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subsection 3(2) and sections 5, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 24, 25, 26, 27 and 28 commence on a day to be fixed by Proclamation.

(3) If the provisions referred to in subsection (2) do not commence under that subsection before 1 March 1994, they commence on that day.

Interpretation

  3.(1) Section 5 of the Principal Act is amended:

    (a) by omitting from the definition of "agency" in subsection (1) "Parts IIA and" (wherever occurring) and substituting "Part";

    (b) by adding at the end of the definition of "chief officer" in subsection (1) the following word and paragraph:

         "or(f) in the case of the Criminal Justice Commission—the Chairman of the Commission;";

    (c) by omitting from subparagraph (a)(iv) of the definition of "class 2 offence" in subsection (1) "narcotic drugs" and substituting "prescribed substances";

    (d) by inserting after paragraph (a) of the definition of "class 2 offence" in subsection (1) the following paragraph:

         "(aa) an offence against a provision of Part VIA of the Crimes Act 1914; or";

    (e) by omitting from paragraph (b) of the definition of "class 2 offence" in subsection (1) "paragraph (a)" and substituting "paragraph (a) or (aa)";

    (f) by adding at the end of the definition of "eligible authority" in subsection (1) the following word and paragraph:

          "or (c) in the case of Queensland—the Criminal Justice Commission;";

    (g) by adding at the end of the definition of "officer" in subsection (1) the following word and paragraph:

     "or (f) in the case of the Criminal Justice Commission:

           (i) a Commissioner of the Commission; or

             (ii) a person who is an officer of the Commission for the purposes of the Criminal Justice Act;";

    (h) by omitting from paragraph (b) of the definition of "prescribed investigation" in subsection (1) "Drug" (wherever occurring);

    (i) by adding at the end of the definition of "prescribed investigation" in subsection (1) the following word and paragraph:

         "or (d) in the case of the Criminal Justice Commission—means an investigation that the Commission is conducting in the performance of its functions under the Criminal Justice Act;";

    (j) by omitting paragraph (c) of the definition of "record" in subsection (1);

    (k) by adding at the end of the definition of "relevant offence" in subsection (1) the following word and paragraph:

         "or (f) in the case of the Criminal Justice Commission—a prescribed offence that is an offence against the law of Queensland and to which a prescribed investigation relates;";

    (l) by omitting from subsection (1) the definitions of "certifying officer", "Commissioner" and "restricted record" and substituting respectively the following definitions:

    " 'certifying officer', in relation to an agency, or an eligible authority of a State, means:

       (a) in the case of the Australian Federal Police—the Commissioner