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The Department of Justice and Attorney-General was established on 24/9/1992 and abolished on 26/2/1996.

It was a Queensland Government department responsible for the administration of justice.

The department was part of the Minister for Justice and Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts portfolio from 24 September 1992 to 26 February 1996. The Department was abolished in 1996 and its functions transferred to the newly created Department of Justice.

Establishment
The Department of Justice and Attorney-General was established following administrative change after a change of State Government in September 1992.

Portfolios
The department was part of the Minister for Justice and Attorney-General and Minister for the Arts portfolio from 24 September 1992 to 26 February 1996.

Abolition
The Department was abolished in 1996 and its functions transferred to the newly created Department of Justice.

Function

 * The Department was responsible for the functions and activities undertaken by its predecessor, the Department of Justice Department, with the exception of those functions transferred to the new Department of Consumer Affairs. The Department received the functions of the former Arts Division of the Department of Premier, Economic and Trade Development. The Registrar-General's Office and the Fair Trading and Consumer Affairs Division of the former Department of Justice (disambiguation) were transferred to the Department of Consumer Affairs.

Summary of functions:
 * Justice - administration
 * Legal advice and services to government
 * Elections and referendums
 * Censorship

Agencies controlled
Between 24 September 1992 and 26 February 1996:
 * District Courts
 * Magistrate's Courts
 * Criminal Justice Commission

Between c. December 1993 and 26 February 1996:
 * Office of the Arts
 * Public Trust Office Investment Board
 * Litigation Reform Commission
 * Solicitor's Board
 * Solicitors' Disciplinary Board
 * Queensland Legal Information Retrieval System and Legal Retriever
 * Aboriginal Justice Advisory Committee Secretariat
 * Office of the Arts

The department controlled 132 governmental bodies as follows:

Administered Acts
The department executed its functions and responsibilites via various Acts and regulations. Acts administered by the department included:


