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Queensland
Queensland Civil and
Administrative Tribunal
(Jurisdiction Provisions)
Amendment Bill 2009
Queensland
Queensland Civil and Administrative
Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions)
Amendment Bill 2009
Contents
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Chapter 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Chapter 2 Department of Communities
Part 1 Amendment of Adoption of Children Act 1964
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
4 Amendment of s 6 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
5 Amendment of s 13AA (Application for adoption of a special
needs child or a child who is a relative) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
6 Amendment of s 13AC (Inclusion of person's name in
expression of interest register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
7 Amendment of s 13D (What happens after favourable
assessment) .................................. 95
8 Amendment of s 13E (Ineligibility after person's name entered
in assessment register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
9 Amendment of s 14D (Reviews by tribunal about adoption lists,
expression of interest register, assessment register and
assessments) ................................. 96
10 Amendment of s 33 (Making of interim orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
11 Insertion of new pt 3A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Part 3A Tribunal proceedings
Division 1 Preliminary
36 Application of pt 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
36A Definitions for pt 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
36B Object of pt 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
36C Principles for tribunal in matters relating to this Act . . 97
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Division 2 Notice of proceedings
36D Government entity may nominate decision-maker . . . 98
Division 3 Tribunal proceedings
36E Constitution of tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
36F Hearing must usually be held in private . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Division 4 Children in tribunal proceedings
36G Requirements about ensuring proper understanding
of tribunal proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
36H Separate representation of children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
36I Children must not be compelled to give evidence . . . 101
36J Child's right to express views to tribunal. . . . . . . . . . . 101
36K Children giving evidence or expressing views to
tribunal ............................... 101
36L Questioning of children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
Division 5 Confidentiality
36M Confidentiality order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 102
36N Limited access to tribunal's register of proceedings. . 103
36O Limited access to tribunal's record of proceedings. . . 103
36P Certain information not to be published . . . . . . . . . . . 104
12 Amendment of s 58 (Hearings to be in camera). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
Part 2 Amendment of Child Protection Act 1999
13 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
14 Amendment of s 78 (Chief executive's powers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
15 Amendment of s 86 (Chief executive to notify parents of placing
child in care--child protection order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
16 Amendment of s 87 (Chief executive to provide contact between
child and child's parents) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
17 Amendment of s 90 (Notice of removal from care). . . . . . . . . . . . 107
18 Insertion of new ch 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Chapter 2A Tribunal proceedings
Part 1 Preliminary
99A Application of ch 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
99B Definitions for ch 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
99C Object of ch 2A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
99D Principles for tribunal in matters relating to this Act
108
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99E Registrar to give notice of review application . . . . . . . 109
99F Review applications by commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
99G Government entity may nominate decision-maker . . . 110
99H Constitution of tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
99I Power of tribunal to stay operation of decision limited
in particular circumstances. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
99J Proceedings relating to this Act must usually be held
in private. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
99K When proceeding may be held in public. . . . . . . . . . . 112
99L Adjournments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
99M When matter before court. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
99N Compulsory conferences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
Part 3 Children in tribunal proceedings
99O Requirements about ensuring proper understanding
of tribunal proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
99P Review applications on behalf of children . . . . . . . . . 115
99Q Separate representation of children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
99R Separate representative must not be called to give
evidence ............................ 116
99S Representation of children . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
99T Children must not be compelled to give evidence . . . 117
99U Child's right to express views to tribunal. . . . . . . . . . . 117
99V Children giving evidence or expressing views to
tribunal ............................... 117
99W Questioning of children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
99X Provisions applying if party to review is a child who
is a parent of the child about whom the reviewable
decision was made . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
Part 4 Medical examinations
99Y President or tribunal may authorise medical
examination of child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
99Z Carrying out medical examinations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
Part 5 Parties
99ZA Parties to review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
99ZB Certain persons may elect to become parties . . . . . . 120
99ZC Joinder of person as party to review . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
Part 6 Confidentiality
99ZD Confidentiality order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 121
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99ZE Limited access to tribunal's register of proceedings. . 122
99ZF Limited access to tribunal's record of proceedings. . . 123
99ZG Certain information not to be published . . . . . . . . . . . 123
Part 7 Ensuring tribunal decisions and
recommendations are given effect
99ZH Application of pt 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
99ZI Requests to chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
99ZJ What happens if decision not given effect etc. . . . . . . 125
19 Amendment of s 129 (Refusal of application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
20 Amendment of s 136 (Refusal of application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
21 Amendment of s 137 (Amendment of authority on application of
holder) ....................................... 126
22 Amendment of s 138 (Amendment of authority by the chief
executive) ..................................... 126
23 Amendment of s 140 (Procedure for suspension or cancellation) 127
24 Amendment of s 140AI (Notice of cancellation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127
25 Amendment of s 247 (Reviews of reviewable decisions) . . . . . . . 127
26 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Part 3 Amendment of Child Protection (International Measures)
Act 2003
27 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
28 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
Part 4 Amendment of Commission for Children and Young People
and Child Guardian Act 2000
29 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
30 Amendment of s 40 (Grounds for not dealing with complaint) . . . 129
31 Amendment of s 89ZG (Government entity may enter into
arrangement with commissioner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
32 Amendment of s 102B (Actions of commissioner after making
decision on application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
33 Amendment of s 121 (Person may apply for review of decision) . 131
34 Amendment of s 121AA (Effect of applicant under s 121
becoming a disqualified person). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
35 Amendment of s 121C (Decision by police commissioner that
information is investigative information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 131
36 Amendment of s 121E (Consequence of decision on appeal) . . . 132
37 Insertion of new pts 6A and 6B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
Part 6A QCAT proceedings about child-related
employment review
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128A Definitions for pt 6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
128B Application of pt 6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
128C Principle for reviewing child-related employment
decision ............................ 133
128D Proceeding must always be held in private . . . . . . . . 133
128E Applications on behalf of children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
128F Withdrawal of application for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
128G Children must not be compelled to give evidence . . . 134
128H Children giving evidence ................. 135
128I Questioning of children. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
128J Provisions for QCAT child-related employment
reviews .............................. 135
Part 6B QCAT to give statistical information to
commissioner
128K QCAT's principal registrar to give statistical
information to commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
38 Amendment of s 140B (Commissioner may apply for review of
reviewable decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
39 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
Part 5 Amendment of Community Services Act 2007
40 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
41 Amendment of pt 9, hdg (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
42 Amendment of s 93 (Chief executive must give notice after
making reviewable decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
43 Amendment of pt 9, div 2, hdg (Review of decision) . . . . . . . . . . 138
44 Amendment of s 95 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . . 138
45 Amendment of s 96 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
46 Replacement of pt 9, div 3, hdg (Appeal against review decision) 139
47 Replacement of s 97 (Appeal against review decision) . . . . . . . . 139
97 Review of review decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
48 Omission of s 98 (Appeal is by way of rehearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
49 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
Part 6 Amendment of Disability Services Act 2006
50 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
51 Amendment of s 87 (Actions of chief executive after making
decision on application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
52 Amendment of s 102 (Cancellation if conviction for excluding
offence and imprisonment or disqualification order). . . . . . . . . . . 141
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53 Amendment of s 108 (Person may apply for review of decision) . 141
54 Amendment of s 113 (Consequence of decision on appeal) . . . . 142
55 Amendment of s 123D (Explanation of operation of pt 10A) . . . . 142
56 Amendment of s 123E (Definitions for pt 10A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
57 Amendment of s 123X (Requirements for chief executive's
decision about whether change should be made) . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
58 Amendment of s 123Y (Action of chief executive after deciding
whether change should be made) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
59 Amendment of s 123ZE (Application of sdiv 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
60 Amendment of s 123ZK (Short term approval for use of
restrictive practices other than containment or seclusion) . . . . . . 143
61 Amendment of s 123ZL (Period for which short term approval
has effect) ...................................... 144
62 Amendment of s 123ZN (Chief executive's decision about
approving short term plan) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
63 Amendment of s 123ZZ (Application for review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
64 Amendment of pt 14, hdg (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
65 Amendment of s 208 (Chief executive must give notice after
making reviewable decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144
66 Amendment of pt 14, div 2, hdg (Review of decision) . . . . . . . . . 145
67 Amendment of s 210 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . 145
68 Amendment of s 211 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145
69 Replacement of pt 14, div 3, hdg (Appeal against decision) . . . . 145
70 Replacement of s 212 (Appeal against review decision) . . . . . . . 146
212 Review of review decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
71 Omission of s 213 (Appeal is by way of rehearing) . . . . . . . . . . . 146
72 Amendment of s 248 (Circumstances in which subdivision
stops applying) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
73 Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
Part 7 Amendment of Domestic and Family Violence Protection
Act 1989
74 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
75 Amendment of s 38 (Conferral of jurisdiction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
76 Amendment of s 62A (Procedural provisions for tenancy
application) ................................... 147
77 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
Part 8 Amendment of Guide, Hearing and Assistance Dogs Act
2009
78 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
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79 Amendment of pt 7, hdg (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
80 Amendment of s 67 (Definitions for pt 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
81 Replacement of pt 7, div 3, hdg (Review of decision) . . . . . . . . . 149
82 Amendment of s 70 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . . 149
83 Amendment of s 71 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
84 Replacement of pt 7, div 4, hdg (Appeal against reviewed
decision) ..................................... 150
85 Replacement of ss 72 and 73. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
72 Review of reviewed decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
86 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Part 9 Amendment of Residential Tenancies and Rooming
Accommodation Act 2008
87 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
88 Amendment of s 361 (Review of abandonment order). . . . . . . . . 151
89 Amendment of s 414 (Application of pt 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
90 Insertion of new s 414A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
414A Applications to the tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
91 Insertion of new 433A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
433A Particular applications to be heard in private . . . . . . . 152
92 Amendment of s 504 (Other evidentiary aids) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
93 Amendment of s 516 (Applications for more than prescribed
amount) ..................................... 153
94 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Chapter 3 Department of Community Safety
Part 1 Amendment of Building Fire Safety Regulation 2008
95 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
96 Omission of s 73 (Fee for an objection--Fire Service Act,
s 104SB) ..................................... 154
Part 2 Amendment of Corrective Services Act 2006
97 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
98 Amendment of s 319A (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 154
Part 3 Amendment of Disaster Management Act 2003
99 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
100 Amendment of s 124 (Notice about decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
101 Replacement of pt 11, div 1, sdiv 3 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Subdivision 3 Review of decision
125 Review of a decision to pay compensation. . . . . . . . . 155
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Part 4 Amendment of Fire and Rescue Service Act 1990
102 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
103 Amendment of s 69 (Requisition by commissioner to reduce fire
risk) ......................................... 156
104 Amendment of s 104G (Notice by commissioner about
occupier's or owner's obligations). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
105 Amendment of s 104I (Certificate of compliance) . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
106 Amendment of s 104KF (Commissioner may give occupancy
notice to occupier) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
107 Amendment of s 104KI (Re-assessment of risk of overcrowding) 158
108 Amendment of pt 9B, hdg (Objections to notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
109 Omission of s 104SA (Application of pt 9B to notices under
s 69) ........................................ 158
110 Amendment of s 104SB (Persons aggrieved by notice may
object) ....................................... 158
111 Omission of s 104SC (Panel of referees to be convened) . . . . . . 159
112 Omission of s 104SD (Membership of panel of referees). . . . . . . 159
113 Omission of s 104SE (Determination of objection). . . . . . . . . . . . 159
114 Replacement of s 104SF (Relief from penalty pending
determination of objection) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159
104SF Relief from penalty pending determination of review
by QCAT ............................. 159
115 Omission of s 104SG (Stay of operation of s 69 notice). . . . . . . . 160
116 Omission of s 104SH (Appeal from panel of referees) . . . . . . . . . 160
117 Amendment of s 154 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . 160
Chapter 4 Department of Education and Training
Part 1 Amendment of Child Care Act 2002
118 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
119 Amendment of s 107A (Chief executive to give notice to the
Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child
Guardian) .................................. 161
120 Amendment of s 131 (Forfeiture of seized things) . . . . . . . . . . . . 161
121 Amendment of pt 9, div 1, hdg (Reviewable decisions) . . . . . . . . 161
122 Amendment of s 163 (Reviewable decisions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
123 Amendment of s 164 (Chief executive must give notice after
making reviewable decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
124 Insertion of new s 164A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
164A Constitution of QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 162
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Part 2 Amendment of Education (General Provisions) Act 2006
125 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
126 Amendment of s 36 (Use of criminal history information). . . . . . . 163
127 Amendment of s 37 (Confidentiality of information about
criminal history) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
128 Amendment of s 69 (Dealing with submissions against
principal's decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
129 Amendment of s 72 (Chief executive must consider and decide
application for further semesters). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 163
130 Amendment of s 139 (Regulation may provide for membership) . 164
131 Amendment of s 154 (Dealing with submissions against
removal) ................................. 164
132 Amendment of s 197 (Cancellation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 164
133 Amendment of s 200 (Child's exclusion or suspension) . . . . . . . . 165
134 Amendment of s 226 (Return of cancelled certificate of
registration to chief executive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
135 Amendment of s 237 (Suspension or exclusion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
136 Omission of ch 12, pt 1 (Preliminary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
137 Renumbering of ch 12, pts 2, 3 and 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 165
138 Amendment of s 302 (Exclusion of student by chief executive) . . 166
139 Amendment of s 309 (Exclusion) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
140 Renumbering of ch 12, pts 5 and 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 166
141 Amendment of s 340 (Prohibition from entering premises) . . . . . 166
142 Amendment of s 341 (Prohibition from entering premises) . . . . . 167
143 Omission of s 342 (Appeal to District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 167
144 Renumbering of ch 12, pt 7 (Directions and orders about
conduct or movement at, or entry to, premises of non-State
schools) .................................... 167
145 Amendment of s 349 (Prohibition from entering premises) . . . . . 167
146 Amendment of s 350 (Prohibition from entering premises) . . . . . 168
147 Omission of s 351 (Appeal to District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
148 Renumbering of ch 12, pt 8 (Prohibition from entering premises
of all State instructional institutions and non-State schools for
up to 1 year) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 168
149 Amendment of s 352 (Prohibition from entering premises of all
State instructional institutions and non-State schools). . . . . . . . . 168
150 Amendment of s 353 (Prohibition from entering premises of all
State instructional institutions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
151 Omission of s 354 (Appeal to District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
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152 Replacement of ch 12, pt 9, hdg (Provisions relating to parts 6
to 8) .................................... 169
153 Replacement of s 355 (Non-application of pts 6 and 7 to
particular persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 169
355 Non-application of pts 5 and 6 to particular persons . 170
154 Amendment of s 357 (Noncompliance with court order) . . . . . . . 170
155 Amendment of s 362 (Noncompliance with dress code) . . . . . . . 170
156 Renumbering of ch 12, pts 10 and 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 170
157 Replacement of ch 15, hdg and ch 15, pt 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
158 Amendment of s 392 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
159 Replacement of ch 15, pt 2, hdg (Appeal against review
decisions) ................................. 171
160 Replacement of s 394 (Appeal to Magistrates Court) . . . . . . . . . 171
394 External review by QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 171
161 Omission of s 395 (Conduct of appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
162 Amendment of ch 15, pt 3, hdg (Appeals against directions
under section 340 or 349) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
163 Omission of s 396 (Definition for pt 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
164 Replacement of s 397 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
397 Who may apply for external review of direction given. 172
165 Replacement of s 398 (Starting an appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
398 Starting an external review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172
166 Omission of ss 399 and 400. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
167 Amendment of ch 15, pt 4, hdg (Appeal against decision under
section 69, 72, 154, 302(4) or 309(6)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
168 Amendment of s 401 (Definitions for pt 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
169 Amendment of s 402 (Appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 173
170 Amendment of s 453 (Behaviour plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
171 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 174
Part 3 Amendment of Education (Overseas Students) Act 1996
172 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 176
173 Amendment of s 11 (Procedure for suspension or cancellation) . 176
174 Replacement of pt 3, hdg (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
175 Amendment of s 19 (Appeals to court). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
176 Omission of ss 20-25. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
Part 4 Amendment of Education (Queensland College of
Teachers) Act 2005
177 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 177
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178 Amendment of s 44 (Amending or replacing certificate of
registration or certificate of permission to teach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 178
179 Amendment of s 50 (Requirement to give notice of suspension) . 178
180 Amendment of s 52 (When suspension ends) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
181 Replacement of s 53 (Requirement to review continuation of
suspension under s 48) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
53 Requirement to decide whether to continue
suspension under s 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
182 Amendment of s 54 (Committee to give notice inviting
submissions to approved teacher) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 179
183 Amendment of s 55 (Committee's decision about continuation
of suspension) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180
184 Amendment of s 56 (Cancellation if conviction for disqualifying
offence and imprisonment or disqualification order imposed) . . . 181
185 Amendment of s 64 (Requirement to return certificate of
registration or permission to teach etc. on suspension or
cancellation) ............................. 181
186 Amendment of s 67 (Effect of suspension on registration or
permission to teach) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 181
187 Amendment of s 82 (Only approved teachers may be employed
as teachers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
188 Amendment of s 97 (Requirement for college to start
disciplinary proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182
189 Amendment of ch 5, pt 2, hdg (Show cause matters dealt with
by Teachers Disciplinary Committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
190 Replacement of s 100 (Application of pt 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
100 Application of pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
191 Amendment of s 101 (Teachers Disciplinary Committee to give
show cause notice). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 183
192 Amendment of s 102 (Disciplinary action by Teachers
Disciplinary Committee--approved teachers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 184
193 Amendment of s 103 (Disciplinary action by Teachers
Disciplinary Committee--former approved teachers). . . . . . . . . . 185
194 Amendment of s 104 (Notice and effect of committee's decision) 185
195 Amendment of ch 5, pt 3, hdg (General matters and PP&C
matters dealt with by Teachers Disciplinary Committee) . . . . . . . 186
196 Replacement of s 105 (Application of pt 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 186
105 Application of pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
197 Amendment of s 106 (Teachers Disciplinary Committee may
authorise investigation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 187
198 Amendment of s 107 (Application of ch 6, pt 2, div 2) . . . . . . . . . 187
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199 Amendment of s 112 (Reporting of offences). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 188
200 Amendment of ch 6, hdg (Disciplinary committees) . . . . . . . . . . . 188
201 Amendment of s 115 (Functions of PP&C committee). . . . . . . . . 188
202 Amendment of s 123 (Disciplinary action by PP&C committee). . 188
203 Replacement of ch 6, pt 2, hdg (Teachers Disciplinary
Committee) ................................ 189
204 Replacement of ch 6, pt 2, div 1 (Establishment,
membership and functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Division 1 Constitution of QCAT for disciplinary
proceedings
124 Constitution of QCAT for disciplinary proceedings . . . 189
125 Presiding member of QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
205 Amendment of ch 6, pt 2, div 2, hdg (Disciplinary proceedings
conducted by Teachers Disciplinary Committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
206 Amendment of s 130 (Application of div 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 190
207 Omission of s 131 (Parties to disciplinary proceedings). . . . . . . . 190
208 Amendment of ch 6, pt 2, div 2, sdiv 2, hdg (Proceedings of
Teachers Disciplinary Committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
209 Omission of s 132 (Time and place of hearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191
210 Amendment of s 133 (Notice of intention to conduct hearing) . . . 191
211 Omission of ss 134 and 135. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
212 Amendment of s 136 (Committee may require health
assessment) ................................ 192
213 Omission of s 137 (Hearing open to the public) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
214 Amendment of s 138 (Attendance and appearance at hearing). . 193
215 Omission of ss 139-146. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193
216 Amendment of s 147 (Receiving or adopting findings etc. in
other proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
217 Omission of ss 148-151. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
218 Amendment of s 152 (Interim orders). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 194
219 Omission of s 153 (Committee to make record of proceedings) . 195
220 Omission of ch 6, pt 2, div 2, sdiv 3 (Offences about disciplinary
proceedings dealt with by Teachers Disciplinary Committee) . . . 195
221 Amendment of ch 6, pt 2, div 2, sdiv 4 (Decision on completion
of disciplinary proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
222 Amendment of s 158 (Decision about whether ground for
disciplinary action is established) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195
223 Amendment of s 159 (Ending of suspension if ground for
disciplinary action not established). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
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224 Amendment of s 160 (Decision about disciplinary action
against approved teacher) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 196
225 Amendment of s 161 (Decision about disciplinary action
against former approved teacher) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 197
226 Omission of s 162 (Committee may make an order prohibiting
publication of particular information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
227 Amendment of ch 6, pt 2, div 2, sdiv 5 (Action after decision
