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Queensland
Guardianship and
Administration and Other
Acts Amendment Bill 2008
Queensland
Guardianship and Administration and
Other Acts Amendment Bill 2008
Contents
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Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Part 2 Amendment of Guardianship and Administration Act 2000
3 Act amended in pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Amendment of s 20 (Management plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
5 Amendment of s 80A (Definitions for ch 5A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6 Amendment of s 80E (Relationship with ch 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7 Omission of s 80G and ch 5A, pt 3, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 Amendment of s 98 (Annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 Insertion of new ss 99A and 99B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
99A Definitions for pt 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
99B Types of limitation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10 Replacement of ss 108 and 109. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
108 Procedural fairness and access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
109 Open. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
109A Basis of consideration for limitation order. . . . . . . . . . 10
109B Adult evidence order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
109C Closure order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
109D Non-publication order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
109E Confidentiality order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
109F Non-publication or confidentiality order made before
hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
109G Standing for limitation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
109H Making and notifying decision for limitation order. . . . 14
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109I Written reasons for limitation order and copy of
reasons ............................... 14
11 Replacement of s 112 (Publication about proceeding or
disclosure of identity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
112 Publication about proceeding that discloses adult's
identity ................................. 15
12 Amendment of s 138 (Advice, directions and recommendations) 17
13 Insertion of new s 138AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
138AA Directions to former attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
14 Insertion of new s 143A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
143A Exclusion of disruptive person from tribunal. . . . . . . . 18
15 Replacement of ss 156-158. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
156 Making and notifying decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
157 Order postponing giving copy of decision. . . . . . . . . . 20
158 Written reasons for decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
158A Copy of reasons to be given. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
16 Amendment of s 164 (Appellant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
17 Amendment of s 164A (Notice of appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
18 Replacement of s 193 (Report after investigation or audit) . . . . . 22
193 Report after investigation or audit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
193A Prohibited use of report after investigation or audit . . 23
19 Amendment of s 246 (Definitions for pt 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
20 Replacement of ss 249 and 250. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
249 Protected use of confidential information . . . . . . . . . . 26
249A Prohibited use of confidential information . . . . . . . . . 27
250 Disclosure of information about investigations . . . . . . 27
21 Insertion of new ch 12, pt 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Part 9 Transitional provision for Guardianship and
Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act
2008
267 Directions to former attorney . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
22 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Part 3 Amendment of Powers of Attorney Act 1998
23 Act amended in pt 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
24 Replacement of s 74 (Preservation of confidentiality) . . . . . . . . . 30
74 Protected use of confidential information . . . . . . . . . . 30
74A Prohibited use of confidential information . . . . . . . . . 31
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Part 4 Amendment of Jury Act 1995
25 Act amended in pt 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
26 Replacement of s 53 (Jury not to separate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
53 Separation of jury . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
27 Insertion of new s 78 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
78 Transitional provision for Guardianship and
Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008 33
Part 5 Amendment of Status of Children Act 1978
28 Act amended in pt 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
29 Amendment of s 14 (Application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
30 Insertion of new pt 3, div 2, sdiv 1 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
31 Insertion of new pt 3, div 2, sdiv 2 hdg and new s 14B . . . . . . . . 35
Subdivision 2 Fertilisation procedures--married women with
husband's consent
14B Application of sdiv 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
32 Amendment of s 15 (Artificial insemination--Presumption as to
status) ......................................... 35
33 Amendment of s 16 (Implantation procedure--Presumption as
to status where donor semen used) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
34 Amendment of s 17 (Implantation procedure--Presumption as
to status where donor ovum used) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
35 Insertion of new pt 3, div 2, sdiv 3 hdg and new s 17A . . . . . . . . 36
Subdivision 3 Fertilisation procedures--other married
women and unmarried women
17A Application of sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
36 Amendment of s 18 (Donor of semen used in artificial
insemination of certain women) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
37 Insertion of new ss 18AA and 18AB. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
18AA Implantation procedure--Presumption as to status
where donor semen used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
18AB Implantation procedure--Presumption as to status
where donor ovum used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
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2008
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Guardianship and Administration Act
2000, the Powers of Attorney Act 1998, the Jury Act 1995 and
the Status of Children Act 1978 for particular purposes
