Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2012
Queensland Police Powers and
Responsibilities Act 2000 Police Powers
and Responsibilities Regulation
2012 Current as at [Not applicable]
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Responsibilities Regulation 2012 Contents
Part
1 1 2 Part 2
Division 1 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
10 11 12
Division 2 13
14 Part 3 15
16 Part 4 17
18 Part 4A Division 1
Page Preliminary Short title . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 7 Dictionary . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 7 Forensic procedures
QDNA
index Application of
pt 2
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
QDNA
indexes . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Crime scene index
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Missing persons index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Serious offenders
index .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Suspects index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Unknown deceased persons index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Volunteers (limited purpose)
index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Volunteers (unlimited purpose)
index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Statistical index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Permissible comparisons Table of
permissible comparisons—Act, s 494(2) . . . . . . . . . . . .
11
Exempt comparison—Act, s 494(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Declared localities Declared
localities—Act, s 604(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Prescribed
particulars—Act, s 605(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
13
Directing traffic Directing
vehicular and pedestrian traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Directing animal traffic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
14
Impounding and
immobilising motor vehicles
Prescribed type
2 vehicle
related offences
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20A 20B 20C
20D Part 4B 20E
20F Part 5 21
22 23 24
25 26 26A
27 28 Part 6
29 Schedule 1 Schedule 2
Schedule 3 Schedule 4
Schedule 5 Schedule 6
Schedule 7 Schedule 8
Schedule 9 Part 1
1 Page 2 Prescribed type
2 vehicle related offence—Act, s 69A(2)(e)—Road Use
Management Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Prescribed type 2 vehicle related
offence—Act, s 69A(2)(e)—Heavy Vehicle National
Law (Queensland) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 15 Impounding and immobilising
notices Application of div 2 . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16 Impounding notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
16
Impounding notices for particular type 1
vehicle related offences 17 Impounding notices
for particular type
2 vehicle
related offences 18 Immobilising notices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Sober safe centres Prescribed safe night precincts—Act,
s 390A
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Sober safe centres—Act, sch 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Miscellaneous Relevant
law—Act, sch
6, definition
relevant law . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Prescribed
Act—Act, s
41(g)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
20
Corresponding law—Act, sch 6, definition corresponding law . . 21
Prescribed Acts restricting starting
of proceeding—Act,
s 799
. .
21
Declared agency—Act, sch 6, definition
declared agency . . . . .
21
Legal aid organisation—Act, sch 6, definition
legal aid
organisation 21 Authorised persons under Major Event Act 2014 declared
to be
public officials—Act,
sch 6, definition public official . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 21 Relevant disease—Act, sch 6,
definition relevant disease . . . . .
22 Responsibilities code—Act, sch 6,
definition responsibilities code 22
Repeal Repeal . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . 22 Table
of permissible comparisons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Relevant law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
25
Prescribed Acts—Act, section 41(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Corresponding laws . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
28
Prescribed Acts—Act, section 799
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
30
Declared
agencies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Traffic
signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Relevant
diseases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Responsibilities
code . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Preliminary Short title . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 37
2 Part 2 Division 1
3 Division 2 4
5 Division 3 6
7 8 Division 4
9 10 Division 5
11 Part 2A 11A
11B 11C Part 3
Division 1 12
Division 2 13
14 Division 3 15
16 17 18
Part
4 19 20 Police Powers and
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Code
does not generally apply to covert operations . . . . . . . . .
. 37 Powers and responsibilities relating
to search warrants, obtaining documents, and
crime scenes Search warrants Search warrant
application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . 37 Post-search approval
Post-search approval application
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Appeal—Act, s 163 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
41
Crime
scenes Who is an authorised assistant for
crime scene
powers .
. . . . . .
41
Crime scene
warrant application .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
42
Crime scene warrant extension
application .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
43
Production notices and access orders
Production notice
application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Access order application .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
45
Production orders Production order application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
46
Powers and
responsibilities relating to missing person
scenes Who is an
authorised assistant for missing person powers
. . . . 47
Missing person warrant application
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Missing person
warrant extension application
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
Powers and responsibilities relating to gathering covert
evidence Monitoring orders
and suspension orders—Act, chapter 8, parts 2
and
3 Monitoring order or suspension order
application . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Surveillance device warrant applications and
use of surveillance devices Applications
to Supreme
Court judge
to be
made with
help of
lawyer 51 Security of
facilities used under a surveillance device
warrant .
. 51 Covert search Applications to
be made with help of lawyer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52 Covert
search warrant application
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
52
Covert search warrant extension
application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Report on covert search warrant
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Powers and
responsibilities relating to arrest and custody powers
DNA
sample order application—child—Act, s 488(2) . . . . . . . . .
55
Disease test order application
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
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30 31 Division 2
32 33 Division 3
34 Part 6 Division 1
35 Division 2 36
37 38 39
40 41 Division 3
42 43 Part 7
Division 1 44
45 Powers and responsibilities relating
to investigations and questioning for indictable
offences Questioning relevant persons about
indictable offences Application of div 1 . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Asking persons to attend for
questioning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Right to communicate with friend, relative
or lawyer . . . . . . . . . . Right to remain silent
not affected
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Questioning
of Aboriginal
people and
Torres Strait
Islanders .
. .
Cautioning relevant persons about
the right
to silence
. . . . . . . .
Provision of information relating
to a relevant person
. . . . . . . . . Right to interpreter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Right of visiting foreign national
to communicate with
embassy etc. Rights of a person to be electronically recorded . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Procedure for reading back a written record—Act, s 437(5) . . . . Questioning detained persons Removal order application .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Detention period extension application
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Provisions about
support persons Ensuring support persons understand
role .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Responsibilities
relating to
persons in
custody General
requirements for identification procedures Management
of witnesses
during identification procedure . . . . .
Identification
parades Application
of div
2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Recording of identification parade
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Explanation
of procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Identification parade conditions
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Conducting
the identification parade
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Use
of suitable persons in the identification parade . . . . . . . . . . Identification using photographs General
requirements for identification using
photographs .
. . . .
Conducting a
photo board
identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Responsibilities relating to enforcement registers Register of
enforcement acts Searches of
persons—Act,
s 679(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Searches of vehicles—Act,
s 679(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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Searches of places other than vehicles—Act,
s 679(1) . . . . . . . . 74 Arrests and
detentions—Act, s 679(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. 74 Search warrants—Act, s 679(1)
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Missing person warrants—s 679(1) . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Production notices—Act, s 679(1) . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Production orders—Act, s 679(1)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Things seized other than during a search—Act, s 679(1) . . . . . . 78
Directions given—Act, s 679(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
78
Taking identifying particulars for
official warning for consorting—Act,
s 679(1)
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . 78 Official warnings for consorting—Act,
s 679(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Powers for public safety orders—Act, s
679(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
Powers for restricted premises orders—Act, s
679(1) . . . . . . . . . 80 Powers for
fortification removal orders—Act, s 679(1) . . . . . . .
. 80 Taking
of prohibited
items from
restricted premises or fortifications from fortified premises—Act, s 679(1) . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Stop
and desist notices—Act, s 679(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
. . . 81 Exclusions of support persons from
questioning—Act, s 679(1) . 82
Register of covert acts Monitoring
orders and suspension orders—Act, s 666(3) . . . . . .
82 Responsibilities relating to dealing with things in the possession
of police
service Receipt for seized property . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Functions of property officer
. .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
84 Order after property seized . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
Dictionary . . . . . . . .
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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1 Preliminary 1
Short
title This regulation may
be cited as
the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Regulation
2012 . 2 Dictionary
The dictionary in
schedule 10 defines
words used
in this regulation. Part 2
Forensic procedures Division 1
QDNA
index 3 Application of pt 2
For the Act,
schedule 6, definition QDNA
index and
section 494(5), this part prescribes the
following— (a) types of QDNA indexes;
(b) the type
of information that
may be included
in each index.
4 QDNA indexes The following
are the types of QDNA indexes— (a)
the
crime scene index; (b) the missing persons index;
(c) the serious offenders index;
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(d) the suspects index;
(e) the unknown deceased persons
index; (f) the volunteers (limited purpose)
index; (g) the volunteers (unlimited purpose)
index; (h) the statistical index.
5 Crime scene index (1)
The crime scene index is an index of
the results of a DNA analysis of material obtained from a
person or thing at a crime scene or
other place
that is,
or may be,
evidence of
the commission of an offence.
(2) The crime
scene index
may include information obtained
from
a declared agency of the results of a DNA analysis of
material of a kind mentioned in subsection
(1). (3) In this section— crime
scene means— (a)
any place where
an offence was
committed or
is reasonably suspected of having been
committed; or (b) any place
associated with,
or relevant to,
the commission or suspected commission of
an offence. 6 Missing persons index
(1) The missing persons
index is an index of the results of a DNA
analysis of material known to relate, or
that may relate, to a missing person. (2)
The
missing persons index may include information obtained
from
a declared agency of the results of a DNA analysis of
material known
to relate, or
that may
relate, to
a missing person.
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7] 7 Serious offenders index
(1) The serious
offenders index
is an index
of the results
of a DNA
analysis of
a DNA sample
taken from
a person or
a prisoner — (a)
under section 485 or 487 of the Act;
or (b) convicted of
an indictable offence
that is
not already included because
of paragraph (a). (2) The serious offenders index may
include the results of a DNA analysis of a
DNA sample relating to a person convicted of an indictable offence
under the
law of the
Commonwealth or
another State. 8
Suspects index (1)
The suspects index
is an index
of the results
of a DNA
analysis of a DNA sample taken, under a
forensic procedure order or
otherwise, from
a person who
is charged with
or suspected of having committed an
indictable offence. (2) The suspect index may include the
results of a DNA analysis of a DNA sample taken from a person
who is charged with or suspected of having committed an
offence against a law of the Commonwealth or
another State. 9 Unknown deceased persons index
(1) The unknown
deceased persons
index is
an index of
the results of a DNA analysis of a DNA
sample taken from an unknown deceased person.
(2) The unknown
deceased persons
index may
include information
obtained from a declared agency of the results of
a DNA analysis
of a DNA
sample taken
from an
unknown deceased
person. Current as at [Not applicable]
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10 Volunteers (limited purpose)
index (1) The volunteers (limited
purpose) index
is an index
of the results
of a DNA
analysis of
a DNA sample
taken from
a person under
a forensic procedure
consent, or
a consent obtained before
2 February 2004— (a) that limited
the purposes for
which the
results of
the analysis may be used; or
(b) that is otherwise subject to a
limitation under the Act on the purposes for
which the results of the analysis may be used; or
Note
for paragraph (b)— Under section 479(2) of the Act, a DNA
sample taken from a child under 14 may only
be
used for the purpose for which
consent to take the sample was given.
