Criminal Code (Protecting School Students and Members of Staff From Assaults) Amendment Bill 2007* (Qld)

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Criminal Code (Protecting School Students and Members of Staff From Assaults) Amendment Bill 2007

Queensland

Criminal Code (Protecting School Students and Members of Staff From Assaults) Amendment Bill 2007

Contents

Page Short title 2... eee 4 Code amended........... 0... eee eect eee 4 Insertion of new ch 31 2... ee eee 4 Chapter 31 Assaults, stalking, harassment or intimidation

at school premises

346A Definitions forch 31.............. 0000 c eee eee ee 4 346B Assaults, stalking, harassment and intimidation at

school premiseS............ 0.0. c ee eee eee eee 5

A Bill

for An Act to amend the Criminal Code

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Criminal Code (Protecting School Students and Members of Staff From Assaults) Amendment Bill 2007

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

1 Short title

This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code (Protecting School Students and Members of Staff From Assaults) Amendment Act 2007.

2 Code amended This Act amends the Criminal Code.

3 Insertion of new ch 31 After section 346—

insert—

'Chapter 31 Assaults, stalking, harassment or intimidation at school premises

'346A Definitions for ch 31 '(1)_ In this chapter—

member of staff of a school includes a person who performs voluntary work for the school.

school means—

(a) an infants school, primary school or secondary school (however described); or

(b) achild care facility for children under school age.

school premises includes parks and other community premises that are used by a school (but only while they are being used for the purposes of the school).

school student includes a child attending a child care facility.

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Criminal Code (Protecting School Students and Members of Staff From Assaults) Amendment Bill 2007

stalk, a person, includes following the person about or watching, or frequenting in the vicinity of, or an approach to, the person's place of residence, business or work or any place that the person frequents for the purpose of social or leisure activity.