Guardianship and Administration and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2008
Part 1 Preliminary
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
Clause 1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Guardianship and 4
Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008. 5
Clause 2 Commencement 6
This Act, other then parts 4 and 5, commences on a day to be 7
fixed by proclamation. 8
Part 2 Amendment of Guardianship 9
and Administration Act 2000 10
Clause 3 Act amended in pt 2 11
This part amends the Guardianship and Administration Act 12
2000. 13
Clause 4 Amendment of s 20 (Management plan) 14
(1) Section 20, heading-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`20 Financial management plan'. 17
(2) Section 20(1), (2) and (3), before `management'-- 18
insert-- 19
`financial'. 20
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Clause 5 Amendment of s 80A (Definitions for ch 5A) 1
Section 80A, definition confidentiality order-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 6 Amendment of s 80E (Relationship with ch 7) 4
(1) Section 80E(1), `109'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`109B'. 7
(2) Section 80E(1), `(other than section 158)'-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 7 Omission of s 80G and ch 5A, pt 3, div 4 10
Section 80G and chapter 5A, part 3, division 4-- 11
omit. 12
Clause 8 Amendment of s 98 (Annual report) 13
Section 98(1)(a)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(a) prepare a report on the tribunal's operations during the 16
year, including-- 17
(i) the number and type of limitation orders made by 18
the tribunal; and 19
(ii) the number of applications, approvals and orders 20
made under chapter 5B; and'. 21
Clause 9 Insertion of new ss 99A and 99B 22
Chapter 7, part 1, before section 99-- 23
insert-- 24
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`99A Definitions for pt 1 1
`In this part-- 2
document includes a photograph, drawing, model or other 3
object. 4
health information for a person means-- 5
(a) information about the person's physical or mental 6
condition; or 7
(b) information about the person's health care, including the 8
person's expressed wishes about the person's health 9
care; or 10
(c) information about the person collected to provide, or in 11
providing, health care to the person; or 12
(d) information about the person collected in relation to the 13
donation, or intended donation, of the person's body 14
parts, organs or bodily substances; or 15
(e) genetic information about the person in a form that is, or 16
could be, predictive about the health of the person or of 17
a sibling, relative or descendant of the person. 18
significant health detriment to a person means significant 19
identifiable detriment to any of the following-- 20
(a) the person's physical or mental health or wellbeing; 21
(b) the person's health care; 22
(c) the person's relationship with a health provider, 23
including the person's willingness to fully disclose 24
relevant information to the health provider. 25
`99B Types of limitation order 26
`A limitation order means an order of the following type-- 27
(a) an adult evidence order; 28
(b) a closure order; 29
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(c) a non-publication order; 1
(d) a confidentiality order.'. 2
Clause 10 Replacement of ss 108 and 109 3
Sections 108 and 109-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`108 Procedural fairness and access 6
`(1) The tribunal must observe the rules of procedural fairness. 7
`(2) Each active party in a proceeding must be given a reasonable 8
opportunity to present the active party's case and, in 9
particular-- 10
(a) to access, before the start of a hearing, a document 11
before the tribunal that the tribunal considers is relevant 12
to an issue in the proceeding; and 13
(b) to access, during a hearing, a document or other 14
information before the tribunal that the tribunal 15
considers is credible, relevant and significant to an issue 16
in the proceeding; and 17
(c) to make submissions about a document or other 18
information accessed under this subsection. 19
`(3) Each active party in a proceeding, or person the tribunal 20
considers has a sufficient interest in the proceeding, must be 21
given a reasonable opportunity to access, within a reasonable 22
time after a hearing, a document before the tribunal that the 23
tribunal considered credible, relevant and significant to an 24
issue in the proceeding. 25
`(4) For subsections (2) and (3), something is relevant only if it is 26
directly relevant. 27
`(5) On request, the tribunal must give access to a document or 28
other information in accordance with this section. 29
`(6) The tribunal may displace the right to access a document or 30
other information only by a confidentiality order. 31
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`(7) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the right to access a 1
document or other information is not affected by an adult 2
evidence order, a closure order or a non-publication order. 3
`109 Open 4
`(1) A hearing by the tribunal of a proceeding must be in public. 5
`(2) However, the tribunal may make an adult evidence order or a 6
closure order. 7
`109A Basis of consideration for limitation order 8
`(1) In considering whether to make a limitation order, the tribunal 9
must take as the basis of its consideration-- 10
(a) that each active party in the proceeding is entitled to 11
access a document or other information before the 12
tribunal that is credible, relevant and significant to an 13
issue in the proceeding; and 14
(b) that it is desirable that tribunal hearings be held in public 15
and be able to be publicly reported. 16
`(2) For subsection (1), something is relevant only if it is directly 17
relevant. 18
`109B Adult evidence order 19
`(1) If the tribunal is satisfied it is necessary to avoid serious harm 20
or injustice to a person or to obtain relevant information the 21
tribunal would not otherwise receive, the tribunal may, by 22
order (an adult evidence order), obtain relevant information 23
from the adult concerned in the matter at a hearing in the 24
absence of anyone else, including, for example-- 25
(a) members of the public; or 26
(b) a particular person, including an active party. 27
`(2) To the extent relevant information is health information for a 28
person, serious harm to the person includes significant health 29
detriment to the person. 30
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`(3) For subsection (1), something is relevant only if it is directly 1
relevant. 2
`(4) The tribunal may make an adult evidence order on its own 3
initiative or on the application of an active party. 4
`(5) A person must not contravene an adult evidence order, unless 5
the person has a reasonable excuse. 6
Maximum penalty for subsection (5)--200 penalty units. 7
`109C Closure order 8
`(1) If the tribunal is satisfied it is necessary to avoid serious harm 9
or injustice to a person, the tribunal may, but only to the extent 10
