Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Subject to subsection (2), in this Act serious offence means--
(a) a life offence; or
(b) an offence of a type that, if committed by an adult, would make the adult liable to imprisonment for 14 years or more.
(2) An offence is not a serious offence if it is of a type that, if committed by an adult, may be dealt with summarily under--
(a) the Criminal Code, section 552B(1)(a) on a charge of receiving, or the Criminal Code, section 552B(1)(e); or
(b) the Drugs Misuse Act 1986, section 13.
(3) For the purpose of this section, the type of an offence includes the circumstances in which it is committed.