about disciplinary action) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
228 Omission of s 163 (Notification of committee's decision) . . . . . . . 198
229 Amendment of s 164 (College may notify other persons) . . . . . . 198
230 Amendment of s 165 (Requirement to notify particular interstate
regulatory authorities about decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 198
231 Amendment of s 166 (Publication of information about
disciplinary proceedings by college). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 199
232 Amendment of ch 6, pt 2, div 2, sdiv 6 (Effect of decision). . . . . . 199
233 Amendment of s 167 (Effect of committee's decision) . . . . . . . . . 199
234 Amendment of s 168 (Implementation of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . 199
235 Omission of ch 6, pt 2, div 2, sdiv 7 (Immunities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
236 Amendment of s 170 (Office to keep record of disciplinary
proceedings) ................................ 200
237 Omission of s 171 (Payment of costs or penalty) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
238 Amendment of s 201 (Investigator's report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
239 Replacement of ch 8, hdg and ch 8, pt 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 200
240 Amendment of s 209 (Appeal process for particular decisions
starts with internal review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
241 Amendment of s 212 (College's decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
242 Amendment of s 213 (Notice of review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 201
243 Replacement of ch 8, pt 2, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
244 Omission of s 214 (Definitions for pt 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
245 Replacement of s 215 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
215 Who may apply for external review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
246 Omission of ss 216-219. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
247 Replacement of s 220 (Application of pt 1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
220 Application of pt 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 202
248 Amendment of s 221 (Appointments and authority) . . . . . . . . . . . 203
249 Amendment of s 222 (Signatures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
250 Amendment of s 288 (Register of approved teachers to be kept) 203
251 Amendment of s 294 (Protection from liability). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 203
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252 Amendment of s 296 (Administrative support for college etc.) . . . 204
253 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
Part 5 Amendment of Education (Queensland Studies Authority)
Regulation 2002
254 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 204
255 Amendment of s 3R (Failure to decide an application). . . . . . . . . 205
256 Amendment of s 3ZE (Failure to decide an application for
renewal of accreditation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
257 Amendment of s 3ZL (Failure to decide an application for a
change to a syllabus or guideline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
258 Replacement of pt 9, hdg (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . 205
259 Replacement of pt 9, div 1, hdg (Review of decisions). . . . . . . . . 205
260 Amendment of s 59 (Appeal process starts with internal review). 206
261 Amendment of s 62 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
262 Amendment of s 63 (Notice of review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 206
263 Replacement of pt 9, div 2, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
264 Replacement of s 64 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
64 Who may seek an external review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
265 Omission of ss 65-68. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 207
Part 6 Amendment of Higher Education (General Provisions) Act
2008
266 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
267 Amendment of s 19 (Registration taken to be in force while
application is considered). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 208
268 Amendment of s 22 (Changing conditions of registration) . . . . . . 208
269 Amendment of s 32 (Accreditation taken to be in force while
application is considered). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
270 Amendment of s 35 (Changing conditions of accreditation). . . . . 209
271 Amendment of s 54 (Self-accrediting authority taken to be in
force while application is considered). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 209
272 Amendment of s 56 (Changing conditions of self-accrediting
authority) .................................. 210
273 Amendment of s 97 (Approval taken to be in force while
application is considered). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 210
274 Amendment of s 99 (Changing conditions of approval) . . . . . . . . 210
275 Replacement of pt 6, hdg (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
276 Replacement of s 106 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
106 Who may apply for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
277 Omission of s 107 (Starting appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
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278 Replacement of s 108 (Hearing procedures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
108 Hearing procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
279 Omission of s 109 (Powers of court on appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 211
280 Amendment of s 127 (Cancellation of relevant authority). . . . . . . 212
281 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
Part 7 Amendment of Vocational Education, Training and
Employment Act 2000
282 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
283 Insertion of new s 141BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 212
141BA Ombudsman may refuse to deal with matters before
QCAT ......................... 213
284 Amendment of s 141D (Ombudsman to review decision and
report findings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
285 Insertion of new s 144A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 213
144A Arrangements between the ombudsman and QCAT . 213
286 Amendment of s 183B (Decision about employment exemption). 214
287 Amendment of s 183C (Amending or cancelling employment
exemption) ..................................... 214
288 Replacement of ch 8, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
289 Replacement of s 224 (Appeal to Magistrates Court) . . . . . . . . . 215
224 Review by QCAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
290 Omission of ss 225-229. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215
291 Omission of s 340 (Remission of matters by magistrates court to
board) ...................................... 216
292 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
Part 8 Amendment of Vocational Education, Training and
Employment Regulation 2000
293 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 216
294 Amendment of s 6D (Cancellation of transfer approval). . . . . . . . 217
Chapter 5 Department of Employment, Economic Development and
Innovation
Part 1 Amendment of Agricultural Chemicals Distribution Control
Act 1966
295 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 217
296 Amendment of s 22 (Right of appeal to Magistrates Court) . . . . . 217
297 Omission of ss 22A-22E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
298 Amendment of s 23 (Effect of suspension). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
299 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
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Part 2 Amendment of Agricultural Chemicals Distribution Control
Regulation 1998
300 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 218
301 Amendment of s 12 (Cancellation of result and re-examination) . 219
302 Amendment of s 15 (Notice of refusal). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 219
303 Amendment of s 16 (Notice of suspension by standards officer) . 220
304 Replacement of s 17 (Right of appeal). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
17 Right of review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
305 Replacement of s 18 (Substituted decision on appeal) . . . . . . . . 220
18 Substituted decision on review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
306 Amendment of s 19 (Surrender of licence suspended by
standards officer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220
307 Amendment of s 19A (Surrender of licence suspended or
cancelled by chief executive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 221
308 Amendment of s 39 (Application for a distribution permit) . . . . . . 221
309 Amendment of s 41 (Distribution permit conditions). . . . . . . . . . . 221
310 Amendment of s 42 (Notice of refusal). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
311 Amendment of s 43 (Right of appeal). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 222
Part 3 Amendment of Agricultural Standards Act 1994
312 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
313 Amendment of pt 5, hdg (Review of decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
314 Amendment of s 47 (Who may apply for review etc.) . . . . . . . . . . 223
315 Amendment of s 48 (Applying for review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 223
316 Replacement of s 49 (Chief executive's decision on review) . . . . 224
49 Chief executive's decision on internal review . . . . . . . 224
317 Replacement of s 50 (Stay of operation of original decision etc.)
224
50 Stay of operation of original decision etc.. . . . . . . . . . 224
318 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Part 6 External reviews by QCAT
51 Who may apply for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
319 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 225
Part 4 Amendment of Animal Care and Protection Act 2001
320 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
321 Amendment of s 192 (General provisions for orders under pt 3) . 226
322 Replacement of ch 7, pt 4, div 1, hdg (Review of decisions) . . . . 226
323 Replacement of ss 193 and 194. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
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193 Internal review process. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 226
194 Who may apply for internal review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 227
324 Amendment of s 195 (Requirements for making application). . . . 227
325 Amendment of s 196 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . 227
326 Amendment of s 197 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 228
327 Replacement of s 198 (Notice of review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
198 Notice of internal review decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 229
328 Insertion of new ch 7, pt 4, div 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
Division 1A External reviews by QCAT
198A Who may apply for external review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
329 Replacement of s 199 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
199 Who may appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230
330 Amendment of s 200 (Starting appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
331 Amendment of s 201 (Stay of operation of review decision) . . . . 231
332 Amendment of s 202 (Hearing procedures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
333 Amendment of s 203 (Court's powers on appeal--general). . . . . 231
334 Amendment of s 204 (Further powers for appeal about seizure
or forfeiture) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 231
335 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 232
Part 5 Amendment of Apiaries Regulation 1998
336 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
337 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233
338 Amendment of s 8A (Notice of decisions under div 2) . . . . . . . . . 233
339 Amendment of s 16 (Direction to move to quarantine) . . . . . . . . . 233
340 Amendment of s 17A (Notice of refusal of permission) . . . . . . . . 234
341 Replacement of pt 4, hdg (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
342 Amendment of s 18 (Appeals against certain decisions) . . . . . . . 234
343 Omission of ss 19-23. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 234
Part 6 Amendment of Associations Incorporation Act 1981
344 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
345 Amendment of pt 12, hdg (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
346 Amendment of pt 12, div 1, hdg (Review of decisions) . . . . . . . . 235
347 Replacement of s 111 (Stay of operation of decision) . . . . . . . . . 235
111 Stay of operation of disputed decision . . . . . . . . . . . . 235
348 Amendment of s 112 (Decision on reconsideration) . . . . . . . . . . 236
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349 Replacement of pt 12, div 2 (Appeals against reconsidered
decisions) ............................... 236
Division 2 External review of decisions
113 Who may seek external review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
Part 7 Amendment of Biodiscovery Act 2004
350 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
351 Amendment of s 21 (Procedure for amendment, suspension or
cancellation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 237
352 Amendment of 22 (Returning collection authority on
cancellation) ................................ 237
353 Amendment of s 86 (Return of seized things) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
354 Replacement of pt 9, hdg (Review of decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
355 Replacement of pt 10 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Part 10 External reviews
103 Review of decision by QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
356 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 238
Part 8 Amendment of Body Corporate and Community
Management Act 1997
357 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 239
358 Amendment of s 48 (Adjustment of lot entitlement schedule) . . . 239
359 Amendment of s 49 (Criteria for deciding just and equitable
circumstances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
360 Amendment of s 62 (Body corporate to consent to recording of
new statement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 240
361 Amendment of s 133 (Disputes arising out of review) . . . . . . . . . 240
362 Amendment of s 135 (Other provisions about review) . . . . . . . . . 240
363 Amendment of s 149A (Specialist adjudication or CCT
jurisdiction) .................................. 241
364 Amendment of s 149B (Specialist adjudication or CCT
jurisdiction) .................................... 241
365 Amendment of s 178 (Review of exclusive use by-law) . . . . . . . . 241
366 Amendment of s 229 (Exclusivity of dispute resolution
provisions) .................................... 242
367 Amendment of s 230 (Structure of arrangements) . . . . . . . . . . . . 242
368 Amendment of s 239C (Continuation of application if standing
of party changes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
369 Amendment of s 241A (Applicant to be given notice of decision
to reject application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 243
370 Amendment of s 245 (Change or withdrawal of application) . . . . 243
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371 Amendment of s 288A (Definitions for pt 11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
372 Amendment of s 289 (Right to appeal to District Court or CCT) . 244
373 Amendment of s 290 (Appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 244
374 Omission of s 291 (Stay of operation of order). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
375 Amendment of s 292 (Referral back to commissioner) . . . . . . . . 245
376 Omission of ss 293-293A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 245
377 Replacement of s 294 (Powers of appeal body on appeal) . . . . . 245
294 Jurisdiction and powers of appeal tribunal on appeal. 245
378 Amendment of s 294A (Power to stay application and
proceeding) ................................ 246
379 Amendment of s 295 (Replacing statement to be lodged with
registrar) .................................... 246
380 Amendment of ch 7, pt 1, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 246
381 Replacement of ss 304 and 305. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
304 External review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
382 Amendment of s 306 (Time for making appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
383 Omission of ss 307 and 308. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
384 Amendment of s 313A (Application under ch 6 or CCT Act by
group of lot owners or occupiers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 247
385 Insertion of new ch 8, pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
Part 7 Transitional provisions for Queensland Civil
and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction
Provisions) Amendment Act 2009
364 Definition for pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248
365 Appeal from order of an adjudicator that could have
been made to the former tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
366 Appeal from order of an adjudicator that could have
been made to the District Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 249
367 Existing appeal taken to be before QCAT or
transferred to QCAT ................... 249
386 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
Part 9 Amendment of Casino Control Act 1982
387 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 250
388 Replacement of pt 9A (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
Part 9A Review of decisions by tribunal
91A Who may apply for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 251
91B Tribunal to decide review on evidence before the
chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 252
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91C Tribunal may give leave for review to be decided on
new evidence in particular circumstances . . . . . . . . . 253
91D Appeals from tribunal only to Court of Appeal on a
question of law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 253
389 Omission of s 93 (Appeal to Minister) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
390 Amendment of s 97 (Duration of exclusion direction). . . . . . . . . . 254
391 Omission of ss 135 and 136. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
392 Omission of s 138 (Appeals to gaming commission) . . . . . . . . . . 254
393 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254
Part 10 Amendment of Casino Control Regulation 1999
394 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
395 Amendment of sch 4 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
Part 11 Amendment of Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming Act 1999
396 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
397 Amendment of s 153 (Forfeiture on payment of infringement
notice penalty) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255
398 Replacement of pt 8 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
Part 8 Review of decisions by tribunal
174 Who may apply for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 256
175 Tribunal to decide review on evidence before the
chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 257
176 Tribunal may give leave for review to be decided on
new evidence in particular circumstances . . . . . . . . . 257
177 Appeals from tribunal only to Court of Appeal on a
question of law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 258
399 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Part 12 Amendment of Charitable and Non-Profit Gaming
Regulation 1999
400 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
401 Amendment of sch 2 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 259
Part 13 Amendment of Chemical Usage (Agricultural and
Veterinary) Control Act 1988
402 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
403 Amendment of s 16 (Agricultural produce etc. containing
chemical residues not to be used etc.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
404 Amendment of s 17 (Approval to use etc. agricultural produce
etc. or cultivate plants on land). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
405 Insertion of new s 21A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
21A Review of particular decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 260
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406 Amendment of s 22 (Right of appeal to Magistrates Court) . . . . . 261
407 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
Part 14 Amendment of Clean Energy Act 2008
408 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261
409 Amendment of pt 9, hdg (Appeal and review of decisions) . . . . . 262
410 Amendment of s 30 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
411 Replacement of pt 9, div 2, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
412 Amendment of s 31 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 262
413 Omission of ss 32-35. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Part 15 Amendment of Consumer Credit (Queensland) Act 1994
414 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
415 Amendment of s 7 (Conferral of judicial functions). . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Part 16 Amendment of Cooperatives Act 1997
416 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
417 Replacement of pt 2, div 7 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 263
Division 7 Review of registrar's refusals
29 Refusal to approve disclosure statement . . . . . . . . . . 264
30 Refusal to approve draft rules . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
31 Review of refusal to register . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 264
418 Replacement of ss 110-112. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
110 Review of refusal to approve, or refusal to register,
an alteration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Part 17 Amendment of Credit Act 1987
419 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
420 Amendment of s 8 (Jurisdiction of courts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 265
Part 18 Amendment of Credit (Rural Finance) Act 1996
421 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
422 Amendment of s 6 (Courts with jurisdiction under this Act) . . . . . 266
Part 19 Amendment of Drugs Misuse Act 1986
423 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
424 Amendment of s 46 (Definitions for pt 5B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
425 Replacement of pt 5B, div 10 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 266
Division 10 Review of decisions by QCAT
85 Application for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
426 Omission of s 115 (Review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
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Part 20 Amendment of Electricity Act 1994
427 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
428 Amendment of s 135FQ (Evidentiary provisions). . . . . . . . . . . . . 267
429 Amendment of s 152K (Forfeiture of seized thing) . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
430 Amendment of s 181 (Notice of refusal to issue generation
authority) .................................... 268
431 Amendment of s 184C (Notice of refusal to transfer generation
authority) ....................................... 268
432 Amendment of s 190 (Notice of refusal to issue transmission
authority) ................................... 268
433 Amendment of s 193C (Notice of refusal to transfer
transmission authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 268
434 Amendment of s 198 (Notice of refusal to issue authority). . . . . . 269
435 Amendment of s 201C (Notice of refusal to transfer distribution
authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 269
436 Amendment of s 206 (Notice of refusal to issue authority). . . . . . 269
437 Amendment of s 211 (Notice of refusal to give special approval) 269
438 Amendment of s 212C (Notice of refusal to transfer special
approval) ..................................... 269
439 Replacement of ch 10, hdg (Review of and appeals against
decisions) .................................. 270
440 Amendment of ch 10, pt 1, hdg (Review of decisions) . . . . . . . . . 270
441 Amendment of s 214 (Who may apply for review etc.) . . . . . . . . . 270
442 Amendment of s 215 (Applying for review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 270
443 Amendment of s 216 (Stay of operation of decision etc.). . . . . . . 270
444 Amendment of s 217 (Review panels, arbitration and mediation) 271
445 Amendment of s 218 (Decision on reconsideration) . . . . . . . . . . 271
446 Replacement of ch 10, pt 2 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Part 2 External reviews
219 Who may apply for external review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
220 Application of QCAT Act notice requirement . . . . . . . 272
447 Amendment of sch 1 (Appeals against administrative decisions) 272
448 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 272
Part 21 Amendment of Electricity Regulation 2006
449 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
450 Amendment of s 24 (Installation and operation of electric line
beyond person's property) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
451 Amendment of s 30H (Deferral of particular reclassifications
until appeal expiration day). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 273
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452 Amendment of s 88 (Dispute resolution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
453 Amendment of s 90 (Parties to maintain secrecy of advice or
information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 274
454 Amendment of s 139 (Requirements for registration). . . . . . . . . . 274
455 Amendment of s 141 (Steps after registration). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
456 Amendment of s 145 (Refusal to change energy efficiency label) 275
457 Amendment of s 147 (Transfer of registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275
458 Amendment of s 149 (Cancellation of registration) . . . . . . . . . . . 275
459 Amendment of s 150 (Procedure before cancellation) . . . . . . . . . 275
460 Amendment of s 151 (Notice, by holder, of cancellation of
registration) .................................... 276
461 Replacement of ch 9, hdg (Review of and appeals against
decisions) .................................... 276
462 Amendment of s 208 (Who may apply for review etc.) . . . . . . . . . 276
463 Amendment of s 209 (Applying for review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 276
464 Amendment of s 210 (Stay of operation of decision etc.). . . . . . . 277
465 Amendment of s 211 (Decision on review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 277
466 Amendment of ch 9, pt 2, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
467 Replacement of ch 9, pt 2, div 1 (Appeals against decisions
on what is fair and reasonable) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
Division 1 External reviews by QCAT
212 Who may apply for external review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
468 Replacement of ch 9, pt 2, div 2, hdg (Other appeals). . . . . . . . . 278
469 Amendment of s 214 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 278
470 Amendment of s 215 (Making appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
471 Amendment of s 216 (Starting appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
472 Amendment of s 220 (Procedure of court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 279
473 Amendment of s 221 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
474 Amendment of sch 6 (Appeals against administrative decisions
to Magistrates Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
475 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 280
Part 22 Amendment of Exotic Diseases in Animals Act 1981
476 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
477 Amendment of s 33 (Mode of valuation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
478 Omission of ss 33A-33D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 281
479 Amendment of s 34 (When title doubtful, Minister may retain
compensation or make payment into court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
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Part 23 Amendment of Exotic Diseases in Animals Regulation 1998
480 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 282
481 Replacement of s 11 (Notice of application to District Court). . . . 282
11 Notice of application to QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
Part 24 Amendment of Explosives Act 1999
482 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 283
483 Amendment of s 17 (How chief inspector may deal with
application) ................................ 283
484 Amendment of s 24 (Procedure for suspension or cancellation) . 284
485 Amendment of s 25 (Procedure for urgent suspension or
cancellation of authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
486 Amendment of s 27 (Replacement of authority). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 284
487 Amendment of s 28 (Amendment of authority on application) . . . 285
488 Amendment of s 29 (Amendment of authority without
application) ................................... 285
489 Amendment of s 58 (Investigation by chief inspector or authority
holder) ....................................... 285
490 Amendment of pt 7, hdg (Review of decisions and appeals) . . . . 286
491 Amendment of pt 7, div 1, hdg (Review of decisions) . . . . . . . . . 286
492 Amendment of s 107 (Application for review of decision under
s 56, 102 or 103) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
493 Amendment of s 108 (Application for review of action under
s 104) ..................................... 286
494 Amendment of s 109 (Applying for review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 286
495 Amendment of s 110 (Stay of operation of decision) . . . . . . . . . . 287
496 Replacement of pt 7, div 2, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
497 Amendment of s 111 (Appeals to Magistrates Court) . . . . . . . . . 288
498 Omission of ss 112-116. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288
499 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
Part 25 Amendment of Explosives Regulation 2003
500 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 289
501 Amendment of s 14 (Advice of chief inspector's decision) . . . . . . 289
502 Amendment of s 17 (How chief inspector may deal with
application) ................................... 289
503 Amendment of s 62 (How chief inspector must deal with
explosives limits document) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
504 Amendment of s 64 (Chief inspector may impose interim
explosives limits) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
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505 Amendment of s 109 (Requirements for chief inspector
exercising powers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
