State Penalties Enforcement Regulation 2014
LegislationReferenced in 14 bills
Disaster Management and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This bill implements major reforms to Queensland's disaster management and fire services following independent reviews. It transfers disaster management to the Police Commissioner, creates two separate fire services under a new Queensland Fire Department, and expands the Queensland Reconstruction Authority's disaster resilience role.
Major Sports Facilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
This bill makes several changes to Queensland's major sports facilities and major events laws. It allows Gold Coast stadiums to host concerts until 10:30pm (matching Suncorp Stadium), significantly increases penalties for ticket scalping, and modernises Stadiums Queensland's board governance arrangements.
Transport Legislation (Disability Parking and Other Matters) Amendment Bill 2019
This bill extends Queensland's Disability Parking Permit Scheme to include legally blind people and doubles the fine for misusing disability parking bays. It also makes technical updates to rail safety definitions to align with national law.
Associations Incorporation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019
This bill modernises the rules for Queensland's 22,660 incorporated associations and charitable organisations. It cuts red tape by allowing groups registered with the national charities regulator to avoid submitting duplicate financial reports to Queensland, introduces clearer governance standards for committee members, and updates processes that had not been reformed since 2007.
Nature Conservation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
This bill extends commercial beekeeping access in specified national parks for 20 years until 2044, creates new offences for impersonating park rangers, and updates governance arrangements for the Wet Tropics World Heritage Area. It delivers an election commitment to beekeepers while strengthening enforcement against people who deceive park visitors by pretending to be rangers.
Residential Tenancies and Rooming Accommodation and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This bill makes major reforms to Queensland's rental laws to strengthen tenant protections in a tight housing market. It bans rent bidding, applies the 12-month rent increase limit to properties rather than individual tenancies, caps break-lease fees, requires evidence for bond claims, and protects tenant privacy. The bill also requires property agents to complete mandatory annual training and allows local government employees to reduce their superannuation contributions.
Summary Offences and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2019
This bill creates new criminal offences for protesters who use 'dangerous attachment devices' - specialised equipment like steel tubes, concrete barrels, and tripods designed to make it difficult and dangerous for police to remove them. It was introduced in response to climate, mining, and animal welfare protests that caused significant disruptions, including a $1.3 million delay to coal trains at the Port of Brisbane.
Public Health and Other Legislation (Public Health Emergency) Amendment Bill 2020
This bill gives Queensland authorities emergency powers to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. It allows the Chief Health Officer to issue binding directions restricting movement and gatherings, order isolation and quarantine, and close facilities. It also provides flexibility for elections and planning approvals during the emergency.
State Penalties Enforcement (Modernisation) Amendment Bill 2022
This bill modernises Queensland's fine enforcement system by centralising management of camera-detected offences under a single agency, while also securing rental bonds with a government guarantee and reducing land tax for Special Disability Trusts.
Tobacco and Other Smoking Products (Dismantling Illegal Trade) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2025
This bill dramatically strengthens Queensland's enforcement powers against illegal tobacco and nicotine vape sales. It extends business closure periods from 72 hours to 3 months, creates new criminal and civil penalties for landlords who allow illegal sales on their premises, and enables undercover operations to catch offenders.
Heavy Vehicle National Law and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2018
This bill strengthens heavy vehicle safety by requiring company executives to actively ensure compliance with safety laws, and establishes a national database of heavy vehicles. It also significantly increases penalties for dangerous and careless driving that causes death or serious injury, and allows vehicle owners to be notified of traffic offences committed in their vehicles.
Environmental Protection (Powers and Penalties) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024
This bill modernises Queensland's environmental protection enforcement by consolidating three types of compliance notices into one 'environmental enforcement order', creating new offences for breaching environmental duties, and requiring polluters to restore contaminated environments. It implements recommendations from an independent review to make environmental regulation more proactive rather than reactive.
Water Legislation Amendment Bill 2022
This bill strengthens how Queensland measures and monitors non-urban water use, particularly in the Murray-Darling Basin. It requires water entitlement holders to use approved measurement devices or develop certified measurement plans, and enables telemetry for real-time compliance monitoring. The bill also makes various administrative improvements to water authority governance and water supply regulation.
Public Health and Other Legislation (COVID-19 Management) Amendment Bill 2022
This bill ended Queensland's COVID-19 emergency powers and replaced them with more limited, time-bound powers expiring on 31 October 2023. The Chief Health Officer retained authority to issue directions only for isolation, quarantine, masks and worker vaccination in vulnerable settings, with new requirements for parliamentary oversight and public justification.