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Criminal Proceeds Confiscation Act 2002
sec.16Meaning of serious crime related activity and external serious crime related activity
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### sec.16 Meaning of serious crime related activity and external serious crime related activity
Anything done by a person that was, when it was done, a serious criminal offence, is a serious crime related activity .
Subsection (1) applies whether or not the person has been charged with the offence or, if charged—
has been tried; or
has been tried and acquitted; or
has been convicted, even if the conviction has been quashed or set aside.
An external serious crime related activity is a serious crime related activity arising out of an offence under the law of the Commonwealth or a place outside Queensland, including outside Australia, that, if the offence had been committed in Queensland, would be a serious criminal offence.
s 16 amd 2009 No. 2 s 5
(sec.16-ssec.1) Anything done by a person that was, when it was done, a serious criminal offence, is a serious crime related activity .
(sec.16-ssec.2) Subsection (1) applies whether or not the person has been charged with the offence or, if charged— has been tried; or has been tried and acquitted; or has been convicted, even if the conviction has been quashed or set aside.
(sec.16-ssec.3) An external serious crime related activity is a serious crime related activity arising out of an offence under the law of the Commonwealth or a place outside Queensland, including outside Australia, that, if the offence had been committed in Queensland, would be a serious criminal offence.
- (a) has been tried; or
- (b) has been tried and acquitted; or
- (c) has been convicted, even if the conviction has been quashed or set aside.