(c) that is an index of the results of a
DNA analysis of a sample that are not subject to a limitation
under the Act but are to be used for a limited
purpose. (2) The volunteers (limited
purpose) index
may include information
obtained from a declared agency of the results of
a
DNA analysis of a DNA sample taken from a person under a
consent given under a law of the
Commonwealth or another State— (a)
that limited
the purpose for
which the
result of
the analysis may be used; or
(b) that is otherwise subject to a
limitation, under the law under which the consent was given, on
the purposes for which the results of the analysis may be
used. 11 Volunteers (unlimited purpose)
index (1) The volunteers
(unlimited purpose) index is an index of the results
of a DNA
analysis of
a DNA sample
taken from
a person under
a forensic procedure
consent, or
a consent obtained
before 2
February 2004,
that did
not limit the
purposes for which the results of the
analysis may be used. (2) The volunteers
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12] (a) the results of a DNA analysis of a
sample taken from a known deceased person; or
(b) information obtained
from a
declared agency
of the results of a DNA
analysis of a DNA sample taken from a person
under a
consent given
under a
law of the
Commonwealth or another State—
(i) that did not limit the purpose for
which the results of the analysis may be used; or
(ii) that is not
otherwise subject to a limitation, under the law under
which the consent was given, on the purposes for
which the results of the analysis may be used.
12 Statistical index (1)
The statistical index
is an index
of the results
of DNA analyses from
which it is not possible to identify the person to
whom the
results relate
and that is
used only
to gather statistical
information. (2) The statistical index may include
information obtained from a declared agency
of the results of DNA analyses from which it is not possible
to identify the person to whom the results relate
and
that is used only to gather statistical information.
Division 2 Permissible
comparisons 13 Table of permissible comparisons—Act,
s 494(2) (1) For section 494(2) of the Act, the
prescribed table that permits comparison of
the results of
a DNA analysis
with another
DNA
analysis using the ACC database is stated in schedule 1.
(2) The results of a DNA analysis included
in an index mentioned in schedule 1, column 1 may be
compared with the results of a DNA analysis in
an index set out opposite that DNA analysis in another
column. (3) A comparison may be made whether or
not— Current as at [Not applicable]
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(a) a name stated in the table for a QDNA
index is identical to the name of a declared agency’s index;
or (b) for a comparison with a declared
agency’s index—what may be included in a QDNA index under this
part differs from what
may be included
in the declared
agency’s index.
(4) In schedule 1— if
within purpose
means the
purpose for
the comparison is
consistent with the purpose for which the
sample to which the results relate was taken.
14 Exempt comparison—Act, s 494(4)
For
section 494(4) of the Act, a comparison is exempt from
section 494(2) of
the Act if
the comparison is
made using
information from— (a)
QDNA
only; or (b) a database of a declared agency
without using the ACC database. Part 3
Declared localities 15
Declared localities—Act, s 604(4)
Each
locality shown on the following maps is declared to be a
locality for the definition
declared locality in section
604(4) of the Act— (a)
Map
1—Mount Isa; (b) Map 2—Cairns; (c)
Map
3—Townsville; (d) Map 4—Inner Brisbane;
(e) Map 5—Logan; (f)
Map
6—Rockhampton; Page 12 Current as at
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(g) Map 6A—Gracemere–Rockhampton;
(h) Map 7—Caboolture. Note—
The
map for a declared locality is available for inspection at
each police station in the locality between 8a.m.
and 4p.m. Monday to Friday. All of the maps are available for
inspection at Police Headquarters, 200 Roma Street,
Brisbane between 8a.m. and 4p.m. Monday to Friday.
16 Prescribed particulars—Act, s
605(6) For section 605(6) of the Act, the following
particulars must be entered in the register—
(a) the name
and address of
the person released
under section 605(1)
or (3) of the Act, if known; (b)
the
person’s age and date of birth, if known; (c)
where and when the person was initially
detained under section 604 of the Act; (d)
the
date of the person’s release; (e)
if
the person was released at a place of safety— (i)
the
place of safety; and (ii) the person
apparently in possession or in charge of the place of
safety. Part 4 Directing
traffic 17 Directing vehicular and pedestrian
traffic (1) For section 59 of the Act, a police
officer may, by giving a direction or by signalling in a way
stated in schedule 7, give the following directions—
(a) to stop; (b)
to
stop at the place indicated; Current as at
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to
move; (d) to proceed. (2)
Without limiting subsection (1), a police
officer may give the direction by displaying a sign.
(3) A signal shown in schedule 7 may be
given by using a single traffic wand to signal in a way that
is as near as practicable to the
signal. (4) In this section— traffic
wand means
a device, whether
or not illuminated, commonly known
as a traffic wand. 18 Directing animal traffic
For section 134(1) of
the Act, a
police officer
may, by
signalling in a
way
stated in schedule 7, give
the following directions to a
person in charge of an animal— (a)
to
stop, including to stop the animal; (b)
to
stop at the place indicated; (c)
to
move; (d) to proceed. Part 4A
Impounding and immobilising
motor vehicles Division 1
Prescribed type 2 vehicle related
offences 19
Prescribed type 2 vehicle related
offence—Act, s 69A(2)(e)—Road Use Management Act
For
section 69A(2)(e) of the Act, offences against the Road
Use
Management Act that are prescribed are offences against
any
of the following provisions of the Transport
Operations Page 14 Current as at
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2012 Part 4A Impounding and immobilising motor
vehicles [s 19A] (Road
Use Management—Vehicle Standards
and Safety) Regulation
2010 — (a) section
5(1)(a)(i), (ii), (v) or (vi); (b)
section 6(2); (c)
section 10(1)(d); (d)
section 11; (e)
section 13(1). 19A
Prescribed type 2 vehicle related
offence—Act, s 69A(2)(e)—Heavy Vehicle National Law
(Queensland) (1) For section 69A(2)(e) of the Act,
offences against the Heavy Vehicle National
Law (Queensland) that
are prescribed are
offences against any of the following
provisions of that Law— (a) section 60(1),
if the offence involves— (i) failing
to fit a
vehicle with
equipment (
required equipment
) required for
the vehicle in the heavy
vehicle standards; or (ii)
fitting a vehicle with required equipment
that does not comply with
the requirements for
the equipment stated in the heavy vehicle
standards; or (iii) fitting a
vehicle with optional equipment that does not
comply with
the requirements for
the equipment stated in the heavy vehicle
standards; or (iv) failing to
comply with the stationary noise level for a vehicle stated
in the heavy vehicle standards; (b)
section 85(2); (c)
section 90(1) or (3), if the offence
involves an emission control system
that reduces
noise emission
from a
vehicle; (d)
section 91(1) or (2), if the offence
involves an emission control system
that reduces
noise emission
from a
vehicle. Current as at
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Regulation 2012 Part 4A Impounding and immobilising motor
vehicles [s 20] (2)
In
this section— heavy vehicle standards see the Heavy
Vehicle National Law (Queensland), section 5.
Division 2 Impounding and
immobilising notices 20
Application of div 2 This division
prescribes other information for section 78(4)(c)
of
the Act. 20A Impounding notices An impounding
notice must state the following— (a)
that, before
the motor vehicle
may be recovered, the
owner may be required to produce
satisfactory evidence of the ownership of the motor
vehicle; (b) that, if the driver is an adult, the
driver will be required to pay
the costs of
removing or
keeping the
motor vehicle;
(c) that, if the driver is a child and the
child is found guilty of the
offence for
which the
motor vehicle
was impounded, the court may order the
child or the child’s parent or
guardian to
pay the costs
of removing or
keeping the motor vehicle;
(d) that, if the owner of a motor vehicle
fails to recover the motor vehicle after the period of
impounding ends and the owner was the driver of the motor
vehicle when it was impounded, the owner is liable to pay
the costs of keeping the motor vehicle for each day after
the period of impounding ends, whether or not the
driver is found guilty of
the offence for
which the
motor vehicle
is impounded; Page 16
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2012 Part 4A Impounding and immobilising motor
vehicles [s 20B] (e)
that, if the owner of the motor vehicle
fails to recover the motor vehicle after the period of
impounding ends and the owner was not the driver of the
motor vehicle when it was impounded, the owner is liable
to pay the costs of keeping the motor vehicle for each
day after the period of
impoundment ends
that is
more than
2 business days after the owner is given
the impounding notice; (f)
the
penalty for unlawfully removing the motor vehicle
from
the place at which it is held; (g)
the
definition of found guilty , of an offence,
under the Act. 20B Impounding
notices for particular type 1 vehicle related offences
(1) This section
applies if
a police officer
impounds a
motor vehicle under
section 74A(1) of the Act because of a type 1 vehicle
related offence
and the officer
reasonably suspects
that, in
addition to
the initiating impoundment offence,
and within the relevant period—
(a) the driver of the motor vehicle has
been charged with having committed a type 1 vehicle related
offence on 1 previous occasion and the charge has not
been decided; or (b) the
driver of
the motor vehicle
has previously been
found guilty
of a type
1 vehicle related
offence committed on 1
previous occasion. (2) The impounding notice
must also
state that
if the motor
vehicle is
impounded until
the end of
proceedings under
section 74A(2) of the Act—
(a) the motor vehicle becomes the property
of the State if the driver of the motor vehicle—
(i) has been found guilty of a type 1
vehicle related offence committed on 1 previous occasion
within the relevant period; and Current as at
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Regulation 2012 Part 4A Impounding and immobilising motor
vehicles [s 20C] (ii)
is found guilty
of a second
or subsequent type
1 vehicle related offence; and
(b) the motor vehicle is taken to be
forfeited to the State if a court
orders that
a warrant issue
for the arrest
of the driver
of the motor
vehicle to
be brought before
the court to
be dealt with
according to
law because the
driver has failed to appear before the court
in relation to the charge for the initiating impoundment
offence. 20C Impounding notices for particular type
2 vehicle related offences (1)
This section
applies if
a police officer
impounds a
motor vehicle under
section 74E(1) of the Act because of a type 2 vehicle
related offence
and the officer
reasonably suspects
that, in addition to the initiating
impoundment offence— (a) within
the relevant period,
the driver of
the motor vehicle has been
charged with having committed type 2 vehicle related
offences on 3 previous occasions; and (b)
for
each of the charges mentioned in paragraph (a)— (i)
the
charge has not been decided; or (ii)
the
driver has been found guilty. (2)
The impounding notice
must also
state that
if the motor
vehicle is
impounded until
the end of
proceedings under
section 74E(2) of the Act—
(a) the motor vehicle becomes the property
of the State if the driver of the motor vehicle—
(i) has been found guilty of 3 type 2
vehicle related offences committed within the relevant
period; and (ii) is found guilty
of the fourth or subsequent type 2 vehicle related
offence; and (b) the motor vehicle is taken to be
forfeited to the State if a court
orders that
a warrant issue
for the arrest
of the driver
of the motor
vehicle to
be brought before
the court to
be dealt with
according to
law because the
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2012 Part 4A Impounding and immobilising motor
vehicles [s 20D] driver has
failed to appear before the court in relation to
the
charge for the initiating impoundment offence. Not
authorised —indicative only
20D Immobilising notices
An
immobilising notice must state the following— (a)
that, before
the motor vehicle
may be recovered, the
owner may be required to produce
satisfactory evidence of the ownership of the motor
vehicle; (b) if the motor vehicle is immobilised by
the removal and confiscation of the vehicle’s number
plates—that before the motor vehicle’s number plates may be
returned, the person entitled to possession of the number
plates may be required to
produce satisfactory evidence
of their entitlement; (c)
that, if the driver is an adult, the driver
will be required to pay the
costs of
removing or
keeping the
motor vehicle;
(d) that, if the driver is a child and the
child is found guilty of the
offence for
which the
motor vehicle
was immobilised, the court may order the
child or the child’s parent or
guardian to
pay the costs
of removing or
keeping the motor vehicle;
(e) the penalties for unlawfully operating
a motor vehicle— (i) during a number plate confiscation
period; or (ii) when
an immobilising device
is attached to
a motor vehicle; (f)
the
penalties for interfering with— (i)
a number plate
confiscation notice
attached to
a motor vehicle; or (ii)
an immobilising device
attached to
a motor vehicle;
(g) the definition of found
guilty , of an offence, under the
Act. Current as at
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Police
Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2012 Part 4B Sober safe
centres [s 20E] Part 4B
Sober safe centres Not
authorised —indicative
only 20E Prescribed safe
night precincts—Act, s 390A For section 390A
of the Act, definition prescribed safe night
precinct , the following
safe night precincts are prescribed for the Brisbane
sober safe centre— (a) Brisbane CBD safe night
precinct; (b) Fortitude Valley safe night
precinct; (c) Inner West Brisbane safe night
precinct. 20F Sober safe centres—Act, sch 6
(1) The court
cells at
the Brisbane Magistrates Court
complex (the
Brisbane sober safe centre
)
are prescribed as a place for schedule 6 of
the Act, definition sober safe centre .
