sec.17Meaning of serious criminal offence

### sec.17 Meaning of serious criminal offence An offence is a serious criminal offence if it is any of the following— an indictable offence for which the maximum penalty is at least 5 years imprisonment; an offence prescribed under a regulation for this definition; 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 an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; an ancillary offence to an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) including an offence that would be an ancillary offence to an offence mentioned in paragraph (c) if the offence had been committed in Queensland. In this section— indictable offence includes an indictable offence dealt with summarily. s 17 amd 2009 No. 2 s 6 ; 2010 No. 42 s 214 sch (sec.17-ssec.1) An offence is a serious criminal offence if it is any of the following— an indictable offence for which the maximum penalty is at least 5 years imprisonment; an offence prescribed under a regulation for this definition; 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 an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; an ancillary offence to an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) including an offence that would be an ancillary offence to an offence mentioned in paragraph (c) if the offence had been committed in Queensland. (sec.17-ssec.2) In this section— indictable offence includes an indictable offence dealt with summarily. - (a) an indictable offence for which the maximum penalty is at least 5 years imprisonment; - (b) an offence prescribed under a regulation for this definition; - (c) 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 an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ; - (d) an ancillary offence to an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) including an offence that would be an ancillary offence to an offence mentioned in paragraph (c) if the offence had been committed in Queensland.