Meaning of class A serious offence
5A Meaning of class A serious offence
A class A serious offence is—
an offence against any of the following provisions of the Criminal Code—
section 302;
section 303;
section 320;
section 323;
section 409, if—
the offender is or pretends to be armed with any dangerous or offensive weapon or instrument; or
at or immediately before or immediately after the time of the robbery, the offender wounds or uses any other personal violence to any person; or
an offence under a law of another jurisdiction that, if it had been committed in Queensland, would have constituted an offence mentioned in paragraph (a).
An offence against a provision of the Criminal Code mentioned in subsection (1)(a) is a class A serious offence regardless of whether the provision has been amended from time to time or numbered differently.
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