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Lapse of Bill

On 25 January 2012 the Premier announced that she would seek dissolution of the Parliament on 19^th February 2012. On dissolution of the Parliament, all Bills before the Parliament lapsed.

The Committee authorised any successor committee to have access to its documents and evidence received, including correspondence and submissions received by the Committee prior to the Inquiry lapsing.

Other Information

The Criminal and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 and Explanatory Notes are available from the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel.

The Hansard transcript of the explanatory speech for the Bill can be found online.

Referral

On 13 October 2011 the Attorney-General, Hon Paul Lucas, introduced the Criminal and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 into the Queensland Parliament. Subsequently, Parliament referred the Bill to the Legal Affairs, Police, Corrective Services and Emergency Services Committee for detailed consideration.

The committee is due to report back to the Parliament by 19 March 2012.

Call for Submissions

Submissions closed on Friday 23 December 2011.