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Queensland
Parliament of Queensland
Amendment Bill 2009
Queensland
Parliament of Queensland Amendment
Bill 2009
Contents
Page
Part 1 Introduction
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Part 2 Amendment of Parliament of Queensland Act 2001
2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Amendment of s 9 (Meaning of proceedings in the Assembly) . . 4
4 Amendment of s 79 (Definitions for ch 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Replacement of s 80 (Establishment of statutory committees) . . 5
80 Establishment of statutory committees. . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Replacement of ch 5, pt 4, div 1 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Replacement of s 85 (Areas of responsibility of Legal,
Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee) . . . . . . . . . 5
85 Areas of responsibility of Law, Justice and Safety
Committee . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Omission of ch 5, pt 4, div 3 (Public Accounts Committee) . . . . . 6
9 Replacement of ch 5, pt 4, div 4 hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10 Amendment and renumbering of s 96 (Areas of responsibility of
Public Works Committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
11 Insertion of new s 96 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
96 Reference of issues to auditor-general. . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Replacement of s 98 (Issues to which committee may have
regard) ........................................ 7
98 Issues to which committee may have regard . . . . . . . 7
13 Amendment of ss 99-102 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
14 Renumbering of ch 5, pt 4, divs 5-6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
15 Insertion of new s 164 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
164 Transitional provision for the Parliament of
Queensland Amendment Act 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Parliament of Queensland Amendment Bill 2009
Contents
Part 3 Amendment of other Acts
16 Acts amended in the schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Schedule Amendment of other Acts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Electoral Act 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Freedom of Information Act 1992 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Government Owned Corporations Act 1993 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Ombudsman Act 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
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2009
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 to
provide for the Law, Justice and Safety Committee and the
Public Accounts and Public Works Committee, and to make
amendments to other Acts as stated in the schedule
Parliament of Queensland Amendment Bill 2009
Part 1 Introduction
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Introduction 2
Clause 1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Parliament of Queensland 4
Amendment Act 2009. 5
Part 2 Amendment of Parliament of 6
Queensland Act 2001 7
Clause 2 Act amended 8
This part amends the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001. 9
Clause 3 Amendment of s 9 (Meaning of proceedings in the 10
Assembly) 11
Section 9(3), example, `Public Accounts Committee'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Public Accounts and Public Works Committee'. 14
Clause 4 Amendment of s 79 (Definitions for ch 5) 15
Section 79, definition public works, `section 96(1)'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`section 95(1)'. 18
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Parliament of Queensland Amendment Bill 2009
Part 2 Amendment of Parliament of Queensland Act 2001
[s 5]
Clause 5 Replacement of s 80 (Establishment of statutory 1
committees) 2
Section 80-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`80 Establishment of statutory committees 5
`The following committees of the Assembly (the statutory 6
committees) are established-- 7
· Law, Justice and Safety Committee 8
· Members' Ethics and Parliamentary Privileges 9
Committee 10
· Public Accounts and Public Works Committee 11
· Scrutiny of Legislation Committee 12
· Standing Orders Committee.'. 13
Clause 6 Replacement of ch 5, pt 4, div 1 hdg 14
Chapter 5, part 4, division 1, heading-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Division 1 Law, Justice and Safety Committee'. 17
Clause 7 Replacement of s 85 (Areas of responsibility of Legal, 18
Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee) 19
Section 85-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`85 Areas of responsibility of Law, Justice and Safety 22
Committee 23
`The Law, Justice and Safety Committee has the following 24
areas of responsibility-- 25
· administrative review reform 26
· constitutional reform 27
· electoral reform 28
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Parliament of Queensland Amendment Bill 2009
Part 2 Amendment of Parliament of Queensland Act 2001
[s 8]
· legal reform 1
· an area regarding law, justice or safety that is referred to the 2
committee by the Assembly.'. 3
Clause 8 Omission of ch 5, pt 4, div 3 (Public Accounts Committee) 4
Chapter 5, part 4, division 3-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 9 Replacement of ch 5, pt 4, div 4 hdg 7
Chapter 5, part 4, division 4, heading-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Division 3 Public Accounts and Public Works 10
Committee'. 11