506 Amendment of s 148 (Approval by chief inspector of collectors
associations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
507 Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 290
Part 26 Amendment of Fair Trading Act 1989
508 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
509 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
510 Amendment of s 110 (Preservation of secrecy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
Part 27 Amendment of Fisheries Act 1994
511 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
512 Amendment of s 42H (Deciding claim). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 291
513 Amendment of s 60 (Notice of refusal of application for issue or
renewal etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
514 Amendment of s 63 (Amendment of authority). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
515 Amendment of s 68 (Procedure for cancellation or suspension
by chief executive) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
516 Amendment of s 76F (Deciding application for fish movement
exemption notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
517 Replacement of pt 9 (Administrative appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 292
Part 9 Review of decisions by QCAT
186 Constitution of tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
518 Omission of pt 12, div 4, sdiv 4 (Effect of commencement on
particular appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
519 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 294
Part 28 Amendment of Fisheries (Coral Reef Fin Fish) Management
Plan 2003
520 Plan amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
521 Amendment of s 29 (Requirements for preliminary notice) . . . . . 295
522 Amendment of s 31 (Chief executive to decide whether reason
for reconsideration established) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 295
523 Amendment of s 33 (Criteria reapplied if reason for
reconsideration established). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
524 Amendment of s 36B (Application for special reconsideration of
particular licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 296
525 Amendment of s 36C (Chief executive to decide whether
licence is special south-east Queensland licence). . . . . . . . . . . . 296
526 Amendment of s 36E (Criteria reapplied if licence is special
south-east Queensland licence). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
527 Amendment of s 38 (Requirements for amendment notice). . . . . 297
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528 Amendment of s 61 (Deciding application for issue of line units) . 297
529 Amendment of s 66 (Application of div 4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 297
530 Amendment of sch 8 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
Part 29 Amendment of Fisheries (East Coast Trawl) Management
Plan 1999
531 Plan amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
532 Amendment of s 81A (Application of sdiv 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
533 Amendment of s 94 (Interim issue of additional effort units for
all eligible licences). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 298
534 Amendment of s 95 (Further issue of additional effort units for
all eligible licences). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
Part 30 Amendment of Fisheries Regulation 2008
535 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
536 Omission of ch 15, pt 4, div 3 (Allowances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
537 Amendment of sch 9 (Other fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 299
538 Amendment of sch 11 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
Part 31 Amendment of Food Production (Safety) Act 2000
539 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
540 Amendment of s 48 (Grant or renewal of accreditations) . . . . . . . 300
541 Amendment of s 49 (Refusal of applications). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
542 Amendment of s 55 (Notice and effect of amendment,
suspension or cancellation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 300
543 Amendment of s 63 (Grant or renewal of approvals) . . . . . . . . . . 301
544 Amendment of s 64 (Refusal of applications). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
545 Amendment of s 70 (Notice and effect of amendment,
suspension or cancellation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 301
546 Replacement of pt 9 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
Part 9 Review of decisions
126 Who may apply for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 302
547 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
Part 32 Amendment of Funeral Benefit Business Act 1982
548 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
549 Amendment of s 5 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303
550 Amendment of s 52 (Cancellation of registration by court) . . . . . 303
551 Amendment of s 61 (Provisions as to rules). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
552 Amendment of s 65 (Control and management of certain
accounts of registered corporations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 304
553 Omission of s 87 (Court may give directions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
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Part 33 Amendment of Funeral Benefit Business Regulation 2000
554 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 305
555 Omission of s 45 (Notice of appeal by corporation) . . . . . . . . . . . 305
556 Omission of s 47 (Notice of appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
Part 34 Amendment of Gaming Machine Act 1991
557 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
558 Omission of s 8 (Meaning of information notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
559 Replacement of ss 29-38. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 306
29 Who may apply for a review by tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . 306
30 Effect of reconsidering a decision after application
to QCAT ............................. 308
31 Tribunal to decide review on evidence before the
chief executive or commission . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 308
32 Tribunal may give leave for review to be decided on
new evidence in particular circumstances . . . . . . . . . 309
33 Appeals from tribunal only to Court of Appeal on
question of law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
560 Amendment of s 261D (Duration of exclusion direction) . . . . . . . 310
561 Omission of s 384 (Continuation of appeals by former listed
persons) ................................... 310
562 Omission of s 389 (Appeal decisions resulting in persons taken
to be licensed dealers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 310
563 Omission of s 407 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
564 Omission of ss 414-421. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
565 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
566 Insertion of new sch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 311
Schedule 1 Reviewable decisions
Part 35 Amendment of Gaming Machine Regulation 2002
567 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
568 Amendment of sch 5 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317
Part 36 Amendment of Gas Supply Act 2003
569 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
570 Amendment of s 233 (Directions for prices notification) . . . . . . . . 318
571 Amendment of s 270ZM (Information notice about and taking
effect of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
572 Amendment of ch 6, pt 1, hdg (Reviews and appeals). . . . . . . . . 318
573 Replacement of ch 6, pt 1, div 1, hdg (Reviews) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 318
574 Amendment of s 271 (Who may apply for review) . . . . . . . . . . . . 319
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575 Amendment of s 272 (Requirements for making review
application) .................................. 319
576 Amendment of s 273 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . 319
577 Replacement of s 274 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
274 Internal review decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
578 Amendment of s 275 (Review procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 320
579 Amendment of s 276 (Reviewer may seek advice or information) 321
580 Amendment of s 277 (Offence about disclosure of advice or
information) ...................................... 321
581 Amendment of s 278 (Notice of review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 321
582 Replacement of ch 6, pt 1, div 2 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 322
Division 2 External reviews by QCAT'.
279 External review of internal review decision. . . . . . . . . 322
583 Amendment of sch 1, hdg (Decisions subject to review) . . . . . . . 323
584 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 323
Part 37 Amendment of Interactive Gambling (Player Protection) Act
1998
585 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
586 Amendment of s 105 (Directions to terminate affecting agents) . 324
587 Amendment of s 137D (Duration of exclusion direction) . . . . . . . 324
588 Amendment of s 213 (Forfeiture) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
589 Replacement of pt 10 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 324
Part 10 Reviews by tribunal
249 When licensed providers may apply for review . . . . . 325
250 When applicants for key person licences may apply
for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
251 When key person licensees may apply for review . . . 325
252 When agents may apply for review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325
253 When other persons may apply for review . . . . . . . . . 325
254 Tribunal to decide review on evidence before the
chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 326
255 Tribunal may give leave for review to be decided on
new evidence in particular circumstances . . . . . . . . . 326
256 Appeals from tribunal only to Court of Appeal on a
question of law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 327
590 Omission of s 265 (Dealing with show cause notice) . . . . . . . . . . 328
591 Omission of s 267 (Appeals to Queensland Gaming
Commission) ................................. 328
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592 Amendment of sch 2 (Decisions of chief executive subject to
appeal) .................................... 328
593 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 328
Part 38 Amendment of Interactive Gambling (Player Protection)
Regulation 1998
594 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
595 Replacement of s 17 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
17 Review of decision of chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
596 Omission of s 20 (Registrar--Act, sch 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
597 Amendment of sch 3 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 329
Part 39 Amendment of Introduction Agents Act 2001
598 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
599 Amendment of s 24 (Decision on application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
600 Amendment of s 27 (Procedure for suspending, cancelling,
refusing to renew or imposing conditions on a licence) . . . . . . . . 330
601 Amendment of s 30 (Replacement licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330
602 Replacement of pt 7 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Part 7 External review
82 Definition for pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
83 Application for review by QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
603 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 331
Part 40 Amendment of Keno Act 1996
604 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
605 Amendment of s 101 (Directions to terminate affecting
appointed agents). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
606 Amendment of s 154E (Duration of exclusion direction) . . . . . . . 332
607 Amendment of s 190 (Forfeiture of seized things) . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
608 Replacement of pt 11 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332
Part 11 Reviews by tribunal
228 When keno licensees may apply for review . . . . . . . . 333
229 When applicants for keno employee licences may
apply for review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 333
230 When licensed keno employees may apply for review 333
231 When keno agents may apply for review . . . . . . . . . . 333
232 When keno subagents may apply for review . . . . . . . 333
233 When other persons may apply for review . . . . . . . . . 334
234 Tribunal to decide review on evidence before the
chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 334
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235 Tribunal may give leave for review to be decided on
new evidence in particular circumstances . . . . . . . . . 335
236 Appeals from tribunal only to Court of Appeal on a
question of law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 335
609 Omission of s 246 (Dealing with show cause notice) . . . . . . . . . . 336
610 Omission of s 248 (Appeals to Gaming Commission) . . . . . . . . . 336
611 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 336
Part 41 Amendment of Keno Regulation 1997
612 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
613 Amendment of sch 3 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
Part 42 Amendment of Liquid Fuel Supply Act 1984
614 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
615 Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
616 Replacement of s 35 (Rights of appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 337
35 Right of review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 338
35AA Minister need not give information notice . . . . . . . . . . 338
617 Amendment of s 45 (Trade secrets) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 339
618 Amendment of s 56 (Injunctions against Minister excluded) . . . . 339
Part 43 Amendment of Liquor Act 1992
619 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
620 Amendment of s 3 (Act's objects). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
621 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
622 Replacement of pt 2, div 2 (Appeals to tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
Division 2 Review of decisions by tribunal
29A Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 340
30 Who may apply for review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . 341
31 Failure to notify about decision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 341
32 Notification of review to interested persons . . . . . . . . 342
33 Tribunal to decide review on evidence before the
chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 342
34 Tribunal may give leave for review to be decided on
new evidence in particular circumstances . . . . . . . . . 343
35 Appeals from tribunal only to Court of Appeal on a
question of law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
623 Amendment of s 48 (Preservation of confidentiality) . . . . . . . . . . 344
624 Amendment of s 134C (Decision about relevant action relating
to adult entertainment permit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 344
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625 Amendment of s 137B (Notice to be given about chief
executive's decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
626 Amendment of s 137C (Urgent suspension) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
627 Amendment of s 142P (Review decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
628 Replacement of s 142T (Refusal to grant application) . . . . . . . . . 345
142T Refusal to grant application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 345
629 Replacement of s 142X (Refusal to renew approval) . . . . . . . . . . 346
142X Refusal to renew approval . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
630 Amendment of s 142ZE (Suspension or cancellation) . . . . . . . . . 346
631 Amendment of s 208 (Payment of fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 346
Part 44 Amendment of Liquor Regulation 2002
632 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
633 Amendment of s 8 (Obligation to conduct business at detached
bottle shop if no appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
634 Amendment of s 9 (Obligation to conduct business at detached
bottle shop after an appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 347
635 Amendment of s 13 (Decision by chief executive for application
under s 12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
636 Amendment of s 15 (Decision by chief executive for application
under s 14) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
637 Amendment of s 18 (Decision by chief executive for application
under s 17) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 348
638 Amendment of s 22 (Decision by chief executive for application
under s 21 other than application for an occasion approval) . . . . 349
639 Amendment of s 24 (Decision by chief executive for application
under s 21 for an occasion approval) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 349
640 Amendment of s 36K (Notice of reassessment of licence fee). . . 349
641 Amendment of pt 8, div 6, hdg (Appeal to tribunal about failure
to pay licence fee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
642 Amendment of s 36M (Purpose of div 6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
643 Replacement of s 36N (Appeal about failure to pay licence fee
or underpaid amount) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
36N Application to tribunal about failure to pay licence
fee or underpaid amount . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 350
644 Amendment of s 36O (Powers of tribunal on appeal). . . . . . . . . . 351
Part 45 Amendment of Lotteries Act 1997
645 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 353
646 Amendment of s 79 (Conditions for entering into agency
agreement) ................................... 353
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647 Amendment of s 88 (Directions to terminate affecting lottery
agents) ...................................... 353
648 Amendment of s 132AA (Former lottery operators) . . . . . . . . . . . 353
649 Amendment of s 176 (Forfeiture) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
650 Replacement of pt 10 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
Part 10 Review of decisions by tribunal
214 When lottery operators may apply for review . . . . . . . 354
215 When applicants for key person licences may apply
for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
216 When licensees under key person licences may
apply for review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 354
217 When lottery agents may apply for review . . . . . . . . . 355
218 When other persons may apply for review . . . . . . . . . 355
219 Tribunal to decide review on evidence before the
chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 355
220 Tribunal may give leave for review to be decided on
new evidence in particular circumstances . . . . . . . . . 356
221 Appeals from tribunal only to Court of Appeal on a
question of law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 356
651 Omission of s 249 (Dealing with show cause notice) . . . . . . . . . . 357
652 Omission of s 251 (Appeals to Gaming Commission) . . . . . . . . . 357
653 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 357
Part 46 Amendment of Lotteries Regulation 1997
654 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
655 Amendment of sch 3 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
Part 47 Amendment of Manufactured Homes (Residential Parks)
Act 2003
656 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
657 Amendment of s 6 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
658 Amendment of s 50 (Application to tribunal for order that park
owner consent to assignment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 358
659 Amendment of s 134 (Appointments and authority) . . . . . . . . . . . 359
660 Amendment of s 135 (Evidentiary aids) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
661 Amendment of s 143 (Protection from liability). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
662 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 359
Part 48 Amendment of Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety)
Act 2004
663 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
664 Amendment of s 774 (Dealing with forfeited things). . . . . . . . . . . 360
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665 Amendment of s 817 (Who may apply for review) . . . . . . . . . . . . 360
666 Amendment of s 818 (Requirements for making application). . . . 361
667 Amendment of s 819 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . 361
668 Amendment of s 820 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 361
669 Amendment of s 821 (Review procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
670 Amendment of s 822 (Notice of review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 362
671 Amendment of ch 12, pt 2, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
672 Amendment of s 823 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 363
673 Amendment of s 824 (Period to appeal). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
674 Amendment of sch 1 (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
675 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 364
Part 49 Amendment of Plant Protection Act 1989
676 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
677 Amendment of s 21N (Decision on reconsideration) . . . . . . . . . . 365
678 Insertion of new pt 6, div 2A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 365
Division 2A Application for review by QCAT
21NA Review of particular decisions by QCAT. . . . . . . . . . . 365
679 Amendment of s 21O (Right to appeal to the Magistrates Court) 366
680 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 366
Part 50 Amendment of Plant Protection Regulation 2002
681 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
682 Amendment of s 62 (Notice of decision and appeal) . . . . . . . . . . 367
Part 51 Amendment of Property Agents and Motor Dealers Act 2000
683 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 367
684 Amendment of s 70 (Amendment of licence conditions) . . . . . . . 367
685 Amendment of s 101 (Amendment of registration certificate
conditions) ................................... 367
686 Amendment of s 248 (Warrantor's failure to repair) . . . . . . . . . . . 368
687 Amendment of s 249 (Applications for more than prescribed
amount) ...................................... 368
688 Amendment of s 324 (Warrantor's failure to repair) . . . . . . . . . . . 369
689 Amendment of s 325 (Applications for more than prescribed
amount) .................................... 369
690 Amendment of s 472 (General time limit for making claims) . . . . 370
691 Amendment of s 472A (Time limit for making particular claims
relating to marketeering contraventions and non-investment
residential property) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
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692 Amendment of s 476 (Dealing with claims that have not settled). 370
693 Amendment of s 481 (Deciding minor claims) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 370
694 Replacement of s 482 (Notifying decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
482 Notifying decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 371
695 Amendment of s 483 (Party may ask tribunal to review chief
executive's decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
696 Amendment of s 484 (Chief executive's decision binds the
parties) ................................... 372
697 Omission of s 485 (Registrar to fix hearing date and issue
attendance notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 372
698 Amendment of s 496 (Grounds for starting disciplinary
proceedings) .................................. 372
699 Amendment of s 500B (How to start a proceeding) . . . . . . . . . . . 373
700 Insertion of new ch 14, pt 5, div 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
Division 2 Proceedings involving a claim against the fund
512 Chief executive may make submissions . . . . . . . . . . . 373
513 Application of QCAT Act, s 131 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373
701 Amendment of ch 14, pt 5, div 6, hdg (Applications for summary
order) .................................... 373
702 Replacement of s 527 (Application for summary order) . . . . . . . . 374
527 Application for reimbursement order . . . . . . . . . . . . . 374
703 Amendment of s 528 (Respondent to be advised of application
for summary order). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
704 Insertion of new ss 528B and 528BA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375
528B Procedure before public examination starts . . . . . . . . 375
528BA Person must answer particular questions. . . . . . . . . . 376
705 Amendment of s 529 (Orders tribunal may make on disciplinary
charge hearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 377
706 Insertion of new s 529A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
529A Stopping contraventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 378
707 Amendment of s 532 (Summary orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
708 Insertion of new s 533 and ch 14, pt 5, div 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
533 When tribunal order takes effect. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379
Division 11 Chief executive's right of appeal
534 Appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
709 Amendment of s 587 (Evidentiary provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
710 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 380
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Part 52 Amendment of Property Agents and Motor Dealers
(Auctioneering Practice Code of Conduct) Regulation 2001
711 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
712 Amendment of schedule (Auctioneering Practice Code of
Conduct) ...................................... 381
Part 53 Amendment of Property Agents and Motor Dealers
(Commercial Agency Practice Code of Conduct) Regulation
2001
713 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 381
714 Amendment of schedule (Commercial Agency Practice Code
of Conduct). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
Part 54 Amendment of Property Agents and Motor Dealers (Motor
Dealing Practice Code of Conduct) Regulation 2001
715 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 382
716 Amendment of schedule (Motor Dealing Practice Code of
Conduct) ...................................... 382
Part 55 Amendment of Property Agents and Motor Dealers
(Property Developer Practice Code of Conduct) Regulation
2001
717 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
718 Amendment of schedule (Property Developer Practice Code of
Conduct). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
Part 56 Amendment of Property Agents and Motor Dealers (Real
Estate Agency Practice Code of Conduct) Regulation 2001
719 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383
720 Amendment of schedule (Real Estate Agency Practice Code of
Conduct). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Part 57 Amendment of Property Agents and Motor Dealers
(Restricted Letting Agency Practice Code of Conduct)
Regulation 2001
721 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
722 Amendment of schedule (Restricted Letting Agency Practice
Code of Conduct) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
Part 58 Amendment of Racing Act 2002
723 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 384
724 Replacement of ch 5 (Racing Appeals Tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 385
Chapter 5 Review of decisions by tribunal
150 Decisions that may be reviewed by the tribunal . . . . . 385
151 Decisions that may not be reviewed by the tribunal . . 386
152 What happens if appeal committee refuses to hear
or fails to decide an appeal. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 386
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153 Tribunal to hear appeal within 28 days . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
154 Constitution of tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 387
725 Replacement of ch 6, pt 3, div 6 (Appeals relating to eligibility
certificates) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388
Division 6 Review of decisions relating to eligibility
certificates
242 Review by QCAT of decisions relating to eligibility
certificates .............................. 388
726 Amendment of s 351 (Matters must be considered appropriate
on grounds that are reasonable in the circumstances). . . . . . . . . 389
727 Amendment of s 355 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
728 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 389
Part 59 Amendment of Racing Regulation 2003
729 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
730 Omission of pt 4 (Matters about the Racing Appeals Tribunal) . . 390
731 Amendment of sch 3 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 390
Part 60 Amendment of Residential Services (Accreditation) Act
2002
732 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
733 Amendment of s 84 (Appointment). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 391
734 Amendment of s 85 (Application to tribunal and basis for
appointment) ................................... 391
735 Amendment of s 86 (Suitability and eligibility of proposed
appointee) .................................... 391
736 Amendment of s 87 (Terms of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
737 Amendment of s 88 (Notice to service provider about
appointment) ................................. 392
738 Amendment of s 90 (Period of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392
739 Amendment of s 101 (Service provider who can not be located). 393
740 Amendment of s 129 (Forfeiture of seized things) . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
741 Amendment of pt 10, hdg (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
742 Amendment of s 154 (Reviewable decisions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 393
743 Amendment of s 155 (Chief executive must give notice after
making reviewable decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
744 Replacement of pt 10, div 2, hdg (Review of decision) . . . . . . . . 394
745 Amendment of s 156 (Application for review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 394
746 Amendment of s 157 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . 394
747 Amendment of s 158 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 395
748 Replacement of pt 10, div 3 (Appeal against decision) . . . . . . . . 395
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Division 3 External review of decisions
159 External review of review decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
749 Amendment of s 177 (Matters arising under other Acts) . . . . . . . 396
750 Amendment of sch 1, hdg (Reviewable decisions). . . . . . . . . . . . 396
751 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 396
Part 61 Amendment of Retirement Villages Act 1999
