Penalties and Sentences (Indexation) Amendment Bill 2013 (Qld)

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Queensland

Penalties and Sentences (Indexation) Amendment Bill 2013

Queensland

Penalties and Sentences (Indexation) Amendment Bill 2013

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A Bill

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An Act to amend the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 for particular purposes

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Penalties and Sentences (Indexation) Amendment Bill 2013

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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

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Short title

This Act may be cited as the Penalties and Sentences (Indexation) Amendment Act 2013.

Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Act amended

This Act amends the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992.

Amendment of s 5 (Meaning of penalty unit) (1) Section 5(1)—

omit, insert—

d)

The value of a penalty unit is—

(a)

(b)

(c)

for the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 or an infringement notice, other than an infringement notice for an offence against a law mentioned in paragraph (b), (c) or (d)—

(i) the amount prescribed under section 5A; or

(ii) if no amount is prescribed—$110; or

for a local law, or an infringement notice for an offence against a local law, made by a local government prescribed under a regulation—$75; or

for a local law, or an infringement notice for an offence against a local law made by a local government to which paragraph (b) 11141619 2224 26 Penalties and Sentences (Indexation) Amendment Bill 2013

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does not apply or made under clause 35 of the Alcan agreement—

(i) the amount prescribed under section 5A; or

(ii) if no amount is prescribed—$110; or

(d) for the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, the Electrical Safety Act 2002, the Safety in Recreational Water Activities Act 2011 or an infringement notice for an offence against any of those Acts—$100; or