be a reciprocating court; “reciprocating State or Territory” means a State or Territory declared by regulation to a reciprocating State or Territory; ’. ˙ Amendment of s.180 (Proclamation of reciprocating States and Territories and reciprocating courts) 106.(1) Section 180(1)— omit ‘ by Proclamation ’. (2) Section 180(2)(a)— omit ‘ by Proclamation ’.

41 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ Omission of heading (Part VIII—Surety of the peace and for good behaviour) 107. Heading to Part 8— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.212 (Return of order and terms on which it may be granted) 108. Section 212(2) (2nd sentence)— omit, insert— ‘(3) Subsection (2) applies whether the order to review is returnable before the Court of Appeal or a Judge. ‘(4) In this section— “stay of proceedings” includes suspension of an order of disqualification or otherwise affecting status. ’. ˙ Amendment of s.222 (Appeal to a single Judge) 109.(1) Section 222(2)— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. (2) Section 222(3)— omit ‘ a District Court or Court of Quarter Sessions ’, insert ‘ or District Court ’. ˙ Amendment of s.227 (Judge may state case) 110.(1) Section 227— omit ‘ the Supreme Court sitting as the Full Court ’, insert ‘ Court of Appeal ’. (2) Section 227— omit ‘ Full Court ’ (last occurring) , insert ‘ Court of Appeal ’.

42 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ Amendment of s.230 (Memorandum of Judge’s determination) 111. Section 230— omit ‘ clerk of petty sessions ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ clerk of the court ’. ˙ Amendment of s.232 (Costs of appeal) 112. Section 232(2)— omit ‘ a fee of two shillings and six pence ’ (twenty-five cents) , insert ‘ the prescribed fee ’. ˙ Omission of headings 113. Headings before sections 233 and 238— omit. ˙ Omission of headings 114. Heading to Part 10 and headings in that Part— omit . ˙ Replacement of heading to Part 11 (Part XI—Fees and rules of court) 115. Heading to Part 11— omit, insert — ‘PART 10—REGULATIONS AND RULES OF COURT’. ˙ Replacement of s.266 (Governor in Council to prescribe fees, etc.) 116. Section 266— omit, insert—

43 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ ‘Regulations ‘266.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this Act. ‘(2) A regulation may make provision with respect to— (a) prescribing or approving forms for the purposes of this Act, the method of verifying any information required by or in forms and the completion or preparation of forms in accordance with the directions contained in forms; and (b) the matters for which fees, costs and charges are payable under this Act, the amounts of the fees, costs and charges, the persons who are liable to pay fees, costs and charges, when fees, costs and charges are payable, and the recovery of any unpaid amount of fees, costs and charges; and (c) prescribing offences for contraventions of a regulation, and fixing a maximum penalty of a fine of 2 penalty units for such a contravention. ‘(3) The power conferred by this section to make a regulation providing for the imposition of fees may be exercised by providing for all or any of the following matters— (a) specific fees; (b) maximum or minimum fees; (c) scales of fees; (d) the reduction, waiver or refund of fees. ’. ˙ Amendment of s.267 (Rules of Court) 117. Section 267 (3rd, 4th and 5th sentences)— omit, insert— ‘ Rules of Court are subordinate legislation. ’. ˙ Insertion of new Part 11 118. After Part 10—

44 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 insert— ‘PART 11—SAVINGS AND TRANSITIONAL ˙ ‘Savings and transitional ‘268.(1) A reference in any Act or document to— (a) a Police Magistrate; or (b) justices in petty sessions or a Court of Petty Sessions; or (c) a place for holding Courts of Petty Sessions; or (d) a clerk of Petty Sessions; is taken to be a reference to— (e) a Magistrate; or (f) a Magistrates Court; or (g) a place for holding Magistrates Courts; or (h) a clerk of the court; respectively. ‘(2) If, by or under any Act, any jurisdiction, function or power is conferred on a Police Magistrate, the jurisdiction, function or power is taken to have been conferred on a Magistrate. ’. ˙ Omission of headings 119. Headings to Schedules 1 and 2— omit. ˙ Omission of Schedules 3, 4 and 5 120. Schedules 3, 4 and 5— omit.

45 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF THE LAND SALES ACT 1984 ˙ Amendment of Land Sales Act 1984 121. The Land Sales Act 1984 is amended as set out in this Part. ˙ Omission of s.4 (Amendment and citations) 122. Section 4— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.6 (Interpretation) 123.(1) Section 6(1) (definitions “Local Authority” and “Registrar” )— omit. (2) Section 6(1)— insert— ‘ “land registration authority’ means the official responsible for keeping registers in relation to dealings in land; “registrar” means the chief executive of the department; ’. (3) Section 6(1) (definitions “registrable instrument of transfer” and “relevant freehold land” )— omit ‘ in the office of the Registrar of Titles ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ by the land registration authority ’. (4) Section 6(1) (definition “relevant leasehold land” )— omit ‘ in the Department of Mapping and Surveying ’, insert ‘ by the land registration authority ’.

