Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 372

372 What arrest warrant must state

(1) An arrest warrant must state the following—

(a) the name of the applicant for the warrant and the applicant’s rank, registered number and station;

(b) that any police officer may arrest the person named in the warrant;

(c) the offence the person is alleged to have committed.

(2) It is sufficient to describe an offence in the words of the law defining it, or in similar words.

(3) A description of persons or things that would be sufficient in an indictment is sufficient in an arrest warrant.