Inquiry into Police Powers and Responsibilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2023 / Legal Affairs and Safety Committee

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10001006
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Queensland. Legislative Assembly. Legal Affairs and Safety Committee, issuing body
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  • [Brisbane, Qld. : Legislative Assembly of Queensland], 2023
  • 1 online resource (vii, 23, 3 pages)
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Queensland. Legislative Assembly. Legal Affairs and Safety Committee. Report ; no. 46, 57th Parliament.
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  • At head of title: Parliamentary Committees.
  • Chair of the Legal Affairs and Safety Committee : Mr Peter Russo MP, Member for Toohey.
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  • The objective of the Bill is to promote the efficiency of the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) through a range of amendments that will deliver operational or administrative improvements. Summary of the Bill: The objective of the Bill is to promote the efficiency of the Queensland Police Service (QPS) and the Queensland Fire and Emergency Services (QFES) through a range of amendments that will deliver operational or administrative improvements. In relation to QPS, amendments in the Bill will: • enhance the Police Drug Diversion Program (PDDP) by introducing drug diversion warnings, allowing an eligible person an opportunity to participate in a subsequent drug diversion assessment program, and expanding minor drug offences to include the possession of prescribed quantities of any type of dangerous drug and certain pharmaceuticals • allow for the appointment of a person as an executive officer rather than to an executive officer position which will allow executive officers (that is, Assistant and Deputy Commissioners) to be appointed generically to their respective rank or to the particular position that they will fill • introduce a circumstance of aggravation for the offence of evading police under s 754 of the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 (PPRA).The Bill will make minor amendments to legislation administered by QFES by: • confirming any request or application made under ss 64 'Prohibition by commissioner against lighting of fires' and 65 'Granting of permits' of the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990 (FESAct) must contain the information prescribed by regulation and, in the case of a request unders 64, be made in the way prescribed by regulation • introducing the new s 150BA 'Assault of persons performing functions or exercising powers' of the FES Act and making consequential amendments to the offence outlined in s 150C 'Obstruction of persons performing functions' of the FES Act. The Bill will also increase the maximum penalty under s 5 'Trafficking in dangerous drugs' of the Drugs Misuse Act 1986 (DMA) from 25 years imprisonment to life imprisonment to reflect the serious nature of this offence.
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Queensland. Legislative Assembly. Legal Affairs and Safety Committee
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Report No. 46, 57th Parliament, Legal Affairs and Safety Committee
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