Queensland Numbered Acts

POLICE SERVICE ADMINISTRATION AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2023 - SECT 11

11 Amendment of s 88 (Publication of declaration)

(1) Section 88 , heading, ‘Publication’—
omit, insert—
Notification

(2) Section 88 (1) and (2) , before ‘fire emergency’—
insert—
state of

(3) Section 88 (1) , from ‘a declaration’—
omit, insert—
a declaration—

(a) must be notified in the gazette; and

(b) may, in addition to the notification under paragraph (a), be notified in the following ways—

(i) on the department’s website;

(ii) by radio or television in the area to which it applies.

(4) Section 88 (2) , from ‘where’ to ‘sooner.’—
omit, insert—   if it is sooner notified under subsection (1)(b)—the date on which it is notified under subsection (1)(b).  

(5) Section 88 (3) —
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(3) To ensure public knowledge of a declaration of a state of fire emergency or an amendment or revocation of a declaration in the area to which it applies, the commissioner must take measures to give widespread publicity of the declaration or the amendment or revocation of the declaration.

(4) However, any alleged failure to take measures under subsection (3) in relation to a declaration of a state of fire emergency or an amendment of a declaration is not an excuse for failure to comply with the declaration.

(5) This section applies despite the Financial Accountability Act 2009 , section 88F.