Queensland Numbered Acts

COURT AND CIVIL LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2017 - SECT 132

132 Amendment of s 43 (Prohibition on use of listening devices)

(1) Section 43(2)—
insert—

(e) to or in relation to the use of a listening device that is a government network radio, activated by a communications centre operator for a public safety entity, in circumstances in which—

(i) an officer of the entity has activated a duress alarm; or

(ii) an officer of the entity has contacted the communications centre operator to ask for assistance; or

(iii) the communications centre operator has reasonable grounds to believe there may be a risk to the life, health or safety of an officer of the entity.

Example for subparagraph (iii)—

A communications centre operator for a public safety entity has lost contact with an officer of the entity and the officer does not respond to normal radio communication.

(2) Section 43—
insert—

(7) In this section—

"communications centre operator" , for a public safety entity, means a person who is employed or otherwise engaged by the entity, whether on a paid or voluntary basis, to maintain radio contact with officers of the entity.

"government network radio" means a radio that—

(a) uses a secure digital radio communications network to enable a communications centre operator for a public safety entity and an officer of the entity to communicate with each other; and

(b) may be fitted to a vehicle or carried by a person.

"officer" , of a public safety entity, means a person who is employed or otherwise engaged by the entity, whether on a paid or voluntary basis.

"public safety entity" means—

(a) the Queensland Ambulance Service established under the Ambulance Service Act 1991 ; or

(b) the Queensland Police Service; or

(c) any of the following entities established under the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990 —

(i) the Queensland Fire and Emergency Service;

(ii) the State Emergency Service;

(iii) an emergency service unit; or

(d) a rural fire brigade registered under the Fire and Emergency Services Act 1990 .