Criminal Justice Legislation Amendment Bill 1996 (Qld)

Queensland

CRIMINAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1996

CRIMINAL JUSTICE LEGISLATION AMENDMENT BILL 1996

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title 20.6... 4 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1989

2 Act amended in pt2 ......... 0... eee 4

3 Insertion of new s 132A... 2... ee eee ttt 4 132A Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 prevails over this Act......... 4 132B_ Provisions for CJC inquiry .......... 0.6 c eee eee eee 5 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF COMMISSIONS OF INQUIRY ACT 4 Act amended in pt3 2... .. cece cece eect eee ene 6 5 Amendment of s 5 (Power to summon witness and require

production of books etc.) ... 6... eee ett eee 6

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Criminal Justice Act 1989 and the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950

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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

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1. This Act may be cited as the Criminal Justice Legislation Amendment Act 1996.

PART 2—AMENDMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE ACT 1989

Act amended in pt 2 2. This part amends the Criminal Justice Act 1989.

Insertion of new s 132A 3. After section 132— insert— 'Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 prevails over this Act *132A.(1) The Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950 prevails over this Act.

'(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the commission or a person who is, or was, a commissioner, a commission officer or member of the commission's staff or other person engaged under section 66 must comply with any summons or requirement of an inquiry chairperson under the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950, section 5.

'(3) For the Commissions of Inquiry Act 1950, section 5, 10(4) or 14(1)(b), it is not a reasonable excuse for the commission or anyone else to fail to comply with the summons or requirement— 1113161821 s3 5 s3 Criminal Justice Legislation Amendment