Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIMINAL PROCEEDS CONFISCATION ACT 2002 - SECT 17

17 Meaning of serious criminal offence

(1) An offence is a
"serious criminal offence" if it is any of the following—

(a) an indictable offence for which the maximum penalty is at least 5 years imprisonment;

(b) an offence prescribed under a regulation for this definition;

(c) an offence under the law of the Commonwealth or a place outside Queensland, including outside Australia, that, if the offence had been committed in Queensland, would be an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b) ;

(d) an ancillary offence to an offence mentioned in paragraph (a) , (b) or (c) including an offence that would be an ancillary offence to an offence mentioned in paragraph (c) if the offence had been committed in Queensland.

(2) In this section—

"indictable offence" includes an indictable offence dealt with summarily.