322 ANNO TRICESIMO TERTIO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. 28 of 1984 An Act to amend The Criminal Code i n certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 5TH APRIL, 19841
The Criminal Code Amendment Act 1984, No. 28 323 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:- 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as The Criminal Code Amendment Act 1984. 2. Commencement . (1) This section and section 1 shall commence on the day on which this Act is assented to for and on behalf of Her Majesty. (2) Except as provided by subsection (1), this Act shall commence on a day appointed by Proclamation. 3. Amendment of s. 663A. Section 663A of The Criminal Code is amended by omitting the meaning assigned to the term " prescribed amount " and substituting the following meaning:- "(a) where injury in connexion with which an application is made was suffered before the commencement of The Criminal Code Amendment Act 1984, $5 000; (b) in all other cases save those that are the subject of particular reference in section 663AA, the amount for the time being specified in section 14 (1) (C) (a) of the Workers' Compensation Act 1916-1983 as varied from time to time pursuant to section 14E of that Act.". 4. New s. 663AA. The Criminal Code is amended by inserting after section 663A the following heading and section:- " Particular prescribed amounts 663AA. (1) The prescribed amount for the purposes of this Chapter in the case of mental shock or nervous shock is $20 000. (2) Where injury in connexion with which an application is made in accordance with this Chapter is the same or substantially the same as an injury specified in the table set forth in section 14 (1) (C) of the Workers' Compensation Act 1916-1983, the prescribed amount for the purposes of this Chapter in respect of such injury is the maximum amount that may be paid as compensation under the said Act in respect of the injury so specified. (3) Where injury in connexion with which an application is made in accordance with this Chapter consists of more injuries than one, the prescribed amount in respect thereof for the purposes of this Chapter is the amount for the time being specified in section 14 (1) (C) (a) of the Workers' Compensation Act 1916-1983 as varied from time to time pursuant to section 14E of that Act. (4) Subsections (1), (2) and (3) are subject to provision (a) of the meaning of the tern " prescribed amount " in section 663A.". 5. Amendment o f s. 663B. Section 663B of The Criminal Code is amended by, in subsection (1)- (a) inserting after the words "person of any person" the words " or of more than one indictable offence relating to the person of any