necessary, by order (a closure order), do either or both of the 11
following-- 12
(a) close a hearing or part of a hearing to all or some 13
members of the public; 14
(b) exclude a particular person, including an active party, 15
from a hearing or part of a hearing. 16
`(2) To the extent the hearing or the part of the hearing concerns 17
health information for a person, serious harm to the person 18
includes significant health detriment to the person. 19
`(3) The tribunal may make a closure order on its own initiative or 20
on the application of an active party. 21
`(4) A person must not contravene a closure order, unless the 22
person has a reasonable excuse. 23
Maximum penalty for subsection (4)--200 penalty units. 24
`109D Non-publication order 25
`(1) If the tribunal is satisfied it is necessary to avoid serious harm 26
or injustice to a person, the tribunal may, but only to the extent 27
necessary, by order (a non-publication order), prohibit 28
publication of information about a tribunal proceeding the 29
publication of which is not prohibited under section 112. 30
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`(2) To the extent information about a tribunal proceeding is health 1
information for a person, serious harm to the person includes 2
significant health detriment to the person. 3
`(3) The tribunal may make a non-publication order on its own 4
initiative or on the application of an active party. 5
`(4) If information about a tribunal proceeding discloses 6
information prepared or provided by an entity, the tribunal 7
may make a non-publication order on the application of the 8
entity. 9
`(5) If information about a tribunal proceeding discloses health 10
information for the person-- 11
(a) without limiting subsection (3) or (4), the tribunal may 12
make a non-publication order on the application of-- 13
(i) the person; or 14
(ii) an interested person for the person; and 15
(b) an application may be made by an interested person for 16
the person even after the person's death. 17
`(6) If a non-publication order is made prohibiting publication of 18
information about a tribunal proceeding and the information 19
about the tribunal proceeding discloses health information for 20
the person, the person's death does not affect the 21
non-publication order. 22
`(7) A person must not contravene a non-publication order, unless 23
the person has a reasonable excuse. 24
Maximum penalty for subsection (7)--200 penalty units. 25
`109E Confidentiality order 26
`(1) If the tribunal is satisfied it is necessary to avoid serious harm 27
or injustice to a person, the tribunal may, but only to the extent 28
necessary, by order (a confidentiality order)-- 29
(a) withhold from an active party or other person a 30
document, or part of a document, before the tribunal; or 31
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(b) withhold from an active party or other person other 1
information before the tribunal. 2
`(2) To the extent a document or part of a document contains 3
health information for a person, or to the extent other 4
information is health information for a person, serious harm to 5
the person includes significant health detriment to the person. 6
`(3) The tribunal may make a confidentiality order on its own 7
initiative or on the application of an active party. 8
`(4) Also, the tribunal may make a confidentiality order in relation 9
to a document or other information on the application of the 10
entity who prepared or provided the document or other 11
information. 12
`(5) A person must not contravene a confidentiality order, unless 13
the person has a reasonable excuse. 14
Maximum penalty for subsection (5)--200 penalty units. 15
`109F Non-publication or confidentiality order made before 16
hearing 17
`(1) In a proceeding, a non-publication order or confidentiality 18
order may be made before a hearing of the proceeding starts. 19
`(2) However, a non-publication order or confidentiality order 20
made before a hearing is vacated at the start of the hearing. 21
`(3) Sections 109G to 109I do not apply in relation to a 22
non-publication order or confidentiality order made before the 23
hearing of the proceeding starts. 24
`109G Standing for limitation order 25
`(1) Each active party, and any entity that would be adversely 26
affected by a proposed limitation order, has standing to be 27
heard in relation to the making of the order. 28
Example-- 29
A journalist who would be excluded from a hearing by a proposed 30
closure order would be an entity that would be adversely affected by the 31
proposed order. 32
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`(2) Each active party, and any entity adversely affected by a 1
limitation order, may appeal to the court against the tribunal 2
decision to make the order. 3
`109H Making and notifying decision for limitation order 4
`(1) The tribunal must give its decision on the making of a 5
limitation order as soon as practicable after hearing any 6
submissions on the making of the order. 7
`(2) As soon as practicable after making its decision, the tribunal 8
must notify, and give a copy of its decision to-- 9
(a) the adult concerned in the matter; and 10
(b) another active party in the proceeding; and 11
(c) each entity heard in relation to the order; and 12
(d) the public advocate. 13
`(3) The tribunal must also give a copy of its decision to anyone 14
else who requests a copy. 15
`(4) For subsection (3), it is sufficient for the tribunal to give a 16
copy of the decision in a form that does not contravene section 17
112. 18
`(5) Also, within 28 days after making its decision, the tribunal 19
must give the public advocate all information before the 20
tribunal in its consideration of making the limitation order, 21
including, for a confidentiality order, the document or other 22
information being considered as the subject of the 23
confidentiality order. 24
`109I Written reasons for limitation order and copy of 25
reasons 26
`(1) This section applies if the tribunal decides to make a 27
limitation order. 28
`(2) The tribunal must give written reasons for its decision to make 29
the limitation order (other than an adult evidence order) and 30
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may give reasons for its decision to make an adult evidence 1
order. 2
`(3) If the tribunal gives written reasons for its decision, it must 3
give a copy of the reasons within 28 days after making the 4
decision to-- 5
(a) the adult concerned in the matter; and 6
(b) each other active party in the proceeding; and 7
(c) each entity heard in relation to the order; and 8
(d) the public advocate. 9
`(4) The tribunal must also give a copy of its written reasons to 10
anyone else who requests a copy. 11
`(5) For subsection (4), it is sufficient for the tribunal to give a 12
copy of the written reasons in a form that does not contravene 13
section 112.'. 14
Clause 11 Replacement of s 112 (Publication about proceeding or 15
disclosure of identity) 16
Section 112-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`112 Publication about proceeding that discloses adult's 19