46 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ Insertion of new s.7A 124. After section 7— insert— ˙ ‘Part not to apply to large transactions ‘7A.(1) This Part does not apply to a large transaction. ‘(2) In subsection (1)— “large transaction” means a transaction— (a) for the sale of relevant land comprising 6 or more subdivisional portions, or proposed subdivisional portions, to a single person; or (b) for the purchase of relevant land comprising 6 or more subdivisional portions, or proposed subdivisional portions, by a single person. ’. ˙ Amendment of s.8 (Restriction on selling and purchasing) 125. Section 8(1A)— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.10 (Delivery of registered plan) 126.(1) Section 10(1)(a)— omit ‘ in the office of the Registrar of Titles ’, insert ‘ by the land registration authority ’. (2) Section 10(1)(b)— omit ‘ in the office of the Department of Mapping and Surveying ’, insert ‘ by the land registration authority ’. ˙ Amendment of s.18 (Declaration of non-application of Part in respect of certain relevant leasehold land) 127.(1) Section 18(1)—

47 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 omit ‘ The Governor in Council may by instrument published in the Gazette ’, insert ‘ A regulation may ’. (2) After section 18(2)— insert— ‘(3) A declaration made under subsection (1) before the commencement of this subsection continues to have effect, after the commencement, as if it had been made by a regulation. ’. ˙ Amendment of s.19 (Exemption from Part) 128.(1) Section 19(2)— omit, insert— ‘(2) Subject to subsection (2B), the registrar must, within 15 days of receipt of the application— (a) grant the application by instrument of exemption; or (b) refuse it by written notice to the applicant. ‘(2A) If the registrar grants the application— (a) the registrar may grant it subject to any condition specified in the instrument; and (b) the registrar must specify in the instrument the provisions of this Part in relation to which the exemption is granted. ‘(2B) If the application is defective in a way that hampers the registrar’s consideration of the application, the registrar may seek further information from the applicant to cure the defect. ’. (2) Section 19(3)— omit ‘ Minister ’, insert ‘ registrar ’. (3) Section 19(3) (2nd sentence)— renumber as subsection (3A).

48 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ Amendment of s.20 (Application of Part to sale or purchase of proposed lots) 129. Section 20(2)— omit ‘ Companies (Queensland) Code ’, insert ‘ Corporations Law ’. ˙ Replacement of s.32 (Offence provision) 130.(1) Section 32— omit, insert — ˙ ‘Offences against Act ‘32.(1) A person who contravenes section 8(1), 11(1) or (3), 12, 23(1), 23(3) or 24 commits an offence. Maximum penalty— (a) in the case of an individual—100 penalty units, imprisonment for 6 months or both; or (b) in the case of a corporation—500 penalty units. ‘(2) A person who contravenes section 9, 10 or 21 commits an offence. Maximum penalty— (a) in the case of an individual—10 penalty units; or (b) in the case of a corporation —50 penalty units. ‘(3) Any liability imposed by this section is in addition to any other liability or remedy provided by law. ‘(4) Without limiting subsection (3), the institution of proceedings for an offence against this Act is not a condition precedent to any right to enforce any other liability or remedy provided by law. ’. ˙ Replacement of s.35 (Regulations) 131. Section 35— omit, insert—

49 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ ‘Delegations ‘35. The chief executive may delegate the chief executive’s powers under this Act to an officer or employee of the department. ˙ ‘Regulations ‘36.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this Act. ‘(2) A regulation may make provision with respect to— (a) prescribing or approving forms for the purposes of this Act, the method of verifying any information required by or in forms and the completion or preparation of forms in accordance with the directions contained in forms; and (b) the matters for which fees, costs and charges are payable under this Act, the amounts of the fees, costs and charges, the persons who are liable to pay fees, costs and charges, when fees, costs and charges are payable, and the recovery of any unpaid amount of fees, costs and charges; and (c) prescribing offences for contraventions of a regulation, and fixing a maximum penalty of a fine of 20 penalty units for such a contravention. ’. ˙ Omission of Schedule (Amendments of Auctioneers and Agents Act1971-1981) 132. Schedule— omit .

50 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 PART 3A—AMENDMENT OF MOBILE HOMES ACT 1989 ˙ Amendment of Mobile Homes Act 1989 133. The Mobile Homes Act 1989 is amended as set out in this Part. ˙ Amendment of s.3 (Interpretation) 134.(1) Section 3(1) (definitions “Local Authority” , “Minister” and “mobile home” )— omit . ‘(2) Section 3(1)— insert — ‘ “mobile home” means a structure (other than a caravan) prescribed by regulation; ’. ˙ Amendment of s.8 (Strictures on conduct of site) 135. Section 8(4)— omit, insert — ‘(4) If an owner of a site is entitled to charge a fee for a service rendered in relation to the sale or attempted sale of a mobile home by an occupier, the amount of the fee demanded or accepted by the owner must not be more than the prescribed amount.’ . ˙ Amendment of Schedule 1 136. Schedule 1, Part 1, clause 6(2)— omit, insert — ‘(2) The owner of the site must not unreasonably refuse consent to the sale and assignment. ’.

51 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 PART 4—AMENDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SECURITIES ACT 1986 ˙ Amendment of Motor Vehicles Securities Act 1986 137. The Motor Vehicles Securities Act 1986 is amended as set out in this Part. ˙ Omission of ss.3 and 4 138. Sections 3 and 4— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.5 (Interpretation) 139.(1) Section 5(1) (definitions “Minister” , “motor vehicle” and “Registrar” )— omit. (2) Section 5(1)— insert— ‘ “motor vehicle” has the meaning given by the regulations; “registered security interest” means a security interest that is included in the register under this Act; “registrar” means the chief executive of the department; ’. (3) Section 5(2) and (3)— omit. ˙ Replacement of s.6 (Register) 140. Section 6— omit, insert—

52 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ ‘Register ‘6.(1) A register of security interests must be kept by the registrar. ‘(2) The register must include the following particulars in relation to each security interest that is included in the register— (a) the name of the person holding the interest; (b) the registration number given to the interest; (c) the day the interest is registered; (d) details of the motor vehicle the subject of the interest. ’. ˙ Omission of s.6A (Approval of standard forms of instruments) 141. Section 6A— omit . ˙ Replacement of s.7 (Registration of instruments) 142. Section 7— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Application for registration of security interest ‘7.(1) An application for the registration of a security interest must be— (a) made in the prescribed way; and (b) supported by any prescribed information; and (c) accompanied by the prescribed fee. ‘(2) The registrar is not required to inquire into the validity of information given in support of the application. ˙ ‘Registration of security interest ‘7AA.(1) If the registrar is satisfied that an application under section 7 is properly made, the registrar must register the security interest by entering in the register the particulars mentioned in section 6(2). ‘(2) Applications for registration of security interests must be registered