(2) In this section— Brisbane
Magistrates Court
complex means
the building located at 363
George Street, Brisbane. court cells
, for the
Brisbane Magistrates Court
complex, means the cells
located in the complex and used for detaining prisoners of the
Magistrates Court. Part 5 Miscellaneous 21
Relevant law—Act, sch 6, definition
relevant law For
the Act, schedule
6, definition relevant
law , each
Act stated in schedule 2 is prescribed for
the Act, chapter 2, part1. 22 Prescribed
Act—Act, s 41(g) Each Act stated in schedule 3 is prescribed
for section 41(g) of the Act. Page 20
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2012 Part 5 Miscellaneous [s 23]
23 Corresponding law—Act, sch 6,
definition corresponding law
For the Act,
schedule 6, definition corresponding law
, each Act stated in
schedule 4 is a corresponding law for the stated
provision of the Act. 24
Prescribed Acts restricting starting of
proceeding—Act, s 799 For section 799 of the Act, each Act
stated in schedule 5 is a prescribed Act. 25
Declared agency—Act, sch 6,
definition declared agency For
the Act, schedule
6, definition declared
agency ,
each entity stated in
schedule 6 is, subject to any stated restriction,
a
declared agency. 26 Legal aid organisation—Act, sch 6,
definition legal aid organisation For the Act,
schedule 6, definition legal aid organisation
,
the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal
Service (Qld) Ltd (ATSILS) is declared to be an organisation
that provides legal assistance to Aboriginal people and Torres
Strait Islanders. 26A Authorised persons under Major Event
Act 2014 declared to be public officials—Act, sch 6,
definition public official (1)
For
schedule 6 of the Act, definition public
official , paragraph (b), an
authorised person under the Major Events Act
2014 for a major event is declared to be a
public official for a major event organiser
of the major event. (2) In this section— major
event organiser
see the Major
Events Act
2014 ,
section 8. Current as at
[Not applicable] Page 21
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only Police Powers and Responsibilities
Regulation 2012 Part 6 Repeal [s 27]
27 Relevant disease—Act, sch 6,
definition relevant disease Each
communicable disease
mentioned in
schedule 8 is
prescribed for the Act, schedule 6,
definition relevant disease .
28 Responsibilities code—Act, sch 6,
definition responsibilities code For the Act,
schedule 6, definition responsibilities code
,
the code of
responsibilities of
police officers
is set out
in schedule 9. Part 6
Repeal 29
Repeal The Police
Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2000, SL No. 175 is
repealed. Page 22 Current as at
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Police Powers
and Responsibilities Regulation
2012 Schedule 1
Not authorised —indicative only
Schedule 1
Table of
permissible comparisons QDNA
index result
to be compare
d Is comparison permitted
Column Column
Column Column
Column Column
Column Column
Column Column
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
10 Crimescene Suspect
Vp( louimlrupr) inotetsedee Vp(
uounlreuplr) dinomtseiete oSfeferinoduesr Mpeisrssionng dUpeneckrdnesnaoosnwe vroisNnluod( NnnetTx-
e) e Vroisnlud( NnetTxe)
e crimescene yes
yes if within
yes yes yes
yes yes yes
purpose suspect
yes yes if
within yes
yes yes yes
yes yes purpose
volunteer if
within if
within if
within if
within if
within if
within if
within if
within if
within (
limited purpose
purpose purpose
purpose purpose
purpose purpose
purpose purpose
purpose) section
13 Page 23Current
as at [Not
applicable ]
Current as
at [Not applicable ]
QDNA index
result to
be compare d
Is comparison permitted
Column Column
Column Column
Column Column
Column Column
Column Column
1 2 3
4 5 6
7 8 9
10 Crimescene Suspect
Vp( louimlrupr) inotetsedee Vp(
uounlreuplr) dinomtseiete oSfeferinoduesr Mpeisrssionng dUpeneckrndesnaoosnwe vroisNnluod( NnnetTx-
e) e Vroisnlud( NnetTxe)
e Police Powers
and Responsibilities Regulation
2012 volunteer yes
yes if within
yes yes yes
yes yes yes
( unlimited purpose
purpose) serious
yes yes if
within yes
yes yes yes
yes yes offender
purpose missing
yes yes if
within yes
yes yes yes
yes yes person
purpose unknown
yes yes if
within yes
yes yes yes
yes yes deceased
purpose person
Schedule 1
Page 24
Not authorised —indicative
only
Schedule 2 Police Powers and
Responsibilities Regulation 2012 Schedule 2
Relevant law Not
authorised —indicative only
section 21 Collections Act
1966 Drugs Misuse Act 1986 Explosives Act
1999 Heavy Vehicle National Law
(Queensland) Lotteries Act 1997 Nature
Conservation Act 1992 Property Occupations Act 2014
Racing Act 2002 Second-hand
Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2003 Security
Providers Act 1993 Tow Truck Act 1973 Transport
Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994 Transport
Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994 Transport
Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 Weapons Act
1990 , but only in relation to a place used for 1
of the following purposes
under a
licence or
other authority
under that Act— (a)
approved range; (b)
approved shooting club; (c)
armourer; (d)
collector; (e)
dealer; (f)
security guard; (g)
security organisation; (h)
shooting gallery; Current as at
[Not applicable] Page 25
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Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2012 Schedule 2
(i) theatrical ordnance supplier.
Not authorised —indicative
only Page 26 Current as at
[Not applicable]
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Schedule 3 Police Powers and
Responsibilities Regulation 2012 Schedule 3
Prescribed Acts—Act, section
41(g) section 22
Animal Care and Protection Act 2001
Biosecurity Act 2014 Casino Control
Act 1982 Child Protection (Offender Reporting) Act
2004 Classification of Computer Games and Images
Act 1995 Classification of Films Act 1991
Classification of Publications Act
1991 Gaming Machine Act 1991 Health Act
1937 Heavy Vehicle National Law
(Queensland) Liquor Act 1992 Nature
Conservation Act 1992 Prostitution Act 1999
Public Safety Preservation Act 1986
Racing Act 2002 Residential
Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation Act 2008 Second-hand
Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2003 Summary Offences
Act 2005 Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act
1998 Transport Operations (Road Use Management)
Act 1995 Weapons Act 1990 Current as at
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only Police Powers and Responsibilities
Regulation 2012 Schedule 4 Schedule 4
Corresponding laws section 23
Part
1 Corresponding laws for Act,
chapter 11 For the Act,
chapter 11, the corresponding laws are as follows—
• Crimes (Controlled Operations) Act
2004 (Vic) •
Crimes (Controlled Operations) Act
2008 (ACT) •
Criminal Investigation (Covert Powers) Act
2012 (WA), part 2 •
Law
Enforcement (Controlled Operations) Act 1997 (NSW)
• Police Powers (Controlled Operations)
Act 2006 (Tas). Part 2
Corresponding laws for Act,
chapter 12 For the Act,
chapter 12, the corresponding laws are as follows—
• Crimes Act 1914 (Cwlth), part
IAC • Crimes (Assumed Identities) Act
2004 (Vic) •
Crimes (Assumed Identities) Act 2009
(ACT) •
Criminal Investigation (Covert Operations)
Act 2009 (SA) to the extent that
it applies to assumed identities •
Criminal Investigation (Covert Powers) Act
2012 (WA), part 3 •
Law
Enforcement and National Security (Assumed Identities)
Act
2010 (NSW) •
Police Powers (Assumed Identities) Act
2006 (Tas). Page 28
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Part
3 Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation
2012 Schedule 4 Corresponding
laws for Act, chapter 13 For the Act,
chapter 13, the corresponding laws are as follows—
• Crimes (Surveillance Devices) Act
2010 (ACT) •
Police Powers (Surveillance Devices) Act
2006 (Tas) •
Surveillance Devices Act (NT)
• Surveillance Devices Act 1999
(Vic) •
Surveillance Devices Act 2007
(NSW). Part 4
Corresponding laws for Act,
section 722 For section 722
of the Act, the corresponding laws are as follows—
• Crimes Act 1900 (ACT)
• Crimes Act 1958 (Vic)
• Criminal Investigation
(Extra-territorial Offences) Act (NT)
• Criminal Investigation (Extraterritorial Offences)
Act 1984 (SA)
• Criminal Investigation
(Extra-Territorial Offences) Act 1987 (Tas)
• Criminal Investigation (Extra-territorial Offences)
Act 1987 (WA)
• Law Enforcement (Powers
and Responsibilities) Act
2002 (NSW).
