Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Mason Jett Lee) Amendment Bill 2019* (Qld)

An Act to amend the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004, the Corrective Services Act 2006, the Criminal Code, the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1945, the Criminal Practice Rules 1999, the Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002, the Disability Services Act 2006, the Mental Health Act 2016, the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, the Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994, the Victims of Crime Assistance Act 2009, the Weapons Act 1990, the Working with Children (Risk Management and Screening) Act 2000 and the Youth Justice Act 1992 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Criminal Code and Other Legislation (Mason Jett Lee) Amendment Act 2019.

Part 2 Amendment of Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004

2 Act amended This part amends the Child Protection (Offender Reporting and Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004.

3 Amendment of sch 1 (Prescribed offences) Schedule 1, item 9(a), entry for section 300, after 'murder'— insert— or child homicide

Part 3 Amendment of Corrective Services Act 2006

4 Act amended This part amends the Corrective Services Act 2006.

5 Amendment of s 181 (Parole eligibility date for prisoner serving term of imprisonment for life) Section 181(2)(c) and (d)— omit, insert— (c) if the Criminal Code, section 305(4A) applied on sentence—25 years or the longer time ordered under that section; (d) if the prisoner is serving a term of imprisonment for life for an offence of murder and paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) do not apply—20 years; (e) if the Criminal Code, section 309A applied on sentence—15 years or the longer time ordered under that section; (f) otherwise—15 years.