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COMMITTEE’S REPORT

The Legal Affairs and Safety Committee tabled its Report No. 15, 57th Parliament - Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 on 1 November 2021. The Bill was passed without amendment by the Queensland Parliament on 30 November 2021.

About the Bill 

On 15 September 2021 the Hon Mark Ryan MP, Minister for Police and Corrective Services and Minister for Fire and Emergency Services introduced the Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2021 into the Queensland Parliament. The Bill was referred to the Legal Affairs and Safety Committee for detailed consideration. The Bill was passed by the Legislative Assembly on 30 November 2021.

View:    Introductory speech
View:    Bill
View:    Explanatory Notes
View:    Statement of compatibility

objectives of the bill

The purpose of the Bill is to:

• reduce knife crime by expanding the police banning notice regime to apply to a person (adult) who unlawfully possesses a knife in a relevant public place
• limit re-traumatisation of victims’ families and friends by introducing a new framework for parole decisions about a life sentenced prisoner who has committed multiple murders or who has murdered a child
• strengthen the ‘No Body, No Parole’ (NBNP) framework to incentivise earlier prisoner co-operation to locate a homicide victim’s remains,
• provide the Parole Board Queensland (the Board) with greater flexibility to respond to increased workload and the risks different prisoners pose to community safety,
• create administrative and operational efficiencies for the Queensland Police Service (QPS), enhance intelligence gathering about dangerous drugs and ensure Commonwealth child sexual abuse offences are updated in Queensland legislation
• create indictable offences for wilfully and unlawfully killing or seriously injuring a Queensland Corrective Services (QCS) dog, or QPS dog or horse, reflecting the seriousness of the offences in line with community expectations.

Further information

Further information including written briefings from the department, the response to submissions, transcripts from proceedings and answers to questions taken on notice are under the Related Publications tab.

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