Queensland Consolidated Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 2005 - SECT 14B

14B What is a dangerous attachment device

(1) An attachment device is a
"dangerous attachment device" if it—

(a) reasonably appears to be constructed or modified to cause injury to a person who attempts to interfere with the device; or

(b) reasonably appears to be constructed or modified to cause injury to a person if another person interferes with the device; or

(c) incorporates a dangerous substance or thing.

(2) Also, a sleeping dragon, dragon’s den, monopole and tripod are each a
"dangerous attachment device" .

(3) An attachment device is a
"sleeping dragon" if it incorporates—

(a) an anchor point for a person to hold or to which a person’s hand can be bound or locked; and

(b) a casing that shields the person’s hand, or the binding or lock, from being released by another person.

Example of a sleeping dragon—

two large steel pipes welded together at an angle with a thick pin fixed in the centre

(4) An attachment device is a
"dragon’s den" if it—

(a) incorporates 1 or more sleeping dragons or tubes large enough to pass a person’s hand through; and

(b) reinforces the casing of the sleeping dragon or tube by adding bulk and weight.

Example of a dragon’s den—

a 44-gallon drum incorporating a sleeping dragon and otherwise filled with concrete

(5) An attachment device is a
"monopole" if—

(a) it relies on a long pole and support riggings to suspend a person off the ground; and

(b) it reasonably appears to be set up to fall if another person interferes with the support riggings; and

(c) a fall of the device would cause injury to the person suspended from it.

(6) An attachment device is a
"tripod" if—

(a) the legs of the device form a tripod large enough to be used to suspend a person off the ground; and

(b) it reasonably appears to be set up to collapse if another person interferes with the legs of the device or any support riggings for the device; and

(c) a collapse of the device would cause injury to the person suspended from it.

(7) To remove any doubt, it is declared that a device is a dangerous attachment device under this section regardless of whether—

(a) persons using the device can release themselves from it; or

(b) the device would automatically deactivate or release itself after a period of time; or

(c) protective clothing or other shielding would prevent injury to any person.

(8) In this section—

"attachment device" see section 14A .

"dangerous substance or thing" , for a dangerous attachment device, means—

(a) any thing likely to explode, when struck or compressed, causing injury to a person; or

(b) any thing likely to cut a person’s skin while a person is being extricated from the dangerous attachment device; or

(c) any substance or thing that requires a person to wear protective clothing to safely handle, cut or break up the thing while a person is being extricated from the dangerous attachment device.

Example for paragraph (c)—

a pipe or casing made of asbestos

"interfere" , with a thing, includes to cut, damage, deactivate, move or release the thing.

"protective clothing" means clothing, eyewear or masks designed to protect the wearer from infection or injury caused by chemicals, electricity or heat.

"support riggings" , for a thing, means the cables, chains, ropes or other materials used to stabilise the thing in a particular position.