 * ANZ Executors and Trustee Company Act 1983
 * Acts Interpretation Act 1954
 * Age of Majority Act 1974
 * Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
 * Appeal Costs fund Act 1973
 * Australia and New Zealand Banking Group Limited (NMRB) Act 1991
 * Australian Colonies Act, 1861 (Imperial)
 * Australian Consular Officers' Notarial Powers and Evidence Act 1946
 * Australian Courts Act, 1828 (Imperial)
 * Bail Act 1980
 * British Probates Act 1898
 * British Subject (Interpretation) Act 1970
 * Burials Assistance Act 1965
 * Cattle Stealing Prevention Act 1853
 * Central and Northern Districts Boundaries Act 1900
 * Colonial Probates Act 1892 (Imperial)
 * Commercial Arbitration Act 1990
 * Commercial Arbitration Act 1990
 * Commercial Causes Act 1910
 * Commission of Inquiry Act 1950
 * Common Law Pleading Act 1867
 * Common Law Practice Act 1867
 * Common Law Process Act 1867
 * Commonwealth Places (Administration of Laws) Act 1970
 * Commonwealth Powers (Family Law - Children) Act 1990
 * Companies (Acquisition of Shares) (Application of Laws) Act 1981
 * Companies Act 1961-1974
 * Companies (Administration) Act 1981
 * Companies and Securities (Interpretation and Miscellaneous Provisions) (Application of Laws) Act 1981
 * Companies (Application of Laws) Act 1981
 * Company Take-overs Act 1979
 * Coroners Act 1958
 * Corporations (Queensland) Act 1990
 * Costs Act of 1867
 * Court Funds Act 1973
 * Courts of Conciliation Act 1892
 * Crimes (Confiscation) Act 1989
 * Criminal Code Act 1899-1922 (including Criminal Code)
 * Criminal Investigation (Extra-Territorial Offences) Act 1985
 * Criminal Justice Act 1989
 * Criminal Law Amendment Acts 1892-1945
 * Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986
 * Criminal Law (Sexual Offences) Act 1978
 * Crown Proceedings Act 1980
 * Decentralization of Magistrates Courts Act 1965
 * Defamation Act 1889
 * Department of Justice Act 1957
 * Description of Women (Reference to Condition in Life) Act 1975
 * Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984
 * Disposal of Unexpected Warrants Act 1985
 * Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990
 * District Courts Act 1967
 * District Courts (Venue of Appeals) Acts 1988
 * Dividing Fences Act 1953
 * Domicile Act 1981
 * Electoral Act 1992
 * Equity Act 1867
 * Equity Procedure Act 1873
 * Evidence Act 1977
 * Evidence and Discovery Act 1867
 * Evidence (Attestation of Documents) Acts 1937
 * Evidence on Commission Act 1988
 * Financial Transaction Reports Act 1992
 * Freedom of Information Act 1992
 * Futures Industry (Application of Laws) Act 1986
 * Imperial Acts Application Act 1984
 * The Interdict Act 1867
 * Judges' (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957
 * Judges' (Salaries and Allowances) Act 1967
 * Judicature Acts 1876
 * Judicial Review Act 1991
 * Jurisdiction of Courts (Cross-vesting) Act 1987
 * Jury Acts 1929-1934
 * Justices Act 1886
 * Justices of the Peace and Commissioners for Declaration Act 1991
 * Law Reform (Abolition of the Rule of Common Employment) Act 1951
 * Law Reform Commission Act 1968
 * Law Reform (Husband and Wife) Act 1968
 * Law Reform (Torfeasors Contribution, Contributory Negligence, and Division of Chattels) Act 1952
 * Legal Aid Act 1978
 * Legal Aid Act Amendment and Public Defence Act Repeal Act 1991
 * Legal Assistance Act 1965
 * Legal Practitioners Act Amendment Act 1938
 * Legal Practitioners Acts Amendment Act 1968
 * Legal Process Restriction Act of 1904
 * Limitation of Actions Act 1974
 * Magistrates Courts Act 1921
 * Maintenance Act 1965
 * Marketable Securities Act 1970
 * Married Women (Restraint upon Anticipation) Act 1952
 * Married Women's Property Act 1890
 * Oaths Acts 1867-1891
 * Official Secrets Act 1911 (Imperial)
 * Peace and Good Behaviour Act 1982
 * Peaceful Assembly Act 1992
 * Penalties and Sentences Act 1992
 * Police Complaints Tribunal Acts Repeal Act 1990
 * Printing and Newspapers Act 1981
 * Prisoners (Interstate Transfer) Act 1982
 * Property Law Act 1974
 * Public Trustee Act 1978
 * Queen's Counsel Regulation 1982
 * Queensland Law Society Act 1952
 * Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1959
 * Recording of Evidence Act 1962
 * Referendums Act 1989
 * Regulatory Offences Act 1985
 * Securities Industry Acts 1975
 * Securities Industry (Application of Laws) Act 1981
 * Securities Industry (Release of Sureties) Act 1981
 * Sheriff's Act 1875
 * Small Claims Tribunals Act 1973
 * Solicitor-General Act 1985
 * Solicitors Act 1891
 * Special Prosecutor Act 1988
 * Status of Children Act 1978
 * Stipenddiary Magistrates Act 1991
 * Succession Act 1981
 * Supreme Court Acts 1861-1899
 * The Supreme Court Act 1921
 * Supreme Court Acts Amendment Act of 1958 (No.2)
 * Supreme Court Constitution Amendment Act 1861
 * Supreme Court Library Act 1968
 * Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991
 * Trust Accounts Act 1973
 * Trustee Companies Act 1968
 * Trusts Act 1973
 * Unauthorised Documents Act 1953
 * Vexatious Litigants Act 1981
 * Voluntary Aid in Emergency Act 1973
 * Voting Rights (Public Companies) Regulation Act 1975
 * Wages Attachment Act 1936
 * Writs of Dedimus Act 1871
 * John Darnell Estate and Queensland National Art Gallery Act 1936
 * Libraries Act 1988 (part only) Nambour Library Act 1973
 * Queensland Art Gallery Act 1987
 * Queensland Cultural Centre Trust Act 1976
 * Queensland Museum Act 1970
 * Queensland Museum (Assimilation of Coomera Technology Centre) Act 1985
 * Queensland Performing Arts Trust Act 1977
 * Royal Queensland theatre Company Act 1970
 * Schools of Arts (Winding Up and transfer) Act 1960
 * Schools of Arts (Winding Up and Transfer) Act Amendment Act 198

Attribution
Category:Former government departments of Queensland Category:1992 establishments in Australia Category:Government agencies established in 1992 Category:1996 disestablishments in Australia Category:Government agencies disestablished in 1996