Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026

Queensland Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026

Queensland Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 Contents Page Part 1 Preliminary 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Part 2 Amendment of Casino Control Act 1982 3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 4 Amendment of s 155 (Supervision levy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 5 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Part 3 Amendment of Casino Control Regulation 1999 6 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 7 Amendment of s 19 (Percentage determined for casino gross revenue— Act, s 51(4)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 8 Amendment of s 46D (Proportion of total amount of supervision levy for casino licensee—Act, s 50B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Part 4 Amendment of Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999 9 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 10 Amendment of s 181 (Interaction with Casino Acts) . . . . . . . . . . 13 11 Replacement of pt 10, hdg (Transitional provisions and repeal) . 13 12 Insertion of new pt 10, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Division 4 Transitional and validation provision for Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2026 200 Retrospective operation of s 181 and validation of permissions and approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Part 5 Amendment of Child Protection Act 1999 13 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 14 Amendment of s 193 (Restrictions on reporting certain court proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 15 Amendment of s 194 (Publication of information identifying child victim)

Contents Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026 Page 2 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Part 6 Amendment of Civil Proceedings Act 2011 16 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 17 Amendment of s 90 (Enforcement warrant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 18 Insertion of new pt 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Part 19 Transitional provision for Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2026 114 Application of amended s 90 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Part 7 Amendment of Coroners Act 2003 19 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 20 Amendment of s 7 (Duty to report deaths) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 21 Amendment of s 8 (Reportable death defined) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 22 Insertion of new s 8A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 8A Unnatural death defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 23 Amendment of s 9 (Death in care defined) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 24 Amendment of s 11 (Deaths to be investigated—generally) . . . . 18 25 Amendment of s 12 (Not investigating or stopping investigation of particular deaths) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 26 Amendment of s 45 (Coroner’s findings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 27 Amendment of s 46 (Coroner’s comments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 28 Amendment of s 47 (Coroner’s findings and comments for particular deaths) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 29 Amendment of s 54 (Access to investigation documents for other purposes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 30 Amendment of s 71 (Functions and powers of State Coroner) . . 20 31 Replacement of s 86 (Delegation of duties or powers to registrar or deputy registrars) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 86 Delegation of functions of coroners to registrars or deputy registrars . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 32 Amendment of s 91B (Definitions for pt 4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 33 Amendment of s 91K (Chairperson) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 34 Insertion of new pt 6, div 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Division 8 Transitional provisions for Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2026 120 Definition for division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 121 Application of new s 11 to deaths reported before the commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 122 Existing delegations of duties or powers . . . . . . . . . . 23