Queensland Numbered Acts

COUNTER-TERRORISM AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2016 - SECT 31

31 Amendment of s 8E (Function of terrorist emergency forward commander)

(1) Section 8E, heading, after ‘Function’—
insert—
and powers

(2) Section 8E(2), from ‘part 2’—
omit, insert—
section and part 2, divisions 2 and 3.

(3) Section 8E(3)—
omit, insert—

(2A) For subsection (2), in section and part 2, divisions 2 and 3—

(a) a reference to the emergency situation certificate includes a reference to the terrorist emergency certificate; and

(b) a reference to an emergency situation includes a reference to a terrorist emergency; and

(c) a reference to the emergency commander includes a reference to the terrorist emergency forward commander.

(3) For the purpose of the powers of a police officer acting on the terrorist emergency forward commander’s instructions, a reference in part 2, division 2 or 3 to a police officer acting on the emergency commander’s instructions includes a reference to a police officer acting on the terrorist emergency forward commander’s instructions.

(4) Section 8E(4), ‘and (3)’—
omit, insert—
to (4)

(5) Section 8E(2A) to (5)—
renumber as section 8E(3) to (6).