Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 386

386 General particulars only are required on a notice to appear

(1) The statement in the notice to appear of the substance of the offence alleged to have been committed need only provide general particulars of the offence, for example—

(a) the type of offence; and

(b) when and where it is alleged to have been committed.

(2) If 2 or more matters are properly joined in 1 notice to appear under the Justices Act 1886 , section 43 (1) , then, despite section 43 (2) and (3) of that Act—

(a) each matter need not be set out in a separate paragraph; and

(b) objection can not be taken to the notice to appear because each matter is not set out in a separate paragraph.