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201 Particular existing applications—fit and proper
person requirement
(1) This section applies in relation to the following
applications made, but not decided, before the
commencement of this section—
(a) an application for a licence;
(b) an application to renew a licence.
(2) The following provisions apply in relation to the
application—
(a) new section 10B;
(b) new section 10C;
(c) new section 13;
(d) new section 14.
202 Particular existing applications—citizenship
requirement
(1) This section applies in relation to the following
applications made, but not decided, before the
commencement of this section—
(a) an application for a licence;
(b) an application to renew a licence.
(2) The following provisions apply in relation to the
application—
(a) new section 10(2)(h) and (2C);
(b) new section 18(9).
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licences
(1) This section applies if—
(a) before the commencement of this section,
an authorised officer made a decision—
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(i) to reject an application for a licence; or
(ii) to reject an application to renew a
licence; or
(iii) to suspend a licence; or
(iv) to revoke a licence; and
(b) in deciding or considering whether the
applicant, or the licensee, for the licence is
or is no longer a fit and proper person to
hold a licence, the authorised officer
considered a matter mentioned in new
section 10B(1)(b) or (c) or 10C(1)(a) or (b).
(2) It is declared that the decision is taken to be, and
to have always been, as valid and lawful as it
would be or would have been had each of the
following provisions been in force when the
decision was made—
(a) new section 10B;
(b) new section 10C;
(c) new section 13;
(d) new section 14.
(3) Anything done, or omitted to be done, in relation
to the decision is taken to be, and to have always
been, as valid and lawful as it would be or would
have been had each of the provisions mentioned
in subsection (2) been in force when the decision
was made.
(4) However, if, before the commencement of this
section, the decision had been found by a court or
tribunal to be invalid or had been set aside by a
court or tribunal, the decision of the court or
tribunal, and any orders, declarations or directions
made by the court or tribunal in relation to the
decision, stand.
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204 Firearm prohibition orders made under former
section 141H
(1) This section applies in relation to a firearm
prohibition order made under former section
141H before the commencement of this section.
(2) If the firearm prohibition order is in effect
immediately before the commencement of this
section, the order stops having effect on the
commencement of this section.
(3) A person who has been subject to a firearm
prohibition order in relation to which this section
applies continues to be a disqualified person for
the purposes of this Act unless—
(a) when the order was made, the person was a
child; or
(b) the decision to make the order was revoked
or set aside on review or appeal.
205 Existing firearm prohibition orders made
under former section 141G
(1) This section applies in relation to a firearm
prohibition order, made under former section
141G, that is in effect immediately before the
commencement of this section.
(2) Despite new section 141G(4), the firearm
prohibition order has effect for the period, of not
more than 60 days, stated in the order.
206 Records
A record required to be kept under former section
141ZU must be kept under new section 141ZU.
207 Transitional regulation-making power
(1) A regulation (a transitional regulation) may
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make provision about a matter for which—
(a) it is necessary to make provision to allow or
facilitate the doing of anything to achieve
the transition from the operation of this Act,
as in force before the commencement of a
relevant amendment, to the operation of this
Act as in force after the commencement of
the relevant amendment; and
(b) this Act does not provide or sufficiently
provide.
(2) A transitional regulation may have retrospective
operation to a day not earlier than the day the
relevant amendment commences.
(3) A transitional regulation must declare it is a
transitional regulation.
(4) This section and any transitional regulation expire
on the day that is 1 year after the day this section
commences.
(5) In this section—
relevant amendment means an amendment of this
Act by the Fighting Antisemitism and Keeping
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111 Amendment of sch 1AA (Class B serious offences)
(1) Schedule 1AA, entry headed ‘This Act’—
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(2) Schedule 1AA, entry for Criminal Code, entry for section
398, ‘item 14 or 15’—
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56A Reckless discharge of weapon
towards building or vehicle
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112 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary)
(1) Schedule 2, definitions appellate court, court and firearm
prohibition order—
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(2) Schedule 2, definition possession—
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(3) Schedule 2—
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corresponding law means a law of another State
that contains provisions that substantially
correspond with part 5A.
corresponding order means an order that—
(a) closely corresponds to a firearm prohibition
order; and
(b) is made under a corresponding law
prescribed by regulation.
firearm prohibition order—
(a) generally, see section 141D; and
(b) for part 5A, division 4, see section 141ZC.
