2026
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Casino Control Act 1982, the Casino
Control Regulation 1999, the Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming
Act 1999, the Child Protection Act 1999, the Civil Proceedings
Act 2011, the Coroners Act 2003, the Criminal Code, the District
Court of Queensland Act 1967, the Evidence Act 1977, the
Housing Act 2003, the Information Privacy Act 2009, the
Integrity Act 2009, the Justices of the Peace and
Commissioners for Declarations Act 1991, the Land Act 1994,
the Land Court Act 2000, the Magistrates Courts Act 1921, the
Ombudsman Act 2001, the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992,
the Personal Injuries Proceedings Act 2002, the Police Service
Administration Act 1990, the Property Law Act 2023, the Public
Records Act 2023, the Right to Information Act 2009, the
Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act 2003, the Security
Providers Act 1993, the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991
and the Uniform Civil Procedure Rules 1999 for particular
purposes, and to repeal the Brisbane Casino Agreement Act
1992
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Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2026
Part 1 Preliminary
The Parliament of Queensland enacts—
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Justice and Other Legislation
Amendment Act 2026.
2 Commencement
(1) The following provisions commence on the day that is 7 days
after the date of assent—
(a) parts 2 to 7, 10 to 24 and 26 to 29;
(b) part 8, other than sections 49 to 52;
(c) part 9, other than sections 62 and 63.
(2) Sections 62 and 63 commence on 1 January 2027.
(3) The following provisions commence on a day to be fixed by
proclamation—
(a) sections 49 to 52;
(b) part 25.
Part 2 Amendment of Casino Control
Act 1982
3 Act amended
This part amends the Casino Control Act 1982.
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Part 3 Amendment of Casino Control Regulation 1999
4 Amendment of s 155 (Supervision levy)
Section 155(3), definition Brisbane casino—
insert—
Note—
The Brisbane Casino Agreement Act 1992 was repealed
by the Justice and Other Legislation Amendment Act
2026.
5 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary)
(1) Schedule, definition agreement Act, paragraph (b)—
omit.
(2) Schedule, definition agreement Act, paragraphs (c) to (e)—
renumber as paragraphs (b) to (d).
Part 3 Amendment of Casino Control
Regulation 1999
6 Regulation amended
This part amends the Casino Control Regulation 1999.
7 Amendment of s 19 (Percentage determined for casino
gross revenue—Act, s 51(4))
(1) Section 19(1)(a)—
omit.
(2) Section 19(1)(b) to (d)—
renumber as section 19(1)(a) to (c).
8 Amendment of s 46D (Proportion of total amount of
supervision levy for casino licensee—Act, s 50B)
(1) Section 46D(1) and (2)—
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Part 4 Amendment of Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999
omit, insert—
(1) This section prescribes for section 50B(3) of the
Act the proportion of the total levy amount for
which a casino licensee is liable for a financial
year.
(2) The proportion of the total levy amount for which
the casino licensee is liable is stated in the table,
column 2 opposite the casino, the subject of the
licensee’s casino licence, mentioned in column 1
of the table—
(2) Section 46D(3), table, heading—
omit, insert—
Table—Proportion of total levy amount for
each financial year
(3) Section 46D(3), table, as amended—
relocate to subsection (2).
(4) Section 46D(3)—
omit.
(5) Section 46D(4), definition Brisbane Casino—
omit.
(6) Section 46D(4)—
renumber as section 46D(3).
Part 4 Amendment of Charitable and
Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999
9 Act amended
This part amends the Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act
1999.
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Part 4 Amendment of Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999
10 Amendment of s 181 (Interaction with Casino Acts)
(1) Section 181(3), definition Casino Acts, paragraph (b)—
omit.
(2) Section 181(3), definition Casino Acts—
insert—
(e) Queen’s Wharf Brisbane Act 2016.
11 Replacement of pt 10, hdg (Transitional provisions and
repeal)
Part 10, heading—
omit, insert—
Part 10 Repeal, transitional and
validation provisions
12 Insertion of new pt 10, div 4
Part 10—
insert—
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
(1) The amendment of section 181 by the Justice and
Other Legislation Amendment Act 2026, section
10(2) (the amendment) is taken to have had effect
from the beginning of 27 May 2016.
(2) A permission or approval given by the State under
section 181 on or after 27 May 2016 is taken to be,
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Part 5 Amendment of Child Protection Act 1999
and always to have been, as valid and lawful as it
would have been if the amendment had
commenced on that day.
(3) No compensation is payable by the State to any
person for, or in connection with, the giving of a
permission or approval under section 181 to the
extent that compensation would not have been
payable if the amendment had commenced on 27
May 2016.
Part 5 Amendment of Child Protection
Act 1999
13 Act amended
This part amends the Child Protection Act 1999.
14 Amendment of s 193 (Restrictions on reporting certain
court proceedings)
Section 193(5)(c)—
omit.