752 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
753 Amendment of s 28 (Registration of retirement village scheme) . 397
754 Amendment of s 28A (Deregistration of retirement village
scheme) ..................................... 397
755 Replacement of ss 29-33. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 397
29 Application to QCAT for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
756 Omission of pt 10, div 1 (Preliminary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
757 Omission of ss 197 and 199. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
758 Amendment of s 221 (Evidentiary provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 398
759 Omission of s 226 (Annual report on operation of Act) . . . . . . . . 398
760 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
Part 62 Amendment of Second-hand Dealers and Pawnbrokers Act
2003
761 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399
762 Amendment of s 12 (Decision on application for a licence) . . . . . 399
763 Amendment of s 15 (Decision on application for renewal or
restoration of a licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
764 Amendment of s 16 (Licence continues pending decision about
renewal) ......................................... 400
765 Amendment of s 17 (Licence continues pending decision about
restoration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 400
766 Amendment of s 20 (Procedure for suspending, cancelling,
refusing to renew or restore, or imposing conditions on a
licence) ....................................... 400
767 Amendment of s 25 (Change of authorised place). . . . . . . . . . . . 400
768 Amendment of s 31 (Replacement of lost, stolen, destroyed or
damaged licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
769 Amendment of pt 6, hdg (General offences, legal proceedings
and appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
770 Replacement of pt 6, div 3 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 401
Division 3 Review of decisions
107 Application for review of decisions by QCAT . . . . . . . 401
771 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
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Part 63 Amendment of Security Providers Act 1993
772 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
773 Amendment of s 14 (Decision on application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 402
774 Amendment of s 17 (Amendment of licence on application) . . . . 403
775 Amendment of s 18 (Amendment of licence by chief executive) . 403
776 Amendment of s 22 (Procedure for suspension, cancellation or
refusal to renew). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 403
777 Amendment of s 25 (Replacement licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
778 Amendment of pt 2, div 6, hdg (Appeals against licence
decisions) ................................ 404
779 Amendment of s 26 (Right to appeal to the Court). . . . . . . . . . . . 404
780 Omission of ss 27-31. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 404
781 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
Part 64 Amendment of Stock Act 1915
782 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
783 Insertion of new ss 35B and 35C . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
35B External review by QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 405
35C Application of QCAT Act notice requirement . . . . . . . 405
784 Amendment of s 36 (Appeals to Magistrates Courts). . . . . . . . . . 406
785 Amendment of s 36A (Who may appeal to the District Court) . . . 406
786 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 406
Part 65 Amendment of Stock (Cattle Tick) Notice 2005
787 Notice amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
788 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Part 66 Amendment of Stock Identification Regulation 2005
789 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
790 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
Part 67 Amendment of Stock Regulation 1988
791 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 407
792 Amendment of sch 8 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Part 68 Amendment of Timber Utilisation and Marketing Act 1987
793 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
794 Amendment of s 37 (Appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 408
Part 69 Amendment of Timber Utilisation and Marketing Regulation
1998
795 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 409
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796 Amendment of s 9 (Prescribed time and manner for
appeals--Act, s 37) ............................. 409
Part 70 Amendment of Tourism Services Act 2003
797 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
798 Amendment of s 17 (Registration may be granted or renewed
on conditions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
799 Amendment of s 18 (Changing conditions of registration) . . . . . . 410
800 Amendment of s 21 (Decision on application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 410
801 Amendment of s 23 (Decision on application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
802 Amendment of s 24 (Registration continues pending decision
about renewal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
803 Amendment of s 27 (Replacement of registration certificate) . . . 411
804 Amendment of s 29 (Immediate suspension). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
805 Amendment of s 56 (Forfeiture of seized thing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 411
806 Amendment of s 85 (Review by tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
807 Amendment of pt 14, hdg (Transitional provision) . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
808 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 412
Part 71 Amendment of Trade Measurement Act 1990
809 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
810 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
811 Amendment of s 45 (Grounds for refusal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
812 Amendment of s 48 (Conditions may be imposed on licences) . . 413
813 Amendment of s 52B (If weighbridge no longer suitable for use
as public weighbridge) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 413
814 Amendment of s 54B (Application to change licence holders
due to change of partnership) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 414
815 Amendment of s 54C (Effect on licence of application under s
54B) ................................... 414
816 Amendment of s 55 (Order preventing employment of certain
persons) .................................... 414
817 Amendment of s 58 (Taking of disciplinary action) . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
818 Replacement of pt 6, div 4, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
819 Amendment of s 59 (Rights of appeal). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 415
Part 72 Amendment of Trade Measurement Administration Act 1990
820 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
821 Omission of pt 5 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
Part 73 Amendment of Travel Agents Act 1988
822 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
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823 Amendment of s 6 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 416
824 Amendment of s 18 (Determination of application) . . . . . . . . . . . 416
825 Amendment of s 25 (Determination of disciplinary measures
by the commissioner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
826 Replacement of pt 3, div 3 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
Division 3 Review by QCAT of particular decisions
26 Review of commissioner's decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . 417
26A QCAT's power on review of particular decisions by
the commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 418
27 Review of compensation scheme trustees'
decisions about participation in the compensation
scheme ......................... 419
27A QCAT's power on review of particular compensation
scheme trustees' decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
28 Conducting and deciding reviews concurrently . . . . . 420
827 Amendment of s 37 (Obligation of licensee to be a member of
the compensation scheme) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 420
828 Amendment of s 41 (Claims) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
Part 74 Amendment of Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936 commencing
on assent
829 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421
830 Amendment of s 15G (Registrar of tribunal). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
831 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Part 75 Amendment of Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936 commencing
by proclamation
832 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
833 Amendment of s 15 (Funds of board). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
834 Replacement of pt 2A (The tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 422
Part 2A Tribunal proceedings
15A Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
15B Constitution of tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423
15C Matters tribunal must consider in making particular
decisions .............................. 423
15D Costs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 424
835 Amendment of s 18 (Registration of veterinary surgeons) . . . . . . 425
836 Amendment of s 18A (Performance of certain acts by approved
persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
837 Amendment of s 19E (Special registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
838 Amendment of s 22 (Investigation by board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425
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839 Amendment of s 22A (Board may punish) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
840 Amendment of s 22B (Board to give notice of its intention to
proceed pursuant to s 22A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 426
841 Amendment of s 22E (Orders of tribunal on charge of
misconduct in a professional respect) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
842 Amendment of s 22F (Misconduct in a professional respect). . . . 427
843 Omission of s 22G (Initiation of proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
844 Replacement of s 22H (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 427
22H Review of particular decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
845 Amendment of s 24 (Restoration of name) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
846 Amendment of s 25 (Definitions for pt 4A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 428
847 Amendment of s 25O (Directing veterinary surgeon to practise
veterinary science) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
848 Omission of s 28 (Person not to be a member of both the board
and the tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
849 Amendment of s 29B (Allowances and expenses) . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
850 Amendment of s 32 (Evidence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429
851 Amendment of s 33A (Reports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
852 Amendment of s 33D (Power of entry etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
853 Amendment of s 37 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
854 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 430
Part 76 Amendment of Wagering Act 1998
855 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
856 Amendment of s 216E (Duration of exclusion direction) . . . . . . . 431
857 Amendment of s 255 (Forfeiture) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
858 Replacement of pt 14, hdg (Appeals and reviews). . . . . . . . . . . . 431
859 Replacement of pt 14, div 1 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 431
Division 1 Applications for review of decisions by tribunal
291 When authority operators may apply for review . . . . . 432
292 When licence operators may apply for review . . . . . . 432
293 When applicants for key person licences may apply
for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 432
294 When key person licensees may apply for review . . . 432
295 When wagering agents may apply for review . . . . . . . 433
296 When owner of things seized may apply for review . . 433
297 When other persons may apply for review . . . . . . . . . 433
298 Tribunal to decide review on evidence before the
chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 434
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299 Tribunal may give leave for review to be decided on
new evidence in particular circumstances . . . . . . . . . 434
300 Appeals from tribunal only to Court of Appeal on a
question of law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 435
860 Amendment of pt 14, div 2, hdg (Reviews). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
861 Omission of s 331 (Dealing with show cause notice) . . . . . . . . . . 436
862 Omission of s 333 (Appeals to Gaming Commission) . . . . . . . . . 436
863 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 436
Part 77 Amendment of Wagering Regulation 1999
864 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
865 Omission of s 15 (Registrar--Act, sch 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
866 Amendment of sch 3 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
Part 78 Amendment of Wine Industry Act 1994
867 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
868 Amendment of s 28 (Procedure for variation, suspension or
cancellation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 437
869 Replacement of pt 2, div 11, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
870 Amendment of s 33 (Appeals against decisions of chief
executive) .................................. 438
Part 79 Amendment of Wine Industry Regulation 1995
871 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 438
872 Amendment of s 11 (Requirements of submission by petition) . . 438
Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 1 Amendment of Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route
Management) Act 2002
873 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 439
874 Amendment of s 161 (Overgrazing on stock route network) . . . . 439
875 Replacement of ch 9 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
Chapter 9 Review of decisions by QCAT
296 Who may apply for review by QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 440
876 Amendment of sch 1 (Appealable decisions and aggrieved
persons) ..................................... 440
877 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
Part 2 Amendment of Marine Parks Act 2004
878 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
879 Amendment of s 93 (Compliance notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 441
880 Amendment of s 101 (Removal notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
881 Amendment of s 104 (Removal notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
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882 Replacement of pt 8, hdg (Appeals and review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
883 Amendment of s 117 (Appeal against particular decisions must
be by way of internal review or ADR process) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 442
884 Amendment of s 119 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443
885 Amendment of s 120 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . 443
886 Replacement of pt 8, div 3 (Appeals to Magistrates Court) . . . . . 444
Division 3 External reviews by QCAT
121 Who may apply for external review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
887 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 444
Part 3 Amendment of Marine Parks Regulation 2006
888 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 445
889 Replacement of pt 8, hdg (Review and appeal provisions) . . . . . 445
890 Replacement of s 147 (Appeal process starts with internal
review) ...................................... 445
147 Internal review process before external review . . . . . 445
891 Amendment of s 148 (Applying for an internal review). . . . . . . . . 445
892 Amendment of s 149 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 446
893 Amendment of s 150 (Stay of operation of appealable decision) . 447
894 Replacement of pt 8, div 3 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Division 3 External reviews by QCAT
151 Who may apply for external review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
152 Extending time for application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
895 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 448
Part 4 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992
896 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
897 Insertion of new pt 10, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
Division 4 Stay of decisions by QCAT
173OA Limitation on stays granted by QCAT for particular
decisions ............................ 450
Part 5 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Administration)
Regulation 2006
898 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 450
899 Replacement of pt 4, hdg (Review and appeal provisions) . . . . . 451
900 Replacement of s 99 (Appeal process starts with internal review) 451
99 Internal review process before external review . . . . . 451
901 Amendment of s 100 (Applying for an internal review). . . . . . . . . 451
902 Amendment of s 101 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 451
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903 Amendment of s 102 (Stay of operation of appellable decision) . 452
904 Replacement of pt 4, div 3 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 453
Division 3 External reviews by QCAT
103 Who may apply for external review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
905 Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454
Part 6 Amendment of Queensland Heritage Act 1992
906 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
907 Replacement of s 97 (Notice about decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
97 Notice about decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 455
908 Replacement of pt 9, div 2, sdiv 3 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
Subdivision 3 External reviews by QCAT
98 External review of compensation decisions . . . . . . . . 456
Part 7 Amendment of Recreation Areas Management Act 2006
909 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 456
910 Replacement of s 206 (Appeal process starts with internal
review) ..................................... 456
206 Internal review process before external review . . . . . 457
911 Amendment of s 207 (Applying for an internal review). . . . . . . . . 457
912 Amendment of s 208 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457
913 Amendment of s 209 (Stay of operation of appellable decision) . 458
914 Replacement of pt 9, div 4 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Division 4 External reviews by QCAT
210 Who may apply for external review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
915 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 459
Part 8 Amendment of Surveyors Act 2003
916 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
917 Amendment of s 9 (Functions of board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 460
918 Amendment of s 53 (Failure to decide application) . . . . . . . . . . . 460
919 Amendment of s 58 (Failure to decide application) . . . . . . . . . . . 461
920 Amendment of s 89 (Board's decision on investigation). . . . . . . . 461
921 Omission of s 93 (Disciplinary action by disciplinary committee) . 461
922 Amendment of pt 6, hdg (Surveyors disciplinary committee) . . . . 461
923 Replacement of pt 6, divs 1-4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
94 Jurisdiction of QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
924 Omission of pt 6, divs 5-7, hdgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
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925 Amendment of s 118 (Decision about whether ground for
disciplinary action is established) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 462
926 Amendment of s 119 (Decision about disciplinary action
against registrant, other than former registrant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
927 Amendment of s 120 (Decision about disciplinary action
against former registrant) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 463
928 Amendment of s 121 (Matters disciplinary committee must
consider in making decision about disciplinary action). . . . . . . . . 463
929 Amendment of s 122 (Disciplinary committee's power to order
costs) ....................................... 464
930 Omission of s 123 (Notification of disciplinary committee's
decision) ................................... 464
931 Amendment of s 124 (Board may notify other persons) . . . . . . . . 464
932 Omission of ss 125 and 126. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
933 Amendment of s 127 (Disciplinary action to be recorded in
register) ................................... 465
934 Amendment of s 140 (Entry with consent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 465
935 Replacement of pts 8 and 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Part 8 Review of decisions by QCAT
163 Who may apply for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
936 Omission of sch 1 (Decisions for which information notices
must be given) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
937 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 466
Part 9 Amendment of Valuers Registration Act 1992
938 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
939 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
940 Amendment of s 12 (Removal from office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467
941 Amendment of s 33 (Notice of board's decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
942 Amendment of s 39 (Cancellation of registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
943 Amendment of s 40 (Restoration of registration after removal
under s 37) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
944 Amendment of s 42D (Refusal of application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 468
945 Amendment of s 42GA (Removal from list of specialist retail
valuers) ...................................... 469
946 Amendment of s 42H, hdg (Disciplinary charges against
specialist retail valuers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
947 Replacement of ss 50-58. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
50 Disciplinary proceedings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 469
51 Board may take disciplinary action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 470
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52 Notice of intention to take disciplinary action 470
948 Amendment of s 59 (Committee may order cancellation of
registration, etc.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 471
949 Amendment of s 61 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 472
950 Amendment of s 64 (Proceedings on behalf of board). . . . . . . . . 473
951 Insertion of new pt 6, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 473
Division 4 Transitional provision for Queensland Civil and
Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction
Provisions) Amendment Act 2009
78 Effect of charge laid under previous section 50 . . . . . 473
Part 10 Amendment of Vegetation Management Act 1999
952 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
953 Amendment of s 55 (Compliance notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
954 Amendment of pt 4, hdg (Appeals and legal proceedings) . . . . . 474
955 Replacement of pt 4, div 1 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
Division 1 Review of decisions by QCAT
62 Who may apply for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 474
956 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
Part 11 Amendment of Water Act 2000
957 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 475
958 Omission of s 778 (When regulator may give a show cause
notice) ..................................... 475
959 Amendment of s 781 (General requirements for compliance
notices) .................................... 475
960 Amendment of s 861 (Appeal process starts with internal
review) ................................... 476
961 Amendment of s 864 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 476
962 Amendment of s 865 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . 477
963 Amendment of ch 6, pt 3, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
964 Amendment of s 877 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 478
965 Amendment of s 878 (Starting an appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
966 Amendment of s 879 (Staying operation of review decision) . . . . 479
967 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 479
Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act
2008
968 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
969 Amendment of s 466 (Compliance notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 480
970 Replacement of s 511 (Appeal process starts with review) . . . . . 480
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511 Appeal or external review process starts with
internal review .......................... 480
971 Amendment of s 512 (Who may apply for review) . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
972 Amendment of s 513 (Requirements for making review
application) .................................. 481
973 Amendment of s 514 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 481
974 Amendment of s 515 (Notice of review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 482
975 Amendment of s 516 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . 483
976 Replacement of ch 7, pt 3, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
977 Amendment of s 517 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 484
978 Amendment of s 518 (Starting an appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 485
979 Amendment of s 519 (Stay of operation of review decision) . . . . 485
980 Amendment of s 524 (Who may apply for arbitration) . . . . . . . . . 486
981 Insertion of new s 524A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
524A Stay of operation of review decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
982 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 486
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 1 Amendment of Chiropractors Registration Act 2001
983 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 487
984 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
985 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
986 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 488
987 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . . 488
988 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 488
989 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
Part 6 Reviews by QCAT
176 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 489
177 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT . . . . . . 489
990 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
Part 2 Amendment of Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001
991 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 490
992 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
993 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
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994 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 491
995 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . . 491
996 Amendment of s 184 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 491
997 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
Part 6 Reviews by QCAT
198 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 492
199 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT . . . . . . 492
998 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
Part 3 Amendment of Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists
Registration Act 2001
999 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 493
1000 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
1001 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
1002 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 494
1003 Amendment of s 90 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . . 494
1004 Amendment of s 166 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 494
1005 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
Part 6 Reviews by QCAT
180 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 495
181 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT . . . . . . 495
1006 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
Part 4 Amendment of Food Act 2006
1007 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
1008 Amendment of s 193 (Forfeiture of seized things) . . . . . . . . . . . . 496
1009 Amendment of 220 (Compensation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
1010 Amendment of ch 9, hdg (Reviews and appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
1011 Amendment of s 236 (Appeal process starts with internal
review) ..................................... 497
1012 Amendment of s 239 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497
1013 Omission of s 240 (Stay of operation of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
1014 Replacement of ch 9, pt 2, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
1015 Amendment of s 241 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498
1016 Omission of ss 242-246. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
1017 Amendment of s 258 (Dealing with forfeited thing). . . . . . . . . . . . 499
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1018 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 499
Part 5 Amendment of Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996
1019 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 500
1020 Amendment of s 18 (How chief executive may deal with
applications) ................................. 500
1021 Amendment of s 24 (Procedure for suspension or cancellation
of endorsement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 501
1022 Amendment of s 25 (Urgent suspension or cancellation of
endorsement) .................................. 501
1023 Amendment of s 25A (Urgent cancellation of certain approvals) . 502
1024 Amendment of s 27 (Replacement of endorsement) . . . . . . . . . . 502
1025 Amendment of s 28 (Amendment of endorsement on
application) ................................... 502
1026 Amendment of s 29 (Amendment of endorsement without
application) ..................................... 502
1027 Replacement of ch 1, pt 6, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
1028 Amendment of s 33 (Decisions open to appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 503
1029 Omission of ss 34-39. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
1030 Amendment of appendix 9 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999
1031 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
1032 Amendment of s 10 (Purposes of pt 2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 504
1033 Replacement of pt 2, div 4, hdg (Health Practitioners Tribunal) . . 505