53 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 in the order of time of lodgment with the registrar. ’. ˙ Replacement of ss.8 to 11 143. Sections 8 to 11— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Application for assignment of a registered security interest ‘8.(1) An assignment of a registered security interest may be registered, but is not required to be registered. ‘(2) An application for the assignment of a registered security interest must be— (a) made in the prescribed way; and (b) supported by any prescribed information; and (c) accompanied by the prescribed fee. ‘(3) The registrar is not required to inquire into the validity of information given in support of the application. ˙ ‘Registration of assignment of a registered security interest ‘9.(1) If the registrar is satisfied that an application made under section 8 is properly made, the registrar must register the assignment by entering in the register particulars of the parties to the assignment. ‘(2) Applications for registration of assignments of security interests must be registered in the order of time of lodgment with the registrar. ˙ ‘Registration becomes effective on next business day ‘10. The registration of— (a) a security interest; or (b) an assignment of a registered security interest; or (c) a memorandum of satisfaction; or (d) another prescribed document;

54 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 does not take effect until the beginning of the next business day after particulars of the registration are entered in the register. ˙ ‘Effect of failure to register a security interest ‘11. Subject to section 12, an unregistered security interest in relation to a motor vehicle does not have effect against a person who is not a party to the instrument creating the interest. ’. ˙ Replacement of s.12 (Priority of instruments) 144. Section 12— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Priority of security interests ‘12.(1) The holder of a security interest (the “relevant interest” ) in a motor vehicle is entitled to priority for any title, or right to possession, conferred by the interest as against— (a) the holder of a subsequent security interest if at the time the subsequent security interest was created the holder of the interest had notice of the relevant interest; and (b) subject to paragraph (a), the holder of another security interest if— (i) the relevant interest and the other interest are both registered; and (ii) the application to register the relevant interest was lodged before the application to register the other interest. ‘(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to a security interest that is a registrable charge to which Part 3.5 of the Corporations Law applies. ’. ˙ Amendment of s.13 (Notice of security interest) 145. Section 13(b)— omit, insert— ‘ (b) the security interest is included in the register; ’.

55 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ Replacement of ss.14 and 15 146. Sections 14 and 15— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Application for discharge of registered security interest ‘14.(1) An application for the discharge of a registered security interest must be— (a) made in the prescribed way; and (b) supported by any prescribed information and prescribed document; and (c) accompanied by any prescribed fee (if any). ‘(2) Application may be made for a full or partial discharge of the interest. ‘(3) The registrar is not required to inquire into the validity of information or documents given in support of the application. ‘(4) In this section— “partial discharge” means— (a) a discharge of an obligor under a registered security interest in relation to the obligor’s performance of a specified part of the obligor’s obligation under the security interest; or (b) if a registered security interest relates to more than 1 vehicle—a release of the security interest in relation to any of the vehicles. ˙ ‘Registration of discharge of registered security interest ‘15. If the registrar is satisfied that an application made under section 14 is properly made, the registrar must register the discharge by— (a) entering any prescribed particular in the register; and (b) doing anything else that may be prescribed. ’.

56 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ Omission of s.16 (Registration fees) 147. Section 16— omit. ˙ Replacement of s.17 (Onus to cancel registration of instrument upon discharge) 148. Section 17— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Onus to cancel registration on discharge ‘17. A person who is the holder of a registered security interest at the time the interest is fully discharged must, within 14 days after the discharge happens— (a) lodge an application under section 14 for the full discharge of the interest; and (b) do anything else that may be necessary to effect the registration of the discharge. ’. ˙ Replacement of ss.19, 20 and 21 149. Sections 19, 20 and 21— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Correction of errors ‘19. If the registrar is satisfied that an error, omission or failure to comply with this Act has happened in relation to— (a) a registered security interest; or (b) the register; the registrar must do everything necessary to correct the error, omission or failure.

57 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ ‘Registrar may cancel registration ‘20.(1) If it appears to the registrar that a registered security interest has been discharged or extinguished, the registrar may, by written notice given to the person shown in the register as the holder of the interest, require that person to show cause within 14 days after the giving of the notice why the registration of the interest should not be cancelled. ‘(2) If the person fails to show cause to the registrar’s satisfaction, the registrar may cancel the registration of the interest and note the day of cancellation in the register. ˙ ‘False or misleading information ‘21.(1) A person must not, for the purposes of this Act— (a) make a statement to an officer or employee of the department that the person knows is false or misleading in a material particular; or (b) omit from a statement to an officer or employee of the department anything without which the statement is, to the person’s knowledge, false or misleading in a material particular. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both. ‘(2) A complaint against a person for an offence against subsection (1)(a) or (b) is sufficient if it states that the information given was false or misleading to the person’s knowledge. ˙ ‘False or misleading documents ‘21A. A person must not, for the purposes of this Act, give to an officer or employee of the department a document containing information that the person knows is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular without— (a) indicating to the officer or employee that the document is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular and the respect in which the document is false, misleading or incomplete in a material particular; and

58 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 (b) giving the correct information to the officer or employee if the person has, or can reasonably obtain, the correct information. Maximum penalty—100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both. ’. ˙ Replacement of ss.22 and 23 150. Sections 22 and 23— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Certificate of entry in register ‘22.(1) A person may, by inquiry, require the registrar to state whether a security interest in relation to a specified motor vehicle is included in the register. ‘(2) A person may— (a) on application made in the prescribed way; and (b) on payment of the prescribed fee; request the registrar to issue a certificate in relation to a specified motor vehicle. ‘(3) The certificate must— (a) contain— (i) if a security interest is included in the register—the particulars mentioned in section 6(2); or (ii) if no security interest is included in the register—a statement to that effect; and (b) be dated the day it is issued. ˙ ‘Search of register ‘23.(1) A person may— (a) on application made in the prescribed way; and (b) on payment of the prescribed fee; search for and inspect a document filed in the registrar’s office under this Act.

