sec.164Validation of security sensitive authority issued to Queensland Police Service contrary to s 15A

sec.164 Validation of security sensitive authority issued to Queensland Police Service contrary to s 15A

This section applies if— before the commencement, the chief inspector made a decision under section 17(1)(a) to issue a security sensitive authority to the Queensland Police Service; and the Queensland Police Service was not an appropriate person to hold, or continue to hold, the security sensitive authority under section 15A(2) because an employee of the Queensland Police Service— had or would have had unsupervised access to an explosive in the course of the employee’s employment; and did not hold a security clearance. Each of the following things is taken to be, and always to have been, as valid as it would have been if each employee of the Queensland Police Service did not have or would not have had unsupervised access to an explosive in the course of the employee’s employment and each employee of the Queensland Police Service held a security clearance— the making of the decision to issue the security sensitive authority; the security sensitive authority; anything done under the security sensitive authority whether before or after the commencement; an omission of the chief inspector to suspend or cancel the security sensitive authority under section 23(1)(d) because the Queensland Police Service was not an appropriate person to hold, or continue to hold, the security sensitive authority under section 15A(2). s 164 ins 2024 No. 34 s 146 (sec.164-ssec.1) This section applies if— before the commencement, the chief inspector made a decision under section 17(1)(a) to issue a security sensitive authority to the Queensland Police Service; and the Queensland Police Service was not an appropriate person to hold, or continue to hold, the security sensitive authority under section 15A(2) because an employee of the Queensland Police Service— had or would have had unsupervised access to an explosive in the course of the employee’s employment; and did not hold a security clearance. (sec.164-ssec.2) Each of the following things is taken to be, and always to have been, as valid as it would have been if each employee of the Queensland Police Service did not have or would not have had unsupervised access to an explosive in the course of the employee’s employment and each employee of the Queensland Police Service held a security clearance— the making of the decision to issue the security sensitive authority; the security sensitive authority; anything done under the security sensitive authority whether before or after the commencement; an omission of the chief inspector to suspend or cancel the security sensitive authority under section 23(1)(d) because the Queensland Police Service was not an appropriate person to hold, or continue to hold, the security sensitive authority under section 15A(2).

• (a) before the commencement, the chief inspector made a decision under section 17(1)(a) to issue a security sensitive authority to the Queensland Police Service; and