1034 Replacement of pt 2, div 4, sdiv 1 (Establishment and
membership of tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
Subdivision 1 Constitution of tribunal
26 Constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
1035 Amendment of s 30 (Functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505
1036 Amendment of s 31 (Assessors to assist tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
1037 Amendment of s 32 (Restrictions on appointment of assessors) . 506
1038 Amendment of s 33 (Board must advise registrar of specialist
and technical issues) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
1039 Omission of pt 2, div 4, sdiv 4 (Registrar of tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . 506
1040 Amendment of s 42 (Procedure for recommending members of
panels of assessors) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 506
1041 Amendment of s 59 (Immediate suspension or imposition of
conditions on registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 507
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1042 Amendment of s 126 (How disciplinary proceedings may be
started) ................................... 507
1043 Amendment of s 205 (Notification of decision of panel) . . . . . . . . 507
1044 Replacement of pt 6, div 6, hdg (Health Practitioners Tribunal) . . 508
1045 Amendment of s 211 (Tribunal's jurisdiction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
1046 Amendment of s 212 (Additional disciplinary matters) . . . . . . . . . 508
1047 Replacement of s 213 (Chairperson to allocate matters) . . . . . . . 508
213 President to choose assessors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 508
1048 Amendment of s 215 (Notice of intention to conduct hearing) . . . 509
1049 Omission of s 216 (Substituted service on registrant and
complainant) ................................... 509
1050 Replacement of s 217 (Directions conference) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
217 Compulsory conference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
1051 Replacement of s 219 (Procedure for hearing by tribunal). . . . . . 509
219 Procedure for hearing by tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 509
1052 Omission of ss 220 and 221. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
1053 Replacement of s 222 (Hearing to be held in public) . . . . . . . . . . 510
222 Hearing of impairment matter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 510
1054 Omission of ss 223 and 224. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
1055 Replacement of s 225 (Attendance and right of appearance) . . . 511
225 Attendance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
1056 Replacement of s 227 (Questions to be decided by constituting
member) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 511
227 Member may have regard to assessor's views. . . . . . 511
1057 Omission of s 227A (Procedure if tribunal member unable to
hear matter) ................................... 511
1058 Replacement of s 228 (Procedure if tribunal member absent
etc.) ......................................... 512
228 Procedure if member or assessor unable to take
part in proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
1059 Omission of ss 229 and 230. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
1060 Amendment of s 231 (Interim orders). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 512
1061 Omission of s 232 (Inspection of things) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
1062 Omission of ss 234 and 235. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 513
1063 Omission of pt 6, div 6, sdiv 3 (Contempt of tribunal). . . . . . . . . . 513
1064 Amendment of s 245 (Notification of decision of tribunal) . . . . . . 513
1065 Amendment of s 249 (Consequences if other disciplinary
action while suspended decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
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1066 Amendment of s 251 (Tribunal must give notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
1067 Omission of s 252 (Effect of tribunal's decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
1068 Amendment of s 253 (Implementation of decisions) . . . . . . . . . . 514
1069 Omission of ss 256-259. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 514
1070 Amendment of s 261 (Board may notify other entities) . . . . . . . . 515
1071 Amendment of s 263 (Records to be kept and made publicly
available) ................................... 515
1072 Amendment of s 301 (Notification of board's decision) . . . . . . . . 515
1073 Amendment of s 305 (Conditions or order in force until further
decision made) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 515
1074 Amendment of s 311 (Board may take action on basis of foreign
law) .................................. 516
1075 Amendment of s 314 (Purposes of pt 9). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 516
1076 Amendment of s 316 (Who may have conditions reviewed). . . . . 516
1077 Amendment of pt 9, div 3, hdg (Appeals to tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . 516
1078 Amendment of s 325 (Appealable decisions for tribunal) . . . . . . . 517
1079 Replacement of ss 326-336. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
326 Who may apply for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
327 Notice to be given to commission. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 517
328 Review of decision under s 59(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
329 Panel making decision under s 324 not a party . . . . . 518
330 Reviews by hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
331 Powers of tribunal on review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 518
1080 Amendment of s 337 (Decisions that may be reviewed) . . . . . . . 520
1081 Amendment of s 338 (Who may have decision reviewed) . . . . . . 520
1082 Replacement of ss 339 and 340. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 520
339 Application for review ................... 520
340 Registrar to give copy of application to particular
persons .............................. 521
1083 Omission of ss 341 and 342. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
1084 Amendment of s 343 (Review by hearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 521
1085 Omission of s 344 (Review by written submissions) . . . . . . . . . . 522
1086 Amendment of s 345 (Powers of tribunal on review) . . . . . . . . . . 522
1087 Omission of ss 348 and 349. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
1088 Amendment of s 350 (Appellant to give notice of appeal to
particular persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
1089 Omission of ss 351 and 352. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 522
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1090 Replacement of s 353 (Powers of court on appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . 523
353 Court's decision may be tribunal review decision . . . . 523
1091 Amendment of s 367B (Appointments and authority). . . . . . . . . . 523
1092 Amendment of s 392 (Confidentiality) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 523
1093 Amendment of s 394 (Board etc. may give combined notice) . . . 523
1094 Amendment of s 395 (Notices if complainant has not revealed
identity) ................................. 524
1095 Amendment of s 397 (Forms). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
1096 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 524
Part 7 Amendment of Health Quality and Complaints Commission
Act 2006
1097 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
1098 Amendment of s 190 (Commission may intervene in
disciplinary proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 525
1099 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
Part 8 Amendment of Medical Practitioners Registration Act 2001
1100 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
1101 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 526
1102 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
1103 Amendment of pt 3, div 8, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
1104 Amendment of s 99 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . . 527
1105 Amendment of s 223 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 527
1106 Replacement of pt 7 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 527
Part 7 Reviews by QCAT
237 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
238 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT . . . . . . 528
1107 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 528
Part 9 Amendment of Medical Radiation Technologists
Registration Act 2001
1108 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
1109 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 529
1110 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
1111 Amendment of pt 3, div 8, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
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1112 Amendment of s 103 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . 530
1113 Amendment of s 177 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 530
1114 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 530
Part 6 Reviews by QCAT
191 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
192 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT . . . . . . 531
1115 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 531
Part 10 Amendment of Medical Radiation Technologists
Registration Regulation 2002
1116 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
1117 Replacement of pt 4 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
Part 4 Reviews
50 Application for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 532
1118 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
1119 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
1120 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 533
1121 Amendment of s 42A (Minister's power to give directions). . . . . . 534
1122 Amendment of s 67 (Immediate suspension of registration or
enrolment by council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
1123 Amendment of s 78 (Definitions for pt 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 534
1124 Replacement of pt 5, div 1, hdg (Nursing Tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . 535
1125 Omission of s 84 (Continuation of Professional Conduct
Committee under the name Nursing Tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
1126 Amendment of s 85 (Tribunal's functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 535
1127 Replacement of ss 86-98. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
86 Tribunal's constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
Division 1A Assessors
Subdivision 1 Use of assessors in a hearing
87 Assessors to assist tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 536
88 Restrictions on appointment of assessors . . . . . . . . . 537
89 Council must advise president of specialist and
technical issues . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 537
90 Functions and powers of assessors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
91 Payment of assessors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 538
Subdivision 2 Professional panel of assessors
92 Establishment of professional panel of assessors . . . 538
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93 Appointment of individuals to panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 539
94 Disqualification from membership of panel . . . . . . . . 539
95 Procedure for recommending members of panels of
assessors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 540
96 Duration of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
97 Conditions of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 541
98 Vacation of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 542
1128 Replacement of s 104 (Referral of charge to tribunal) . . . . . . . . . 542
104 Referral of disciplinary matter to tribunal . . . . . . . . . . 542
1129 Omission of ss 105-113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
1130 Amendment of s 114 (Health assessment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
1131 Omission of s 115 (Determinations of questions before tribunal). 543
1132 Amendment of s 116 (Action by tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 543
1133 Amendment of s 117 (Effect of tribunal's orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
1134 Replacement of s 118 (Notification of tribunal's orders and
reasons) ...................................... 544
118 Notification of tribunal's decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
1135 Replacement of pt 8, div 1, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 544
1136 Amendment of s 137 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
1137 Amendment of s 138 (Holders of office to act honestly and with
propriety) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 545
1138 Amendment of s 139 (Confidentiality of documents and
information) ................................... 546
1139 Amendment of s 139A (Executive officer or council may notify
Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child
Guardian about particular information). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
1140 Amendment of s 148 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
Part 12 Amendment of Nursing Regulation 2005
1141 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 546
1142 Omission of s 16 and pt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
Part 13 Amendment of Occupational Therapists Registration Act
2001
1143 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
1144 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
1145 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
1146 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 547
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1147 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . . 548
1148 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 548
1149 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
Part 6 Reviews by QCAT
176 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 548
177 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT . . . . . . 549
1150 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 549
Part 14 Amendment of Optometrists Registration Act 2001
1151 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
1152 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
1153 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
1154 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 550
1155 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . . 551
1156 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 551
1157 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
Part 6 Reviews by QCAT
176 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 551
177 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT . . . . . . 552
1158 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 552
Part 15 Amendment of Osteopaths Registration Act 2001
1159 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
1160 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
1161 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
1162 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 553
1163 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . . 554
1164 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 554
1165 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
Part 6 Reviews by QCAT
176 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 554
177 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT . . . . . . 555
1166 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 555
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Part 16 Amendment of Pest Management Act 2001
1167 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
1168 Amendment of s 14 (Suitability of person to hold licence) . . . . . . 556
1169 Amendment of s 17 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 556
1170 Amendment of s 80 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . . 556
1171 Amendment of pt 4, hdg (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
1172 Amendment of s 103 (Appeal process starts with internal
review) ..................................... 557
1173 Amendment of s 106 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 557
1174 Omission of s 107 (Stay of operation of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
1175 Replacement of pt 4, div 2, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
1176 Amendment of s 108 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 558
1177 Omission of ss 109-113. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
1178 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
Part 17 Amendment of Pharmacists Registration Act 2001
1179 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
1180 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 559
1181 Amendment of s 53 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
1182 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
1183 Amendment of s 93 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . . 560
1184 Amendment of s 167 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 560
1185 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 560
Part 6 Reviews by QCAT
181 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
182 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT . . . . . . 561
1186 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 561
Part 18 Amendment of Physiotherapists Registration Act 2001
1187 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
1188 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 562
1189 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
1190 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
1191 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . . 563
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1192 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 563
1193 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 563
Part 6 Reviews by QCAT
176 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
177 Certain matters relating to powers of QCAT. . . . . . . . 564
1194 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 564
Part 19 Amendment of Podiatrists Registration Act 2001
1195 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
1196 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
1197 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 565
1198 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
1199 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . . 566
1200 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 566
1201 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
Part 6 Reviews by QCAT
176 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 566
177 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT . . . . . . 567
1202 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 567
Part 20 Amendment of Private Health Facilities Act 1999
1203 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
1204 Amendment of s 111 (Dealing with forfeited things). . . . . . . . . . . 568
1205 Amendment of pt 9, hdg (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
1206 Replacement of pt 9, div 1, hdg (Reviews). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 568
1207 Amendment of s 126 (Appeal process starts with internal
review) ..................................... 569
1208 Amendment of s 129 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 569
1209 Omission of s 130 (Stay of operation of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
1210 Replacement of pt 9, div 2, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
1211 Amendment of s 131 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
1212 Omission of ss 132-136. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
1213 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 570
Part 21 Amendment of Psychologists Registration Act 2001
1214 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
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1215 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
1216 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
1217 Amendment of pt 3, div 8, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571
1218 Amendment of s 104 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . 571
1219 Amendment of s 178 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 572
1220 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
Part 6 Reviews by QCAT
192 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 572
193 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT . . . . . . 572
1221 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 573
Part 22 Amendment of Psychologists Registration Regulation 2002
1222 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
1223 Replacement of pt 4 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Part 4 Reviews
49 Application for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
1224 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 574
Part 23 Amendment of Public Health Act 2005
1225 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
1226 Replacement of ch 5, pt 2, div 5 (Appeals against order to close
school or child care service). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
Division 5 Review of order to close school or child care
service
182 Review of Minister's order to close school or child
care service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
1227 Replacement of s 371 (Notice about decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
371 Notice about decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 575
1228 Replacement of s 372 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
372 Review of decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
1229 Omission of ss 373-375. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
Part 24 Amendment of Public Health (Infection Control for Personal
Appearance Services) Act 2003
1230 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 576
1231 Amendment of pt 7, hdg (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
1232 Amendment of s 119 (Appeal process starts with internal
review) .................................... 577
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1233 Amendment of s 122 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 577
1234 Omission of s 123 (Stay of operation of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . 578
1235 Replacement of pt 7, div 2, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578
1236 Amendment of s 124 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578
1237 Omission of ss 125-130. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 578
1238 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
Part 25 Amendment of Radiation Safety Act 1999
1239 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
1240 Amendment of s 136 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 579
1241 Amendment of pt 10, hdg (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . 579
1242 Amendment of s 182 (Appeal process starts with internal
review) ..................................... 580
1243 Amendment of s 186 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 580
1244 Omission of s 187 (Stay of operation of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
1245 Replacement of pt 10, div 2, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
1246 Amendment of s 188 (Who may appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
1247 Omission of ss 189-194. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
1248 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 581
Part 26 Amendment of Speech Pathologists Registration Act 2001
1249 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
1250 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with decisions
of certain bodies under the Health Practitioners (Professional
Standards) Act 1999) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
1251 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
1252 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of conditions
imposed by the board or District Court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 582
1253 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) . . . . . . . 583
1254 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) . . . . . . . 583
1255 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
Part 6 Reviews by QCAT
176 Who may apply for a review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 583
177 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT . . . . . . 584
1256 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 584
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 1 Amendment of Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act
2008
1257 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 585
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1258 Amendment of s 127 (Power to destroy seized regulated dog) . . 585
1259 Amendment of s 131 (Return of regulated dog to registered
owner) ....................................... 586
1260 Amendment of ch 8, hdg (Reviews and appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . 586
1261 Amendment of ch 8, pt 1, hdg (Review of decisions) . . . . . . . . . . 586
1262 Replacement of s 180 (Appeal process starts with review) . . . . . 587
180 Internal review process before external review . . . . . 587
1263 Amendment of s 181 (Who may apply for review) . . . . . . . . . . . . 587
1264 Amendment of s 184 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . 587
1265 Amendment of s 185 (PID review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
1266 Amendment of s 186 (Other review decisions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 588
1267 Amendment of s 187 (Notice of PID decision or review decision) 589
1268 Replacement of ch 8, pt 2 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
Part 2 External reviews
188 Who may apply for external review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 590
189 Condition on stay granted by QCAT for particular
decisions ........................ 590
1269 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
Part 2 Amendment of Building Act 1975
1270 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 591
1271 Amendment of s 171 (Power to amend, cancel or suspend
licence) ...................................... 591
1272 Amendment of s 179 (Register of building certifiers) . . . . . . . . . . 592
1273 Amendment of s 189 (Appeals to Commercial and Consumer
Tribunal about decisions under pt 3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 592
1274 Amendment of s 204 (Decision after investigation or audit
completed) ....................................... 592
1275 Amendment of s 205 (Review of BSA's decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
1276 Amendment of s 206 (Show cause notice). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
1277 Amendment of s 207 (Representations and decision) . . . . . . . . . 593
1278 Amendment of s 208 (Commercial and Consumer Tribunal may
conduct disciplinary proceeding) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 593
1279 Replacement of s 209 (Application of Tribunal Act to
disciplinary proceeding) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 594
209 Constitution of tribunal for disciplinary proceeding. . . 594
1280 Amendment of s 210 (Notification of disciplinary proceeding) . . . 594
1281 Amendment of s 211 (Orders relating to current building
certifier) ...................................... 595
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1282 Amendment of s 212 (Orders relating to former building certifier) 595
1283 Amendment of s 213 (Consequences of failure to comply with
Commercial and Consumer Tribunal's orders and directions) . . . 595
1284 Amendment of s 214 (Recording details of orders) . . . . . . . . . . . 596
1285 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 596
Part 3 Amendment of Local Government Act 1993
1286 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
1287 Amendment of s 939 (Decision on application for permission) . . 597
1288 Amendment of s 940 (Issue of permit) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 597
1289 Replacement of ch 13, pt 5, div 3 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598
Division 3 Review by QCAT
942 Who may apply for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598
1290 Amendment of s 996 (Amendment of land record) . . . . . . . . . . . 598
1291 Replacement of ch 14, pt 4, div 2 (Appeal against amendment
of land record) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 598
Division 2 Review of decisions by QCAT to amend land
record
999 Who may apply for review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
1000 Powers of QCAT on review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
1292 Amendment of s 1130 (Personnel practices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
1293 Insertion of new ch 16, pt 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
Part 3A Equal opportunity of employment
Division 1 Purpose of part and related matters
1137A Purpose and role of EEO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 599
1137B How purpose is to be achieved . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 600
1137C Merit principle reinforced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 601
1137D Exemption from compliance with this part . . . . . . . . . 601
Division 2 Development of equal employment opportunity
management plan
1137E Local government to develop EEO management plan 601
Division 3 Implementation of plan
1137F Local government to give effect to EEO
management plan ...................... 602
1137G Employment powers to be exercised having regard
to EEO management plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 602
Division 4 Supervision by chief executive
1137H Chief executive may take action if dissatisfied with
EEO management ...................... 602
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1137I Local government to comply with recommendation
unless chief executive notified . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
1137J Chief executive's power if local government does
not act or give satisfactory reasons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 603
Division 5 Supervision by QCAT
1137K QCAT's powers for an investigation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
1137L End of reference . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 604
1137M Recommendation may be to amend EEO
management plan .................... 604
1137N Local government to comply with recommendation . . 605
Division 6 Tabling of reports and review of division
1137O Minister may table report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
1294 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 605
Part 4 Amendment of Local Government Regulation 2005
1295 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 606
1296 Replacement of pt 14, div 1 (Equal opportunity of employment) . 606
Division 1 Equal opportunity of employment
51 Steps to be followed in ongoing development of
EEO management plan--Act, s 1137E(3) ...... 606
52 Local government's activities to implement EEO
management plan ....................... 608
1297 Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
Part 5 Amendment of Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002
