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13 Amendment of sch 8A (Gross weight of relevant substances for ss 9A,
9B, 9C and 9D of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Part 4 Amendment of Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
14 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
15 Amendment of s 15C (Meaning of eligible drug offender) . . . . . . 15
Part 5 Amendment of Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
16 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
17 Amendment of s 39BA (Use of hand held scanner without warrant in
relevant places) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
18 Amendment of s 41 (Prescribed circumstances for requiring name and
address) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
19 Amendment of s 44 (Application of pt 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
20 Amendment of s 46 (When power applies to behaviour) . . . . . . 17
21 Amendment of s 47 (When power applies to a person’s presence) 17
22 Amendment of s 48 (Direction may be given to person) . . . . . . . 18
23 Omission of s 49 (Review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
24 Replacement of ch 14, pt 4, div 5 (Additional case—minor drugs offence)
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Division 5 Additional case—drug offences
Subdivision 1 Minor cannabis offences
378A Meaning of minor cannabis offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
378B Application of subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
378C Offer to complete drug diversion program . . . . . . . . . 20
378D Cannabis diversion agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
378E Completion of drug diversion program . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Subdivision 2 Minor drug offences
378F Meaning of minor drug offence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
378G Application of subdivision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
378H Information notice about option to complete drug diversion
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
378I Election to complete drug diversion program . . . . . . 26
378J Forfeiture of drug or medicine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
378K Information sharing about participation in drug diversion
program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
378L Release of arrested person . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Subdivision 3 Drug diversion programs
378M Provision or approval of programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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378N Notice of completion of program under sdiv 1 . . . . . . 28
378O Notice of completion of program under sdiv 2 . . . . . . 28
25 Amendment of s 380 (When arrest of child may be discontinued) 29
26 Amendment of s 394 (Duty of police officer receiving custody of person
arrested for offence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
27 Amendment of s 602A (Definitions for pt 5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
28 Amendment of s 602B (What is a police banning notice) . . . . . . 31
29 Replacement of s 602C (Police officer may give initial police banning
notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
602C Police officer may give initial police banning notice . 31
30 Amendment of s 602Q (Offence to contravene notice) . . . . . . . . 33
31 Amendment of s 633 (Safeguards for oral directions or requirements—
police officers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
32 Insertion of new s 808D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
808D Designated business and community precincts . . . . 35
33 Insertion of new ch 24, pt 29 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Part 29 Transitional provisions for Expanding Adult Crime,
Adult Time and Taking a Strong Stance on Drugs and
Anti-Social Behaviour Amendment Act 2026
902 Definitions for part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
903 Application of new ch 14, pt 4, div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
904 Drug diversion warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
905 Offers to participate in drug diversion assessment programs
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906 Drug diversion agreements under former s 379AB . . 38
907 Approved programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
34 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Part 6 Amendment of Police Powers and Responsibilities Regulation 2012
35 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
36 Amendment of s 20H (Prescribed quantity for minor drug offences—Act,
s 378B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
37 Amendment of sch 1B (Prescribed quantity of dangerous drugs, S4
medicines and S8 medicines) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Part 7 Amendment of State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999
38 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
39 Amendment of s 5 (Act has limited application to children) . . . . . 41
40 Amendment of s 15 (Infringement notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
41 Amendment of s 22 (Ways alleged offender may deal with infringement
2026
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Drugs Misuse Act 1986, the Drugs Misuse
Regulation 1987, the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, the
Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, the Police Powers
and Responsibilities Regulation 2012, the State Penalties
Enforcement Act 1999, the State Penalties Enforcement
Regulation 2014, the Youth Justice Act 1992 and the legislation
mentioned in schedule 1 for particular purposes
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Expanding Adult Crime, Adult
Time and Taking a Strong Stance on Drugs and Anti-Social
Behaviour Amendment Act 2026.
2 Commencement
(1) Part 9, other than sections 53 to 55, commences on the date of
assent.
(2) The remaining provisions of this Act commence on a day to
be fixed by proclamation.
Part 2 Amendment of Drugs Misuse
Act 1986
3 Act amended
This part amends the Drugs Misuse Act 1986.
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Section 4—
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drug diversion program see the Police Powers
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(1) This section applies in relation to an offence
against section 9 committed by a person if—
(a) the offence involves possessing not more
than the prescribed quantity of a dangerous
drug; and
(b) the possession does not relate to an offence
by the person against this Act involving
production or supply of a dangerous drug or
trafficking in a dangerous drug; and
(c) a police officer reasonably believes—
(i) the person possessed the dangerous
drug for their personal use; and
(ii) the person did not possess more than 1
type of prohibited drug or medicine;
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(d) at the time of the offence—
(i) the person has not committed another
indictable offence in circumstances
related to the offence; and
(ii) the person has not previously been
found guilty of an offence against
section 5, 6, 8, 9 or 9D; and
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(B) an offence against the Medicines
and Poisons Act 2019, section
34(1).
(2) A regulation under the State Penalties
Enforcement Act 1999 must prescribe the offence
to be an offence to which that Act applies.
(3) Subsection (2) applies despite the State Penalties
Enforcement Act 1999, section 165(2).
(4) A reference in subsection (1)(d)(ii) to having
previously been found guilty of an offence—
(a) is a reference to having previously been
found guilty of the offence by a court, on a
plea of guilty or otherwise, whether or not a
conviction was recorded; and
(b) includes a reference to having a spent
conviction for the offence.
(5) For subsection (1)(d)(iii), a person is taken to
have not previously been served with an
infringement notice for an offence if—
(a) the infringement notice was withdrawn
under the State Penalties Enforcement Act
1999, section 28; or
(b) the matter of the offence was decided by a
court and the person was found not guilty.
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infringement notice means an infringement
notice under the State Penalties Enforcement Act
1999.
prescribed quantity, of a dangerous drug, see the
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section 378F.
prohibited drug or medicine, in relation to a
person, means a dangerous drug, S4 medicine or
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S4 medicine see the Medicines and Poisons Act
2019, section 11(1)(c).
S8 medicine see the Medicines and Poisons Act
2019, section 11(1)(d).
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drugs offences)
(1) Section 122A, heading, ‘minor drugs offences’—
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minor cannabis offence or minor drug offence
(2) Section 122A(1) to (4)—
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(1) This section applies to a proceeding for an offence
against this Act if—
(a) the offence is a minor cannabis offence as
defined in the Police Powers and
Responsibilities Act 2000, section 378A;
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(b) the person charged with the offence—
(i) is a person mentioned in section
378B(1)(b) to (e) of that Act; and
(ii) pleads guilty to the offence.
(2) This section also applies to a proceeding for an
offence against this Act if—
(a) the offence is a minor drug offence as
defined in the Police Powers and
Responsibilities Act 2000, section 378F; and
(b) the person charged with the offence—
(i) is a person mentioned in section
378G(1)(b) to (e) of that Act; and
(ii) pleads guilty to the offence.
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