Corrective Services and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2020 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Corrective Services Act 2006, the Criminal Code, the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1945, the Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011, the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, the Public Health Act 2005, the Racing Integrity Act 2016, the Racing Integrity Regulation 2016, the Summary Offences Act 2005, the Weapons Act 1990, the Weapons Categories Regulation 1997 and the Weapons Regulation 2016 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Corrective Services and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2020.

2 Commencement (1) The following provisions commence on the day immediately after the COVID-19 emergency period under the COVID-19 Emergency Response Act 2020 ends— (a) sections 36, 37(1), (2) and (4) and 41; (b) section 52, to the extent it inserts section 490ZC; (c) section 53(8). (2) Part 3B commences on 1 July 2020 immediately after the commencement of the Resources Safety and Health Queensland Act 2020, part 7, division 9. (3) The following provisions commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation— (a) sections 39, 43 and 50; (b) parts 5 and 6; (c) schedule 1, part 2.

Part 2 Amendment of Corrective Services Act 2006

3 Act amended This part amends the Corrective Services Act 2006. Note— See also the amendments in schedule 1.

4 Amendment of s 60 (Maximum security order) (1) Section 60— insert— (1A) However, the chief executive may direct that the prisoner be accommodated for the whole or a part of the period for which the maximum security order is in effect in an area in the corrective services facility other than a maximum security unit. (2) Section 60(1A) to (3)— renumber as section 60(2) to (4).