1298 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
1299 Amendment of s 20 (Times and places of meetings) . . . . . . . . . . 609
1300 Amendment of s 29 (Officers, employees and agents) . . . . . . . . 609
1301 Amendment of s 29A (Delegation by secretary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 609
1302 Amendment of s 30 (Authentication of documents) . . . . . . . . . . . 610
1303 Amendment of s 55 (How licensee may start review) . . . . . . . . . 610
1304 Insertion of new pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
1305 Amendment of s 64 (Grounds for discipline) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
1306 Insertion of new pt 3, div 7, sdiv 2, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 610
1307 Replacement of s 65 (Disciplinary action that may be taken). . . . 611
65 Disciplinary action that may be taken by board . . . . . 611
1308 Amendment of s 66 (Show cause notice). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 611
1309 Amendment of s 68 (Board must decide action to be taken) . . . . 612
1310 Amendment of s 69 (Board must advise licensee of its decision) 612
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1311 Amendment of s 70 (When suspension or cancellation takes
effect) ......................................... 612
1312 Insertion of new pt 3, div 7, sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
Subdivision 3 Referral to QCAT of particular proposed
suspensions or proposed cancellations
70A Board to refer particular disciplinary matters to QCAT 613
70B Constitution of QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 613
70C Disciplinary orders by QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
1313 Insertion of new pt 3, div 7, sdiv 4, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
1314 Amendment of s 71 (Returning suspended or cancelled licence
to board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
1315 Amendment of s 129 (Applying for a review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 614
1316 Replacement of s 130 (Review of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
130 Requirement for particular review decision . . . . . . . . 615
1317 Omission of s 131 (Powers of Commercial and Consumer
Tribunal when reviewing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
1318 Amendment of s 135 (Appointments and authority) . . . . . . . . . . . 615
1319 Amendment of s 136 (Signatures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 615
1320 Amendment of s 137 (Evidentiary provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
1321 Insertion of new pt 10, div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
Division 5 Transitional provisions for Queensland Civil
and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction
Provisions) Amendment Act 2009
174 Definitions for div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
175 Application of s 70A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616
176 Registrar of Plumbers and Drainers Board. . . . . . . . . 617
1322 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 617
Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 1 Amendment of Acts Interpretation Act 1954
1323 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618
1324 Amendment of s 36 (Meaning of commonly used words and
expressions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 618
Part 2 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
1325 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
1326 Amendment of s 113 (Tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
1327 Insertion of new s 113A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
113A Appeal from tribunal decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 619
1328 Amendment of s 124 (Unnecessary information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
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1329 Amendment of s 125 (Act's freedom from associated highly
objectionable conduct purpose and how it is to be achieved) . . . 620
1330 Amendment of s 140 (Commissioner may reject or stay
complaints dealt with elsewhere) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
1331 Amendment of s 144 (Interim orders protecting complainant's
interests (before reference to tribunal)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 620
1332 Amendment of s 155 (Requirement to initiate investigation) . . . . 621
1333 Insertion of new s 164AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
164AA Confidentiality of conciliation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
1334 Amendment of s 164A (Right of complainant to seek referral to
tribunal after conciliation conference). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 621
1335 Amendment of s 166 (Complainant may obtain referral of
unconciliated complaint). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
1336 Amendment of s 167 (Complainant or respondent may seek
referral after 6 months) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
1337 Amendment of ch 7, pt 2, hdg (What the Anti-Discrimination
Tribunal may do) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
1338 Insertion of new ch 7, pt 2, div 1A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
Division 1A Tribunal's functions
174A Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 622
1339 Replacement of ss 176-184. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
176 Constitution of tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
177 Tribunal may join a person as a party. . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
178 Complaints may be amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
1340 Omission of ss 187, 188 and 190. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 623
1341 Amendment of s 191 (Anonymity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624
1342 Omission of s 192 (Publication of evidence may be restricted) . . 624
1343 Omission of ss 201-203. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624
1344 Amendment of s 207 (Commissioner may provide investigation
reports) ....................................... 624
1345 Amendment of s 208 (Evaluation of evidence). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624
1346 Amendment of s 209 (Orders the tribunal may make if
complaint is proven) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625
1347 Omission of ss 211-213. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625
1348 Omission of ch 7, pt 2, divs 3A and 4 and pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 625
1349 Amendment of s 220 (Improper communication of official
information) .................................... 625
1350 Amendment of ch 7, pt 4, div 3, hdg (Offences against the
commissioner, the tribunal and their staff) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626
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1351 Omission of ss 224 and 226B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 626
1352 Insertion of new s 228A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
228A Constitution of tribunal for this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
1353 Amendment of s 233 (Appeal from opinion). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
1354 Omission of ch 9, pt 2 (The Anti-Discrimination Tribunal) . . . . . . 627
1355 Amendment of s 263 (Arrangement to prevail). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627
1356 Amendment of s 263C (General requirement for address of
service) ....................................... 628
1357 Omission of s 263D (Advice to tribunal of address for service) . . 628
1358 Amendment of s 263E (Change of address for service) . . . . . . . 628
1359 Amendment of s 263F (Use of address for service). . . . . . . . . . . 628
1360 Amendment of s 263G (Communication effected by giving of
document) .................................... 628
1361 Amendment of s 264 (No communication of official information
to court) ...................................... 628
1362 Amendment of s 265 (Protection from civil actions--exercise of
functions etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 629
1363 Amendment of s 266 (Protection from civil actions--complaint
etc.) .......................................... 630
1364 Omission of s 266A (Protection and immunity) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
1365 Amendment of s 267 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
1366 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 630
Part 3 Repeal of Anti-Discrimination Tribunal Rule 2005
1367 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
Part 4 Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration
Act 2003
1368 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 631
1369 Amendment of s 11 (Court order relating to birth register). . . . . . 631
1370 Amendment of s 31 (Court order relating to registration of death) 631
1371 Amendment of s 42 (Correcting the register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632
1372 Replacement of s 49 (Appealing registrar's decisions) . . . . . . . . 632
49 Reviewing registrar's decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632
1373 Amendment of pt 9, divs 1-3 hdgs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 632
1374 Insertion of new pt 9, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
Division 4 Provision for Queensland Civil and
Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction
Provisions) Amendment Act 2009
62 Application of ss 11(2) and 31(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 633
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Part 5 Amendment of Classification of Computer Games and
Images Act 1995
1375 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634
1376 Amendment of s 8 (Review by CCT of classification decision). . . 634
1377 Amendment of pt 7, div 3, hdg (Review by CCT of decision
about approval of entity and exemption). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634
1378 Replacement of s 60 (Review by CCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
60 Review by QCAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
1379 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
Part 6 Repeal of Classification of Computer Games and Images
Regulation 2005
1380 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 635
Part 7 Amendment of Classification of Films Act 1991
1381 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
1382 Replacement of s 59 (Review by CCT) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
59 Review by QCAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636
Part 8 Repeal of Classification of Films Regulation 1992
1383 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
Part 9 Amendment of Classification of Publications Act 1991
1384 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
1385 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
1386 Amendment of s 11 (Review by CCT of classification decision
by publications classification officer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 637
1387 Amendment of s 11C (Publications for which display order may
be made) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638
1388 Amendment of s 11D (Lifting of display order, and review rights
and procedure) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 638
1389 Amendment of s 37 (Exemptions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
Part 10 Repeal of Classification of Publications Regulation 1992
1390 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
Part 11 Amendment of Commercial and Consumer Tribunal Act
2003
1391 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 639
1392 Amendment of s 20 (Registry established) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
1393 Insertion of new pt 9, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
Division 4 Transitional provisions for Queensland Civil
and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction
Provisions) Amendment Act 2009
170 Definitions for div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 640
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171 Former registrars and registry staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 641
172 Things done by or in relation to former registrar. . . . . 641
173 References to former registrar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
Part 12 Amendment of Commercial and Consumer Tribunal
Regulation 2003
1394 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 642
1395 Amendment of s 9 (Registry is registry for other tribunals) . . . . . 642
1396 Amendment of sch 3 (Registry for other tribunals). . . . . . . . . . . . 643
Part 13 Amendment of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
1397 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 643
1398 Amendment of s 49 (Reports about complaints dealt with by the
commission) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 644
1399 Amendment of s 50 (Commission may prosecute official
misconduct) ................................ 644
1400 Amendment of s 75 (Notice to discover information) . . . . . . . . . . 645
1401 Amendment of s 109 (Definitions for pt 5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
1402 Amendment of s 202 (Publication of names, evidence etc.) . . . . 645
1403 Replacement of ch 5, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
1404 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 645
1405 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
Part 2 Disciplinary proceedings relating to
misconduct
Division 1 Preliminary
219A Purposes of disciplinary proceedings. . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
219B Definitions for pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646
Division 2 QCAT's jurisdiction
219C Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 647
219D Jurisdiction relating to allegations of official
misconduct against prescribed persons is exclusive . 647
219E Relationship with Industrial Relations Act 1999 . . . . . 647
Division 3 Proceedings
219F Proceedings relating to official misconduct . . . . . . . . 648
219G Proceedings relating to reviewable decisions. . . . . . . 648
219H Conduct of proceedings relating to reviewable
decisions ....................... 649
Division 4 QCAT's powers
219I Powers for official misconduct . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 649
219J Additional power for reviewable decisions . . . . . . . . . 650
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219K QCAT may refer matter for investigation. . . . . . . . . . . 650
219L QCAT's power to suspend orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 650
Division 5 Appeals
219M Appeal from QCAT exercising original jurisdiction . . . 651
1406 Amendment of s 318 (Parliamentary commissioner may
conduct hearings in limited circumstances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652
1407 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 652
Part 14 Amendment of Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act
2001
1408 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
1409 Amendment of s 31 (Meaning of major hazard facility and
possible major hazard facility) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
1410 Amendment of s 32 (Chief executive may classify facility as
major hazard facility) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 653
1411 Amendment of s 37 (Obligation to notify chief executive of
certain upgrades of facilities) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
1412 Replacement of pt 9, hdg (Appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
1413 Replacement of pt 9, div 1 (Appeals against classification as a
major hazard facility) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
Division 1 Review of decision to classify facility as a
major hazard facility
148 Review of chief executive decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
1414 Replacement of s 154C (Application of ss 150-154 to an
appeal under this division) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 654
154C Starting appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
154D Stay of operation of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
154E Hearing procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 655
154F Powers of court on appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656
154G Appeals to District Court . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656
154H Application of ss 154C-154G to an appeal under
this division. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 656
Part 15 Amendment of Dangerous Goods Safety Management
Regulation 2001
1415 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 657
1416 Amendment of s 89 (Failure to decide application for licence) . . . 657
1417 Replacement of pt 4, div 9, hdg (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . 657
1418 Amendment of s 111 (Appeal process starts with internal
review) ....................................... 657
1419 Amendment of s 112 (Application for review to be made to the
chief executive officer) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
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1420 Amendment of s 113 (Applying for review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
1421 Amendment of s 114 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
1422 Amendment of s 115 (Stay of operation of decision) . . . . . . . . . . 659
1423 Replacement of pt 4, div 9, sdiv 2 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
Subdivision 2 External review by QCAT
116 External review of internal review decision. . . . . . . . . 660
1424 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
Part 16 Amendment of Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990
1425 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
1426 Amendment of s 2 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
Part 17 Amendment of Dividing Fences Act 1953
1427 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
1428 Amendment of s 6 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 661
1429 Amendment of s 9 (Proceedings consequent on notice to fence) 662
1430 Amendment of s 10 (Proceedings on failure to carry out
agreement or order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662
1431 Amendment of s 11 (Cases where owner or whereabouts of
owner are not known) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662
1432 Amendment of s 14 (Failure to carry out an order to repair) . . . . 662
1433 Amendment of s 16 (Procedure to compel contribution) . . . . . . . 663
1434 Amendment of s 18 (Jurisdiction of and proceedings in
Magistrates Courts or Small Claims Tribunals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
1435 Amendment of s 19 (Recovery of money payable). . . . . . . . . . . . 663
1436 Amendment of s 23 (Notices). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 663
Part 18 Amendment of Guardianship and Administration Act 2000
1437 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
1438 Amendment of long title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
1439 Amendment of s 7 (Way purpose achieved). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 664
1440 Amendment of s 9 (Range of substitute decision makers) . . . . . . 664
1441 Amendment of s 80E (Relationship with ch 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 665
1442 Amendment of s 80F (Members constituting tribunal) . . . . . . . . . 665
1443 Amendment of s 80J (Tribunal advises persons concerned of
hearing) ...................................... 665
1444 Amendment of s 80ZN (Relationship with ch 7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
1445 Replacement of ch 6 (Guardianship and Administration Tribunal) 666
Chapter 6 Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal
81 Tribunal's functions for this Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
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82 Jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 667
83 Annual report by president . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668
1446 Replacement of ch 7, pt 1 (General) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668
Part 1 General
99 Definitions for pt 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668
100 Types of limitation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669
101 Relationship with the QCAT Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669
102 Members constituting tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
103 Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 670
104 Basis of consideration for limitation order. . . . . . . . . . 671
105 Open. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
106 Adult evidence order. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671
107 Closure order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672
108 Non-publication order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672
109 Confidentiality order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 673
110 Non-publication or confidentiality order made before
hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674
111 Standing for limitation order . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 674
112 Making and notifying decision for limitation order. . . . 675
113 Written reasons for limitation order and copy of
reasons ............................... 675
114 Procedural directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676
114A Publication about proceeding that discloses adult's
identity ................................. 677
114B No filing fee payable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 678
1447 Amendment of s 115 (Scope of applications). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
1448 Omission of ss 116 and 117. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
1449 Amendment of s 118 (Tribunal advises persons concerned of
hearing) ..................................... 679
1450 Replacement of s 122 (Withdrawal by leave) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
122 Withdrawal by leave . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 679
1451 Amendment of s 123 (Right of active party to appear). . . . . . . . . 680
1452 Amendment of s 127 (Costs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
1453 Amendment of s 129 (Interim order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 680
1454 Omission of ss 132-133. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
1455 Omission of s 135 (Witnesses). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
1456 Amendment of s 136 (Witness fees and expenses) . . . . . . . . . . . 681
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1457 Amendment of s 137 (Offences by witnesses) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
1458 Amendment of s 138 (Advice, directions and recommendations) 682
1459 Amendment of s 138AA (Directions to former attorney). . . . . . . . 682
1460 Replacement of s 138A (Tribunal may dismiss frivolous etc.
applications) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
138A Repeated applications for orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
1461 Omission of ss 139-145. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
1462 Omission of ch 7, pt 4A (Dispute resolution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
1463 Amendment of s 148 (Application for entry and removal warrant) 683
1464 Replacement of ch 7, pt 6 (Decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Part 6 Decision
156 Making and notifying decision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
157 Order postponing giving copy of decision. . . . . . . . . . 684
158 Copy of reasons to be given. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
1465 Omission of ch 7, pt 7 (Review of registrar's decision) . . . . . . . . . 685
1466 Replacement of ss 163-165. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
163 Appellant . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 685
1467 Omission of ch 7, pt 10 (Other provisions about proceedings). . . 687
1468 Amendment of s 246 (Definitions for pt 4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
1469 Amendment of s 247 (Whistleblowers' protection) . . . . . . . . . . . . 687
1470 Amendment of s 248 (Protection from liability if honest and not
negligent) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
1471 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 688
Part 19 Repeal of Guardianship and Administration Tribunal Rule
2004
1472 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
Part 20 Amendment of Judicial Review Act 1991
1473 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
1474 Amendment of sch 1 (Operation of other laws) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
1475 Amendment of sch 2 (Decisions for which reasons need not be
given) ...................................... 691
Part 21 Amendment of Legal Profession Act 2007
1476 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
1477 Amendment of s 10 (Information notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 691
1478 Amendment of s 13 (Inherent jurisdiction of Supreme Court) . . . 692
1479 Amendment of s 15 (Appeal period for appeal to Supreme
Court or tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 692
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1480 Amendment of s 26 (Associates who are disqualified or
convicted persons) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
1481 Amendment of s 32 (Early consideration of suitability) . . . . . . . . 693
1482 Amendment of s 33 (Involvement of Supreme Court whether by
referral or on appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
1483 Amendment of s 35 (Role of Supreme Court relating to
application for admission). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 693
1484 Amendment of s 51 (Grant or renewal of local practising
certificate) .................................... 694
1485 Amendment of s 54 (Applications relating to conditions) . . . . . . . 694
1486 Amendment of s 61 (Amending, suspending or cancelling a
local practising certificate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 694
1487 Amendment of s 62 (Operation of amendment, suspension or
cancellation of local practising certificate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
1488 Amendment of s 63 (Immediate amendment or suspension of
local practising certificate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
1489 Amendment of s 69 (Refusal, amendment, suspension or
cancellation of local practising certificate because of failure to
show cause) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 695
1490 Amendment of s 70 (Restriction on making further application) . 696
1491 Amendment of s 76 (Additional condition on interstate legal
practitioner engaging in legal practice in this jurisdiction) . . . . . . 696
1492 Amendment of s 87 (Health assessment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 696
1493 Amendment of s 91 (Use of health assessment report) . . . . . . . . 697
1494 Amendment of s 98 (Law society and bar association to notify
other jurisdictions about particular matters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
1495 Amendment of s 183 (Grant or renewal of local registration) . . . . 697
1496 Amendment of s 185 (Refusal to grant or renew registration) . . . 697
1497 Amendment of s 188 (Amending, suspending or cancelling
registration) .................................... 698
1498 Amendment of s 189 (Operation of amendment, suspension or
cancellation of registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 698
1499 Amendment of s 194 (Refusal, amendment, suspension or
cancellation of local registration--failure to show cause). . . . . . . 698
1500 Amendment of s 195 (Restriction on making further
applications) .................................. 699
1501 Amendment of s 197 (Immediate suspension of registration) . . . 699
1502 Amendment of s 208 (Additional conditions on practice of
interstate-registered foreign lawyers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 699
1503 Amendment of s 278 (Disqualification of person as external
examiner) .................................... 700
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1504 Amendment of s 328 (Setting aside costs agreements). . . . . . . . 700
1505 Amendment of s 375 (Time limit for making claims). . . . . . . . . . . 700
1506 Amendment of s 377 (Time limit for making claims following
advertisement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
1507 Amendment of ch 3, pt 3.6, div 7, hdg (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
1508 Replacement of ss 392 and 393. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
392 Review of decision on claim . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 701
393 Review of failure to decide claim within 1 year . . . . . . 702
1509 Amendment of s 394 (Proceedings on appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
1510 Amendment of s 396 (Caps on payments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 703
1511 Amendment of s 451 (Duty to inform complainant about action
taken for complaint) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
1512 Amendment of s 454 (Joinder) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
1513 Amendment of s 455 (Variation of discipline application). . . . . . . 704
1514 Amendment of s 456 (Decisions of tribunal about an Australian
legal practitioner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
1515 Replacement of s 457 (Orders to be filed in Supreme Court and
information notices to be given to parties etc.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
457 Enforcement of orders etc. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
1516 Amendment of s 458 (Decisions of committee about discipline
application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
1517 Amendment of s 459 (Orders to be filed in Supreme Court and
information notices to be given to parties etc.). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
1518 Amendment of s 462 (Costs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
1519 Insertion of new s 462A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707
426A Institution of proceedings by the commissioner . . . . . 707
1520 Amendment of s 468 (Appeal may be made to Court of Appeal
from tribunal's decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707
1521 Replacement of s 469 (Appeal to tribunal against committee's
decision) ...................................... 707
469 Application to tribunal for review of committee's
decision .............................. 708
1522 Amendment of s 471 (Definition for pt 4.11). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708
1523 Amendment of s 477 (General provisions about disclosure of
information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 708
1524 Amendment of s 491 (Confidentiality of client communications) . 708
1525 Replacement of ch 7, pt 7.2, hdg and ch 7, pt 7.2, divs 1 and 2
and div 3, hdg. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709
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Division 1 Constitution of tribunal
598 Constitution of tribunal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 709
Division 2 Panels, panel members and related matters
599 Panel to help the tribunal hear and decide discipline
application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710
1526 Amendment of s 607 (Establishment of panels for helping the
tribunal) ..................................... 711
