Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another Act Amendment Act 2001 (Qld)

Queensland POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND ANOTHERACT AMENDMENT ACT 2001 Act No. 22 of 2001

Queensland POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES AND ANOTHER ACT AMENDMENT ACT 2001 TABLE OF PROVISIONS Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 3 Act amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 4 Amendment of s 144 (Powers under surveillance warrants). . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 5 Amendment of s 152 (What covert search warrant must state). . . . . . . . . . . 4 6 Replacement of s 375 (Power to use force—exercise of certain powers) . . . 5 375 Power to use force—exercise of certain powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF WEAPONS ACT 1990 7 Act amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 8 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 9 Amendment of s 6A (What is a “replica”) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 10 Amendment of s 49 (Commissioner to maintain firearms register) . . . . . . . 6 11 Amendment of s 77 (Collector’s licence (weapons)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 12 Insertion of new pt 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 PART 8—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS 173 Transitional provision for Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another Act Amendment Act 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Queensland Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another Act Amendment Act 2001 Act No. 22 of 2001 An Act to amend the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 and the Weapons Act 1990 [Assented to 17 May 2001]

s1 4 Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another Act Amendment Act 2001 The Parliament of Queensland enacts— s5 No. 22, 2001 PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another Act Amendment Act 2001. 2 Commencement Part 2 is taken to have commenced on 1 July 2000, immediately after the commencement of the provisions of the PolicePowersandResponsibilities Act 2000 that commenced on that day. PART 2—AMENDMENT OF POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 3 Act amended in pt 2 This part amends the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 . 4 Amendment of s 144 (Powers under surveillance warrants) Section 144(d), ‘to use reasonable force’— omit . 5 Amendment of s 152 (What covert search warrant must state) Section 152(a)— omit, insert — ‘(a) that a police officer may exercise covert search powers under the warrant;’.

s6 5 s8 Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another No. 22, 2001 Act Amendment Act 2001 6 Replacement of s 375 (Power to use force—exercise of certain powers) Section 375— omit, insert — ‘375 Power to use force—exercise of certain powers ‘ (1) It is lawful for a police officer, and anyone helping the police officer, to use reasonably necessary force when exercising or attempting to exercise a power under— (a) this Act, including, for example, surveillance powers under a surveillance warrant or covert search powers under a covert search warrant; or (b) another Act. Examples — 1. Forced entry may be necessary to execute a search warrant and seize items. 2. Forced entry may be needed for covert entry to a place to install a surveillance device. 3. Force may be used to stop vehicles. ‘ (2) This section does not apply to the use of force against an individual. 1 ’. PART 3—AMENDMENT OF WEAPONS ACT 1990 7 Act amended in pt 3 This part amends the Weapons Act 1990 . 8 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) Section 5, definition “collector”, from ‘weapons—’— omit, insert — ‘weapons.’. 1 See section 376 (Power to use force against individuals).

s9 6 Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another Act Amendment Act 2001 9 Amendment of s 6A (What is a “replica”) Section 6A(1)(b), ‘, C or H’— omit, insert — ‘or C’. s 12 No. 22, 2001 10 Amendment of s 49 (Commissioner to maintain firearms register) Section 49— insert — ‘ (5) In this section— “firearm” includes a category H weapon that is permanently inoperable.’. 11 Amendment of s 77 (Collector’s licence (weapons)) (1) Section 77(2)(b), after ‘1900’— insert — ‘and of obvious and significant commemorative, historic, thematic or investment value’. (2) Section 77(2)— insert — ‘(c) category H weapons that are permanently inoperable, whether or not of commemorative, historic, thematic or investment value.’. 12 Insertion of new pt 8 After section 172— insert — ‘PART 8—TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS ‘173 Transitional provision for Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another Act Amendment Act 2001 ‘ (1) This section applies to a person who, immediately before the commencement of this section, possesses a category H weapon that is permanently inoperable.

s 12 7 s 12 Police Powers and Responsibilities and Another No. 22, 2001 Act Amendment Act 2001 ‘ (2) The person may continue to possess the category H weapon without a licence until whichever of the following happens first— (a) the person obtains a collector’s licence for the weapon; (b) the end of 3 months after the commencement of this section.’. © State of Queensland 2001