59 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ‘(2) The person may make extracts from the document or, on payment of the prescribed fee, require the registrar to make an office copy of the document, or part of the document, on the person’s behalf. ’. ˙ Amendment of s.24 (Forged, etc. certificates) 151. Section 24 (at the end)— insert— ‘ Maximum penalty—100 penalty units, imprisonment for 1 year or both. ’. ˙ Amendment of s.25 (Purchaser from approved dealer not to be deemed to have notice of security interest in certain circumstances) 152. Section 25(1)(b)— omit ‘ an instrument evidencing ’. ˙ Amendment of s.27 (Purchases to which ss.25 and 26 do not apply) 153.(1) Section 27(1)(c)— omit ‘ Companies (Queensland) Code ’, insert ‘ Corporations Law ’. (2) Section 27(2)— omit ‘ Companies (Queensland) Code are related to each other would be determined under that Code ’, insert ‘ Corporations Law are related to each other would be determined under that law ’. ˙ Amendment of s.28 (Compensation for loss etc. by holder of security interest) 154.(1) Section 28(1)— omit— ‘ that is evidenced by an instrument— (a) that had been lodged or is specified in a schedule of instruments that has been lodged with the Registrar for registration; ’,

60 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 insert— ‘ — (a) in relation to which an application for registration had been lodged with the registrar; ’. (2) Section 28(5)— omit ‘ Consolidated Revenue Fund ’, insert ‘ Consolidated Fund ’. ˙ Omission of s.29 (Compensation for loss during first 12 months of operation of section) 155. Section 29— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.30 (Compensation for loss, etc. by purchaser) 156.(1) Section 30(1)(b)— omit ‘ instrument that was registered ’, insert ‘ security interest ’. (2) Section 30(2)— omit ‘ , upon the recommendation of the Minister, ’. (3) Section 30(4)— omit ‘ Consolidated Revenue Fund ’, insert ‘ Consolidated Fund ’. ˙ Replacement of ss.31 and 32 157. Sections 31 and 32— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Delegations ‘31. The registrar may delegate the registrar’s powers under this Act to an officer or employee of the department.

61 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 ˙ ‘Protection ‘32.(1) The registrar, or an officer or employee of the department, incurs no civil liability for an honest act or omission in the performance or purported performance of functions under this Act. ‘(2) A liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the registrar, or an officer or employee, attaches instead to the State. ’. ˙ Omission of s.33 (General penalty for offence) 158. Section 33— omit. ˙ Amendment of s.36 (Fees and penalties) 159. Section 36— omit ‘ Consolidated Revenue Fund ’, insert ‘ Consolidated Fund ’. ˙ Replacement of ss.37 to 39 160. Sections 37 to 39— omit, insert— ˙ ‘Evidentiary provisions ‘37. In any proceedings— (a) it is not necessary to prove the appointment of the registrar; and (b) a signature purporting to be that of the registrar is evidence of the signature it purports to be; and (c) a certificate purporting to be signed by the registrar stating that it is a copy or an extract of a document is evidence of the matter; and (d) a certificate purporting to be signed by the registrar stating that on a day or time mentioned in the certificate— (i) a security interest was registered; or

62 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 (ii) a document was filed or produced in the registrar’s office; is evidence of the matter. ˙ ‘Recognised States ‘38.(1) If the Governor in Council is satisfied that— (a) another State or a Territory has enacted a law in relation to the registration of security interests; and (b) suitable arrangements may be made between Queensland and the other State or Territory for the recording and transfer of information in relation to the registrations; the Governor in Council may, by regulation, declare that other State or Territory to be a recognised State. ‘(2) If a security interest is registered under the law of a recognised State, sections 13 and 22 apply as if the security interest had been registered under this Act. ˙ ‘Regulations ‘39.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes of this Act. ‘(2) A regulation may make provision with respect to— (a) prescribing or approving forms for the purposes of this Act, the method of verifying any information required by or in forms and the completion or preparation of forms in accordance with the directions contained in forms; and (b) the matters for which fees, costs and charges are payable under this Act, the amounts of the fees, costs and charges, the persons who are liable to pay fees, costs and charges, when fees, costs and charges are payable, and the recovery of any unpaid amount of fees, costs and charges; and (c) prescribing offences for contraventions of a regulation, and fixing a maximum penalty of a fine of 20 penalty units for each contravention.

126 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) ´ SECOND-HAND DEALERS AND COLLECTORS ACT 1984 1. Sections 3 to 5— omit. 2. Section 6(1) (definitions “authorized officer”, “Commissioner”, “Local Authority”, “Magistrates Court” and “Minister”)— omit. 3. Section 6(1)— insert— ‘ “authorised officer” means an officer or employee of the department who is an authorised officer; “authorised police officer” means an authorised officer who is a police officer; “chief executive” means the chief executive of the department; “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Police Service; ’. 4. Section 6(1) (definition “dealer”, paragraph (ca))— omit ‘ Firearms and Offensive Weapons Act 1979-1984 ’, insert ‘ Weapons Act 1990 ’. 5. Section 8— omit, insert— ‘Authorised officer ‘8.(1) Subject to subsection (2), the chief executive may appoint—

