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COMMITTEE’S REPORT

The committee tabled its Report No. 40, 57th Parliament - Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 on 17 February 2023. 

ABOUT THE BILL

On 30 November 2022 the Minister for Police and Corrective Services and Minister for Fire and Emergency Services introduced the Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 into the Queensland Parliament.   The Bill was referred to the Economics and Governance Committee for detailed consideration and the report was tabled on 17 February 2023.

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Objectives of the Bill

Objective of the Bill is to amend the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004, the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, the Summary Offences Act 2005, the Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Accreditation and Other Provisions) Regulation 2015, the Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 and the Transport Operations (Road Use Management – Vehicle Registration Regulation 2021 for particular purposes.

The main objectives of the Bill are to:

• strengthen child protection laws by increasing the periods for which an offender is required to report under the CPOROPO Act;
• improve the ability of the QPS to investigate cybercrime and offences committed by reportable offenders by making certain offences against the Criminal Code and the CPOROPO Act relevant offences for controlled operations and surveillance device warrants in Schedule 2 of PPRA;
• enhance the capacity of the QPS to investigate organised crime by facilitating the use of civilian participants in controlled activities in certain limited circumstances; and
• strengthen laws to deter hooning behaviour by creating additional offences under the TORUM Act and the SOA and increasing the penalties that apply for an offence under s 211 TORUM-VR Regulation.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

The committee invited submissions addressing any aspect of the Bill, from all interested parties.  The closing date for written submissions was 12 midday on Thursday, 5 January 2023.

PUBLIC BRIEFING

A public briefing was held on Tuesday, 13 December 2022 at 12:00 midday in the Legislative Council Chamber.

PUBLIC hearing

A public hearing was held on Monday, 30 January 2023 at 10:30am in the Legislative Council Chamber. 

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