Current as at [Not applicable]
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29
Not authorised —indicative
only Police Powers and Responsibilities
Regulation 2012 Schedule 5 Schedule 5
Prescribed Acts—Act, section
799 section 24 Adoption Act
2009 Biosecurity Act 2014 Classification
of Computer Games and Images Act 1995 Classification
of Films Act 1991 Classification of Publications Act
1991 Corrective Services Act 2006
Education (General Provisions) Act
2006 Education (Queensland College of Teachers)
Act 2005 Explosives Act 1999 Gaming Machine
Act 1991 Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994
Public Trustee Act 1978 Queensland
Building Services Authority Act 1991 Queensland
Heritage Act 1992 Soil Conservation Act 1986
Page
30 Current as at [Not applicable]
Schedule 6 Police Powers and
Responsibilities Regulation 2012 Schedule 6
Declared agencies Not
authorised —indicative only
section 25 1
A police force
or police service
of another State
or the Commonwealth. 2
The
following Commonwealth entities— (a)
Australian Crime Commission;
(b) Australian Securities and Investments
Commission; (c) Australian Taxation Office;
(d) Australian Security Intelligence
Organisation; (e) Austrac; (f)
immigration and border protection
department; (g) the unit of the Australian Defence
Force known as the Special Air Service,
but only when
helping the police service reduce
the risk of serious injury to a person, and to the extent
disclosure of information under the Act is necessary to
help reduce the risk. 3 The following
New South Wales entities— (a) New South Wales
Crime Commission; (b) Police Integrity Commission;
(c) ICAC. 4
The
CCC 5 A Royal Commission or another
commission of inquiry, not already mentioned in this schedule,
established under a law of the Commonwealth or
a State for
inquiring into
allegations involving the
commission of serious indictable offences. 6
Interpol, but only— (a)
for the transmission for
comparison, and
the comparison, of the results of a DNA
analysis with the results of other DNA analyses; and
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31
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only Police Powers and Responsibilities
Regulation 2012 Schedule 6 (b)
for
the communication between the police service and
the
relevant agency of the results of the comparison and
any
information about the results. 7
A
law enforcement agency of a foreign country, but only—
(a) for the
transmission for
comparison, and
the comparison, of the results of a DNA
analysis with the results of other DNA analyses; and
(b) for the communication between the
police service and the law enforcement agency
of the results
of the comparison and
any information about the results. Page 32
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Schedule 7 Police Powers and
Responsibilities Regulation 2012 Schedule 7
Traffic signals sections 17 and
18 1 Stop signal for person facing
signal Figure 1 figure
1(a) from the front figure
1(b) from the rear figure
1(c) from left side Current as at
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Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2012 Schedule 7
Not authorised —indicative
only figure 1(d) from right
side figure 1(e) combination from
front and rear 2 Proceed signal for person facing
signal Figure 2 figure
2(a) from left side figure
2(b) from right side figure
2(c) from right side 3 Signal to stop
at place indicated for person facing signal Figure 3
Page
34 Current as at [Not applicable]
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Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation
2012 Schedule 7 3 Signal to stop
at place indicated for person facing signal figure
3(a) in front figure
3(b) behind figure
3(c) at kerb etc. Current as at
[Not applicable] Page 35
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Regulation 2012 Schedule 8 Schedule 8
Relevant diseases Chancroid
Chlamydia Donovanosis Gonorrhoea Hepatitis
B Hepatitis C Hepatitis
D Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
Lymphogranuloma venereum Syphilis
section 27 Page 36
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Schedule 9 Police Powers and
Responsibilities Regulation 2012 Schedule 9
Responsibilities code Not
authorised —indicative only
section 28 Part 1
Preliminary 1
Short
title This code may be cited as the
Police Responsibilities Code
2012. 2
Code
does not generally apply to covert operations Unless this code
otherwise expressly provides, this code does not apply to
functions of a police officer performed as part of
a
covert operation. Part 2 Powers and
responsibilities relating to search warrants,
obtaining documents, and crime
scenes Division 1 Search
warrants 3 Search warrant application
(1) An application for a search warrant
under section 150 of the Act must state the following—
(a) the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
a
description of the place to be searched; (c)
for
an occupied place, the name of the occupier of the
place, if known; Current as at
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Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2012 Schedule 9
Not authorised —indicative
only (d) the
offence, suspected
offence or
confiscation related
activity to which the application
relates; (e) for a
forfeiture proceeding—the Act
under which
the proceeding may be started;
(f) a description of
the nature of
the thing sought
that is
reasonably suspected of being evidence
of— (i) the commission of the offence;
or (ii) the confiscation
related evidence in relation to the confiscation
related activity; (g) information or
evidence being
relied on
to support a
reasonable suspicion that evidence of the
commission of an offence or the confiscation related
evidence is— (i) at the place; or (ii)
likely to be taken to the place within the
next 72 hours; (h)
for
each search warrant issued in the previous year in
relation to
the place or
a person suspected
of being involved in the
commission of the offence or suspected offence, or the
confiscation related activity, to which the application
relates— (i) when and where the warrant was issued;
and (ii) the type of
offence or confiscation related activity to which the
warrant related; and (iii) whether anything
was seized under the warrant or a proceeding was
started after a search. (2) If authority to
exercise any of the following powers under the search warrant
is being sought, the application must state why it is necessary
to exercise the power— (a) to search anyone
found at the place for anything sought under the
warrant that can be concealed on the person; (b)
to
search anyone or anything in, on or about to board, or
be
put on, a transport vehicle; (c)
to— Page 38 Current as at
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2012 Schedule 9 (i)
take
a vehicle to a place with appropriate facilities
for
searching the vehicle; and (ii) search the
vehicle for evidence of the commission of an offence
that may be concealed in the vehicle. Examples for
subsection (2)— 1 The power to search anyone found at
the place may be necessary because the nature of the thing sought
may be concealed on a person. 2
The
power to search anyone or anything in, on or about to board,
or be put on, a transport vehicle may be
necessary because the offence relates to a
transport vehicle and involves the safety of the vehicle
or
anyone who may be in or on it. 3
The
power to take a vehicle to a place with appropriate facilities
for searching the vehicle may be necessary
because the nature of the thing sought may be concealed in a
vehicle or because the vehicle needs to be
scientifically examined. (3) If the
application includes the authority to execute the warrant
at night, the
application must
state why
it is necessary
to execute the warrant at night.
Example for subsection (3)—
It
may be necessary to execute the warrant at night for an early
morning search to prevent the loss or destruction of
evidence, or because the occupier is only at the place at
night. (4) If the application is for an order
requiring a stated person to give to a police
officer stated documents, the application must state—
(a) the name
or position of
the person to
be ordered to
produce the documents; and
(b) a description of the documents.
Example for subsection (4)—
An
order requiring a person to give stated types of documents to
a police officer
may be necessary
because the
place contains
many documents
unrelated to the offence or forfeiture proceeding or because
the documents are
stored electronically, and
accessing the
relevant documents is
difficult. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Division 2 Post-search
approval Not authorised —indicative
only 4 Post-search
approval application An application for
a post-search approval
order under
section 161(1) of the Act must state the
following— (a) the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
the information or
evidence relied
on to support
the reasonable suspicion—
(i) in the
circumstances existing
before the
search, that the
commission of an offence was at or about the
place, or
in the possession of
a person at
or about the place, and would have been
concealed or destroyed unless
the place was
immediately entered and
searched; or (ii) a part 2 offence
had been, was being, or may be committed
in, on or
in relation to
a transport vehicle
and involves the
safety of
the vehicle or
anyone who may be in or on it;
Note— For the
definition of a part 2 offence , see section
159 of the Act. (c)
in
relation to the thing sought— (i)
the
type of offence in relation to which the search was conducted;
or (ii) the Act under
which a forfeiture proceeding may be
started; (d) the nature
of the thing
sought that
was reasonably suspected
of being evidence
of the commission of
an offence; (e)
the
time, date and place of the search; (f)
a
description of anything seized because of the search;
(g) the name, age and address of each
person detained or searched, if known; Page 40
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information about
any proceeding started
against a
person, before or because of the search, for
an offence in relation to which the search was
conducted; (i) if an
order under
the Act, section
693 or 694 for
a declaration of
who is the
owner or
for the retention, disposal,
return or
destruction of
anything seized
is sought, why the order should be
made. Not authorised —indicative only
5 Appeal—Act, s 163 (1)
This section
applies if
a police officer
considers the
commissioner should
appeal under
section 163 of
the Act against a
decision of a magistrate. (2) The
police officer
must give
the commissioner a
report explaining the
reasons for the appeal. (3) The report must
be accompanied by the following— (a)
a
copy of the application for the post-search approval;
(b) a copy
of any transcript of
the proceeding for
the application; (c)
an
affidavit— (i) identifying any
document relevant
to the appeal;
and (ii) stating anything
else relevant to the appeal. Division 3
Crime scenes 6
Who
is an authorised assistant for crime scene powers
For the Act,
schedule 6, definition authorised assistant
, an assistant is
authorised for the Act if— (a) the assistant is
not a police officer; and (b) in the opinion
of the responsible officer at a crime scene, the
assistant has
specialised knowledge
or skills of
a kind necessary
for exercising a
power mentioned
in section 176(1) of the Act at a crime
scene; and Current as at [Not applicable]
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paragraph (b)— • a doctor, pathologist or forensic
scientist • a photographer or fingerprint
expert • an electrician or carpenter
• a person who can operate an excavator
or another machine (c) the assistant
is asked by
the responsible officer
or an investigating
police officer to exercise the power at the crime
scene. 7 Crime scene warrant application
(1) An application for a crime scene
warrant under section 170(1) of the Act must
state the following— (a) the
applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
a description of
the place to
which the
application relates;
(c) for an occupied place, the name of the
occupier of the place, if known, and— (i)
when the
occupier was
given notice
of the application;
or (ii) if
the occupier has
not been given
notice, why
notice has not been given;
(d) information or
evidence being
relied on
to reasonably satisfy the
issuer of the warrant that— (i)
an indictable offence,
for which the
maximum penalty is at
least 4 years imprisonment, happened at the place;
or (ii) an
offence involving
deprivation of
liberty happened at the
place; or (iii) there may be
evidence at the place, of a significant probative
value, of
the commission of
an offence mentioned
in subparagraph (i)
or (ii) that
happened at another place;
(e) whether the application—
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is
to establish a crime scene; or (ii)
relates to
a crime scene
established under
section 165 of the Act; (f)
the
suspected offence to which the application relates;
(g) if the
crime scene
is not where
the relevant offence
happened—when and
where the
relevant offence
happened, if known; (h)
why
it is necessary to protect the place to search for and
gather evidence
of the commission of
the relevant offence;
(i) information about
any proceeding started
against a
person for the relevant offence.
(2) In this section— relevant
offence ,
for a crime
scene, means
the suspected offence for
which the crime scene is, or is to be, established.
8 Crime scene warrant extension
application An application for
the extension of
a crime scene
warrant under
section 173(2) of
the Act must
be accompanied by
a copy of the original warrant and state
the following— (a) the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
when
and where the crime scene was established; (c)
for
a crime scene that is an occupied place— (i)
when the
occupier was
given notice
of the application;
or (ii) if
the occupier has
not been given
notice, why
notice has not been given;
(d) what investigations have
been conducted
at the crime
scene; (e)
why
it is necessary to extend the warrant; Current as at
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(f) information about
any proceeding started
against a
person for
the offence for
which the
crime scene
was established; (g)
the
time for which the extension is sought. Not
authorised —indicative
only Division 4 Production
notices and access orders 9
Production notice application
An
application for a production notice under section 180(2) of
the
Act must state the following— (a)
the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
the
name of the cash dealer to be given the notice; (c)
the offence, suspected
offence or
confiscation related
activity to
which the
application relates
or, for a
forfeiture proceeding, the
Act under which
the proceeding may be started;
(d) the nature of the documents
sought; Examples for paragraph (d)—
• documents relating to transactions
conducted by B between 31 December 1993 and 1 July
1995 • documents relating to mortgages or
property sales to which B is a party (e)
information or
evidence being
relied on
to support a
reasonable suspicion documents held by the
cash dealer may be— (i)
evidence of the commission of the offence;
or (ii) confiscation related
evidence in
relation to
the confiscation related activity;
(f) the applicant suspects that someone
other than the cash dealer committed
the offence or
suspected offence
or was involved in the confiscation
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for each production notice
issued within
the previous year
in relation to
the person suspected
of being involved in the
commission of the offence or suspected offence or the
confiscation related activity to which the application
relates— (i) when and where the notice was issued;
and (ii) the type of
offence or confiscation related activity to which the
notice related; and (iii) whether
anything was
seized or
a proceeding started because
of the notice. 10 Access order application
(1) An application for an access order
under section 185(1) of the Act must state
the following— (a) the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
the name of
the cash dealer
to whom the
application relates;
(c) the nature of the document sought
under the production notice to which the application
relates; (d) the cash
dealer has
produced a
document it
claims contains
privileged communications; (e) the
person for
whom the
cash dealer
claims the
document contains privileged communication,
if known; (f) the grounds
the cash dealer
claims the
document contains
privileged communication, if known; (g)
when notice
of the application was
given to
the cash dealer;
(h) why access to the document is
necessary; (i) the type of order sought.