identity 20
`(1) Generally, information about a guardianship proceeding may 21
be published. 22
`(2) However, a person must not, without reasonable excuse, 23
publish information about a guardianship proceeding to the 24
public, or a section of the public, if the publication is likely to 25
lead to the identification of the relevant adult by a member of 26
the public, or by a member of the section of the public to 27
whom the information is published. 28
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 29
Notes-- 30
· The publication of information about a tribunal proceeding may 31
also be prohibited by a non-publication order--see section 109D. 32
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· Also see the Child Protection Act 1999, section 189 (Prohibition of 1
publication of information leading to identity of children). 2
`(3) Subsection (2) does not apply-- 3
(a) to publication of information by the adult guardian, or 4
the public advocate, if the adult guardian, or the public 5
advocate, considers it is necessary in the public interest 6
to publish the information in response to a prohibited 7
publication by another entity; or 8
(b) to publication of information after the relevant adult has 9
died; or 10
(c) to publication of information authorised by an order 11
made under this section. 12
Note-- 13
A non-publication order may prohibit publication of information about a 14
tribunal proceeding disclosing health information about a person even 15
after the person's death. 16
`(4) The court may make an order authorising publication of 17
information about a guardianship proceeding that is otherwise 18
prohibited under subsection (2). 19
`(5) The tribunal may make an order authorising publication of 20
information about a tribunal proceeding that is otherwise 21
prohibited under subsection (2). 22
`(6) The court or tribunal may make an order under subsection (4) 23
or (5) authorising publication only if the court or tribunal is 24
satisfied the publication is in the public interest or the relevant 25
adult's interest. 26
`(7) In this section-- 27
prohibited publication means publication of information 28
about a guardianship proceeding to the public, or a section of 29
the public, that is likely to lead to the identification of the 30
relevant adult by a member of the public, or by a member of 31
the section of the public to whom the information is 32
published. 33
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relevant adult means the adult concerned in the matter 1
(whether or not the court or tribunal decides the adult is an 2
adult with impaired capacity).'. 3
Clause 12 Amendment of s 138 (Advice, directions and 4
recommendations) 5
(1) Section 138(1)-- 6
insert-- 7
`Note-- 8
For disobeying a direction of the tribunal, see section 143(d).'. 9
(2) Section 138(5)-- 10
omit. 11
(3) Section 138(6)-- 12
renumber as section 138(5). 13
Clause 13 Insertion of new s 138AA 14
After section 138-- 15
insert-- 16
`138AA Directions to former attorney 17
`(1) At any hearing of a proceeding relating to an adult, the 18
tribunal may give directions to a person who was formerly an 19
attorney for a matter for the adult. 20
Note-- 21
For disobeying a direction of the tribunal, see section 143(d). 22
`(2) However-- 23
(a) the directions may only be directions the tribunal 24
considers necessary because of the ending of the 25
person's appointment as attorney for the matter; and 26
(b) the directions may relate only to a matter for which the 27
person was appointed as attorney immediately before 28
the appointment ended. 29
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`(3) In this section-- 1
attorney means-- 2
(a) an attorney under a power of attorney; or 3
(b) an attorney under an advance health directive.'. 4
Clause 14 Insertion of new s 143A 5
After section 143-- 6
insert-- 7
`143A Exclusion of disruptive person from tribunal 8
`(1) The tribunal may make an order-- 9
(a) excluding a disruptive person from the place the tribunal 10
is sitting; and 11
(b) authorising the tribunal's staff to use necessary and 12
reasonable help and force to remove a disruptive person 13
from the place the tribunal is sitting. 14
`(2) If the tribunal makes an order under subsection (1), the order 15
is taken to be an authorising law for the purposes of the Police 16
Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, section 16. 17
Note-- 18
The Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, section 16 (Helping 19
public officials exercise powers under other Acts) provides for a police 20
officer, if a public official asks, to help the public official perform the 21
public official's functions under an authorising law. 22
`(3) If the tribunal makes an order under subsection (1)(b), it is 23
lawful for the tribunal's staff, and any person helping the 24
tribunal's staff, to remove the disruptive person from the place 25
the tribunal is sitting, using necessary and reasonable force for 26
the purpose. 27
`(4) In this section-- 28
disruptive person means a person who the tribunal considers 29
is contravening section 143 at the place the tribunal is sitting.'. 30
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Clause 15 Replacement of ss 156-158 1
Sections 156 to 158-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`156 Making and notifying decision 4
`(1) This section does not apply in relation to the making of a 5
limitation order. 6
Note-- 7
In relation to the making of a limitation order, see section 109H. 8
`(2) The tribunal must make its decision on a matter involved in a 9
proceeding within a reasonable time after the matter is heard. 10
`(3) Subject to section 157, as soon as practicable after making its 11
decision, the tribunal must notify, and give a copy of its 12
decision to, each relevant person. 13
`(4) The tribunal must also give a copy of its decision to anyone 14
else who requests a copy. 15
`(5) For subsection (4), it is sufficient for the tribunal to give a 16
copy of the decision in a form that does not contravene section 17
112. 18
`(6) When the tribunal gives a person a copy of a decision, the 19
tribunal must also give the person a notice that, if the person is 20
aggrieved by the decision, the person may obtain written 21
reasons for the decision by making a written request to the 22
tribunal within 28 days after the person is given the notice. 23
`(7) Subsection (6) does not apply if the tribunal gives the person a 24
copy of its written reasons when the tribunal gives the person 25
a copy of its decision. 26
`(8) In this section-- 27
relevant person means-- 28
(a) the adult concerned in the matter; or 29
(b) another active party in the proceeding; or 30
(c) another person given notice of the hearing of the 31
application. 32
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`157 Order postponing giving copy of decision 1
`(1) The tribunal may, by order (a postponement order), postpone 2
notifying, and giving a copy of its decision to, a particular 3
person under section 156. 4
`(2) The tribunal may make a postponement order only if the 5
