Queensland Numbered Acts

POLICE LEGISLATION (EFFICIENCIES AND EFFECTIVENESS) AMENDMENT ACT 2022 - SECT 11

11 Amendment of s 801 (Steps after issue of prescribed authority)

(1) Section 801 (1) (a) —
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(a) if it is reasonably practicable to give a copy of the prescribed authority to the police officer or law enforcement officer by electronic communication—immediately give the copy to the police officer or law enforcement officer by electronic communication; and

(2) Section 801 (2) , ‘fax a copy to the police officer or law enforcement officer’—
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give a copy of the prescribed authority to the police officer or law enforcement officer by electronic communication

(3) Section 801 (3) —
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(3) To remove doubt, it is declared that the copy of the prescribed authority given under subsection (1)(a), or the prescribed authority form properly completed by the police officer or law enforcement officer—

(a) is, and is taken always to have been, of the same effect as the prescribed authority signed by the issuer; and

(b) authorises the entry and the exercise of the other powers stated in the prescribed authority issued by the issuer.

(4) Section 801 (4) (a) —
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(a) if section 800(4) applies in relation to the application for the prescribed authority—

(i) for an application that is electronically sworn—a copy of the sworn application; or

(ii) otherwise—the sworn application; and

(5) Section 801 (6) —
omit.

(6) Section 801 (7) —
renumber as section 801 (6) .

(7) Section 801 —
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(7) In this section—

"electronically sworn" , in relation to an application for a prescribed authority, means the affidavit, that forms part of the application, is made and signed under the Oaths Act 1867 , section 16C(2) or 31F.