(2) The application must be accompanied by
the following— (a) a copy of the application for the
production notice; (b) a copy of the production notice given
to the cash dealer; Current as at [Not applicable]
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the sealed container
or envelope containing the
document to which the application
relates. Division 5 Production
orders 11 Production order application
An
application for a production order under section 189(2) of
the
Act must state the following— (a)
the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
the
name of the person to whom the application relates
(the named
person ); (c) the name of the
person to be given the production order; (d)
the
confiscation offence or serious crime related activity
to
which the application relates; (e)
the nature of
the property tracking
document sought
under the production order;
(f) the information or evidence being
relied on to support a reasonable suspicion
the named person
possesses a
document that
may be a
relevant property
tracking document;
(g) for each
production order
issued within
the previous year in relation
to the named person— (i) when and where
the order was issued; and (ii) how long the
order was in force; and (iii) the
type of
confiscation offence
or serious crime
related activity to which the order related;
and (iv) how
the order helped
in the investigation or
another investigation; and
(v) information about any proceeding
started because of the use of the order. Page 46
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2A Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation
2012 Schedule 9 Powers and
responsibilities relating to missing person
scenes 11A
Who
is an authorised assistant for missing person powers
For the Act,
schedule 6,
definition authorised assistant, an
assistant is authorised for the Act
if— (a) the assistant is not a police officer;
and (b) in the
opinion of
the responsible officer
for a missing
person scene, the assistant has specialised
knowledge or skills of
a kind necessary
for exercising a
power mentioned
in section 179P(1)
of the Act
at the scene;
and Examples— carpenter,
electrician, locksmith, photographer (c)
the assistant is
asked by
the responsible officer
or an investigating
police officer to exercise the power at the missing person
scene. 11B Missing person warrant
application An application for
a missing person
warrant under
section 179J(1) of the
Act must state the following— (a)
the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
a description of
the place to
which the
application relates;
(c) for a missing person scene that is an
occupied place— (i) when the
occupier was
given notice
of the application;
or (ii) if
the occupier has
not been given
notice, why
notice has not been given;
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information or
evidence being
relied on
to satisfy the
issuer of
the missing person
warrant of
any of the
following— (i)
the
missing person is high-risk; (ii)
the place is
a residence, place
of employment or
vehicle for the missing person;
(iii) the missing
person may be at the place; (iv)
information that will assist in locating the
missing person is likely to be found at the
place; (e) whether the application is to—
(i) establish a missing person scene;
or (ii) confirm a
missing person scene established under section 179E of
the Act; (f) the name
of the missing
person for
whom the
missing person scene
was, or is to be, established; (g)
why
it is necessary to protect the place to search for and
gather information about
the disappearance of
the missing person; (h)
information about
any proceeding started
against a
person in
relation to
the disappearance for
which the
missing person scene was, or is to be,
established. 11C Missing person warrant extension
application An application for the extension of a
missing person warrant under section 179M(2) of the Act must
be accompanied by a copy of the original warrant and state the
following— (a) the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
when and
where the
missing person
scene was
established; (c)
for
a missing person scene that is an occupied place—
(i) when the
occupier was
given notice
of the application;
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if the occupier
has not been
given notice,
why notice has not been given;
(d) what investigations have been
conducted at the missing person scene; (e)
why
it is necessary to extend the warrant; (f)
information about
any proceeding started
against a
person for
the disappearance for
which the
missing person scene was
established; (g) the time for which the extension is
sought. Part 3 Powers and
responsibilities relating to gathering covert
evidence Division 1
Monitoring orders and suspension
orders—Act, chapter 8, parts 2 and
3 12 Monitoring order
or suspension order application (1)
Subsection (2) applies to an application
for— (a) a monitoring order under section 199
of the Act; or (b) a suspension order under section 205
of the Act. (2) The application must state the
following— (a) the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
the name of
the financial institution to
be given the
order; (c)
the
named person to whom the application relates; (d)
the
confiscation offence, serious crime related activity
or serious crime
derived property
to which the
application relates; Current as at
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the
information or evidence being relied on to support a
reasonable suspicion that the named
person— (i) has committed, or
is about to
commit, the
confiscation offence; or (ii)
was
involved in the commission, or is about to be involved
in the commission, of
the confiscation offence;
or (iii) has benefited
directly or indirectly, or is about to benefit directly
or indirectly, from the commission of the
confiscation offence; or (iv) has been, or is
about to be, involved in the serious crime related
activity; or (v) has acquired
directly or
indirectly, or
is about to
acquire directly
or indirectly, the
serious crime
derived property; (f)
the name or
names in
which each
relevant account
is believed to be held;
(g) the type of information the
institution is to be required to give;
(h) for each monitoring order or
suspension order issued in the previous year in relation to an
account held with the financial institution by the named
person— (i) when and where the order was issued;
and (ii) how long the
order was in force; and (iii) the
type of
confiscation offence,
serious crime
related activity or serious crime derived
property to which the order related; and
(iv) how
the order helped
in the investigation or
another investigation; and
(v) information about any proceeding
started because of the use of the order. Page 50
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Surveillance device warrant
applications and use of surveillance
devices 13
Applications to Supreme Court judge to be
made with help of lawyer An
application under
section 328 of
the Act to
a Supreme Court
judge for
a surveillance device
warrant must,
if reasonably practicable, be
made with
the help of
a lawyer approved by the
commissioner. 14 Security of facilities used under a
surveillance device warrant (1)
This
section applies to premises containing equipment being
used
by an interceptor to electronically record a conversation
or
visual images under a surveillance device warrant.
(2) The premises must— (a)
be
capable of being locked; and (b)
have suitable
facilities for
securely storing
recordings made under the
warrant; and (c) be used in a way that prevents anyone
outside it from hearing or
seeing anything
being listened
to or monitored. (3)
The
interceptor must take reasonable steps to ensure—
(a) when the
premises are
unattended, the
premises are
locked and any recordings made under the
warrant are securely stored at the premises or another
secure place; and (b) only the
following enter the premises— (i)
police officers
helping or
involved in
the investigation; (ii)
other interceptors; Current as at
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the
police officer who applied for the surveillance device
warrant; (iv) a
person responsible for
the management of
the premises; (v)
a person appointed
by the commissioner to
investigate misconduct; (vi)
any other person
the interceptor permits
to be present
for helping in
or monitoring the
investigation. (4)
This section
does not
apply to
the exercise of
powers in
Queensland under a corresponding warrant or
corresponding emergency authorisation. (5)
In
this section— interceptor means a person
authorised by the commissioner to intercept
and record communications under
a surveillance device
warrant. Division 3 Covert
search 15 Applications to be made with help of
lawyer An application under
section 212(1) of
the Act for
a covert search warrant
must, if reasonably practicable, be made with the help of a
lawyer approved by the commissioner. 16
Covert search warrant application
An application for
a covert search
warrant under
section 212(1) of the Act must state the
following— (a) the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
a
description of the place to be searched; (c)
the type of
designated offence,
organised crime
or terrorism to which the application
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for
an occupied place—the name of the occupier of the
place and
any person reasonably suspected
of being involved in the
designated offence, organised crime or terrorism, if
known; (e) a description of
the nature of
the thing sought
that is
reasonably suspected
of being evidence
of the commission of a
designated offence, organised crime or terrorism; (f)
the
information or evidence being relied on to satisfy a
judge there are reasonable grounds for
believing there is evidence of the designated offence,
organised crime or terrorism at the place; (g)
for
each warrant issued in the previous year in relation
to
the place or person suspected of being involved in the
designated offence,
organised crime
or terrorism to
which the application relates—
(i) the type of warrant; and
(ii) when and where
the warrant was issued; and (iii)
for
a surveillance device warrant or covert search warrant, how
long the warrant was in force; and (iv)
whether the warrant related to a person or a
place; and (v) the type of
designated offence, organised crime or terrorism to
which the warrant related; and (vi)
any evidence seized
during a
search carried
out under the warrant; and
(vii) how a previous covert search or
surveillance device warrant helped
in relation to
the investigation related to the
previous covert search or surveillance device warrant;
and (viii) information about
any proceeding started
as a result the
execution of the warrant. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Covert search warrant extension
application An application for
an extension of
a covert search
warrant under section
217(2) of the Act must state the following— (a)
the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
a
description of the place to be searched; (c)
for
an occupied place—the name of the occupier of the
place and
any person reasonably suspected
of being involved in the
offence, if known; (d) the type
of designated offence,
organised crime
or terrorism to which the warrant
relates; (e) a description of
the nature of
the thing sought
that is
reasonably suspected
of being evidence
of the commission of a
designated offence, organised crime or terrorism; (f)
information or
evidence being
relied on
to satisfy a
judge there are reasonable grounds for
believing there is evidence of
a designated offence,
organised crime
or terrorism at the place;
(g) information included
in the application for
the covert search warrant
about each warrant issued in the previous year in relation
to the place or person suspected of being involved in the
designated offence, organised crime or terrorism to
which the application relates. 18
Report on covert search warrant
A
report made under section 220(2) must be accompanied by
a
copy of the warrant and state the following— (a)
the reporting police
officer’s name,
rank, registered number and
station; (b) the designated offence, organised
crime related offence or terrorism to which the warrant
relates; (c) when the powers under the warrant were
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the facts and
circumstances of
compliance with
the warrant and the conditions of its
issue; (e) particulars of
anything seized,
inspected or
photographed under the warrant;
(f) a description of any order sought in
relation to anything seized or photographed under the
warrant and the reason for the order. Examples of an
order for this section— 1 An
order that
anything seized
and any photograph taken
be retained for
the purpose of
the investigation of
the designated offence,
organised crime or terrorism related offence or another
serious indictable offence.
2 An order
that anything
seized and
any photograph taken
be retained for the purpose of a
proceeding started under the Criminal
Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002
relating to an offence arising out
of
the investigation. 3 An order
that anything
seized and
any photograph taken
be retained for
use as evidence
in the prosecution of
the persons named in the
application. 4 An order
that a
thing seized
be destroyed in
a way the
commissioner considers appropriate.
