State Buildings Protective Security Act 1983 (Qld)

State Buildings Protective Security Act 1983

An Act to provide for the security of state buildings and other buildings

Part 1    Preliminary

1   Short title

This Act may be cited as the State Buildings Protective Security Act 1983.

2   Commencement

(1)Section 1 and this section shall commence on the day this Act is assented to for and on behalf of Her Majesty.

(2)Except as is provided by subsection (1), the provisions of this Act shall commence on a date to be appointed by proclamation.

(3)The date so appointed is in this Act referred to as the date of commencement of this Act.

3   Definitions

In this Act—

administrator ...

belongings, of an entrant, see section 4A.

building ...

commissioner means the commissioner of the police service for the time being appointed under the Police Service Administration Act 1990.

convicted includes being found guilty by a court on a plea of guilty or otherwise, even though a conviction is not recorded.

department ...

electronic screening, of an entrant or an entrant’s belongings, means using an electronic screening device, mentioned in section 21(1)(b), in relation to the entrant or belongings.

entrant means a person in, or about to enter, a state building.

explosive substance means a substance that is or contains an explosive within the meaning of the Explosives Act 1999.

firearm means a firearm within the meaning of the Weapons Act 1990.

Minister ...

noxious or offensive substance means a thing made or adapted, or intended for use by the person possessing the thing, for 1 or more of the following purposes—

(a)assaulting someone else, other than for causing injury to or for incapacitating the other person;

(b)damaging property;

(c)disrupting business conducted by the State, or a non-commercial authority of the State, in a state building, including, for example, interrupting court proceedings.

Examples of noxious or offensive substances—

blood or paint in a plastic or paper wrapping intended to burst on impact when thrown at someone else or a solid object

offensive weapon means anything made or adapted for use for causing injury to or for incapacitating a person or intended by the person in possession of it for such a use.

outer garment includes a cloak, coat and jacket.

police service means the Queensland Police Service maintained under the Police Service Administration Act 1990.

precincts means, in relation to a building—

(a)any forecourt or other court used in conjunction with the building; and

(b)any yard or area used in conjunction with the building or adjacent to the building;

in either case within boundaries prescribed in respect of a particular building by the regulations or in the absence of such prescription up to the alignment of any public vehicular or pedestrian way adjacent to the building but including any wall or fence along the alignment; and

(c)any area above or below the ground adjacent to the walls, roof or foundations of the building.

proscribed matter means—

(a)an explosive substance;…