(4) Schedule 2—
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blueprint material—
(a) means any of the following things, whether
in electronic, digital or hard copy form—
(i) a technical drawing of the design of an
object;
(ii) a plan, drawing, instruction or template
for the manufacture of an object;
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(iii) a program, software or code for an
electronic device for the manufacture
of an object; and
(b) without limiting paragraph (a), includes a
reproduction, copy or photograph of a thing
mentioned in paragraph (a), whether in
electronic, digital or hard copy form.
criminal organisation see the Penalties and
Sentences Act 1992, section 161O.
distribute, in relation to blueprint material,
includes—
(a) communicate, exhibit, send, supply or
transmit the material to someone, whether to
a particular person or not; and
(b) make the material available for access by
someone, whether by a particular person or
not; and
(c) enter into an agreement or arrangement to
do something mentioned in paragraph (a) or
(b); and
(d) attempt to distribute the material.
manufacture, in relation to a thing, includes—
(a) take an action preparatory to producing the
thing; and
(b) take an action for the purpose of producing
the thing or that advances the production of
the thing; and
(c) offer to take an action mentioned in
paragraph (a) or (b); and
(d) attempt to manufacture.
participant, in a criminal organisation, see the
Penalties and Sentences Act 1992, section 161P.
possession—
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(a) generally, in relation to a thing, includes—
(i) having the thing in one’s custody; and
(ii) having the thing under one’s control in
any place, whether or not another
person has custody of the thing; and
(iii) having an ability to obtain custody of
the thing at will; and
(iv) having a claim to custody of the thing
that the claimant has committed to the
custody of another person,
notwithstanding that the thing is
temporarily not in the control of the
claimant; and
(b) in relation to blueprint material, includes—
(i) possession of an electronic device, or a
data storage device, that holds or
contains the material; and
(ii) possession of a document that records
the material; and
(iii) if the material is held or contained in an
electronic device or data storage device
that is in the possession of another
person, whether or not the electronic
device or data storage device is in
Queensland—having control of the
material.
relevant offence means an offence, under a law of
Queensland or another jurisdiction, that—
(a) involves the carriage, discharge, possession,
storage or use of a weapon; or
(b) involves the use or threatened use of
violence; or
(c) involves the possession or distribution of
blueprint material for the manufacture of a
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firearm on a 3D printer or an electronic
milling machine.
Part 8 Amendment of Weapons
Regulation 2016
113 Regulation amended
This part amends the Weapons Regulation 2016.
Note—
See also the amendments in schedule 1.
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Section 92(1)(b)(i), ‘or solid timber’—
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person’s physical possession—secure storage facilities)
Section 94(5)(b)(i), ‘or solid timber’—
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Part 9 Amendment of Youth Justice
Act 1992
116 Act amended
This part amends the Youth Justice Act 1992.
117 Amendment of s 175A (Sentence orders—significant
offences to which adult penalties apply)
(1) Section 175A(1)(x), ‘14’—
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(2) Section 175A—
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(1B) Also, this section applies if a court is sentencing a
child for an offence against any of the following
provisions of the Weapons Act 1990—
(a) section 56A;
(b) section 67A.
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offences)
Section 176(7), definition relevant offence, paragraph (a),
‘section 175A(1)’—
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section 175A(1) or (1B)
Part 10 Other amendments
119 Legislation amended
Schedule 1 amends the legislation it mentions.
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Corrective Services Act 2006
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paragraph (a) or (b)
Judicial Review Act 1991
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to the extent the decision
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omit, insert—
section 10B(1)(f) or 10C(1)(c)
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omit.
4 Schedule 2, item 5A(2), ‘, if the decision’—
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to the extent the decision
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obtain
2 Section 268(2)(g), ‘gather’—
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obtain
3 Schedule 2, authorising provision, ‘section 221’—
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section 221A
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omit, insert—
section 221A, definition controlled activity
offence
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renumber as schedule 5A, items 1 to 11.
Police Service Administration Act 1990
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‘established’—
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, or continued in existence,
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