Part
4 Powers and responsibilities
relating to arrest and custody
powers 19
DNA
sample order application—child—Act, s 488(2) An application
under section 488(2) of the Act for an order of a Childrens
Court authorising a DNA sampler to take a DNA sample
from a
child for
DNA analysis must
state the
following— (a)
the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
the
name of the child; (c) that a stated indictable offence has
been committed; Current as at [Not applicable]
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the information or
evidence that
may be relied
on to support a
reasonable suspicion the child has committed the indictable
offence; (e) that taking a DNA sample for DNA
analysis may tend to prove or disprove the child’s
involvement in the offence; (f)
that notice
of the making
of the application has
been given under the
Act, section 488(3) and when the notice was
given. 20 Disease test order application
An
application under section 540(2) of the Act for a disease
test
order must state the following— (a)
the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
the
name of the person to whom the application relates
(the named
person ); (c) that
the police officer
reasonably suspects
the named person has
committed a chapter 18 offence; Note—
For
the definition of chapter 18 offence , see section
538 of the Act. (d)
that
taking a blood and urine sample may help find out
whether the
named person
may have transmitted a
relevant disease to the victim of the
offence; (e) information supporting the
application and
indicating semen, blood,
saliva or another bodily fluid may have been transmitted
to another person during or soon after the commission
of the offence; (f) the named person has been advised of
the person’s right to have a
lawyer present
at the hearing
of the application; (g)
if the person
is a child—notice of
the application has
been
given under the Act, section 541(2) and when the
notice was given. Page 56
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5 Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation
2012 Schedule 9 Powers and
responsibilities relating to investigations and
questioning for indictable
offences Not
authorised —indicative only
Division 1 Questioning
relevant persons about indictable offences
21 Application of div 1
This
division only applies to indictable offences. 22
Asking persons to attend for
questioning (1) This section
applies if
a police officer
wants to
question a
person as
a suspect, other
than a
person mentioned
in section 398 of the Act.
(2) If the
police officer
approaches the
person when
not at a
police station or police establishment, the
police officer must caution the person in a way substantially
complying with the following— ‘I
am (name and
rank) of
(name of
police station
or police establishment). I wish to
question you about (briefly describe offence). Are you prepared
to come with me to (place of questioning)? Do you
understand that you are not under arrest and you do
not
have to come with me?’. (3) If
the person is
not in the
company of
a police officer
and attends a
police station
or police establishment for
questioning, the
caution must
substantially comply
with the
following— ‘I
am (name and
rank) of
(name of
police station
or police establishment). I wish to
question you about (briefly describe offence). Current as at
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here of your own free will?’. (4)
Before the
police officer
starts to
question the
person, the
police officer must caution the person in a
way substantially complying with the following—
‘Do
you understand you are not under arrest? Do you
understand you are free to leave at any time unless
you
are arrested?’. (5) If the police officer reasonably
suspects the person does not understand the
caution, the
officer may
ask the person
to explain the meaning of the caution in
the person’s own words. (6) If
necessary, the
police officer
must further
explain the
caution. 23
Right
to communicate with friend, relative or lawyer (1)
If a
police officer is required to inform a relevant person of
the matters mentioned in section 418(1)(a) or
(b) of the Act, the police officer must inform the person in a
way substantially complying with the following—
‘You
have the right to telephone or speak to a friend or relative
to
inform that person where you are and to ask him or her to
be
present during questioning. You also have
the right to telephone or speak to a lawyer of your choice to
inform the lawyer where you are and to arrange or
attempt to
arrange for
the lawyer to
be present during
questioning. If
you want to
telephone or
speak to
any of these
people, questioning will
be delayed for
a reasonable time
for that purpose.
Is
there anyone you wish to telephone or speak to?’.
(2) If the police officer reasonably
suspects the relevant person does not
understand the information, the police officer may
ask the relevant
person to
explain the
meaning of
the information in the person’s own
words. Page 58 Current as at
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If necessary, the
police officer
must further
explain the
information. (4)
If
the relevant person wants to speak to a lawyer, the police
officer must, without unreasonable delay,
make available to the person— (a)
if
the police officer has available a list of lawyers for the
region and
the person has
not asked to
speak to
a particular lawyer—the list; or
(b) a telephone directory for the
region. (5) A police officer must not do or say
anything with the intention of—
(a) dissuading the
relevant person
from obtaining
legal advice;
or (b) persuading a relevant person to
arrange for a particular lawyer to be present.
24 Right to remain silent not
affected (1) This section
applies if
a person, the
person’s lawyer,
or someone whose presence is required
during questioning of a person indicates to the police officer
questioning or intending to question the person—
(a) if questioning has not started—the
person does not want to answer questions; or
(b) if questioning has started—the person
does not want to answer any further questions.
(2) The police
officer must
clarify the
person’s intention
to exercise the person’s right to silence
by asking the person— (a) whether
the person does
not want to
answer any
questions generally or only questions about
the offence for which the person is being questioned;
and (b) if any further question was asked
relating to the offence or another
offence, whether
the person would
not answer the question.
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If
the person confirms the person does not want to answer any
questions, the police officer must not
question or continue to question the person.
(4) However, if
the person later
indicates that
the person is
prepared to
answer questions, a
police officer
must, before
questioning or
continuing to
question the
person, ask
the person— (a)
why
the person has decided to answer questions; and (b)
if a
police officer or someone else in authority has told
the
person to answer questions. 25 Questioning of
Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders
(1) A police officer who is about to
question a relevant person the police
officer reasonably suspects
is an adult
Aboriginal person
or Torres Strait
Islander must
first ask
questions necessary
to establish the
person’s level
of education and
understanding. (2)
Subsection (1) does
not apply if
the police officer
already knows the
relevant person. (3) The questions
the police officer
may ask include
questions, not related to
the relevant person’s involvement in the offence,
that
may help the police officer decide if the person—
(a) is capable
of understanding the
questions put
to the person, what is
happening to the person and the person’s rights at law;
and (b) is capable of effectively
communicating answers to the questions;
and (c) is aware of the reason the questions
are being asked. (4) If the
police officer
considers it
is necessary to
notify a
representative of
a legal aid
organisation that
the relevant person is about
to be questioned in relation to an offence, the police officer
must inform the relevant person of the intention
to notify the
legal aid
organisation, in
a way substantially complying with
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arranged for a lawyer to be present, a legal aid organisation
will be notified you are here to be questioned about your
involvement in an indictable offence.’. (5)
If
the relevant person has indicated the person does not wish
to telephone or
speak to
a support person
or arrange for
a support person
to be present
during questioning, the
police officer
conducting the questioning must inform the relevant
person that
the person may
have a
support person
present during the
questioning. (6) The information given under subsection
(5) must substantially comply with the following—
‘Is
there any reason why you don’t want to telephone or speak
to a support
person and
arrange for
a person to
be present during
questioning? Do you understand that
arrangements can
be made for
a support person to be present during
the questioning? Do you also understand that you do not have
to have a support person present during questioning?
Do
you want to have a support person present?’. (7)
If
the police officer reasonably suspects the relevant person
is at a disadvantage in
comparison with
members of
the Australian community
generally, and
the person has
not arranged for
a support person
to be present
during the
questioning, the
police officer
must arrange
for a support
person to be present. 26
Cautioning relevant persons about the right
to silence (1) A police
officer must
caution a
relevant person
about the
person’s right to silence in a way
substantially complying with the
following— ‘Before I ask you any questions I must tell
you that you have the right to remain silent.
This means
you do not
have to
say anything, answer
any question or make any statement unless
you wish to do so. Current as at [Not applicable]
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do say something or make a statement, it may later be used as
evidence. Do you understand?’. (2)
If
the police officer reasonably suspects the relevant person
does
not understand the caution, the police officer may ask the
person to explain the meaning of the caution
in the person’s own words. (3)
If necessary, the
police officer
must further
explain the
caution. (4)
If
questioning is suspended or delayed, the police officer must
ensure the
relevant person
is aware the
person still
has the right
to remain silent
and, if
necessary, again
caution the
person when questioning resumes.
(5) If a police officer cautions a
relevant person in the absence of someone else who
is to be present during the questioning, the caution must be
repeated in the other person’s presence. 27
Provision of information relating to a
relevant person (1) If a person who is a relative, friend
or lawyer of a relevant person asks
for information about
the relevant person’s
whereabouts, the police officer receiving
the request must, if the person
asking for
the information is
not known to
the police officer, ask the person—
(a) if the person is a relative or friend
of the relevant person and their name and address; and
(b) if the person is the relevant person’s
lawyer and if so, the person’s place of business; and
(c) if the person makes the request
personally—for proof of identity. (2)
The
police officer may also ask any other question the police
officer considers
necessary to
establish that
the person is
a relative, friend or lawyer of the
relevant person. (3) Also, the
police officer
must make
or cause to
be made a
check of
the register for
information about
the relevant person.
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Right
to interpreter (1) This section
applies, for
section 433 of
the Act, to
a police officer
for— (a) forming a reasonable suspicion about
whether a relevant person is
able to
speak with
reasonable fluency
in English; and (b)
arranging for
the presence of
an interpreter during
questioning of a relevant person.
(2) The police
officer may
ask the relevant
person questions, other than a
question related to the person’s involvement in the offence for
which the person is to be questioned, that will help the police
officer form the reasonable suspicion. (3)
In particular, the
police officer
may ask questions
that may
help the
police officer
decide whether
or not the
relevant person—
(a) is capable of understanding the
questions; and (b) is capable of understanding what is
happening; and (c) is capable of understanding the
person’s rights at law; and (d)
is
capable of effectively communicating answers to the
questions; and (e)
is
aware of the reason the questions are being asked.
29 Right of visiting foreign national to
communicate with embassy etc. (1)
This section
applies, for
section 434 of
the Act, if
a police officer
reasonably suspects a relevant person is not— (a)
an
Australian citizen; or (b) a foreign
national with a right of residence in Australia.
(2) For deciding
whether the
relevant person
is or is
not an Australian citizen
or a foreign
national with
a right of
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the offence for
which the
person is
to be questioned. (3)
If
the police officer reasonably suspects the person is not an
Australian citizen
or a foreign
national with
a right of
residence in
Australia the
police officer
must inform
the relevant person of the person’s rights
under section 434 of the Act in a way substantially complying
with the following— ‘Before I ask you any questions I must tell
you that you have the right to telephone, or attempt to
telephone, the embassy or consular office of the country of
which you are a citizen. Do you want to telephone your embassy
or consular office?’. (4) If the police
officer reasonably suspects the relevant person does not
understand the information, the police officer may
ask
the person to explain the information in the person’s own
words. (5)
If necessary, the
police officer
must further
explain the
information. 30
Rights of a person to be electronically
recorded (1) If it
is not reasonably practicable for
a police officer
to electronically record
the giving to
a relevant person
of information, including a caution, the
police officer must make a written
record of
the giving of
the information and
the person’s response. (2)
The
police officer must make the record as if section 437 of
the Act applied
to the giving
of the information and
the response. 31
Procedure for reading back a written
record—Act, s 437(5) (1)
This section
applies if
a police officer
is required under
section 437(5) of the Act to give an
explanation to a relevant person of
the procedure to
be followed to
comply with
the section. Page 64
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The police officer
must explain
the procedure in
a way substantially
complying with the following— ‘Some of the
questions I have asked you and your responses have not been
electronically recorded. I have made a written record of the
unrecorded conversation. This is your copy of the record. I
will now read the written record aloud. If
you consider there
is an error
in the record
or there is
something left out of the record, you should
say so after I read that part of the record aloud.
You
will then be asked to say what the record should read.
Do
you understand this is your opportunity to disagree with
anything in the written record?
Do
you understand this procedure?’. (3)
If
the police officer reasonably suspects the relevant person
does not
understand the
explanation, the
police officer
may ask the person to explain the
procedure in the person’s own words.
