Queensland Consolidated Acts

SUMMARY OFFENCES ACT 2005 - SECT 10C

10C Wearing or carrying prohibited item in a public place

(1) A person in a public place must not wear or carry a prohibited item so that the item can be seen.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a first offence—40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment; or

(b) for a second offence—60 penalty units or 9 months imprisonment; or

(c) for a third or later offence—100 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.

(2) A person who is in or on a vehicle that is in a public place must not wear or carry a prohibited item so that the item can be seen from the public place.

Penalty—

Maximum penalty—

(a) for a first offence—40 penalty units or 6 months imprisonment; or

(b) for a second offence—60 penalty units or 9 months imprisonment; or

(c) for a third or later offence—100 penalty units or 12 months imprisonment.

(3) In this section—

"prohibited item" see the Liquor Act 1992 , section 173EA .