127 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) (a) an officer or employee of the department; or (b) a police officer; to be an authorised officer for the purposes of this Act. ‘(2) Before the chief executive appoints a police officer to be an authorised officer, the chief executive must obtain the consent of the Commissioner. ‘(3) The Commissioner may consent to an appointment either generally, in relation to a class of police officers or in a particular case. ‘(4) An appointment made under subsection (1) must be in, or evidenced by, writing. ‘Identity cards ‘8A.(1) The chief executive must issue an identity card to each authorised officer (other than a police officer). ‘(2) The identity card must— (a) contain a recent photograph of the authorised officer; and (b) be in a form approved, in writing, by the chief executive. ‘(3) A person who ceases to be an authorised officer must, as soon as practicable, return his or her card to the chief executive. ‘Proof of authority ‘8B. An authorised officer (other than a police officer) must not exercise any power under this Act in relation to a person unless the authorised officer first produces his or her identity card for inspection by the person. ’. 6. Section 9— omit, insert—

128 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) ‘Issue of licences ‘9. The chief executive may issue and renew licences under this Act. ’. 7. Section 10(1)(c)— omit ‘ in the opinion of an authorized officer ’. 8. Section 10(3)— omit, insert— ‘(3) A dealer’s licence must not be issued to a licensed collector. ’. 9. Section 11(1)— omit, insert— ‘(1) An application for a licence must be made to the chief executive in the prescribed form. ’. 10. Section 12 (all words before paragraph (a))— omit, insert— ‘ If an application is made for a licence, the chief executive may— ’. 11. Section 12(c)— omit. 12. Section 12(ca)— renumber as paragraph (c).

129 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 13. Section 12 (at the end)— insert— ‘(2) For the purposes of subsection (1), the chief executive may obtain— (a) a report from the Commissioner in relation to the applicant and, if the applicant is a body corporate, in relation to an executive officer of the body corporate; and (b) if an applicant, or an executive officer of the body corporate that is an applicant, holds, or previously held, a licence or certificate of registration (or similar accreditation) in relation to the business of second-hand dealer and collector in another State or a Territory—a report from the appropriate licensing authority in the State or Territory. ’. 14. Section 13— omit, insert— ‘Application to be determined by chief executive ‘13.(1) The chief executive may, after considering any information at the chief executive’s disposal— (a) approve an application for a licence either unconditionally or subject to conditions; or (b) reject the application. ‘(2) If the application is approved, the chief executive must issue a licence in the prescribed form. ’. 15. Section 14— omit, insert— ‘Renewal of licences ‘14.(1) An application to renew a licence must— (a) be made to the chief executive in the prescribed form; and

130 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) (b) be accompanied by the prescribed fee; not more than 60, and not less than 14, days before the expiry of the licence. ‘(2) The chief executive may— (a) approve the application either unconditionally or subject to any conditions; or (b) reject the application. ‘(3) If the application is approved, the chief executive must issue a licence in the prescribed form. ‘(4) If— (a) an application is made under subsection (1); and (b) the chief executive does not approve or reject the application before the expiry of the licence; the licence is taken to continue in force until the day the chief executive approves or rejects the application. ‘Conditions to be endorsed on licence ‘14A.(1) A licence or a renewed licence that is issued subject to conditions must be endorsed with the conditions. ‘(2) A condition or other matter may be endorsed on a licence or a renewed licence as a symbol the meaning of which is prescribed by regulation. ’. 16. Section 15(2)— omit ‘ an authorized officer ’, insert ‘ the chief executive ’. 17. After section 15— insert—

131 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) ‘Restoration of licence ‘15A.(1) If an application to renew a licence is not made within the time provided under section 14(1), the person who held the licence may, within 3 months after the expiry of the licence (the “previous licence” ), apply for restoration of the licence. ‘(2) The application must— (a) be made to the chief executive in the prescribed form; and (b) be accompanied by the prescribed fees for restoration and renewal. ‘(3) If— (a) an application is made under subsection (1); and (b) the chief executive has not approved or rejected an application; the previous licence is taken to have continued in force. ‘(4) If the chief executive approves the application, the renewed licence is taken to have been in force from the expiry of the previous licence. ‘(5) If the chief executive rejects the application, the previous licence is taken to expire on the day the chief executive rejects the application. ’. 18. Section 16— omit ‘ refused by an authorized officer, he shall issue a notice of refusal ’, insert ‘ rejected by the chief executive, the chief executive must issue a notice of rejection ’. 19. Section 17(2)— omit, insert— ‘(2) An application by a licensee to— (a) replace the premises, or a location, endorsed on the licensee’s licence with other premises (being not more than 1) or another location; or

132 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) (b) add another location to those endorsed on the licensee’s licence; must be made to the chief executive in the prescribed form. ’. 20. Section 17(7), (8) and (9)— omit, insert— ‘(7) The chief executive may— (a) approve the application either unconditionally or subject to conditions; or (b) reject the application. ‘(8) If the application is approved, details of— (a) the approval of the premises and locations; and (b) any conditions imposed; must be endorsed on the licence. ’. 21. Section 18— omit ‘ (other than an authorized officer or, where prescribed, the officer in charge of police for a division of a Police District) ’, insert ‘ (other than the chief executive) ’. 22. Section 19— omit ‘ to the officer in charge of police for the division of the Police District in which he is then located ’, insert ‘ to the chief executive ’. 23. Section 20(1)— omit , insert— ‘(1) If, on application made by a licensee and payment of the prescribed fee, the chief executive is satisfied that the licensee’s licence—

133 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) (a) has been lost, destroyed or stolen; or (b) cannot easily be read; the chief executive may issue a replacement licence. ’. 24. Section 21(1)— omit ‘ An authorized officer ’, insert ‘ The chief executive ’. 25. Section 22(3)— omit ‘ an authorized officer ’, insert ‘ the chief executive ’. 26. Section 23(1)— omit ‘ an authorized officer ’, insert ‘ the chief executive ’. 27. Section 23(2)— omit, insert— ‘(2) The surrender notice must state the day, time and place at which, and the authorised officer to whom, the licence must be surrendered. ’. 28. Section 23(4)— omit, insert— ‘(4) Subject to subsections (5) and (6), a licensee who has been served with a surrender notice must surrender the licensee’s licence in accordance with the notice. ’. 29. Section 23(5) (1st sentence)— omit ‘ an authorized officer ’, insert ‘ the chief executive ’.