(4) If necessary, the
police officer
must further
explain the
procedure. Division 2
Questioning detained persons
32 Removal order application
An
application under section 399(2) of the Act for a removal
order must state the following—
(a) the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
the
name and age of the person to whom the application
relates; (c)
the
location of the person or detention centre; Current as at
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whether the person is in custody for an
offence that has not been decided,
or under sentence
for a term
of imprisonment or, for a child, under a
detention order; (e) the type of indictable offence to
which the questioning or investigation relates;
(f) whether the removal of the person into
police custody is for questioning the person or for a stated
investigative procedure; (g)
whether the person has been advised of the
application; (h) information or
evidence about
the nature and
seriousness of the offence;
(i) information or evidence that may be
relied on— (i) to support
a suspicion the
person has
committed the offence
mentioned in the application; and (ii)
to
satisfy a magistrate removal of the person from the
prison or
detention centre
is necessary for
questioning the person or the investigation
of the offence. 33
Detention period extension
application (1) An application under
section 405(1) of
the Act for
the extension of a detention period must
be made in a way that allows the
relevant person
or the person’s
lawyer to
make submissions
about the application. Example for subsection (1)—
If
the application is faxed to a magistrate, the relevant person
may speak to the magistrate by telephone.
(2) Before the application is made, the
police officer must— (a) tell the
relevant person or the person’s lawyer that the police officer
intends to make the application; and (b)
give
the relevant person or the person’s lawyer a copy of
the
application; and (c) ask the person or the person’s lawyer
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(i) agrees to
the proposed application or
wants to
oppose it; and (ii)
wants to make submissions or say anything to
the justice or magistrate hearing the
application. (3) The application must state the
following— (a) the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
the
following information about the person to whom the
application relates— (i)
the
person’s name, age and address; (ii)
whether the
person is
in custody under
the Corrective Services Act 2006
or
the Youth Justice Act 1992
for
an offence that has not been decided or under a
sentence for a term of imprisonment or, for a child, a
detention order; (iii) whether
the person is
an Aboriginal person,
a Torres Strait
Islander, a
child, or
a person with
impaired capacity; (iv)
if the person
is a child—whether a
parent of
the child has been advised of the child’s
detention; (c) whether, since the questioning or
detention started, the person has
asked to
telephone or
speak to
a relative, friend, lawyer
or support person and has since spoken to a relative,
friend, lawyer or support person; (d)
when
the detention period started, how long the person
has been questioned, and
what delays
to questioning have
happened; (e) the offence
to which the
questioning or
investigation relates
and information and
evidence about
the nature and seriousness
of the offence; (f) information or
evidence supporting a
reasonable suspicion the
relevant person has committed the offence mentioned in the
application; (g) what investigations have taken
place; Current as at [Not applicable]
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(h) why further detention of the person is
necessary; (i) the time sought for time out, the
purpose of the time out, and the period of time sought for
questioning. (4) The applicant must tell the justice or
magistrate whether or not the relevant person or the
person’s lawyer wants to make submissions or
say anything to the justice or magistrate. Not
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only Division 3 Provisions about
support persons 34 Ensuring support persons understand
role (1) Before a
police officer
questions a
relevant person
in the presence of a
support person, the police officer must— (a)
give the
support person
information in
the approved form
about the
role of
support persons
during questioning;
and (b) ensure, as far as practicable, that
the person understands the nature of the support person’s
role; and (c) if the
support person
asks, give
an explanation of
anything relevant
to the person’s
role as
a support person;
and (d) inform the support person of the
identity of the relevant person and why the person is being
questioned. (2) The information must include the
following— (a) a summary of sections 427, 428, 429
and 430 of the Act; (b) a statement that the support person
must act in the best interests of the relevant
person; (c) a statement that, unless the support
person is a lawyer, the support person must not provide legal
advice to the relevant person
but may ask
the relevant person
questions to ensure the relevant person
understands— (i) that the person may ask for a lawyer
to be present during questioning or
at any time
before questioning
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that the
person is
not obliged to
say anything during
questioning; and (iii) that
anything the
relevant person
says during
questioning may
be used in
evidence in
a court; and
(iv) what is said by
a police officer during questioning. Part 6
Responsibilities relating to
persons in custody Division 1
General requirements for identification
procedures 35 Management of witnesses during
identification procedure (1)
The
way an identification procedure is conducted must allow
only
1 witness involved in the procedure to see or hear the
procedure at a time. (2)
After taking part in the procedure, the
witness must, as far as reasonably practicable, be prevented
from speaking about the identification procedure
to any other
witness until
the procedure ends. (3)
The
way a witness identifies a person during an identification
procedure must,
if reasonably practicable, be
electronically recorded.
(4) A police officer must not stop a
person being present during the procedure to
support the witness unless— (a)
the
other person is a witness involved in the procedure;
or (b) the
officer suspects
the person will
influence the
witness’s decision or disrupt the
procedure. Current as at [Not applicable]
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If a police
officer stops
someone being
present during
the identification procedure
to support a
witness, the
police officer
must— (a) give the
witness the
reasons for
stopping the
person being present;
and (b) advise the
witness that
the witness may
arrange for
someone else to be present to support the
witness; and (c) if asked, allow someone else to be
present. Division 2 Identification
parades 36 Application of div 2
This division
applies if
a police officer
conducts an
identification parade that includes a
suspect. 37 Recording of identification
parade If reasonably practicable, a
police officer
must cause
the behaviour and
position of
each person
in an identification parade
to be photographed or
otherwise electronically recorded.
38 Explanation of procedure
(1) A police
officer must
explain the
procedure for
an identification parade
to a suspect
before conducting the
identification parade. (2)
If
the police officer reasonably suspects the suspect does not
understand the
procedure, the
police officer
must ask
the suspect to explain the procedure in
the suspect’s own words. (3) If
necessary, the
police officer
must further
explain the
procedure. (4)
The explanation must
include the
police officer
telling the
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the
identification parade can not be conducted unless the
suspect agrees; (b)
the
suspect may have a friend, relative or lawyer present
at the identification parade
if the friend,
relative or
lawyer can attend within a reasonable
time; (c) anyone present may not interfere with
the procedure in any way; (d)
the suspect may
choose a
position in
the parade and
change position
in the parade
after each
witness has
viewed the parade; (e)
the suspect’s identity
will not
be given to
a witness unless
the witness identifies the
suspect and
a proceeding is started against the
suspect. 39 Identification parade
conditions A police officer conducting an
identification parade must, as far
as reasonably practicable, replicate
the conditions, described
by the witness,
when the
witness saw
a person involved in the
offence, for example, by— (a) changing the
lighting in the room; or (b) varying the
distance from which the witness views the identification
parade; or (c) concealing aspects of the
participants. 40 Conducting the identification
parade (1) Each witness must view the
identification parade separately. (2)
The
police officer conducting the identification parade must
ask the witness
to carefully view
the parade and
to state whether the
witness recognises any participant. (3)
The
police officer must ask the question in a way that does not
suggest the identity of any
participant. (4) If the
witness indicates
that the
witness recognises a
participant, the police officer must ask the
witness to clearly identify the participant recognised by, for
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(a) stating the participant’s number;
or (b) describing the participant’s position
in the parade. Not authorised —indicative
only 41 Use of suitable
persons in the identification parade An
identification parade must include the suspect and at least
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other people of similar physical appearance and wearing
similar clothing. Division 3
Identification using photographs
42 General requirements for
identification using photographs To avoid
directing the attention of the witness to a particular
photograph, the police officer must ensure
nothing is marked on— (a) any photograph;
or (b) the photo board. 43
Conducting a photo board
identification (1) A police officer showing witnesses a
photo board must show the photo board to each witness
separately. (2) Also, the
police officer
must ask
each witness
to carefully view the photo
board and state whether the witness recognises anyone whose
photo is on the photo board. (3)
The
police officer must ask the question in a way that does not
suggest the identity of a person whose
photograph is on the photo board. (4)
If a
witness indicates that the witness recognises a person in a
photo on
the photo board,
the police officer
must ask
the witness to— (a)
clearly state the number of the photograph
the witness has identified as being that of the person
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write the
photograph number
and the date
the photo board was shown
to the witness— (i) on the
front of
an unmarked photocopy
of the photo board;
or (ii) on
the back of
the photo board
or the selected
photograph; and (c)
sign the
photo board,
photocopy or
photograph where
the
person has written on it. Part 7 Responsibilities
relating to enforcement registers Division 1
Register of enforcement acts
44 Searches of persons—Act, s
679(1) The following information about
an enforcement act
consisting of
a search of
a person must
be included in
the register of enforcement acts—
(a) the name of the person, if
known; (b) when and where the person was
searched; (c) the purpose of the search;
(d) whether the
search involved
the removal of
outer clothing
in circumstances requiring
the search to
be conducted out of public view;
(e) for a
search because
of a reasonable suspicion—how long the person
was detained for the search; (f)
a
description of anything seized because of the search;
(g) information about the return,
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Searches of vehicles—Act, s 679(1)
The following information about
an enforcement act
consisting of
a search of
a vehicle must
be included in
the register of enforcement acts—
(a) the name of the person in possession
of the vehicle and anyone detained, if known;
(b) the registration number or a
description of the vehicle; (c)
when
and where the search took place; (d)
the
purpose of the search; (e) how long the
vehicle was detained for the search; (f)
a
description of anything seized because of the search;
(g) whether anything was damaged because
of the search; (h) information about the return,
destruction or disposal of anything seized. 46
Searches of places other than vehicles—Act,
s 679(1) The following information about
an enforcement act
consisting of a search of a place other than
a vehicle must be included in the register of enforcement
acts— (a) the name of the person in possession
of the place and anyone detained, if known;
(b) when and where the search took
place; (c) the purpose of the search;
(d) a description of anything seized
because of the search; (e) whether anything
was damaged because of the search; (f)
information about the return, destruction or
disposal of anything seized. 47
Arrests and detentions—Act, s 679(1)
(1) Subsection (2) sets out the
information that must be recorded in the register
of enforcement acts for the following— Page 74
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an
arrest; (b) the detention
of a person
for investigation or
questioning; (c)
the questioning of
a person as
a suspect about
the person’s involvement in the commission
of an indictable offence. (2)
The
following is the prescribed information— (a)
the
name of the person, if known; (b)
the
time the person was arrested or detained; (c)
for
an arrest, where a person is held; (d)
for
a person detained, each place to which the person is
taken to or held for the investigation or
questioning, and when; (e)
any significant event
affecting the
time for
which questioning was
suspended or delayed; Example of a significant event for
paragraph (e)— a time out period and the purpose of the
time out (f) any apparent injury the person
received during the arrest or detention. 48
Search warrants—Act, s 679(1)
The
following details about a search warrant must be included
in
the register of enforcement acts— (a)
when
and where the warrant was issued; (b)
the
name of the person mentioned in the application for
the search warrant
as the person
suspected of
being involved in the
offence, suspected offence, confiscation related
activity or
disorderly activity
to which the
application relates, if known;
(c) the type of offence or the
confiscation related activity to which the
warrant related; Current as at [Not applicable]
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if
the search warrant related to an existing or proposed
forfeiture proceeding—the type of forfeiture
proceeding to which the warrant related;
(e) if the
search warrant
related to
disorderly activities at
premises—the type of disorderly activities