tribunal is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that making the 6
order is necessary to avoid-- 7
(a) serious harm to a person; or 8
(b) the effect of the decision being defeated. 9
`(3) A postponement order has effect for the period specified in the 10
order. 11
`(4) The maximum period that may be specified in a postponement 12
order is 14 days. 13
`(5) A postponement order may be renewed, but only if the 14
tribunal is satisfied there are exceptional circumstances 15
justifying the renewal. 16
`158 Written reasons for decision 17
`(1) This section does not apply in relation to a decision to make a 18
limitation order. 19
Note-- 20
In relation to a decision to make a limitation order, see section 109I. 21
`(2) If directed by the president to give written reasons for a 22
decision, the tribunal must give written reasons for the 23
decision within 28 days after the later of the following days-- 24
(a) the day the decision is made; 25
(b) the day the direction is given. 26
Editor's note-- 27
Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 27B-- 28
27B Content of statement of reasons for decision 29
If an Act requires a tribunal, authority, body or person making 30
a decision to give written reasons for the decision (whether the 31
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expression `reasons', `grounds' or another expression is used), 1
the instrument giving the reasons must also-- 2
(a) set out the findings on material questions of fact; and 3
(b) refer to the evidence or other material on which those 4
findings were based. 5
`(3) Also, the tribunal must give written reasons for a decision if a 6
person aggrieved by the decision gives the tribunal a written 7
request for the reasons within 28 days after the person is given 8
notice under section 156(6). 9
`(4) If requested under subsection (3), the tribunal must give 10
written reasons for the decision within 28 days after receiving 11
the request. 12
`158A Copy of reasons to be given 13
`(1) This section does not apply in relation to a decision to make a 14
limitation order. 15
Note-- 16
In relation to a decision to make a limitation order, see section 109I. 17
`(2) This section applies if the tribunal gives written reasons for its 18
decision on an application about a matter. 19
`(3) The tribunal must give a copy of the written reasons to-- 20
(a) the adult concerned in the matter; and 21
(b) each other active party in the proceeding. 22
`(4) The tribunal must also give a copy of its written reasons to 23
anyone else who requests a copy. 24
`(5) For subsection (4), it is sufficient for the tribunal to give a 25
copy of the written reasons in a form that does not contravene 26
section 112.'. 27
Clause 16 Amendment of s 164 (Appellant) 28
Section 164(3), definition eligible person-- 29
omit, insert-- 30
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`eligible person-- 1
(a) means-- 2
(i) the person whose capacity for a matter was under 3
consideration in the proceeding; or 4
(ii) the applicant in the proceeding; or 5
(iii) a person proposed for appointment by the 6
proceeding; or 7
(iv) a person whose power as guardian, administrator 8
or attorney was changed or removed by the tribunal 9
decision; or 10
(v) the adult guardian; or 11
(vi) the public trustee; or 12
(vii) the Attorney-General; or 13
(viii) a person given leave to appeal by the court; and 14
(b) for an appeal to the court against a tribunal decision to 15
make a limitation order, also means a party or entity 16
entitled to appeal under section 109G(2).'. 17
Clause 17 Amendment of s 164A (Notice of appeal) 18
Section 164A-- 19
insert-- 20
`(2) However, if the tribunal makes 1 or more orders under section 21
157 postponing notifying, and giving a copy of, its decision 22
for a specified period, the notice of appeal may be filed within 23
28 days after the later of the following days-- 24
(a) the last day of the specified period or periods; 25
(b) the date of the written reasons for the tribunal's 26
decision.'. 27
Clause 18 Replacement of s 193 (Report after investigation or audit) 28
Section 193-- 29
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omit, insert-- 1
`193 Report after investigation or audit 2
`(1) After the adult guardian has carried out an investigation or 3
audit in relation to an adult, the adult guardian must make a 4
written report and give a copy of the report to any person at 5
whose request the investigation or audit was carried out and to 6
every attorney, guardian or administrator, for the adult. 7
`(2) It is a lawful excuse for the publication of a defamatory 8
statement made in the report that the publication is made in 9
good faith and is, or purports to be, made for this Act. 10
`(3) The adult guardian must allow an interested person to inspect 11
a copy of the report at all reasonable times and, at the person's 12
own expense, to be given a copy of the report. 13
`(4) If a report made by the adult guardian contains information 14
about a person and the adult guardian considers it appropriate 15
to protect the person's identity, the adult guardian may 16
remove, from the copy of the report to be given or inspected, 17
information likely to result in the person's identification. 18
`(5) In this section-- 19
attorney means-- 20
(a) an attorney under a power of attorney; or 21
(b) an attorney under an advance health directive. 22
`193A Prohibited use of report after investigation or audit 23
`(1) This section applies if-- 24
(a) a report contains information about a person but does 25
not identify the person (the de-identified person); and 26
(b) another person accesses the report. 27
`(2) The other person must not, unless the other person has a 28
reasonable excuse, publish information contained in the report 29
to the public, or a section of the public, if the publication is 30
likely to result in the identification of the de-identified person 31
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by a member of the public, or by a member of the section of 1
the public to whom the information is published. 2
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 3
`(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if the other person is a 4
person who has access to the report because of being, or an 5
opportunity given by being-- 6
(a) a relevant person; or 7
(b) an attorney. 8
Note-- 9
For the confidentiality requirements for a relevant person, see section 10
249A and for the confidentiality requirements for an attorney, see the 11
Powers of Attorney Act 1998, section 74A. 12
`(4) In this section-- 13
attorney means-- 14
(a) an attorney under a power of attorney; or 15
(b) an attorney under an advance health directive; or 16
(c) a statutory health attorney. 17
relevant person see section 246.'. 18
Clause 19 Amendment of s 246 (Definitions for pt 4) 19
Section 246-- 20
insert-- 21
`commission means the Law Reform Commission established 22
under the Law Reform Commission Act 1968. 23
confidential information includes information about a 24
person's affairs but does not include-- 25
(a) information within the public domain unless further 26
