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1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Part 2 Amendment of Criminal Code
3 Code amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4 Amendment of s 52C (Prohibited symbols) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5 Insertion of new s 52CA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
52CA Prescribed organisations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6 Amendment of s 52D (Display, distribution or publication of prohibited
symbols) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
7 Insertion of new s 52DA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
52DA Recital, distribution, publication or display of prohibited
expressions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
8 Replacement of s 206 (Offering violence to officiating ministers of
religion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
206 Assaults of ministers of religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
206A Intimidating or obstructing persons entering or leaving places
of religious worship . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
9 Amendment of s 207 (Disturbing religious worship) . . . . . . . . . . 17
10 Amendment of s 398 (Punishment of stealing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
11 Amendment of s 469 (Wilful damage) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
12 Amendment of s 540 (Preparation to commit crimes with dangerous
things) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
13 Insertion of new s 540A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
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540A Preparation or planning to cause death or grievous bodily
harm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
14 Amendment of s 552BB (Excluded offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
15 Insertion of new ch 114 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Chapter 114 Transitional provisions for Fighting Antisemitism and
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770 Prosecution of prohibited symbols offence if entity stops
being a prescribed organisation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
771 Proceedings for offences relating to religious worship 20
Part 3 Amendment of Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
16 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
17 Amendment of sch 1C (Prescribed offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Part 4 Amendment of Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000
18 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
19 Amendment of s 30 (Prescribed circumstances for searching persons
without warrant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
20 Amendment of s 32 (Prescribed circumstances for searching vehicle
without warrant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
21 Amendment of s 221A (Definitions for chapter) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
22 Amendment of s 228 (Purposes of ch 11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
23 Amendment of s 229 (Definitions for ch 11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
24 Amendment of s 230 (Relationship to other laws and matters) . . 23
25 Amendment of s 237 (Committee recommendations) . . . . . . . . . 24
26 Amendment of s 258 (Protection from criminal responsibility for
controlled conduct during authorised operations) . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
27 Amendment of s 322 (Definitions for ch 13) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
28 Amendment of s 323 (Meaning of relevant offence) . . . . . . . . . . 25
29 Amendment of s 740 (Public interest monitor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
30 Amendment of s 743 (Monitor’s annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
31 Insertion of new ch 24, pt 28 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Part 28 Transitional provision for Fighting Antisemitism and
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Criminals Amendment Act 2026
901 Monitor’s annual report for particular financial year . 26
32 Omission of sch 2, s 1AA (Child Protection (Offender Reporting and
Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
33 Replacement of sch 2, s 1 (Classification of Computer Games and
Images Act 1995) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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34 Replacement of sch 2, s 2 (Classification of Films Act 1991) . . . 27
35 Amendment of sch 2, s 3 (Classification of Publications Act 1991) 28
36 Replacement of sch 2, s 4 (Criminal Code) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
37 Omission of sch 2, s 6 (Weapons Act 1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
38 Omission of sch 3, s 1 (Child Protection (Offender Reporting and
Offender Prohibition Order) Act 2004) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
39 Amendment of sch 3, s 6 (Criminal Code) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
40 Amendment of sch 3, s 11 (Weapons Act 1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
41 Replacement of sch 5, s 1 (Criminal Code) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
42 Omission of sch 5, s 2 (Drugs Misuse Act 1986) . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
43 Omission of sch 5, s 3 (Weapons Act 1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
44 Omission of sch 5, s 5 (Criminal Code) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
45 Amendment of sch 5, s 10 (Weapons Act 1990) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
46 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Part 5 Amendment of Police Service Administration Regulation 2016
47 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
48 Amendment of s 67 (Approved agencies—Act, s 10.2G) . . . . . . 30
Part 6 Amendment of Queensland Community Safety Act 2024
49 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
50 Omission of s 84 (Amendment of s 53BAC (Police powers for giving
official warning for consorting)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
51 Amendment of s 88 (Insertion of new sch 5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Part 7 Amendment of Weapons Act 1990
52 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
53 Amendment of s 2 (Application of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
54 Amendment of s 5C (Meaning of class C serious offence) . . . . . 32
55 Amendment of s 5D (Meaning of disqualified person) . . . . . . . . 33
56 Amendment of s 10 (Limitations on issue of licence) . . . . . . . . . 33
57 Amendment of s 10B (Fit and proper person—licensees) . . . . . 33
58 Amendment of s 10C (Fit and proper person—licensed dealer’s
associate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
59 Amendment of s 13 (Application for licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
60 Amendment of s 14 (Inquiries into application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
61 Amendment of s 15 (Authorised officer decides application) . . . 38
62 Amendment of s 18 (Renewal of licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
63 Amendment of s 28 (Suspension of licence by giving suspension notice)
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64 Amendment of s 29 (Revocation of licence by giving revocation notice)
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65 Amendment of pt 4, hdg (Possession and use of weapons) . . . . 39
66 Amendment of s 50 (Possession of weapons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
67 Amendment of s 50B (Unlawful supply of weapons) . . . . . . . . . . 40
