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<subordleg title="Criminal Code (Government Agencies) Regulation 2026" year.published="2026" year.citation="2026" no="50" pco.reg.ref="S25_0222" publication.date="2026-05-22" enabling.title="Criminal Code Act 1899" enabling.acts="act-1899-009" sub.leg.type="reg" amending="none" print.type="published" initial.admin.dept="Department of Justice" id="sl-2026-0050" version.desc.id="a895bd6c-052e-4aad-a87a-aec8b9bfe40e" version.series.id="57fd0eab-9283-40a2-992c-502c3ec9ed58" published.how="website" stage.repeal="1"><wrapper><body numbering.style="manual"><clause id="sec.1" guid="_9994f8e0-f158-478e-8799-ec4ad5fc4a77" provision.type="shorttitle" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>1</no><heading id="sec.1-he" guid="_2693b7ad-1226-4f91-97fd-6a2d8705b9a0">Short title</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This regulation may be cited as the <legref type="subordleg" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD"><name emphasis="yes">Criminal Code (Government Agencies) Regulation 2026</name></legref>.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.2" guid="_f5eff46f-dd57-42b2-ac2a-ec360736a5ff" provision.type="commence" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0"><no>2</no><heading id="sec.2-he" guid="_c4340add-4972-454d-ba5e-8bc1559dbff7">Commencement</heading><block><txt break.before="1">This regulation commences on the day the <legref target.doc.id="act-2025-020" target.version.series="5c588b07-fe37-4d1b-aa40-b4f44f4b4fc8" check="valid" jurisd="QLD" type="act"><name emphasis="yes">Penalties and Sentences (Sexual Offences) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2025</name></legref>, <legref refid="sec.10" target.doc.id="act-2025-020" target.version.series="5c588b07-fe37-4d1b-aa40-b4f44f4b4fc8" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">section&#160;10</legref> commences.</txt></block></clause><clause id="sec.3" guid="_0ab7e32a-619d-4be3-af4b-d8df458460ec" affected.by.uncommenced="0" spent.amends="0" provision.type="other"><no>3</no><heading id="sec.3-he" guid="_3a117acc-73a4-4e6d-8296-38309b302c48">Government agencies</heading><block><txt break.before="1">For the <legref target.doc.id="act-1899-009" target.version.series="19dc3aee-7313-4ba8-a7f6-7abf0c19b425" check="valid" jurisd="QLD" type="act"><name emphasis="no">Criminal Code</name></legref>, <legref refid="sch.1-sec.97A" target.doc.id="act-1899-009" target.version.series="19dc3aee-7313-4ba8-a7f6-7abf0c19b425" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">section&#160;97A</legref><legref refid="sec.97A-ssec.3" target.doc.id="act-1899-009" target.version.series="19dc3aee-7313-4ba8-a7f6-7abf0c19b425" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">(3)</legref>, <legref refid="sec.97A-ssec.3-def.governmentagency" target.doc.id="act-1899-009" target.version.series="19dc3aee-7313-4ba8-a7f6-7abf0c19b425" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">definition <defterm guid="_e23d8de1-13e7-4c3f-abc4-71ef68cc9288" type="mention">government agency</defterm></legref>, <legref refid="sec.97A-ssec.3-def.governmentagency-para1.b" target.doc.id="act-1899-009" target.version.series="19dc3aee-7313-4ba8-a7f6-7abf0c19b425" check="invalid" jurisd="QLD" type="act">paragraph&#160;(b)</legref>, each of the following entities is prescribed to be a government agency—</txt><list number.type="manual" unnumbered.indent="0"><li id="sec.3-para1.a" guid="_a0484548-c24d-4f19-94e0-500d0a5d79fc" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(a)</no><block><txt break.before="0">the Crime and Corruption Commission;</txt></block></li><li id="sec.3-para1.b" guid="_c5d2fa3b-26a5-48aa-aed2-f81ad0508c75" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(b)</no><block><txt break.before="0">Legal Aid Queensland established under the <legref target.doc.id="act-1997-018" target.version.series="477c2ec1-a47e-475c-96fe-54d4ca2155f6" check="valid" jurisd="QLD" type="act"><name emphasis="yes">Legal Aid Queensland Act 1997</name></legref>;</txt></block></li><li id="sec.3-para1.c" guid="_03f8da53-de09-457f-baab-ecf9ce3699ae" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(c)</no><block><txt break.before="0">a local government;</txt></block></li><li id="sec.3-para1.d" guid="_8a6004ab-36a3-4d94-817b-38a3d6c7a53c" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(d)</no><block><txt break.before="0">the Office of the Ombudsman established under the <legref target.doc.id="act-2001-073" target.version.series="004601b4-08d0-4975-be9d-ee0e35bd0918" check="valid" jurisd="QLD" type="act"><name emphasis="yes">Ombudsman Act 2001</name></legref>;</txt></block></li><li id="sec.3-para1.e" guid="_7b48da66-cb64-4c51-9f8b-eef7a6cd8200" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(e)</no><block><txt break.before="0">the Parole Board Queensland established under the <legref target.doc.id="act-2006-029" target.version.series="b359c1eb-adee-475f-8603-317b695aaee3" check="valid" jurisd="QLD" type="act"><name emphasis="yes">Corrective Services Act 2006</name></legref>;</txt></block></li><li id="sec.3-para1.f" guid="_26e2a74d-59f9-4878-827d-348b49df4f92" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(f)</no><block><txt break.before="0">the Queensland Audit Office established under the <legref target.doc.id="act-2009-008" target.version.series="ab6d2f98-29b5-4124-a049-3ac711af6708" check="valid" jurisd="QLD" type="act"><name emphasis="yes">Auditor-General Act 2009</name></legref>;</txt></block></li><li id="sec.3-para1.g" guid="_999ba1a3-2cad-4b94-b086-b51b67ab3a92" provision.type="other" affected.by.uncommenced="0"><no>(g)</no><block><txt break.before="0">the Supreme Court Library Committee established under the <legref target.doc.id="act-1968-041" target.version.series="8b51e484-9adb-49d5-936a-d336a8b30c9a" check="valid" jurisd="QLD" type="act"><name emphasis="yes">Supreme Court Library Act 1968</name></legref>.</txt></block></li></list></block></clause></body></wrapper></subordleg>