disclosure of the information is prohibited by law; or 27
(b) statistical or other information that could not reasonably 28
be expected to result in the identification of the person 29
to whom the information relates; or 30
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(c) information about a guardianship proceeding. 1
consultant means a person engaged under the Law Reform 2
Commission Act 1968, section 9. 3
relevant person means-- 4
(a) a relevant tribunal person; or 5
(b) the adult guardian or a member of the adult guardian's 6
staff; or 7
(c) a professional consulted or employed by the adult 8
guardian for an investigation; or 9
(d) the public advocate or a member of the public 10
advocate's staff; or 11
(e) a guardian or administrator; or 12
(f) a community visitor or a public service officer involved 13
in the administration of a program called the community 14
visitor program; or 15
(g) a member of the commission or its staff, or a consultant, 16
involved in the substituted decision-making review. 17
relevant tribunal person means-- 18
(a) the president, a deputy president or another tribunal 19
member; or 20
(b) the registrar, a member of the tribunal staff or a tribunal 21
expert. 22
substituted decision-making review means the review of 23
particular matters under this Act and the Powers of Attorney 24
Act 1998 referred to the commission by the Minister on 14 25
October 2005. 26
use, confidential information, includes disclose or publish.'. 27
Clause 20 Replacement of ss 249 and 250 28
Sections 249 and 250-- 29
omit, insert-- 30
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`249 Protected use of confidential information 1
`(1) Despite section 249A, a relevant person may disclose 2
confidential information that relates only to a particular 3
person to the particular person. 4
`(2) If a relevant person gains confidential information because of 5
being a relevant person, or because of an opportunity given by 6
being a relevant person, the person may use the information 7
for the purposes of this Act or as provided under subsection 8
(3). 9
`(3) Confidential information may be used-- 10
(a) if authorised or required under a regulation or another 11
law; or 12
(b) for a proceeding arising out of or in connection with this 13
Act; or 14
(c) if authorised by the person to whom the information 15
relates; or 16
(d) if authorised by the court or the tribunal in the interests 17
of justice; or 18
(e) if necessary to prevent a serious risk to a person's life, 19
health or safety; or 20
(f) for the purpose of obtaining legal or financial advice; or 21
(g) if reasonably necessary to obtain counselling, advice or 22
other treatment; or 23
(h) in reporting a suspected offence to a police officer or 24
assisting a police officer in the investigation of a 25
suspected offence; or 26
(i) in assisting the adult guardian, the public advocate or a 27
public service officer in the performance of functions 28
under this Act or the Powers of Attorney Act 1998; or 29
(j) for the substituted decision-making review. 30
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`249A Prohibited use of confidential information 1
`A relevant person must not use confidential information 2
gained because of being a relevant person, or because of an 3
opportunity given by being a relevant person, other than as 4
provided under section 249, unless the person has a 5
reasonable excuse. 6
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 7
`250 Disclosure of information about investigations 8
`(1) Section 249A does not prevent the adult guardian from 9
disclosing information to the public or a section of the public 10
about an issue the subject of an investigation by the adult 11
guardian if the adult guardian is satisfied the disclosure is 12
necessary and reasonable in the public interest. 13
`(2) In deciding whether the disclosure is necessary and 14
reasonable in the public interest, the adult guardian must have 15
regard to the following-- 16
(a) any likely prejudice to the investigation; 17
(b) any need to protect the identity of a complainant or 18
another entity; 19
(c) any circumstances of urgency. 20
`(3) Also, if the disclosure would include information adverse to 21
an entity and procedural fairness would ordinarily require the 22
adult guardian to give the entity notice of the information and 23
an opportunity to comment on it, the adult guardian-- 24
(a) must have regard to this fact in deciding whether the 25
disclosure is necessary and reasonable in the public 26
interest; but 27
(b) may decide the disclosure is necessary and reasonable in 28
the public interest despite the entity not being given 29
notice of the information and an opportunity to 30
comment on it.'. 31
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Clause 21 Insertion of new ch 12, pt 9 1
Chapter 12-- 2
insert-- 3
`Part 9 Transitional provision for 4
Guardianship and 5
Administration and Other Acts 6
Amendment Act 2008 7
`267 Directions to former attorney 8
`Section 138AA also applies in relation to a person whose 9
appointment as attorney for a matter ended before the 10
commencement of this section.'. 11
Clause 22 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 12
(1) Schedule 4, definitions confidentiality order and forensic 13
examination-- 14
omit. 15
(2) Schedule 4-- 16
insert-- 17
`adult, for chapter 7 provisions applied under section 80E, 18
means a child with an impairment. 19
adult evidence order see section 109B. 20
closure order see section 109C. 21
confidentiality order see section 109E. 22
document, for chapter 7, part 1, see section 99A. 23
forensic examination of an adult means a medical or dental 24
procedure for the adult that is carried out for forensic 25
purposes, other than because the adult is suspected of having 26
committed a criminal offence. 27
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Note-- 1
For procedures in relation to an adult suspected of having committed an 2
indictable offence, see the Police Powers and Responsibilities Act 2000, 3
chapter 17 (Forensic procedures), part 3 (Forensic procedure orders). 4
guardianship proceeding-- 5
(a) means-- 6
(i) a tribunal proceeding; or 7
(ii) an appeal to the court under chapter 7, part 8; or 8
(iii) a referral to the court under section 105A; or 9
(iv) a proceeding in which the court is exercising 10
concurrent jurisdiction with the tribunal; or 11
(v) a proceeding in a court, taken under section 172, 12
for the enforcement of a tribunal order; but 13
(b) does not include a proceeding in which the court is 14
exercising the powers of the tribunal under section 245. 15
health information, for chapter 7, part 1, see section 99A. 16
limitation order see section 99B. 17
non-publication order see section 109D. 18
power of attorney means-- 19
(a) a general power of attorney made under the Powers of 20
Attorney Act 1998; or 21
(b) an enduring power of attorney; or 22
(c) a power of attorney made otherwise than under the 23
Powers of Attorney Act 1998, whether before or after its 24
commencement. 25