to which the warrant related; (f)
the benefits derived
from the
warrant, including, for
example, anything
seized during
the search and
any proceeding started after the
search. 48A Missing person warrants—s
679(1) The following details about a missing person
warrant must be included in the register of enforcement
acts— (a) when and where the warrant was
issued; (b) the name
of the missing
person mentioned
in the application for
the warrant; (c) the benefits
derived from
the warrant, including, for
example, any of the following—
(i) if the missing person was
found; (ii) if
information about
the missing person’s
disappearance was found; (iii)
anything seized
during a
search relating
to the warrant;
(iv) any
proceeding started
because of
a search relating to the
warrant. 49 Production notices—Act, s
679(1) The following information about a production
notice must be included in the register of enforcement
acts— (a) when and where the production notice
was issued; (b) the name of the person mentioned in
the application for the production notice as the person
suspected of being involved in
the offence, suspected
offence or
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activity to
which the
application relates, if
known; (c) the type of offence or the
confiscation related activity to which the
production notice related; (d) if
the production notice
related to
an existing or
proposed forfeiture proceeding—the type
of forfeiture proceeding to
which the production notice related; (e)
the benefits derived
from the
production notice,
including, for example, any document
produced under the notice and any proceeding started and
related to the document produced; (f)
information about the return of any document
produced under the notice. 50
Production orders—Act, s 679(1)
The
following information about a production order must be
included in the register of enforcement
acts— (a) when and where the order was
issued; (b) the name of the person mentioned in
the application for the production order as the person who was
found guilty of the confiscation offence,
is suspected of
having committed
the confiscation offence
or is suspected
of having engaged in the serious crime
related activity to which the application relates, if
known; (c) the type of confiscation offence or
serious crime related activity to which the production order
related; (d) the benefits
derived from
the production order,
including, for example, any document
produced under the order and any proceeding started and
related to the document produced; (e)
information about the return of any document
produced under the order. Current as at
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Things seized other than during a
search—Act, s 679(1) The following
information about
a thing seized
other than
during a
search must
be included in
the register of
enforcement acts— (a)
the
name of the person from whom the thing was seized,
if
known; (b) when and where the thing was
seized; (c) the reason the thing was
seized; (d) a description of the thing
seized; (e) information about the return,
destruction or disposal of the thing. 52
Directions given—Act, s 679(1)
The
following information about a direction given to a person
under section 48 of the Act must be included
in the register of enforcement acts— (a)
when
the direction was given; (b) the location of
the person when given the direction; (c)
the
name of the person given the direction, if known;
(d) the reason the direction was
given; (e) the apparent demographic category of
the person. 52A Taking identifying particulars for
official warning for consorting—Act, s 679(1) The
following information about
taking or
photographing identifying
particulars of a person under section 41A of the
Act
must be included in the register of enforcement acts—
(a) the name
of the person
in relation to
whom the
identifying particulars were taken or
photographed; (b) the reason
the identifying particulars were
taken or
photographed; Page 78
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when the
identifying particulars were
taken or
photographed; (d)
when
the identifying particulars were destroyed; (e)
the name of
the justice in
whose presence
the identifying particulars were
destroyed; (f) the apparent demographic category of
the person. Not authorised —indicative only
52B Official warnings for consorting—Act,
s 679(1) The following information about
an official warning
for consorting given under section 53BAC
of the Act to a person must be included in the register of
enforcement acts— (a) the name of the person given the
warning; (b) the reason the warning was
given; (c) when the warning was given;
(d) the location of the person when given
the warning; (e) when and
how the police
officer gave
the person the
approved form confirming the official
warning; (f) whether the
giving of
the official warning
led to the
person committing an offence against section
790 or 791 of the Act; (g)
whether the person was required to leave a
place under section 53BAE of the Act;
(h) the apparent demographic category of
the person. 52C Powers for public safety orders—Act, s
679(1) The following information about
the exercise of
a power under the
Peace and Good Behaviour Act 1982
,
section 31(2) in relation to a person for whom a public
safety order has been made must be included in the register
of enforcement acts— (a) the name of the
person; (b) when the public safety order for the
person was made; (c) when the power was exercised;
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the
reason the power was exercised; (e)
the location of
the person when
the power was
exercised; (f)
whether the
exercise of
the power led
to the person
committing an offence against section 790 or
791 of the Act; (g)
the
apparent demographic category of the person. 52D
Powers for restricted premises orders—Act, s
679(1) The following information about
the exercise of
a power under the
Peace and Good Behaviour Act 1982
,
section 49 in relation to restricted premises must be
included in the register of enforcement acts—
(a) when and where the restricted premises
order was made; (b) when the restricted premises were
entered; (c) the time spent at the restricted
premises; (d) whether the
exercise of
the power led
to a person
committing an offence against section 790 or
791 of the Act; (e)
if
paragraph (d) applies—the name of the person and the
nature of the offence. 52E
Powers for fortification removal orders—Act,
s 679(1) The following information about
the exercise of
a power under the
Peace and Good Behaviour Act 1982
,
section 65(2) in relation to
fortified premises
must be
included in
the register of enforcement acts—
(a) when and
where the
fortification removal
order was
made; (b)
when
the fortified premises were entered; (c)
the
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whether the
exercise of
the power led
to a person
committing an offence against section 790 or
791 of the Act; (e)
if
paragraph (d) applies—the name of the person and the
nature of the offence. 52F
Taking of prohibited items from restricted
premises or fortifications from fortified premises—Act,
s 679(1) (1) The following information about a
prohibited item taken from restricted premises under the
Peace and Good Behaviour Act
1982 ,
section 49
(a thing )
or a fortification taken
from fortified
premises under the Peace and Good Behaviour Act
1982 , section 65
(also a thing ) must be
included in the register of enforcement acts—
(a) the name of the person from whom the
thing was taken, if known; (b)
when
and where the thing was taken; (c)
the
reason the thing was taken; (d)
a
description of the thing taken; (e)
information about the return, destruction or
disposal of the thing. (2)
In
this section— take , a
fortification from fortified premises, means remove or
modify the fortification.
52G Stop and desist notices—Act, s
679(1) The following information about
a stop and
desist notice
given to a person in relation to premises
must be included in the register of enforcement acts—
(a) the name of the person given the
notice; (b) the reason the notice was
given; (c) when the notice was given.
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Exclusions of support persons from
questioning—Act, s 679(1) The following
information about a support person excluded from questioning
under the Act, chapter 15, part 3, division 5 must be included
in the register of enforcement acts— (a)
the
person’s name; (b) when and why the person was
excluded; (c) whether an electronic record was made
of the reason for the exclusion and if not, why not;
(d) if questioning resumed
after the
person’s exclusion— when questioning
resumed; (e) if another
support person
was present during
questioning when
questioning resumed—that person’s
name. Division 2
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Monitoring orders and suspension orders—Act,
s 666(3) (1) The following
information about
an application for
a monitoring order or suspension order
must be recorded in the register of covert acts—
(a) when and where the application for the
order was made; (b) the name
of the financial
institution mentioned
in the application; (c)
the name of
the person in
relation to
whom the
application was made; (d)
whether or not the order was issued.
(2) If the order was issued, the following
information about the order must also be included in the
register— (a) the type
of information the
financial institution was
required to give under the order;
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the benefits derived
from the
order, including, for
example— (i)
any
proceeding started; and (ii) a brief
description of how the order helped in— (A)
the investigation of
the suspected confiscation
offence or serious crime related activity;
or (B) identifying, locating
or quantifying the
suspected serious crime derived property
in relation to which the order was
issued. Part 8 Responsibilities
relating to dealing with things in the
possession of police service
55 Receipt for seized property
A
receipt given under section 622 of the Act for a thing
seized must include the following—
(a) the date and time the thing was
seized; (b) if the thing was taken from a
person—the name, address and telephone contact number of the
person, if known; (c) if the
thing was
taken from
an occupied place—the
name, address
and telephone contact
number of
the occupier of the place, if
known; (d) a description of the thing
seized; (e) the name, rank, station and telephone
contact number of the police officer who seized the
thing; (f) where the thing will be taken, if
known; (g) the date the receipt is issued.
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Functions of property officer
(1) A property officer has the following
functions in relation to things seized under the Act—
(a) to receive a thing seized by a police
officer under the Act; (b)
to
keep records of a thing received at the property point
or
by the property officer, including— (i)
the
date the thing was received; and (ii)
the
particulars of the police officer who seized the
thing; and (iii)
a
description of the thing seized; and (iv)
if it is
removed from
the property officer’s
custody—when and
why it left
the property officer’s
custody and when it was returned; (c)
to ensure the
safe and
secure storage
at the property
point of the thing seized;
(d) if appropriate, to transfer or arrange
the transfer of the thing seized to— (i)
another property
point for
its safe and
secure storage;
or (ii) another place
for destruction or disposal; or (iii)
a
declared agency; (e) if required under the Act or any other
Act—to destroy or dispose of
the thing seized
in the way
decided by
the commissioner; (f)
if the thing
is money other
than money
that must
be retained so
it can be
used as
an exhibit in
a court— depositing the
money in a financial institution account operated by the
police service. (2) Also, as
soon as
reasonably practicable after
the property officer
receives a
seized thing,
the property officer
must ensure the thing
is capable of being easily identified. Page 84
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subsection (2)— The thing may have attached to it a label or
tag with a number or other identifier identical to the number or
identifier the property officer has assigned to the
thing in the record. 57 Order after property seized
An application under
section 694 or
695 of the
Act for an
order relating to a seized thing must state
the following— (a) the applicant’s name,
rank, registered number
and station; (b)
a
description of the thing; (c) the
circumstances of the seizure, including, for example,
if
the thing was seized under a search warrant; (d)
relevant information about
the thing, including, for
example, the following— (i)
the
nature of any interest a person has in the thing;
(ii) the approximate
value of the thing; (iii) whether the
thing may be needed as evidence in a proceeding and
the type of
offence or
forfeiture proceeding for
which it may be evidence; (e) the order
sought; (f) the reasons for seeking the
order. Current as at [Not applicable]
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Schedule 10 Dictionary Not
authorised —indicative
only section 2 Page 86
Austrac means
the Australian Transaction Reports
and Analysis Centre under the
Financial Transaction Reports Act
1988 (Cwlth).
Brisbane CBD safe night precinct
means the area prescribed
by
regulation under the Liquor Act 1992 as the Brisbane
CBD safe night precinct. Brisbane sober
safe centre see section 20F(1). crime scene
index see section 5. Fortitude
Valley safe
night precinct
means the
area prescribed by
regulation under
the Liquor Act
1992 as
the Fortitude Valley safe night
precinct. ICAC means
the Independent Commission Against
Corruption under
the Independent Commission Against
Corruption Act 1988 (NSW).
immigration and
border protection department means
a Commonwealth department in
which any
of the following
laws
is administered— (a) Australian Border Force Act
2015 (Cwlth); (b)
Customs Act
1901 (Cwlth), other
than parts XVB and XVC; (c)
Migration Act 1958 (Cwlth).
Inner West
Brisbane safe
night precinct
means the
area prescribed by
regulation under
the Liquor Act
1992 as
the Inner West Brisbane safe night
precinct. missing persons index see section
6. New South Wales Crime Commission
means the New South Wales Crime
Commission under the Crime Commission Act
2012 (NSW).
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Integrity Commission means
the Police Integrity
Commission under the Police Integrity
Commission Act 1996 (NSW). serious
offenders index see section 7. statistical
index see section 12. suspects
index see section 8. unknown deceased
persons index see section 9. volunteers
(limited purpose) index see section 10. volunteers
(unlimited purpose) index see section 11. Current as at
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