134 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 30. Section 23(5) (2nd sentence)— omit ‘ An authorized officer may, in his absolute discretion, ’, insert ‘ The chief executive may ’. 31. Section 23(5) (2nd sentence)— omit ‘ by approval under his hand ’, insert ‘ by written notice ’. 32. Section 23(5) (2nd sentence)— renumber as subsection (6). 33. Section 24— omit, insert— ‘Change of licensee’s address ‘24.(1) If a licensee changes address, the licensee must, not later than 7 days after the change— (a) give written notice of the change to the chief executive; and (b) produce the licensee’s licence to the chief executive for endorsement of the change. ‘(2) If the chief executive is satisfied of the correctness of the change of address notified under subsection (1), the chief executive must endorse the licence accordingly. ’. 34. Section 27— omit, insert— ‘Individual to be nominated to represent body corporate or firm ‘27.(1) If an applicant for a licence under section 11 (the “proposed licensee” ) is— (a) a body corporate; or

135 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) (b) a firm registered under the Business Names Act 1962 ; or (c) an association of persons who jointly apply for the licence; the proposed licensee must apply to the chief executive, either in the application or the prescribed form, for the approval of a person as the applicant’s nominee. ‘(2) A nominee is responsible for directly representing a licensee in the conduct of the licensee’s business as dealer. ‘(3) A licence mentioned in subsection (1) may be granted only if a nominee is approved in relation to the licence. ‘(4) A nominee may be— (a) in the case of a body corporate—a director of the body corporate; and (b) in the case of a firm—a member of the firm; and (c) in the case of an association of persons—one of those persons or another person who is not an applicant for the licence. ‘(5) A nominee must— (a) in the chief executive’s opinion, be a fit and proper person; and (b) not be disqualified from holding a licence under this Act. ‘(6) If the chief executive is satisfied that subsections (4) and (5) are complied with in relation to a proposed nominee, the chief executive may approve the proposed nominee. ‘(7) If a licence mentioned in subsection (1) is granted, the chief executive must endorse the licence with the name of the approved nominee. ‘(8) A licensee may apply to the chief executive, in the prescribed form, to substitute the name of another nominee (the “substitute nominee” ) for that of the nominee currently endorsed on the licence. ‘(9) The application under subsection (8) must be accompanied by the licensee’s current licence. ‘(10) If the chief executive is satisfied that subsections (4) and (5) are complied with in relation to the substitute nominee, the chief executive

136 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) may— (a) approve the substitute nominee; and (b) endorse the licence with the name of the substitute nominee. ‘(11) In deciding whether a person is a fit and proper person for the purposes of this section, the chief executive is to have regard to the fame, character and suitability of the person. ‘(12) Section 12 applies to an application under this section as if it were an application for a licence. ’. 35. Section 32(2) and (3)— omit, insert— ‘(2) A person must, within 7 days of ceasing to be a licensed collector, deliver his or her collector’s badge to the chief executive. ‘(3) A licensed collector whose collector’s badge is lost, destroyed or stolen must, immediately on becoming aware of that fact, report the matter to the chief executive. ‘(4) If, on application by the collector and payment of the prescribed fee, the chief executive is satisfied that the licensed collector’s badge has been lost, destroyed or stolen, the chief executive may issue a replacement badge. ’. 36. Section 49(a)— omit ‘ $400 ’, insert ‘ 8 penalty units ’. 37. Section 49(b)— omit ‘ $800 ’, insert ‘ 16 penalty units ’.

137 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 38. Section 50(1)(a)— omit ‘ to an authorized officer or to a police officer ’, insert ‘ to the chief executive or to an authorised officer ’. 39. Part 5 (heading)— omit, insert— ‘PART 5—POWERS OF AUTHORISED OFFICERS’. 40. Section 55(1)— omit ‘ police officer ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ authorised police officer ’. 41. Section 55(1) (2nd sentence)— renumber as subsection (1A). 42. Section 56(1)— omit ‘ police officer ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ authorised officer ’. 43. Section 56(2)— omit ‘ a police officer ’, insert ‘ an authorised officer ’. 44. Section 57 (heading)— omit, insert— ‘Authorised officer may enter premises’.

138 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 45. Section 57(1)(a)— omit ‘ A police officer ’, insert ‘ An authorised police officer ’. 46. Section 57(1)(b)— omit ‘ A police officer ’, insert ‘ An authorised officer ’. 47. Section 57(1)(a) and (b)— renumber as subsections (1) and (1A). 48. Section 57(2)— omit ‘ A police officer ’, insert ‘ An authorised officer ’. 49. Section 57(3)— omit, insert— ‘(3) A person must not, without reasonable excuse, obstruct, prevent or delay, or attempt to obstruct, prevent or delay, the entry by an authorised officer exercising the powers given to the officer under this Act into— (a) a dealer’s premises; or (b) a location where the business of a dealer is being carried on. ’. 50. Section 57(4)— omit ‘ a police officer ’, insert ‘ an authorised officer ’. 51. Section 58 (1st and 2nd sentences)— omit ‘ any police officer ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ an authorised police officer ’.

