Report No. 27, 57th Parliament - Police Powers and Responsibilities (Jack's Law) Amendment Bill 2022

Committee’s report

The committee tabled its Report No, 27, Police Powers and Responsibilities (Jack's Law) Amendment Bill 2022 on 17 February 2023. The Government's Response to this report was tabled on 29 March 2023.  The Bill was passed by the Queensland Parliament on 30 March 2023.

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Debate on the Bill in Parliament:

  • Transcript 29 March 2023 (pages 755 - 778 and 792 - 800)
  • Transcript 30 March 2023 (pages 840- 845 and 871 - 888)

    The debate on the Bill can be viewed by clicking on the movie icon within the above transcript.
 

About the BilL 

On 30 November 2022 the Minister introduced the Police Powers and Responsibilities (Jack's Law) Amendment Bill 2022 into the Queensland Parliament.  The Bill was referred to the Community Support and Services Committee for detailed consideration.   

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The primary objective of the Bill is to extend and expand the trial of hand held scanner provisions to detect unlawfully possessed knives beyond the Surfers Paradise and Broadbeach safe night precincts (SNPs).

The Bill will achieve this objective by amending the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (PPRA) to:

  • extend the expiry date of the scanning provisions to 30 April 2025;
  • increase the scope of prescribed public areas for scanning to include all 15 safe night precincts and all public transport stations, including public transport vehicles; and
  • strengthen the criteria that a senior police officer must consider before approving the use of a hand held scanner device.

FURTHER INFORMATION

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

TIMELINE

Submission closed:   Friday, 20 January 2023 - see ‘View submissions’ tab
Public Briefing:         Monday, 30 January 2023, Brisbane - Program - Broadcast - Transcript
Public Hearing:         Monday, 30 January 2023, Brisbane - Program - Broadcast - Transcript
Report tabled on:     17 February 2023 - Report

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