Clause 10 Amendment and renumbering of s 96 (Areas of 12
responsibility of Public Works Committee) 13
(1) Section 96, heading-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`96 Areas of responsibility of Public Accounts and Public 16
Works Committee'. 17
(2) Section 96(1)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(1) The Public Accounts and Public Works Committee has the 20
following areas of responsibility-- 21
(a) the assessment of the integrity, economy, efficiency and 22
effectiveness of government financial management by-- 23
(i) examining government financial documents; and 24
(ii) considering the annual and other reports of the 25
auditor-general; 26
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Parliament of Queensland Amendment Bill 2009
Part 2 Amendment of Parliament of Queensland Act 2001
[s 11]
(b) works (public works) undertaken by an entity that is a 1
constructing authority for the works if the committee 2
decides to consider the works; 3
(c) any major GOC works if the committee decides to 4
consider the works.'. 5
(3) Section 96, as amended-- 6
renumber as section 95. 7
Clause 11 Insertion of new s 96 8
Before section 97-- 9
insert-- 10
`96 Reference of issues to auditor-general 11
`The Public Accounts and Public Works Committee may refer 12
issues within its area of responsibility mentioned in section 13
95(1)(a) to the auditor-general for consideration.'. 14
Clause 12 Replacement of s 98 (Issues to which committee may 15
have regard) 16
Section 98-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`98 Issues to which committee may have regard 19
`In considering works, the Public Accounts and Public Works 20
Committee may have regard to the issues mentioned in section 21
95(2)(a) to (i).'. 22
Clause 13 Amendment of ss 99-102 23
Section 99(1), 100(1)(a), 101(1) and 102(1), `Public Works 24
Committee'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`Public Accounts and Public Works Committee'. 27
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Parliament of Queensland Amendment Bill 2009
Part 3 Amendment of other Acts
[s 14]
Clause 14 Renumbering of ch 5, pt 4, divs 5-6 1
Chapter 5, part 4, divisions 5 and 6-- 2
renumber as chapter 5, part 4, divisions 4 and 5. 3
Clause 15 Insertion of new s 164 4
Chapter 10-- 5
insert-- 6
`164 Transitional provision for the Parliament of 7
Queensland Amendment Act 2009 8
`(1) In an Act or document, if the context permits, a reference to 9
the Legal, Constitutional and Administrative Review 10
Committee is taken to be a reference to the Law, Justice and 11
Safety Committee. 12
`(2) In an Act or document, if the context permits, a reference to 13
the Public Accounts Committee or the Public Works 14
Committee is taken to be a reference to the Public Accounts 15
and Public Works Committee.'. 16
Part 3 Amendment of other Acts 17
Clause 16 Acts amended in the schedule 18
The schedule amends the Acts it mentions. 19
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Parliament of Queensland Amendment Bill 2009
Schedule
Schedule Amendment of other Acts 1
section 16 2
Electoral Act 1992 3
1 Section 3, definition parliamentary committee, `legal, 4
constitutional and administrative review committee'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Law, Justice and Safety Committee'. 7
Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977 8
1 Section 52(4), `Parliamentary Accounts Committee'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`parliamentary committee'. 11
2 Section 92(3)(b)-- 12
omit. 13
3 Section 92(4), definition Public Works Committee-- 14
omit. 15
4 Schedule 3, definition parliamentary committee-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`parliamentary committee means the Public Accounts and 18
Public Works Committee of the Legislative Assembly.'. 19
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Parliament of Queensland Amendment Bill 2009
Schedule
Freedom of Information Act 1992 1
1 Section 7, definition parliamentary committee, `Legal, 2
Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Law, Justice and Safety Committee'. 5
Government Owned Corporations Act 1993 6
1 Schedule 3, part 4, section 92(3)(a) and (b)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(a) the parliamentary committee; or 9
Note-- 10
FA and A Act, schedule 3-- 11
parliamentary committee means the Public Accounts and Public 12
Works Committee of the Legislative Assembly.'. 13
2 Schedule 3, part 5, section 92(3)(a) and (b)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(a) the parliamentary committee; or 16
Note-- 17
FA and A Act, schedule 3-- 18
parliamentary committee means the Public Accounts and Public 19
Works Committee of the Legislative Assembly.'. 20
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Parliament of Queensland Amendment Bill 2009
Schedule
Ombudsman Act 2001 1
1 Schedule 3, definition parliamentary committee, `Legal, 2
Constitutional and Administrative Review Committee'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Law, Justice and Safety Committee'. 5
Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994 6
1 Schedule 3, Examples, under section 26(1)(b) of the Act, 7
of disclosures made to appropriate entities because the 8
disclosures are about something the entities have a 9
power to investigate or remedy, example 3, 10
`Parliamentary Public Accounts Committee'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Public Accounts and Public Works Committee of the Legislative 13
Assembly'. 14
© State of Queensland 2009
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