Queensland Consolidated Acts

CRIME AND CORRUPTION ACT 2001 - SECT 371

371 Warrants

(1) A warrant issued under the repealed Criminal Justice Act 1989 or the repealed Crime Commission Act 1997 and in force immediately before the commencement is taken to be a warrant validly issued under this Act and continues in force, subject to any condition or limitation on its issue and with necessary changes.

(2) The commission must ensure any recording made or photograph taken under a warrant issued under the repealed Criminal Justice Act 1989 or the repealed Crime Commission Act 1997 or a transcript or copy made from information obtained under the warrant is destroyed as soon as practicable after it is no longer required.

(3) Subsection (2) does not prevent information or other matter being preserved for any period or indefinitely if, in the chairperson’s opinion, it is relevant to—

(a) any offence of which someone has been convicted if there is a possibility that an issue about the conviction may arise; or

(b) an ongoing investigation.

(4) The Public Records Act 2002 does not apply to records mentioned in this section.