significant health detriment, for chapter 7, part 1, see section 26
99A.'. 27
(3) Schedule 4, definition management plan, before 28
`management'-- 29
insert-- 30
`financial'. 31
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Part 3 Amendment of Powers of 1
Attorney Act 1998 2
Clause 23 Act amended in pt 3 3
This part amends the Powers of Attorney Act 1998. 4
Clause 24 Replacement of s 74 (Preservation of confidentiality) 5
Section 74-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`74 Protected use of confidential information 8
`(1) Despite section 74A, an attorney, including a statutory health 9
attorney, may disclose confidential information that relates 10
only to a particular person to the particular person. 11
`(2) If an attorney, including a statutory health attorney, gains 12
confidential information because of being an attorney, or 13
because of an opportunity given by being an attorney, the 14
person may use the information for the purposes of this Act or 15
as provided under subsection (3). 16
`(3) Confidential information may be used-- 17
(a) if authorised or required under a regulation or another 18
law; or 19
(b) for a proceeding arising out of or in connection with this 20
Act; or 21
(c) if authorised by the person to whom the information 22
relates; or 23
(d) if authorised by the court or the tribunal in the interests 24
of justice; or 25
(e) if necessary to prevent a serious risk to a person's life, 26
health or safety; or 27
(f) for the purpose of obtaining legal or financial advice; or 28
(g) if reasonably necessary to obtain counselling, advice or 29
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other treatment; or 1
(h) in reporting a suspected offence to a police officer or 2
assisting a police officer in the investigation of a 3
suspected offence; or 4
(i) in assisting the adult guardian, the public advocate or a 5
public service officer in the performance of functions 6
under this Act or the Guardianship and Administration 7
Act 2000; or 8
(j) for the substituted decision-making review. 9
`(4) In this section-- 10
commission means the Law Reform Commission established 11
under the Law Reform Commission Act 1968. 12
confidential information includes information about a 13
person's affairs but does not include-- 14
(a) information within the public domain unless further 15
disclosure of the information is prohibited by law; or 16
(b) statistical or other information that could not reasonably 17
be expected to result in the identification of the person 18
to whom the information relates; or 19
(c) information about a guardianship proceeding. 20
guardianship proceeding see Guardianship and 21
Administration Act 2000, schedule 4. 22
substituted decision-making review means the review of 23
particular matters under this Act and the Guardianship and 24
Administration Act 2000 referred to the commission by the 25
Minister on 14 October 2005. 26
use, confidential information, includes disclose or publish. 27
`74A Prohibited use of confidential information 28
`(1) An attorney, including a statutory health attorney, must not 29
use confidential information gained because of being an 30
attorney, or because of an opportunity given by being an 31
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attorney, other than as provided under section 74, unless the 1
person has a reasonable excuse. 2
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 3
`(2) In this section-- 4
confidential information see section 74. 5
use, confidential information, see section 74.'. 6
Part 4 Amendment of Jury Act 1995 7
Clause 25 Act amended in pt 4 8
This part amends the Jury Act 1995. 9
Clause 26 Replacement of s 53 (Jury not to separate) 10
Section 53-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`53 Separation of jury 13
`(1) After the jury in a criminal trial has been sworn, the jury must 14
not separate until it has given its verdict or has been 15
discharged by the judge. 16
`(2) However, a jury may separate in accordance with this section. 17
`(3) The judge must allow the jury to separate during a lunch or 18
dinner adjournment to obtain meals. 19
`(4) Before a jury retires to consider its verdict, the judge may, if 20
the judge considers that allowing the jury to separate would 21
not prejudice a fair trial, allow the jury to separate-- 22
(a) during an adjournment of the court, other than a lunch or 23
dinner adjournment; or 24
(b) while proceedings are held in the jury's absence. 25
`(5) After the jury has retired to consider its verdict, the judge-- 26
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(a) may allow the jury to separate, or an individual juror to 1
separate from the jury, if the judge considers that 2
allowing the jury or juror to separate would not 3
prejudice a fair trial; and 4
(b) may impose conditions to be complied with by the 5
jurors or juror. 6
`(6) A juror must comply with any conditions imposed by the 7
judge under subsection (5)(b), unless the juror has a 8
reasonable excuse. 9
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units or 2 months 10
imprisonment. 11
`(7) If a juror separates from the rest of the jury in contravention of 12
a provision of this section, the juror may be punished 13
summarily for contempt of the court. 14
`(8) The validity of proceedings is not affected if a juror 15
contravenes a provision of this section but, if the 16
contravention is discovered before the verdict is given, the 17
judge may discharge the jury if the judge considers that the 18
contravention appears likely to prejudice a fair trial.'. 19
Clause 27 Insertion of new s 78 20
After section 77-- 21
insert-- 22
`78 Transitional provision for Guardianship and 23
Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008 24
`Section 53(5) and (6) applies only if a jury retires to consider 25
its verdict on or after the commencement of this section.'. 26
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Part 5 Amendment of Status of 1
Children Act 1978 2
Clause 28 Act amended in pt 5 3
This part amends the Status of Children Act 1978. 4
Clause 29 Amendment of s 14 (Application) 5
(1) Section 14(1), after `division 2'-- 6
insert-- 7
`, subdivision 2 and section 18'. 8
(2) Section 14(1)(a) and (b), `or 17'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`, 17 or 18'. 11
(3) Section 14(2), after `division 2'-- 12
insert-- 13
`, subdivision 2 or section 18'. 14
(4) Section 14-- 15
insert-- 16
`(2A) The provisions of division 2, subdivision 3 (other than section 17
18) apply-- 18
(a) in relation to a pregnancy mentioned in section 18AA or 19
18AB, whether the pregnancy happened before or after 20
the commencement of the Guardianship and 21
Administration and Other Acts Amendment Act 2008, 22
part 5 and whether or not it resulted from a procedure 23
carried out in Queensland; and 24
(b) in relation to any child born as a result of a pregnancy 25
mentioned in section 18AA or 18AB, whether or not the 26
child was born before or after the commencement of the 27
Guardianship and Administration and Other Acts 28
Amendment Act 2008, part 5. 29
