Vagrants, Gaming, and Other Offences Act Amendment Act 1987 (Qld)

166 Queenz t tub ANNO TRICESIMO SEXTO ELIZABETHAE SECUNDAE REGINAE No. -M" 7 97 An Act to amend the Vagrants, Gaming, and Other Offences Act 1931-1978 in certain particulars [ASSENTED TO 15TH APRIL, 1987]

Vagrants, Gaming, and Other Offences Act Amendment Act 1987, No. 17 167 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 Vagrants, Gaming, and Other Offences Act Amendment Act 1987. 2. Citation . (1) In this Act the Vagrants, Gaming, and Other Offences Act 1931-1978 is referred to as the Principal Act. (2) The Principal Act as amended by this Act may be cited as the Vagrants, Gaming, and Other Offences Act 1931-1987. 3. New s. 4B. The Principal Act is amended by inserting after section 4A the following section:- "4B Unlawful parachuting etc. (1) Any person who- (a) makes or attempts to make a descent from or onto a building or structure by parachuting, abseiling or other means; or (b) climbs or attempts to climb a building or structure, is guilty of an offence, unless the building or structure exists for that purpose or that person has a lawful, reasonable and sufficient excuse for so doing. Penalty: Four penalty units or imprisonment for six months. (2) Where a person has been found or has pleaded guilty of an offence defined in subsection (1), whether or not it imposes any penalty in respect thereof, the court may order that person to pay to another person, specified by the court, a sum assessed by the court on account of expenses shown to it to have been incurred by that other person in connexion with the rescue or attempted rescue of the guilty person as a consequence of his committing the offence. (3) An order made pursuant to subsection (2) shall be deemed to be an order for the payment of money made under the Magistrates Courts Act 1921-1982 and shall be enforceable as such an order under that Act.". 4. Amendment of s. 29 (3). Damages or injury to vehicle . Section 29 of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (3) by omitting all words from and including "In any prosecution" to and including "this section," and substituting the words "Where a person has been found or has pleaded guilty of an offence defined in subsection (1) or (2), whether or not it imposes any punishment in respect thereof, the court". 5. Amendment of s. 34A. False representations causing investigations by police officers . Section 34A of the Principal Act is amended in subsection (2) by omitting all words from and including "Upon convicting" to and including "may be imposed," and substituting the words "Where a person has been found or has pleaded guilty of an

168 Vagrants , Gaming, and Other Offences Act Amendment Act 1987, No. 17 offence defined in subsection (1), whether or not it imposes any penalty in respect thereof, the court may". 6. Amendment of s. 38 . Where offender may be arrested . Section 38 of the Principal Act is amended by- (a) inserting after the expression "4A," the expression "4B,"; (b) omitting the words "twenty-nine of this Act," and substituting the words "4B or 29".