139 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 52. Section 58 (2nd sentence, paragraph (c))— omit ‘ a police officer ’, insert ‘ an authorised police officer ’. 53. Section 58 (3rd sentence)— omit ‘ a police officer ’, insert ‘ an authorised police officer ’. 54. Section 58 (1st, 2nd and 3rd sentences)— renumber as subsections (1), (2) and (3) respectively. 55. Section 59— omit ‘ Any police officer ’, insert ‘ An authorised officer ’. 56. Section 61— omit, insert— ‘Authorised officer may prosecute ‘61. In any proceedings under this Act, an authorised officer (whether or not the complainant), may appear and act in court on behalf of the prosecution. ’. 57. Section 62(1)— omit ‘ under the Justices Act 1886-1982 upon the complaint of a police officer ’, insert ‘ under the Justices Act 1886 ’. 58. Section 66(1) (2nd, 3rd and 4th sentences)— renumber as subsections (1A), (1B) and (1C) respectively.

140 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 59. Section 66(1) (5th sentence)— omit. 60. Section 66(2)— omit ‘ in accordance with subsection (1) ’, insert ‘ under subsection (1) ’. 61. Section 66(3)(a) and (b)— renumber as subsections (3) and (4) respectively. 62. Section 66(3)(b)(i) and (ii)— renumber as paragraphs (a) and (b) respectively. 63. Section 66(4)— omit. 64. Section 66(5) (1st and 2nd sentences)— renumber as subsections (5) and (6) respectively. 65. Section 67— omit, insert— ‘Protection ‘67.(1) The chief executive or an authorised officer incurs no civil liability for an honest act or omission in the performance or purported performance of functions under this Act. ‘(2) A liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the chief executive or an authorised officer attaches instead to the State. ’.

141 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 66. Section 69(a)— omit ‘ the Commissioner, an authorized officer or any police officer ’, insert ‘ the chief executive, the Commissioner or an authorised officer ’. 67. Section 69(b)— omit ‘ the Commissioner, an authorized officer or any other police officer ’, insert ‘ the chief executive, the Commissioner or an authorised officer ’. 68. After section 70— insert— ‘Delegations ‘70A. The chief executive may delegate the chief executive’s powers under this Act to— (a) an authorised officer; or (b) another officer or employee of the department. ’. 69. Section 71(h)— omit ‘ $400 ’, insert ‘ 8 penalty units ’. 70. Section 71 (at the end)— insert— ‘(2) A regulation may make provision with respect to any matter for which provision may be made by order in council. ’.

142 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) ´ SMALL CLAIMS TRIBUNALS ACT 1973 1. Section 3— omit. 2. Section 4 (definition “Minister”)— omit. 3. Section 4— insert— ‘ “metropolitan district” means the metropolitan district within the meaning of the Decentralisation of Magistrates Courts Act 1965 ; ’. 4. Section 4 (2nd sentence)— omit ‘ paragraph ’, insert ‘ subsection ’. 5. Section 4 (1st and 2nd sentence)— renumber as subsections (1) and (2) respectively. 6. Section 10(3)— omit. 7. Section 13(1) and (2)— omit, insert— ‘(1) The office of every clerk of the court of a Magistrates Court (other than offices in the metropolitan district) is a registry. ‘(2) There is to be a registry, appointed under the Justices Act 1886, in the metropolitan district. ’.

143 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 8. Section 15(1) (1st sentence)— omit, insert— ‘(1) Each clerk of the court of a Magistrates Court (other than a clerk of the court at a place in the metropolitan district) is a registrar. ’. 9. Section 15(2) (1st sentence)— omit, insert— ‘(2) There is to be appointed to the registry in the metropolitan district a registrar and a deputy registrar. ’. 10. Section 16(1)(b)— omit, insert— ‘ (b) a claim that is the subject of a dispute arising under the DividingFences Act 1953 if the claim is in relation to an amount or value less than the prescribed amount; and ’. 11. Section 42— omit, insert— ‘Certain matters to be reported to the Minister ‘42.(1) The Governor in Council is to nominate a referee (the “nominated referee” ) for the purposes of this section. ‘(2) In subsection (3), a reference to a referee is a reference to a referee other than the nominated referee. ‘(3) If— (a) a matter arises out of a proceeding before a Small Claims Tribunal and the referee constituting the tribunal considers the matter to be of importance as regards the relationship of consumer and trader; or (b) in the course of a proceeding, or because of a proceeding, a

144 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) referee considers that a trader has, in the course of the trader’s dealings with the claimant, engaged in conduct that should be brought to the attention of the Minister; or (c) a referee is of the opinion that a matter relevant to— (i) the administration of this Act; or (ii) the practices and procedures of tribunals; should be brought to the attention of the Minister; the referee must give a written report on the matter to the nominated referee. ‘(4) If— (a) a matter arises out of a proceeding before a Small Claims Tribunal constituted by the nominated referee and the nominated referee considers the matter to be of importance as regards the relationship of consumer and trader; or (b) in the course of a proceeding, or because of a proceeding, the nominated referee considers that a trader has, in the course of the trader’s dealings with the claimant, engaged in conduct that should be brought to the attention of the Minister; or (c) the nominated referee is of the opinion that a matter relevant to— (i) the administration of this Act; or (ii) the practices and procedures of tribunals; should be brought to the attention of the Minister; or (d) a referee reports a matter under subsection (3) to the nominated referee and the nominated referee considers that the matter is of a kind mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b); the nominated referee must give a written report on the matter to the Minister. ’.

145 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) ´ SUPREME COURT OF QUEENSLAND ACT 1991 1. Section 56 (at the end)— insert— ‘ (c) the chief executive of the department. ‘(2) A Judge of Appeal may subdelegate powers delegated to the Judge under subsection (1) to a member of the staff of the Court of Appeal. ‘(3) The chief executive may subdelegate powers delegated to the chief executive under subsection (1) to an officer or employee of the department. ’. 2. Section 58(2)— omit, insert— ‘(2) The jurisdiction and powers of the Court that are not required to be exercised only by the Court of Appeal may be exercised by the Court in the Trial Division. ’. 3. Section 71(1)— omit ‘ the Court of Appeal is required to hear and determine ’, insert ‘ is required to be heard and determined only by the Court of Appeal ’. 4. Section 71(5)— omit ‘ under an Act other than this Act ’. 5. Section 75(1)(e)— omit ‘ matters are ’, insert ‘ matters as are ’.