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`(2B) Nothing in any provision of division 2, subdivision 3 (other 1
than section 18) affects the vesting in possession or in interest 2
of any property that happened before the commencement of 3
the Guardianship and Administration and Other Acts 4
Amendment Act 2008, part 5.'. 5
Clause 30 Insertion of new pt 3, div 2, sdiv 1 hdg 6
Part 3, division 2, before section 14A-- 7
insert-- 8
`Subdivision 1 Interpretation'. 9
Clause 31 Insertion of new pt 3, div 2, sdiv 2 hdg and new s 14B 10
Part 3, division 2, after section 14A-- 11
insert-- 12
`Subdivision 2 Fertilisation procedures--married 13
women with husband's consent 14
`14B Application of sdiv 2 15
`This subdivision applies if a married woman, in accordance 16
with the consent of her husband, undergoes a fertilisation 17
procedure.'. 18
Clause 32 Amendment of s 15 (Artificial 19
insemination--Presumption as to status) 20
Section 15(2), `, in accordance with the consent of her 21
husband,'-- 22
omit. 23
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Clause 33 Amendment of s 16 (Implantation 1
procedure--Presumption as to status where donor 2
semen used) 3
Section 16(2), `, in accordance with the consent of her 4
husband,'-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 34 Amendment of s 17 (Implantation 7
procedure--Presumption as to status where donor ovum 8
used) 9
Section 17(2), `, in accordance with the consent of her 10
husband,'-- 11
omit. 12
Clause 35 Insertion of new pt 3, div 2, sdiv 3 hdg and new s 17A 13
After section 17-- 14
insert-- 15
`Subdivision 3 Fertilisation procedures--other 16
married women and unmarried 17
women 18
`17A Application of sdiv 3 19
`This subdivision applies if-- 20
(a) a woman who is not married undergoes a fertilisation 21
procedure; or 22
(b) a married woman, otherwise than in accordance with the 23
consent of her husband, undergoes a fertilisation 24
procedure.'. 25
Clause 36 Amendment of s 18 (Donor of semen used in artificial 26
insemination of certain women) 27
(1) Section 18, heading-- 28
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omit, insert-- 1
`18 Artificial insemination'. 2
(2) Section 18(1), from `who is' to `her husband'-- 3
omit. 4
(3) Section 18(2), after `who'-- 5
insert-- 6
`produced the semen and'. 7
Clause 37 Insertion of new ss 18AA and 18AB 8
Part 3, division 2, subdivision 3, after section 18-- 9
insert-- 10
`18AA Implantation procedure--Presumption as to status 11
where donor semen used 12
`(1) A reference in this section to a fertilisation procedure is a 13
reference to the procedure of implanting in the womb of a 14
woman an embryo derived from an ovum produced by her and 15
fertilised outside her body by semen produced by a man who 16
is not her husband. 17
`(2) If a woman has undergone a fertilisation procedure as a result 18
of which she has become pregnant, the man who produced the 19
semen has no rights or liabilities in relation to any child born 20
as a result of the pregnancy happening because of the use of 21
the semen unless, at any time, he becomes the husband of the 22
child's mother. 23
`(3) The rights and liabilities of a man who produced the semen 24
and becomes the husband of the mother of a child born as a 25
result of a pregnancy mentioned in subsection (2) are the 26
rights and liabilities of a father of a child but, in the absence of 27
agreement to the contrary, are restricted to rights and 28
liabilities that arise after the man becomes the husband of the 29
child's mother. 30
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`18AB Implantation procedure--Presumption as to status 1
where donor ovum used 2
`(1) A reference in this section to a fertilisation procedure is a 3
reference to the procedure of implanting in the womb of a 4
woman an embryo derived from an ovum produced by another 5
woman and fertilised by semen produced by a man who is not 6
the husband of the first mentioned woman. 7
`(2) If a woman has undergone a fertilisation procedure as a result 8
of which she has become pregnant-- 9
(a) the woman who has undergone the fertilisation 10
procedure is presumed, for all purposes, to have become 11
pregnant as a result of the fertilisation of an ovum 12
produced by her and to be the mother of any child born 13
as a result of the pregnancy; and 14
(b) the woman who produced the ovum from which the 15
embryo used in the procedure was derived is presumed, 16
for all purposes, not to be the mother of any child born 17
as a result of the pregnancy. 18
`(3) A presumption of law that arises by virtue of subsection (2) is 19
irrebuttable. 20
`(4) Also, the man who produced the semen has no rights or 21
liabilities in relation to any child born as a result of the 22
pregnancy happening because of the use of the semen unless, 23
at any time, he becomes the husband of the child's mother. 24
`(5) The rights and liabilities of a man who produced the semen 25
and becomes the husband of the mother of a child born as a 26
result of a pregnancy mentioned in subsection (2) are the 27
rights and liabilities of a father of a child but, in the absence of 28
agreement to the contrary, are restricted to rights and 29
liabilities that arise after the man becomes the husband of the 30
child's mother.'. 31
© State of Queensland 2008
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AMENDMENTS TO BILL
Guardianship and Administration and Other Acts Amendment Bill 2008
Guardianship and Administration and
Other Acts Amendment Bill 2008
Amendments agreed to during Consideration
1 Clause 26 (Replacement of s 53 (Jury not to separate))--
At page 32, lines 18 to 25--
omit, insert--
`(3) Before a jury retires to consider its verdict, the judge must
allow the jury to separate during a lunch or dinner
adjournment to obtain meals.
`(4) However, if the judge considers that allowing the jury to
separate during a lunch or dinner adjournment may prejudice
a fair trial, the judge may order the jury not to separate.
`(5) Subsection (6) applies subject to subsections (3) and (4).
`(6) Also, before a jury retires to consider its verdict, the judge
may, if the judge considers that allowing the jury to separate
would not prejudice a fair trial, allow the jury to separate--
(a) during an adjournment of the court; or
(b) while proceedings are held in the jury's absence.'.
2 Clause 26 (Replacement of s 53 (Jury not to separate))--
At page 32, line 26, `(5)'--
omit, insert--
`(7)'.
3 Clause 26 (Replacement of s 53 (Jury not to separate))--
At page 33, line 7, `(6)'--
omit, insert--
`(8)'.
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4 Clause 26 (Replacement of s 53 (Jury not to separate))--
At page 33, line 8, `(5)(b)'--
omit, insert--
`(7)(b)'.
5 Clause 26 (Replacement of s 53 (Jury not to separate))--
At page 33, line 12, `(7)'--
omit, insert--
`(9)'.
6 Clause 26 (Replacement of s 53 (Jury not to separate))--
At page 33, line 15, `(8)'--
omit, insert--
`(10)'.
7 Clause 27 (Insertion of new s 78)--
At page 33, line 25, `53(5) and (6)'--
omit, insert--
`53(7) and (8)'.
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