68 Insertion of new s 56A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
56A Reckless discharge of weapon towards building or vehicle
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
69 Amendment of s 61 (Shortening firearms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
70 Amendment of s 62 (Modifying construction or action of firearms) 42
71 Amendment of s 63 (Altering identification marks of weapons) . 43
72 Amendment of s 65 (Unlawful trafficking in weapons) . . . . . . . . 43
73 Amendment of s 67 (Possessing and acquiring restricted items) 44
74 Insertion of new ss 67A and 67B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
67A Possession and distribution of blueprint material for
manufacture of firearms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
67B Defences for offences against s 67A . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
75 Amendment of s 69 (Armourers to be licensed) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
76 Amendment of s 141D (Definitions for part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
77 Amendment of s 141E (Matters to consider for making firearm prohibition
orders—adults) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
78 Amendment of s 141F (Matters to consider for making firearm prohibition
orders—children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
79 Amendment of s 141G (Commissioner may make firearm prohibition
orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
80 Omission of s 141H (Court may make firearm prohibition orders) 48
81 Amendment of s 141I (Content of firearm prohibition orders) . . . 48
82 Amendment of s 141J (When firearm prohibition orders take effect) 48
83 Amendment of s 141L (Further firearm prohibition orders may be made)
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84 Omission of pt 5A, div 2, sdiv 3 (Applications to court for firearm
prohibition orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
85 Amendment of s 141P (Personal service of firearm prohibition orders)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
86 Amendment of s 141Q (Power to give directions to facilitate personal
service of firearm prohibition orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
87 Omission of s 141R (Limits on directions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
88 Replacement of s 141T (Offence warning) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
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141T Offence warning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
89 Amendment of s 141U (Offence to contravene direction) . . . . . . 51
90 Amendment of s 141V (Licenses, permits and approvals automatically
revoked if firearm prohibition order made) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
91 Amendment of s 141Y (Acquiring, possessing and using firearms and
firearm related items) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
92 Amendment of s 141Z (Supply of firearms and firearm related items) 53
93 Amendment of s 141ZA (Attending particular premises and events) 53
94 Replacement of s 141ZB (Notifying commissioner of change of address)
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141ZB Notifying commissioner of change of address . . . . . . 54
95 Amendment of s 141ZC (Definition for division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
96 Amendment of s 141ZE, hdg (Power to search individuals) . . . . 54
97 Amendment of s 141ZF (Power to search vehicles) . . . . . . . . . . 55
98 Insertion of new s 141ZGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
141ZGA Power to search particular persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
99 Omission of pt 5A, div 5 (Annual review of firearm prohibition orders in
relation to children) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
100 Omission of pt 5A, div 6 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
101 Amendment, relocation and renumbering of s 141ZT (Confidentiality of
criminal intelligence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
102 Amendment of s 141ZU (Records to be kept) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
103 Replacement of pt 6, hdg (Rights of review and other appeals) . 58
104 Insertion of new pt 6, div 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
105 Amendment of s 142 (Right to apply for review of decisions) . . . 58
106 Amendment of s 142A (Confidentiality of criminal intelligence) . 59
107 Insertion of new pt 6, div 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Division 2 Provisions relating to firearm prohibition orders
146 Right to apply for review of decisions to make firearm
prohibition orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
147 Effect of firearm prohibition orders not stayed by particular
proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
148 When particular review decisions take effect . . . . . . 60
149 Application of QCAT Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
108 Amendment of s 161 (Proceedings for an offence) . . . . . . . . . . . 62
109 Amendment of s 163 (Evidentiary provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
110 Insertion of new pt 8, div 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Division 10 Transitional and validation provisions for Fighting
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200 Definitions for division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
201 Particular existing applications—fit and proper person
requirement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
202 Particular existing applications—citizenship requirement 64
203 Validation of particular decisions relating to licences 64
204 Firearm prohibition orders made under former section 141H
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205 Existing firearm prohibition orders made under former section
141G . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
206 Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
207 Transitional regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
111 Amendment of sch 1AA (Class B serious offences) . . . . . . . . . . 67
112 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Part 8 Amendment of Weapons Regulation 2016
113 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
114 Amendment of s 92 (Container) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
115 Amendment of s 94 (Storage of particular weapons not in person’s
physical possession—secure storage facilities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Part 9 Amendment of Youth Justice Act 1992
116 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
117 Amendment of s 175A (Sentence orders—significant offences to which
adult penalties apply) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
118 Amendment of s 176 (Sentence orders—other significant offences) 72
Part 10 Other amendments
119 Legislation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Schedule 1 Other amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Corrective Services Act 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Judicial Review Act 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Police Service Administration Act 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Weapons Regulation 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
2026
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Criminal Code, the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992, the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act
2000, the Police Service Administration Regulation 2016, the
Queensland Community Safety Act 2024, the Weapons Act
1990, the Weapons Regulation 2016, the Youth Justice Act 1992
and the legislation mentioned in schedule 1 for particular
purposes