Queensland Consolidated Acts

POLICE POWERS AND RESPONSIBILITIES ACT 2000 - SECT 411

411 When does detention period start for offenders arrested outside Queensland

(1) This section applies if, because of the Service and Execution of Process Act 1992 (Cwlth) , a person—

(a) has been arrested in another State for an indictable offence committed in Queensland; or

(b) has appeared before a magistrate in another State for an indictable offence committed in Queensland.

(2) For this part, the detention period for the person starts—

(a) if, under the law of the other State, a Queensland police officer may question the person in the other State—when the Queensland police officer starts to question the person for the offence; or

(b) when the person arrives in Queensland in the company of a Queensland police officer for the purpose of being questioned for the offence.