1527 Replacement of ch 7, pt 7.2, divs 4-6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711
612 Disclosure of interests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711
613 Protection of panel members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711
1528 Amendment of s 640 (Conduct of committee for hearing and
deciding discipline applications) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712
1529 Amendment of s 641 (Disclosure of interests) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712
1530 Replacement of ch 7, pt 7.4, hdg and div 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712
1531 Amendment of s 643 (Parties) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 712
1532 Amendment of s 644 (Public hearings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713
1533 Amendment of s 645 (Procedure for hearing by a disciplinary
body) ....................................... 713
1534 Amendment of s 646 (Recording evidence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 713
1535 Amendment of s 647 (Disciplinary body may proceed in
absence of party or may adjourn hearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714
1536 Amendment of s 648 (Matter may be decided on affidavit
evidence) ..................................... 714
1537 Amendment of s 649 (Standard of proof) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714
1538 Amendment of s 650 (Prohibited publication about hearing of a
disciplinary application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 715
1539 Amendment of ch 7, pt 7.4, div 3, hdg (Powers of disciplinary
body) ....................................... 715
1540 Amendment of s 651 (Power to disregard procedural lapses) . . . 715
1541 Amendment of s 652 (Directions for hearings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716
1542 Amendment of s 653 (Attendance notice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716
1543 Replacement of s 654 (Authentication of documents) . . . . . . . . . 717
654 Authentication of documents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717
1544 Insertion of new ch 7, pt 7.4A. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717
Part 7.4A Provisions applying to tribunal for discipline
applications
656A Application of pt 7.4A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 717
656B Entitlement to appear at hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718
656C Standard of proof . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718
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656D Prohibited publication about hearing of a discipline
application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718
656E Power to disregard procedural lapses . . . . . . . . . . . . 719
1545 Amendment of s 704 (Disclosure of information by
commissioner, regulatory authorities and other entities) . . . . . . . 720
1546 Amendment of s 707 (Protection from liability). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720
1547 Amendment of s 711 (Signatures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720
1548 Amendment of s 714 (Approved forms) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 720
1549 Amendment of s 715 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . 721
1550 Omission of ch 9, pt 9.9, hdg (Regulation-making power for
transitional purposes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721
1551 Replacement of ch 10, hdg (Other transitional provision) . . . . . . 721
1552 Insertion of new s 771 and ch 10, pt 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721
771 Expiry of pt 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 721
Part 2 Transitional provisions for QCAT Amendment
Act
772 Definitions for pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722
773 Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 20 not limited . . 722
774 Particular court decisions continue. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722
775 Particular notification giving requirement continues . . 723
776 Particular orders taken to be orders of QCAT. . . . . . . 723
777 Authentication of documents continues . . . . . . . . . . . 723
1553 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
Part 22 Repeal of Legal Profession (Tribunal and Committee) Rule
2007
1554 Repeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724
Part 23 Amendment of Magistrates Act 1991
1555 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
1556 Amendment of s 53J (Practice direction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
1557 Amendment of s 53K (Referring application or matter) . . . . . . . . 725
1558 Amendment of s 53L (Decision of judicial registrar taken to be
decision of magistrate) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
Part 24 Amendment of Magistrates Courts Act 1921
1559 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726
1560 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726
1561 Amendment of s 45A (Limitation on appeal if minor debt claim) . 726
1562 Omission of s 52 (Publication of particulars of minor debt
claims) ...................................... 726
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Part 25 Amendment of Misconduct Tribunals Act 1997
1563 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
1564 Amendment of ss 11, 17, 18 and 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
1565 Omission of s 40 (Registrar and tribunal staff) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
1566 Amendment of s 44 (Confidentiality) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 727
1567 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728
Part 26 Amendment of Powers of Attorney Act 1998
1568 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 728
1569 Amendment of s 109A (Guardianship and Administration
Tribunal also has jurisdiction and powers about enduring
documents) .................................... 728
1570 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
1571 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
1572 Amendment of s 14 (Continued application of certain provisions
of former Act to existing retail shop leases) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 729
1573 Amendment of s 22E (Effect of failure to comply with sections
22A-22D) ........................................ 729
1574 Amendment of s 26 (Lessor not to disclose turnover information) 729
1575 Amendment of s 32 (Valuer to give determination to lessor and
lessee) ....................................... 730
1576 Amendment of s 46B (Matters tribunal may consider in deciding
if a party's conduct is unconscionable). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 730
1577 Amendment of s 57 (Limited right of representation) . . . . . . . . . . 730
1578 Replacement of pt 8, div 3, hdg (Reference of retail tenancy
disputes to tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 731
1579 Amendment of s 63 (Reference of dispute--by mediator) . . . . . . 731
1580 Replacement of s 64 (Reference of dispute--by party) . . . . . . . . 731
64 Application to QCAT--by party. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 732
1581 Omission of pt 8, div 4 (Retail tenancy disputes hearings) . . . . . 732
1582 Replacement of pt 8, div 5, hdg (Provisions about tribunal
orders) ..................................... 732
1583 Amendment of s 83 (Tribunals' orders) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
1584 Omission of ss 84-88A; pt 8, div 6; and pt 8, div 7, hdg . . . . . . . 733
1585 Replacement of ss 91-93. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
91 Withdrawal of disputes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 733
1586 Amendment of s 94 (Exclusion of other jurisdictions) . . . . . . . . . 734
1587 Amendment of s 97 (Mediators' jurisdiction) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735
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1588 Replacement of pt 9, div 2 (Retail shop leases tribunals) . . . . . . 735
Division 2 Provisions for QCAT proceedings
102 Constitution of QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735
103 QCAT's jurisdiction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 736
1589 Amendment of s 113 (Mediators and tribunal members to
maintain secrecy) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 737
1590 Amendment of s 114 (Ordinary protection and immunity
allowed) ..................................... 738
1591 Amendment of s 115 (Admissions made during dispute
resolution process) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 738
1592 Amendment of s 116 (Register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 739
1593 Amendment of s 117 (Delegations) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
1594 Amendment of s 119 (Chief executive's responsibility) . . . . . . . . 740
1595 Amendment of s 120 (Evidentiary provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
1596 Amendment of s 121 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
1597 Replacement of pt 12, divs 1-3, hdgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 740
1598 Insertion of new pt 12, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741
Division 4 Provisions for Queensland Civil and
Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction
Provisions) Amendment Act 2009
130 Definitions for div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741
131 Application of s 64 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 741
132 Existing referrals of and applications about retail
tenancy disputes to chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 742
133 Existing referrals of retail tenancy disputes to former
tribunal legal member. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743
1599 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743
Part 28 Amendment of Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991
1600 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744
1601 Amendment of sch 1 (Subject matter for rules) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744
1602 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745
Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 1 Amendment of Police Service Administration Act 1990
1603 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745
1604 Amendment of s 4.5 (Removal and suspension of
commissioner) ............................... 745
1605 Amendment of s 7.4 (Disciplinary action). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745
1606 Amendment of s 9.1 (Operation of part). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746
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Part 2 Amendment of Prostitution Act 1999
1607 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747
1608 Replacement of pt 4, divs 3-8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 747
Division 3 Review by QCAT
64A Review of decisions about code assessment. . . . . . . 747
64B Review of decisions about impact assessment . . . . . 748
64C Procedures for review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 749
64D No appeal from QCAT's decision under the
Integrated Planning Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 750
64E Development approval suspended until review
decided .............................. 750
1609 Amendment of s 132 (Evidentiary provision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
1610 Amendment of s 133 (Disclosure of information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
1611 Amendment of s 134 (Protection of officials from liability) . . . . . . 751
1612 Replacement of pt 9, divs 1-4, hdgs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 751
1613 Insertion of new pt 9, div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752
Division 5 Provisions for Queensland Civil and
Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction
Provisions) Amendment Act 2009
152 Definition for div 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752
153 Independent assessor goes out of office . . . . . . . . . . 752
154 Application of particular QCAT Act provisions to
former independent assessor and former assessor's
registrar ....................... 753
1614 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 753
Part 3 Amendment of Prostitution Regulation 2000
1615 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
1616 Amendment of sch 2 (Fees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
Part 4 Amendment of Weapons Act 1990
1617 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 754
1618 Amendment of pt 6, hdg (Appeals and rights of review). . . . . . . . 754
1619 Amendment of s 142 (Right to appeal against decisions) . . . . . . 754
1620 Insertion of new s 142AA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755
142AA Notices must be QCAT information notices . . . . . . . . 755
1621 Amendment of s 142A (Particular provision for appeals against
or reviews of decisions based on criminal intelligence) . . . . . . . . 755
1622 Omission of ss 143 and 144. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756
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1623 Amendment of s 145 (Appellant may carry on business pending
appeal) ........................................ 756
1624 Omission of ss 146-149. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756
1625 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 756
Chapter 11 Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Part 1 Amendment of Public Sector Ethics Act 1994
1626 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757
1627 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 757
Part 2 Amendment of Public Service Act 2008
1628 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
1629 Amendment of sch 2 (Statutory office holders who are not term
appointees). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
Part 3 Amendment of South Bank Corporation Act 1989
1630 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 758
1631 Amendment of s 7 (Establishment of corporation) . . . . . . . . . . . . 759
1632 Amendment of s 83 (Power to exclude persons causing public
nuisance) ................................. 759
1633 Amendment of s 87 (Certain exclusion directions may be
reviewed) ................................... 759
1634 Replacement s 89 (Procedure for review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760
89 Review may be expedited hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760
1635 Replacement of s 90 (Decision on review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760
90 Monetary decision can not be made on review . . . . . 760
Part 4 Amendment of Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994
1636 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 760
1637 Amendment of s 55 (Preservation of confidentiality) . . . . . . . . . . 760
1638 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 1 Amendment of Architects Act 2002
1639 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761
1640 Amendment of s 106 (Board to reimburse tribunal costs) . . . . . . 761
1641 Omission of pt 8, div 1 (Preliminary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 761
1642 Renumbering of pt 8, div 2 (Reviews) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762
1643 Amendment of s 121 (Review of particular decisions) . . . . . . . . . 762
1644 Omission of s 123 (Stay of operation of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . 762
1645 Renumbering of pt 8, div 3 (Disciplinary proceedings). . . . . . . . . 762
1646 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762
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Part 2 Amendment of Building and Construction Industry
Payments Act 2004
1647 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763
1648 Amendment of s 95 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 763
1649 Amendment of 96 (Stay of operation of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . 763
1650 Replacement of pt 5, div 2, hdg (Review by tribunal) . . . . . . . . . . 763
1651 Amendment of s 97 (Who may apply to tribunal for a review) . . . 763
1652 Omission of s 98 (Stay of operation of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764
1653 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764
Part 3 Amendment of Domestic Building Contracts Act 2000
1654 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 764
1655 Amendment of s 18 (Effective completion date or period) . . . . . . 764
1656 Amendment of s 55 (Cost plus contracts) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765
1657 Amendment of s 60 (Effect of improper statements) . . . . . . . . . . 765
1658 Amendment of s 84 (Right of building contractor to recover
amount for variation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765
1659 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 765
Part 4 Amendment of Professional Engineers Act 2002
1660 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766
1661 Amendment of s 106 (Board to reimburse tribunal costs) . . . . . . 766
1662 Omission of pt 8, div 1 (Preliminary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766
1663 Renumbering of pt 8, div 2 (Reviews) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766
1664 Amendment of s 122 (Review of particular decisions) . . . . . . . . . 766
1665 Omission of s 124 (Stay of operation of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . 766
1666 Renumbering of pt 8, div 3 (Disciplinary proceedings). . . . . . . . . 767
1667 Omission of s 128 (Starting disciplinary proceeding) . . . . . . . . . . 767
1668 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act
1991
1669 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 767
1670 Amendment of s 44H (Procedure for cancellation or suspension) 768
1671 Amendment of s 49 (Procedure for cancellation or suspension) . 768
1672 Amendment of s 49A (Immediate suspension of licence) . . . . . . 768
1673 Amendment of s 67 (Notice that not a fit and proper person to
individual who is not a licensee). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768
1674 Amendment of s 67AH (Notice of cancellation and that not a fit
and proper person to individual who is a licensee) . . . . . . . . . . . 769
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1675 Amendment of s 67AI (Notice that not a fit and proper person to
individual who is not a licensee). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769
1676 Amendment of s 67AL (Notice of cancellation and that not a fit
and proper person to director, secretary, influential person or
nominee who is a licensee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 769
1677 Amendment of s 67AM (Notice that not a fit and proper person
to director, secretary, influential person or nominee who is not a
licensee) ..................................... 770
1678 Amendment of s 67AP (Relationship of this part with pt 7, div 4) 770
1679 Amendment of s 67AQ (Definitions for pt 3E) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 770
1680 Amendment of s 67AZF (Notice of cancellation and that not a fit
and proper person to individual who is a licensee) . . . . . . . . . . . 770
1681 Amendment of s 67AZG (Notice that not a fit and proper person
to individual who is not a licensee). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771
1682 Amendment of s 67AZJ (Notice of cancellation and that not a fit
and proper person to director, secretary, influential person or
nominee who is a licensee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 771
1683 Amendment of s 67AZK (Notice that not a fit and proper person
to director, secretary, influential person or nominee who is not a
licensee) ................................... 771
1684 Amendment of s 77 (Tribunal may decide building dispute) . . . . . 772
1685 Amendment of s 84 (Tribunal to decide about rectification or
completion work) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
1686 Amendment of s 87 (Application for review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
1687 Amendment of s 88 (Tribunal has jurisdiction to conduct
disciplinary proceeding) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 772
1688 Replacement of s 91 (Orders for disciplinary action) . . . . . . . . . . 773
91 Orders for disciplinary action . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 773
1689 Insertion of new s 92A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 774
92A Procedure before public examination starts . . . . . . . . 774
1690 Replacement of pt 7, div 7 (Transfer of proceedings). . . . . . . . . . 775
Division 7 Tribunal proceedings
93A Representation of parties . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 775
94 Transfer of proceedings between tribunal and the
courts ............................... 775
1691 Omission of pt 7, div 8, hdg (Expedited hearings) . . . . . . . . . . . . 775
1692 Amendment of s 95 (Expedited hearing of domestic building
disputes) .................................... 775
1693 Omission of s 97 (Judicial Review excluded for minor domestic
building disputes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776
1694 Insertion of new pt 7, div 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 776
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Division 8 Other powers of the tribunal
97 Entry and inspection of property by member of
tribunal .............................. 776
97A Procedure before entry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777
97B Stop orders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 777
97C Suspension orders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 778
1695 Amendment of s 99 (Licensee register) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779
1696 Amendment of s 107 (Power to enter and inspect building site) . 779
1697 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 779
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 1 Amendment of Adult Proof of Age Card Act 2008
1698 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780
1699 Amendment of pt 6, hdg (Review and appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 780
1700 Amendment of s 39 (Review of original decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . 780
1701 Replacement of s 40 (Appeal against reviewed decision) . . . . . . 781
40 External review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781
1702 Amendment of s 49 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 781
1703 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782
Part 2 Amendment of Tow Truck Act 1973
1704 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 782
1705 Amendment of s 21B (Immediate suspension of authority) . . . . . 782
1706 Amendment of s 21D (Amending, suspending or cancelling
authority) .................................. 783
1707 Amendment of pt 6, hdg (Review of and appeals against
decisions) ................................... 783
1708 Replacement of s 28 (Review of and appeals against decisions) 783
28 Internal review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 783
29 External review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784
1709 Amendment of s 43 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784
1710 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 784
Part 3 Amendment of Traffic Regulation 1962
1711 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785
1712 Amendment of ss 104A, 117 and 134A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785
1713 Amendment of s 134C (Reconsideration of decision by chief
executive or commissioner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 785
Part 4 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
1714 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786
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1715 Replacement of s 56 (Information in s 54 gazette notice about a
declaration). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 786
56 Information in s 54 gazette notice about a declaration 786
1716 Amendment of s 57 (Information in s 54 gazette notice about
new or replacement policy). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787
1717 Amendment of s 58 (Amendment of policy for a limited access
road in limited circumstances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787
1718 Amendment of s 67 (Notice of decision under s 62(1)) . . . . . . . . 787
1719 Amendment of s 289F (Decision by port authority in relation to
approval) ........................................ 788
1720 Replacement of s 289G (Review of and appeals against
decisions) ................................... 788
289G Internal review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789
289GA External review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 789
1721 Replacement of s 485 (Review of and appeals against decisions) 790
485 Internal review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790
485A External review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 790
485B Appeals against decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 791
1722 Amendment of sch 3 (Reviews and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 792
1723 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 793
Part 5 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure (Dangerous Goods
by Rail) Regulation 2008
1724 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794
1725 Amendment of pt 18, hdg (Review and appeal of decisions) . . . . 794
1726 Replacement of s 177 (Review of and appeals against decisions) 794
177 Internal review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 794
177A External review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795
1727 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 795
Part 6 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure (Gold Coast
Waterways) Management Plan 2000
1728 Waterway transport management plan amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . 796
1729 Amendment of s 18 (Take off and landing approval) . . . . . . . . . . 796
1730 Amendment of s 20 (Procedure for amending, suspending or
cancelling approval) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 796
1731 Amendment of s 21 (Procedure for urgent suspension of
approval) .................................. 796
1732 Replacement of s 22 (Section 196 of Act applies for review and
appeal) ..................................... 797
22 Act, ss 485 and 485A apply for reviews . . . . . . . . . . . 797
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1733 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797
Part 7 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure (Public Marine
Facilities) Regulation 2000
1734 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
1735 Amendment of s 41 (Procedure if approval refused or granted
on condition). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
1736 Amendment of pt 3, div 6, hdg (Amending, suspending or
cancelling approvals and review or appeal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 798
1737 Amendment of s 43 (Amending suspending or cancelling
approval without application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799
1738 Replacement of pt 3, div 6, sdiv 2, hdg (Review and appeal) . . . 799
1739 Amendment of s 44 (Review of and appeal against decisions) . . 799
1740 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 799
Part 8 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure (Sunshine Coast
Waterways) Management Plan 2000
1741 Waterway transport management plan amended. . . . . . . . . . . . . 800
1742 Amendment of s 23 (Granting or refusing application for
approval) ................................... 800
1743 Amendment of s 25 (Procedure for amending, suspending or
cancelling approval) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801
1744 Amendment of s 26 (Procedure for urgent suspension of
approval of take off and landing approval) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 801
1745 Replacement of s 27 (Section 196 of Act applies for review and
appeal) ..................................... 801
27 Act, ss 485 and 485A apply for reviews . . . . . . . . . . . 801
1746 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802
Part 9 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act
1995
1747 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 802
1748 Amendment of s 115 (Recovery of discharge expenses). . . . . . . 802
1749 Replacement of s 116 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803
116 External review of decisions under s 115 . . . . . . . . . . 803
1750 Omission of s 117 (Hearing procedures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803
1751 Insertion of new pt 13B. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 803
Part 13B Review of decisions
117M Internal review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 804
117N External review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805
1752 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 805
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Part 10 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Pollution)
Regulation 2008
1753 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806
1754 Omission of pt 12, div 1, sdiv 4 (Review of and appeals
against particular decisions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806
Part 11 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act
1994
1755 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806
1756 Amendment of s 203 (Definitions for pt 16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 806
1757 Amendment of s 203A (Main purposes of pt 16) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 807
1758 Amendment of s 203B (Review of original decision) . . . . . . . . . . 807
1759 Replacement of s 203C (Appeal against reviewed decision) . . . . 808
203C External review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808
1760 Omission of s 203E (Appropriate appeal court) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808
1761 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 808
Part 12 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Safety)
Regulation 2004
1762 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 809
1763 Amendment of s 154 (Refusal of application for authority). . . . . . 809
1764 Amendment of s 164 (Procedure for suspension or cancellation) 809
1765 Amendment of s 165 (Action by general manager after marine
incident) ...................................... 809
1766 Amendment of s 215 (Removal of buoy mooring on expiry,
cancellation or surrender of approval) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810
1767 Amendment of sch 15 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 810
Part 13 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport)
Act 1994
1768 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811
1769 Amendment of ch 10, hdg (Review of and appeals against
decisions) ................................... 811
1770 Replacement of s 102 (Review of and appeals against
decisions) ................................... 811
102 Internal review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 811
103 External review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 812
104 Commissioner for Children and Young People and
Child Guardian ........................ 813
1771 Amendment of s 126NA (Dangerous situation notice) . . . . . . . . . 813
1772 Replacement of sch 2 (Reviewable decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 814
Schedule 2 Reviewable decisions
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1773 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 815
