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in force for the purposes of paragraph (c) of the definition of "prescribed officer" in subsection 60(4) of the Principal Act immediately before the commencement of this section has effect, for the purposes of the Principal Act as amended by this Act, as if it were an authorisation for the purposes of subparagraph (b)(ii) of the definition of "certifying officer" in subsection 5(1) of the Principal Act, as amended by this Act.

Communicating etc. certain information

  4. Section 5A of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting "obtained:" and paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting "obtained by an interception, whether or not in contravention of subsection 7(1), of a communication";

  (b) by omitting ", or by virtue of the warrant, as the case may be,".

Interception of a communication

  5. Section 6 of the Principal Act is amended:

  (a) by omitting from subsection (2) ", or in a vessel, vehicle or aircraft,";

  (b) by omitting subsections (3) and (4).

Investigation of an offence

6. Section 6A of the Principal Act is amended by inserting in paragraph (1)(c) ", the Criminal Justice Commission" after "Crime Commission".

Lawfully obtained information

  7. Section 6E of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting from subsection (1) "this section):" and paragraphs (a) and (b) and substituting "this section) by intercepting, otherwise than in contravention of subsection 7(1), a communication passing over a telecommunications system.";

    (b) by omitting paragraphs (2)(a), (b) and (c) and substituting the following paragraphs:

          "(a) information obtained, whether before or after the commencement of this section, by intercepting a communication under a warrant issued to the agency or authority; or

          (b) information communicated to the agency or authority in accordance with section 65A.".

Relevant proceeding

8. Section 6L of the Principal Act is amended by adding at the end of subsection (2) the following word and paragraph:

"or (c) in the case of the Criminal Justice Commission—a reference to:

        (i) a proceeding by way of a prosecution for a prescribed offence that is an offence against the law of Queensland and to which a prescribed investigation relates or related; or

        (ii) a proceeding under a law of Queensland for the confiscation or forfeiture of property, or for the imposition of a pecuniary penalty, in connection with the commission of a prescribed offence.".

9. After section 6M of the Principal Act, the following section is inserted in Part IA:

Declaration of staff members of State Police Forces

"6N.(1) This section applies to an agency that is the Police Force of a State.

"(2) The Minister may make a written declaration that members of an agency included in a specified class of members of the agency occupy positions corresponding to those of