Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL CODE 1899 - SECT 740

740 Protected counselling communications

(1) Section 590APA applies to a proceeding for an offence only if an originating step for the proceeding is taken on or after the commencement, whether the act or omission constituting the offence happened before or after the commencement.

(2) In this section—

"originating step" , for a proceeding, means—

(a) the arrest of the defendant in the proceeding; or

(b) the making of a complaint under the Justices Act 1886, section 42 in relation to the defendant in the proceeding; or

(c) the serving of a notice to appear on the defendant in the proceeding under the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, section 382.