It was dismissed as "nothing new" by the government, but a bipartisan committee has asked for several "clarifications" on powers allowed under its Major Events legislation - and who will be allowed to wield it.
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The bill, introduced by Tourism Minister Jann Stuckey in August, is designed to streamline processes for staging major events, such as the Commonwealth Games and the Asian Cup.
But it also boosts police powers to remove and search attendees at major events, as well as empowering 'authorised persons' (volunteers, public servants and private contractors) with those same powers.
An authorised person would have to have the "necessary experience, expertise or training to carry out the functions of the training" and only police are able to use "reasonable" force to remove people.
But they will be able to direct event attendees to remove outer items of clothing and direct those who refuse to remove identified items, or to be searched, to leave the event for 24-hours.
At the time, Premier Campbell Newman said he was "nonplussed" by the legislation as "there is nothing new here".
"What's happened is there are various existing pieces of legislation and regulation that has been brought together under one piece of comprehensive legislation because we are going to have the Commonwealth Games in a few years time," he said.
"There is nothing new here, these things are already there.
"The only events that will be designated as major events are major events."
But the State Development, Infrastructure and Industry Committee which examined the bill, while "supportive of a streamlined legislative framework to manage major events", made recommendations and requested clarifications to allay some of the concerns the proposed legislation raised.
Admitting that the ability to search, and direct attendees to remove clothing was one of the more "controversial" aspects of the bill, the committee recommended more safeguards be written into the legislation.
"In order to balance the intent behind the search powers with the concerns of submitters, the committee recommends clause 18(5) be amended to (a) include the element of reasonableness such as provided by [a section of the Police Powers Act], (b) reflect a person can only be asked to consent to a search if they have been screened beforehand, such as electronic screening, and (c) clarify that the intent that an authorised person is not permitted to touch a person or their possessions.
"Additionally, the committee recommends the bill be amended to provide that a regulation declaring a major event must provide cultural and gender sensibility training for all authorised persons undertaking searches," the committee reported.
It also requested more information from Ms Stuckey about the resale of tickets after submissions from both eBay and Ticketmaster that it wasn't a problem in Queensland and the legislation would impact people legitimately wishing to sell unwanted tickets.
"The committee acknowledges that there is limited evidence to suggest that there is a widespread problem associated with ticket scalping in Queensland and other jurisdictions. The committee was not presented with any overwhelming evidence to suggest that legislation would shift ticket sales underground," it reported.
"The committee is satisfied with the proposal on the basis that it presents a balance between not preventing a person from legitimately reselling tickets at the original ticket price and prohibiting a person from unfairly profiting from a ticket resale. Under the proposed framework, the ticket scalping provisions would only be applied if specifically applied by the regulation for a major event.
"The committee encourages the Minister to only consider applying the provisions relating to ticket scalping if they are a crucial precondition to hosting a major event, such as is required for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games.
"The committee seeks additional information from the Minister in relation to the types of considerations that would be preconditions for enlivening the ticket scalping provisions for a major event."
The bill will be considered by parliament before the end of the year.
There is no requirement for the government to make changes to the bill and given its overwhelming majority, there is no question it will pass.