146 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 6. Section 88— omit. SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 7. Section 99 (at the end)— insert— ‘ (c) the chief executive of the department. ‘(2) A member of the Commission may subdelegate powers delegated to the member under subsection (1) to a member of the staff of the Commission. ‘(3) The chief executive may subdelegate powers delegated to the chief executive under subsection (1) to an officer or employee of the department. ’. ´ TRUSTEE COMPANIES ACT 1968 1. Section 3— omit. 2. Section 4(1) (definitions “foreign company”, “recognized company” and “registrar”)— omit, insert— ‘ “foreign company” has the meaning given by the Corporations Law; “recognised company” has the meaning given by the Corporations Law; “registrar” means the chief executive of the department; ’.

147 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 3. Section 21(1)(c)— omit, insert— ‘ (c) committee of the estate of a patient within the meaning of Schedule 5 to the Mental Health Act 1974 ; ’. 4. Section 21(8)— omit ‘ Companies (Queensland) Code ’, insert ‘ Corporations Law ’. 5. Section 63(2)— omit, insert— ‘(2) In Part 2 of Schedule 2— “member” , if used in a provision that limits the number of shares that may be held by a member, includes, in its application to a corporation, a corporation that is a related body corporate within the meaning of section 50 of the Corporations Law. ’. 6. Section 64A— omit ‘ Attorney-General ’ (wherever occurring) , insert ‘ Minister ’. 7. Section 65(1) (all words after ‘make’)— omit, insert— ‘ a statutory declaration in a form approved by the chief executive. ‘(1A) The declaration must contain the following particulars— (a) a statement that the liability of the members of the company is limited; (b) the number and face value of the shares making up the capital of the company; (c) the number of shares issued;

148 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) (d) the extent to which calls have been made on shares and the amount received on the calls; (e) details of company assets; (f) details of company liabilities; (g) any other matter determined by the chief executive. ’. 8. Section 65(3)— omit ‘ ten dollars ’, insert ‘ 1 penalty unit ’. 9. Section 66— omit ‘ Attorney-General ’, insert ‘ Minister ’. 10. Section 66A(1)— omit ‘ Companies (Queensland) Code ’, insert ‘ Corporations Law ’. 11. Section 66A(2)(a)(ii)— omit ‘ Attorney-General ’, insert ‘ Minister ’. 12. Section 66A(2) (2nd sentence)— omit ‘ This subsection shall ’, insert ‘ Subsection (2) must ’. 13. Section 66A(2) (2nd sentence)— renumber as subsection (2A). 14. Section 66E(1)— omit ‘ a statutory declaration in, or to the effect of, the Fourth Schedule to this Act ’,

149 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) insert — ‘ a statutory declaration in a form approved by the chief executive. ‘(1A) The declaration must contain the following particulars— (a) the number and face value of the shares making up the authorised capital of the company; (b) the number and face value of the shares making up the issued capital of the company; (c) the amount of paid-up capital; (d) the amount of uncalled capital; (e) the extent to which calls have been made on shares and the amount received on the calls; (f) the amount of company assets; (g) the amount of company liabilities; (h) the nature and amount of credit and standby facilities available to the company at balance date; (i) details of the company balance sheet; (j) any other matter determined by the chief executive. ’. 15. Section 66E(5)— omit ‘ Attorney-General ’, insert ‘ Minister ’. 16. Section 66G (2nd sentence)— omit ‘ This section ’, insert ‘ Subsection (1) ’. 17. Section 66G (1st and 2nd sentences)— renumber as subsections (1) and (2).

150 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 18. Section 71— omit, insert— ‘Delegations ‘71. The registrar may delegate the registrar’s powers under this Act to an officer or employee of the department. ’. 19. Section 72(2) to (6)— omit. 20. Section 73(3)— omit ‘ Attorney-General ’, insert ‘ Minister ’. 21. Schedule 1— omit. 22. Schedule 2, Part 1— omit, insert— ‘PART 1 ‘ ANZ Executors & Trustee Company Limited Permanent Trustee Company Limited Perpetual Trustees Australia Limited Perpetual Trustees Queensland Limited Trust Company of Australia Limited ’.

151 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 1 (continued) 23. Schedule 2, Part 2 (Trust Company of Australia Limited, paragraph (f))— omit ‘ Companies Act 1961-1975 ’, insert ‘ Corporations Law ’. 24. Schedule 2, Part 2 (ANZ Executors & Trustee Company Limited, paragraph (f))— omit ‘ Companies (Queensland) Code ’, insert ‘ Corporations Law ’. 25. Schedule 2, Part 2 (at the end)— insert— ‘PERMANENT TRUSTEE COMPANY LIMITED (a) Subject to section 63(2), a member must not be the beneficial holder of more than 15% of the capital of the company from time to time on issue. (b) The paid-up capital of the company must be at least $5 000 000. ’. 26. Schedule 2, Part 2— reposition provisions according to their headings on an alphabetical, letter by letter basis. 27. Schedules 3 and 4— omit.

152 Justice Legislation (Miscellaneous Provisions) No. 40, 1992 SCHEDULE 2 · REPEALS section 154 Cash Orders Regulation Act Amendment Act 1959 Justices Acts Amendment Act 1932 Justices Acts Amendment Act 1941 Justices Acts Amendment Act 1949 Justices Acts Amendment Act 1963 Justices Acts Amendment Act 1964 Justices Act Amendment Act 1979 Hide, Skin, and Wool Dealers Act 1958 Pyramid Selling Schemes (Elimination) Act Amendment Act 1986 The State of Queensland 1992