15 Amendment of s 194 (Publication of information
identifying child victim)
Section 194(2)(c)(iii)—
omit.
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Part 6 Amendment of Civil Proceedings Act 2011
Part 6 Amendment of Civil
Proceedings Act 2011
16 Act amended
This part amends the Civil Proceedings Act 2011.
17 Amendment of s 90 (Enforcement warrant)
(1) Section 90—
insert—
(2A) Also, an enforcement warrant may contain a
charging order.
(2) Section 90(3), ‘An’—
omit, insert—
In addition, an
(3) Section 90(4)—
omit.
(4) Section 90(2A) and (3)—
renumber as section 90(3) and (4).
18 Insertion of new pt 19
After part 18—
insert—
Part 19 Transitional provision
for Justice and Other
Legislation
Amendment Act 2026
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Part 7 Amendment of Coroners Act 2003
114 Application of amended s 90
Section 90, as amended by the Justice and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2026, applies in
relation to an original order under section 90(1)
only if the original order is made after the
commencement.
Part 7 Amendment of Coroners Act
2003
19 Act amended
This part amends the Coroners Act 2003.
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(1) Section 7(2), ‘or (e)’—
omit, insert—
, (e) or (f)
(2) Section 7(8)—
insert—
NDIS provider see the National Disability
Insurance Scheme Act 2013 (Cwlth), section 9.
(3) Section 7(8), definition relevant service provider—
insert—
(c) in relation to the death in care of a person
mentioned in section 9(1)(f)—the NDIS
provider, or registered NDIS provider, that
was providing the services or supports
mentioned in that section.
21 Amendment of s 8 (Reportable death defined)
Section 8(6)—
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Part 7 Amendment of Coroners Act 2003
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22 Insertion of new s 8A
After section 8—
insert—
8A Unnatural death defined
An unnatural death includes the death of a
person who dies at any time after receiving an
injury if—
(a) the injury caused the death; or
(b) both of the following apply—
(i) the injury contributed to the death;
(ii) the person would not have died if the
person had not received the injury.
Examples—
• a person’s death resulting from injuries sustained by
the person in a motor vehicle accident many months
before the death
• a person’s death caused by a subdural haematoma
not resulting from a bleeding disorder
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(1) Section 9(1)—
insert—
(f) the person—
(i) was not living in a private dwelling or
an aged care facility; and
(ii) was receiving services or supports
under—
(A) the program administered by the
Commonwealth known as the
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Disability Support for Older
Australians Program; or
(B) another program administered by
the Commonwealth prescribed by
regulation.
(2) Section 9(4), ‘and (e)’—
omit, insert—
, (e) and (f)
(3) Section 9(5), definition NDIS Act—
omit.
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investigated—generally)
Section 11(7)—
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(7) Despite subsection (2), only the State Coroner, a
Deputy State Coroner or a coroner approved
under subsection (8) may investigate the
following deaths—
(a) a death in custody that is an unnatural death;
(b) a death mentioned in section 8(3)(h), other
than a death in custody, that is an unnatural
death.
(8) The Governor in Council, on the recommendation
of the Chief Magistrate in consultation with the
State Coroner, may approve an appointed
coroner, or a local coroner, to investigate—
(a) a death mentioned in subsection (7)(a) or
(b); or
(b) deaths of a type mentioned in subsection
(7)(a) or (b).
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25 Amendment of s 12 (Not investigating or stopping
investigation of particular deaths)
Section 12—
insert—
(5) In this section—
natural death means the death of a person that is
not an unnatural death.
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(1) Section 45—
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(5A) However, subsection (5) does not prevent the
coroner from including in the findings a statement
that the coroner has given, or intends to give,
information to an entity under section 48.
(2) Section 45(5A) and (6)—
renumber as section 45(6) and (7).
27 Amendment of s 46 (Coroner’s comments)
Section 46—
insert—
(4) However, subsection (3) does not prevent the
coroner from including in the comments a
statement that the coroner has given, or intends to
give, information to an entity under section 48.
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for particular deaths)
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(d) for the death of a person mentioned in
section 9(1)(e) or (f)—the Commissioner of
the NDIS Quality and Safeguards
Commission under the NDIS Act.
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for other purposes)
Section 54(2)(b) and (c)—
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(b) if the coroner mentioned in paragraph (a) is
not available—another coroner nominated
by the State Coroner.
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Coroner)
(1) Section 71(1)(e)—
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(e) to be responsible, together with each Deputy
State Coroner and approved coroner, for all
investigations into the following deaths—
(i) a death in custody that is an unnatural
death;
(ii) a death mentioned in section 8(3)(h),
other than a death in custody, that is an
unnatural death; and
(2) Section 71(13)—
insert—
approved coroner, in relation to a death
mentioned in subsection (1)(e), means a coroner
approved under section 11(8) to investigate the
particular death or deaths of that type.
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