Part 14 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport)
Regulation 2005
1774 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816
1775 Amendment of pt 10, hdg (Review of, and appeals against,
decisions not provided for under Act, chapter 10) . . . . . . . . . . . . 816
1776 Replacement of s 134 (Review of decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816
134 Review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 816
1777 Replacement of sch 7 (Review and appeals against decisions) . 816
Schedule 7 Reviewable decisions
Part 15 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use
Management) Act 1995
1778 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818
1779 Amendment of s 19 (Procedure for amending, suspending or
cancelling approvals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 818
1780 Amendment of s 19A (Cancelling suspended approval for
failing to take remedial action) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819
1781 Amendment of s 43 (Forfeiture of seized things) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 819
1782 Amendment of ch 4, hdg (Review of and appeals against
decisions) ................................... 819
1783 Replacement of s 65 (Review of and appeals against decisions) 819
65 Internal review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
65A External review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 820
1784 Amendment of s 80 (Breath and saliva tests, and analysis and
laboratory tests) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821
1785 Amendment of s 87 (Issue of restricted licence to disqualified
person) ....................................... 821
1786 Amendment of s 122E (Notice to be given about refusal or
imposition of condition). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 821
1787 Amendment of s 122L (Notice to be given to crossing
supervisor) .................................... 822
1788 Amendment of s 122N (Procedure for immediate suspension of
authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 822
1789 Amendment of s 131 (Appeals with respect to issue of licences
etc.) ....................................... 822
1790 Amendment of s 153 (Exemptions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 823
1791 Amendment of s 153E (Decision on proposed action) . . . . . . . . . 823
1792 Amendment of s 153G (Immediate suspension in the public
interest) ...................................... 824
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1793 Amendment of s 153H (Cancelling suspended exemption for
failing to take remedial action) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
1794 Amendment of s 161B (Improvement notices) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
1795 Amendment of s 161H (Dangerous situation notice) . . . . . . . . . . 824
1796 Amendment of s 168AA (Effect of other administrative action in
relation to fatigue regulated heavy vehicle) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 824
1797 Replacement of sch 3 (Reviewable decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 825
Schedule 3 Reviewable decisions
1798 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 826
Part 16 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use
Management--Accreditation and Other Provisions)
Regulation 2005
1799 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
1800 Amendment of s 7 (Refusing application) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 827
1801 Amendment of s 41 (Notice of granting of accreditation) . . . . . . . 827
1802 Amendment of s 43 (Notice of refusal to grant accreditation) . . . 828
1803 Amendment of s 73 (Granting registration) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
1804 Amendment of s 74 (Notice of refusal to grant registration) . . . . . 828
1805 Replacement of s 112 (Review of decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
112 Review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 828
1806 Replacement of sch 7 (Reviewable decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829
Schedule 7 Reviewable decisions
1807 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 829
Part 17 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use
Management--Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2008
1808 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 830
1809 Amendment of pt 19, hdg (Review and appeal of decisions) . . . . 830
1810 Replacement of s 220 (Review of and appeals against
decisions) .................................... 830
220 Internal and external review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . 830
1811 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831
Part 18 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use
Management--Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999
1812 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 831
1813 Amendment of s 14AJ (Taking of practical driving test to be
eligible for class C P1 provisional licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832
1814 Amendment of ss 16, 33 and 33A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832
1815 Amendment of s 30G (Persons who are eligible, or not eligible,
to apply for order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832
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1816 Amendment of s 30U (Persons who are eligible, or not eligible,
to apply for order) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 832
1817 Amendment of s 38 (Reconsideration of decision by chief
executive) .................................... 832
Part 19 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use
Management--Fatigue Management) Regulation 2008
1818 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835
1819 Amendment of s 155 (Amendment, suspension or cancellation
of class work and rest hours exemption) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 835
1820 Amendment of pt 7, div 4, hdg (Review and appeal of decisions) 836
1821 Amendment of s 185 (Review of original decision) . . . . . . . . . . . 836
1822 Replacement of s 186 (Appeal against reviewed decision) . . . . . 836
186 External review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 836
1823 Replacement of sch 4, hdg (Review and appeal). . . . . . . . . . . . . 837
1824 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 837
Part 20 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use
Management--Vehicle Registration) Regulation 1999
1825 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838
1826 Replacement of s 66 (Review of decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838
66 Review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 838
Part 21 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use
Management--Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation
1999
1827 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839
1828 Replacement of s 44 (Review of decisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839
44 Review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 839
Part 22 Amendment of Transport Planning and Coordination Act
1994
1829 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
1830 Amendment of s 29 (What part applies to). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
1831 Amendment of s 30 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 840
1832 Amendment of s 32 (Stay of operation of original decision) . . . . . 840
1833 Amendment of s 34 (Decision on review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 841
1834 Insertion of new s 34A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842
34A Application of div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842
1835 Omission of s 36DA (Commissioner for Children and Young
People and Child Guardian) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 842
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Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 1 Amendment of Community Ambulance Cover Act 2003
1836 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843
1837 Amendment of s 92B (Special provision for notification of hot
water system exemption for power card arrangement instead
of s 92(3) and (4)). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843
1838 Amendment of s 131 (Notice of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843
1839 Replacement of pt 9, div 2 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 843
Division 2 Reviews by QCAT
132 Applications for review of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844
133 QCAT to decide review on evidence before the
commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 844
134 Representation of parties before QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . 845
1840 Amendment of s 139 (Effect of a non-reviewable decision) . . . . . 845
1841 Amendment of s 148 (Evidentiary provision for statements of
levy liability) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 845
Part 2 Amendment of Debits Tax Repeal Act 2005
1842 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846
1843 Amendment of s 5 (Saving provision for pre-repeal debits) . . . . . 846
1844 Insertion of new ss 8-10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 846
8 Effect of making reassessment after review started. . 847
9 Proceedings for a review by QCAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 847
10 Transfer of appeals from Supreme Court only with
consent ........................... 848
Part 3 Amendment of Duties Act 2001
1845 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
1846 Amendment of s 5 (Relationship of Act with Administration Act) . 849
1847 Amendment of s 411 (Application for exemption for dutiable
transaction or relevant acquisition) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 849
1848 Replacement of ch 13, hdg (Review and appeals). . . . . . . . . . . . 849
1849 Amendment of ch 13, pt 1, hdg (Reviews) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
1850 Amendment of s 474 (Notice of review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
1851 Replacement of ch 13, pt 2 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
Part 2 Reviews by QCAT
475 Applying for review by QCAT of a review decision . . . 850
476 QCAT to decide external review on evidence given
in the proceeding for the review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 850
477 Representation of parties before QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . 851
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Part 4 Amendment of Financial Intermediaries Act 1996
1852 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
1853 Amendment of pt 12, hdg (Review of decisions and appeals) . . . 852
1854 Amendment of pt 12, div 1, hdg (Review of decisions) . . . . . . . . 852
1855 Amendment of s 203 (Affected person may apply for review) . . . 852
1856 Amendment of s 205 (Decision on review). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 852
1857 Replacement of pt 12, div 2 (Appeals against review decisions) . 853
Division 2 External review of decisions by QCAT
206 Affected person may apply for external review by
QCAT ............................... 853
207 Tribunal to decide review on evidence before the
chief executive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 853
208 Tribunal may give leave for review to be decided on
new evidence in particular circumstances . . . . . . . . . 854
Part 5 Amendment of First Home Owner Grant Act 2000
1858 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855
1859 Amendment of s 50 (Effect of writing off liability) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855
1860 Amendment of pt 5, hdg (Objections and appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . 855
1861 Amendment of s 58 (Notice of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855
1862 Replacement of pt 5, div 2 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 855
Division 2 Review of decision on objections
59 Right of review by QCAT. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856
60 QCAT to decide review on evidence before the
commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 856
61 Representation of parties before QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . 857
1863 Amendment of s 68 (Offence to disclose confidential
information) ................................... 857
Part 6 Amendment of Fuel Subsidy Act 1997
1864 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 857
1865 Amendment of ch 5, pt 4, hdg (Reviews and appeals). . . . . . . . . 857
1866 Replacement of ch 5, pt 4, div 2, hdg (Reviews and appeals
under this Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858
1867 Amendment of s 117 (Definitions for div 2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858
1868 Amendment of s 120 (Who may apply for review) . . . . . . . . . . . . 858
1869 Amendment of s 122 (Review decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858
1870 Replacement of ch 5, pt 4, div 2, sdiv 3 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . 858
Subdivision 3 External review of decision
123 Who may apply for review by QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859
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124 No stay of operations of decisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859
125 QCAT to decide review on evidence before the
commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 859
126 Representation of parties before QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . 860
1871 Amendment of s 141A (Refusal to disclose particular
information) ................................ 860
1872 Replacement of sch 1 (Decisions subject to review and appeal) . 860
Schedule 1 Decisions subject to review
Part 7 Amendment of Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994
1873 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 862
1874 Replacement of s 68 (Appeals against the commission's
decisions) .................................... 862
68 Review of the commission's decisions by QCAT . . . . 863
Part 8 Amendment of Pay-roll Tax Act 1971
1875 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863
1876 Amendment of s 8 (Relationship of Act with Administration Act) . 863
1877 Amendment of s 104 (This Act as a revenue law for the
Administration Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 863
1878 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864
Part 9 Amendment of Taxation Administration Act 2001
1879 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864
1880 Amendment of s 17 (Commissioner's general power to make
reassessments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 864
1881 Amendment of s 19 (When commissioner must make
reassessment--objections or court decisions). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865
1882 Amendment of s 20 (Legal interpretations and practices
applying to particular reassessments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865
1883 Amendment of s 23 (Limitation period does not apply to
particular reassessments) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 865
1884 Amendment of s 61 (Interest on particular overpayments
following court's decision). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866
1885 Amendment of pt 6, hdg (Objections and appeals against
assessments) ..................................... 866
1886 Amendment of s 68 (Notice of decision) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 866
1887 Replacement of pt 6, div 2 (Appeals) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867
Division 2 Appeals and reviews
Subdivision 1 Right of appeal or review
69 Right of appeal or review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 867
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Contents
69A Effect of making reassessment after appeal or
review started ............................ 867
Subdivision 2 Appeals to the Supreme Court
70 How to start appeal to the Supreme Court. . . . . . . . . 868
70A Onus on appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869
70B Admissibility of new evidence. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 869
70C Deciding appeal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870
Subdivision 3 Reviews by QCAT
71 QCAT to decide review on evidence before the
commissioner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 870
72 Representation of parties before QCAT . . . . . . . . . . . 871
73 Onus on review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 871
1888 Amendment of s 76 (Effect of non-reviewable decisions). . . . . . . 871
1889 Amendment of s 113 (Refusal of disclosure of particular
information) ................................... 871
1890 Amendment of s 132 (Evidentiary provisions for assessments). . 872
1891 Amendment of s 157 (Repealed Stamp Act is revenue law for
particular provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872
1892 Insertion of new pt 14 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 872
Part 14 Transitional provision for Queensland Civil and
Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction
Provisions) Amendment Act 2009
165 Transfer of appeals from Supreme Court only with
consent ........................... 872
Part 10 Amendment of Taxation Administration Regulation 2002
1893 Regulation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 873
1894 Amendment of s 11 (Non-application of s 147 of Act) . . . . . . . . . 873
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Chapter 5 Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
Part 77 Amendment of Wagering Regulation 1999
[s 864]
Part 77 Amendment of Wagering 1
Regulation 1999 2
Clause 864 Regulation amended 3
This part amends the Wagering Regulation 1999. 4
Clause 865 Omission of s 15 (Registrar--Act, sch 2) 5
Section 15-- 6
omit. 7
Clause 866 Amendment of sch 3 (Fees) 8
Schedule 3, item 5-- 9
omit. 10
Part 78 Amendment of Wine Industry 11
Act 1994 12
Clause 867 Act amended 13
This part amends the Wine Industry Act 1994. 14
Clause 868 Amendment of s 28 (Procedure for variation, suspension 15
or cancellation) 16
Section 28(4)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(4) If the chief executive decides to vary, suspend or cancel a 19
licence, the notice must comply with the QCAT Act, section 20
157(2).'. 21
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Chapter 5 Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation
Part 79 Amendment of Wine Industry Regulation 1995
[s 869]
Clause 869 Replacement of pt 2, div 11, hdg (Appeals) 1
Part 2, division 11, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Division 11 Review of decisions of the chief 4
executive'. 5
Clause 870 Amendment of s 33 (Appeals against decisions of chief 6
executive) 7
(1) Section 33, heading, `Appeals against'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Review of'. 10
(2) Section 33(1), `appealed against'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`reviewed'. 13
Part 79 Amendment of Wine Industry 14
Regulation 1995 15
Clause 871 Regulation amended 16
This part amends the Wine Industry Regulation 1995. 17
Clause 872 Amendment of s 11 (Requirements of submission by 18
petition) 19
Section 11(2)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 1 Amendment of Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002
[s 873]
`(2) A notice given by the chief executive, or the tribunal, to the 1
sponsor of the petition is taken to be given to all signatories to 2
the petition.'. 3
Chapter 6 Department of Environment 4
and Resource Management 5
Part 1 Amendment of Land Protection 6
(Pest and Stock Route 7
Management) Act 2002 8
Clause 873 Act amended 9
This part amends the Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route 10
Management) Act 2002. 11
Clause 874 Amendment of s 161 (Overgrazing on stock route 12
network) 13
Section 161(3)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(3) The notice must-- 16
(a) state the reasonable number to which the stock are to be 17
reduced and the reasonable period in which the 18
reduction must be made; and 19
(b) be accompanied by or include an information notice for 20
the decision to give the notice.'. 21
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 1 Amendment of Land Protection (Pest and Stock Route Management) Act 2002
[s 875]
Clause 875 Replacement of ch 9 (Appeals) 1
Chapter 9-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Chapter 9 Review of decisions by 4
QCAT 5
`296 Who may apply for review by QCAT 6
`An aggrieved person for a reviewable decision may apply, as 7
provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the 8
decision. 9
Note-- 10
Aggrieved persons and reviewable decisions are in schedule 1.'. 11
Clause 876 Amendment of sch 1 (Appealable decisions and 12
aggrieved persons) 13
(1) Schedule 1, heading, `Appealable'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Reviewable'. 16
(2) Schedule 1, authorising section, `appealable decision'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`reviewable decision'. 19
(3) Schedule 1, table, column 1, heading, `Appealable 20
decision'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`Reviewable decision'. 23
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 2 Amendment of Marine Parks Act 2004
[s 877]
Clause 877 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 1
(1) Schedule 3, definitions appealable decision and information 2
notice-- 3
omit. 4
(2) Schedule 3-- 5
insert-- 6
`information notice means a notice complying with the 7
QCAT Act, section 157(2). 8
reviewable decision means a decision stated in schedule 1.'. 9
(3) Schedule 3, definition aggrieved person, `an appealable'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`a reviewable'. 12
Part 2 Amendment of Marine Parks 13
Act 2004 14
Clause 878 Act amended 15
This part amends the Marine Parks Act 2004. 16
Clause 879 Amendment of s 93 (Compliance notice) 17
Section 93(3)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(3) The compliance notice must state that the person may-- 20
(a) apply under part 8 for a review of the decision to give 21
the notice; and 22
(b) apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a 23
stay of the decision.'. 24
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 2 Amendment of Marine Parks Act 2004
[s 880]
Clause 880 Amendment of s 101 (Removal notice) 1
Section 101(3)-- 2
insert-- 3
`(g) that the person may apply under part 8 for a review of 4
the decision to give the notice; 5
(h) that the person may apply, as provided under the QCAT 6
Act, to QCAT for a stay of the decision.'. 7
Clause 881 Amendment of s 104 (Removal notice) 8
Section 104(3)-- 9
insert-- 10
`(h) that the person may apply under part 8 for a review of 11
the decision to give the notice; 12
(i) that the person may apply, as provided under the QCAT 13
Act, to QCAT for a stay of the decision.'. 14
Clause 882 Replacement of pt 8, hdg (Appeals and review) 15
Part 8, heading-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Part 8 Review of decisions'. 18
Clause 883 Amendment of s 117 (Appeal against particular decisions 19
must be by way of internal review or ADR process) 20
(1) Section 117, heading, `Appeal against'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`Review of'. 23
(2) Section 117(1), `appeal against'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`apply for a review of'. 26
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 2 Amendment of Marine Parks Act 2004
[s 884]
Clause 884 Amendment of s 119 (Review decision) 1
(1) Section 119, heading, `Review'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Internal review'. 4
(2) Section 119(1)(b), `(the review decision)'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(the internal review decision)'. 7
(3) Section 119(2) and (3)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(2) Within 14 days after making the internal review decision, the 10
chief executive must give the applicant a notice complying 11
with the QCAT Act, section 157(2) for the decision.'. 12
(4) Section 119(5), `appeal to a Magistrates Court'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`application to QCAT for external review'. 15
(5) Section 119(5), `review decision'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`internal review decision'. 18
(6) Section 119(4) and (5)-- 19
renumber as section 119(3) and (4). 20
Clause 885 Amendment of s 120 (Stay of operation of original 21
decision) 22
(1) Section 120(1) and (2)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(1) If an application is made for an internal review of an original 25
decision, the applicant may immediately apply, as provided 26
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a stay of the original 27
decision. 28
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 2 Amendment of Marine Parks Act 2004
[s 886]
`(2) QCAT may stay the original decision to secure the 1
effectiveness of the internal review and any later application 2
to QCAT for external review.'. 3
(2) Section 120(3), `the court'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`QCAT'. 6
(3) Section 120(4)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(4) The period of the stay must not extend past the time when the 9
chief executive makes an internal review decision about the 10
original decision and any later period QCAT allows the 11
applicant to enable the applicant to apply for an external 12
review of the internal review decision.'. 13
Clause 886 Replacement of pt 8, div 3 (Appeals to Magistrates Court) 14
Part 8, division 3-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Division 3 External reviews by QCAT 17
`121 Who may apply for external review 18
`A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, a notice 19
under section 119(2) about a decision may apply, as provided 20
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for an external review of the 21
decision.'. 22
Clause 887 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 23
(1) Schedule, definition review decision-- 24
omit. 25
(2) Schedule-- 26
insert-- 27
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 3 Amendment of Marine Parks Regulation 2006
[s 888]
`external review, for a decision, means a review of the 1
decision by QCAT under the QCAT Act. 2
internal review decision see section 119(1)(b).'. 3
Part 3 Amendment of Marine Parks 4
Regulation 2006 5
Clause 888 Regulation amended 6
This part amends the Marine Parks Regulation 2006. 7
Clause 889 Replacement of pt 8, hdg (Review and appeal provisions) 8
Part 8, heading-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Part 8 Internal and external reviews'. 11
Clause 890 Replacement of s 147 (Appeal process starts with 12
internal review) 13
Section 147-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`147 Internal review process before external review 16
`Every review of a reviewable decision must be, in the first 17
instance, by way of an application for internal review.'. 18
Clause 891 Amendment of s 148 (Applying for an internal review) 19
(1) Section 148, `an appealable decision'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`a reviewable decision'. 22
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 3 Amendment of Marine Parks Regulation 2006
[s 892]
(2) Section 148, `the appealable decision'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`the reviewable decision'. 3
(3) Section 148(2)(c), `review decision'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`internal review decision'. 6
Clause 892 Amendment of s 149 (Review decision) 7
(1) Section 149, heading, `Review'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Internal review'. 10
(2) Section 149, `appealable decision'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`reviewable decision'. 13
(3) Section 149, `the review decision'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`the internal review decision'. 16
(4) Section 149(2)(c), `review decision'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`internal review decision'. 19
(5) Section 149(3) and (4)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(3) Within 14 days after making the internal review decision, the 22
chief executive must give the applicant a notice complying 23
with the QCAT Act, section 157(2) for the decision.'. 24
(6) Section 149(6), `appeal to a Magistrates Court'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`application to QCAT for external review'. 27
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 3 Amendment of Marine Parks Regulation 2006
[s 893]
(7) Section 149(5) and (6)-- 1
renumber as section 149(4) and (5). 2
Clause 893 Amendment of s 150 (Stay of operation of appealable 3
decision) 4
(1) Section 150, heading, `appealable'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`reviewable'. 7
(2) Section 150(1) and (2)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(1) If an application is made for an internal review of a reviewable 10
decision, the applicant may immediately apply, as provided 11
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a stay of the reviewable 12
decision. 13
`(2) QCAT may stay the reviewable decision to secure the 14
effectiveness of the internal review and any later application 15
to QCAT for external review.'. 16
(3) Section 150(3), `the court'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`QCAT'. 19
(4) Section 150(4)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(4) The period of the stay must not extend past the time when the 22
chief executive makes an internal review decision about the 23
reviewable decision and any later period QCAT allows the 24
applicant to enable the applicant to apply for an external 25
review of the decision.'. 26
(5) Section 150(5), `the appealable decision'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
`the reviewable decision'. 29
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 3 Amendment of Marine Parks Regulation 2006
[s 894]
Clause 894 Replacement of pt 8, div 3 (Appeals) 1
Part 8, division 3-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Division 3 External reviews by QCAT 4
`151 Who may apply for external review 5
`A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, a notice 6
under section 149(3) about a decision may apply, as provided 7
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for an external review of the 8
decision. 9
`152 Extending time for application 10
`QCAT may extend the time for applying for external review 11
if-- 12
(a) the internal review decision relates to a permission that 13
forms part of a joint permission; and 14
(b) a decision about the Commonwealth permission 15
forming the other part of the joint permission is being 16
reviewed under the Commonwealth Act, or has been 17
reviewed and is the subject of an appeal under the 18
Commonwealth Act; and 19
(c) the outcome of the review or appeal under the 20
Commonwealth Act is reasonably likely to affect the 21
applicant's decision about whether or not to pursue, or 22
the chief executive's decision about whether or not to 23
defend, an application for external review under this 24
division.'. 25
Clause 895 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) 26
(1) Schedule 6, definitions appealable decision, review decision 27
and review notice-- 28
omit. 29
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 3 Amendment of Marine Parks Regulation 2006
[s 895]
(2) Schedule 6-- 1
insert-- 2
`internal review decision see section 149(1)(b). 3
reviewable decision means the following decisions of the 4
chief executive-- 5
(a) a decision for which an information notice must be 6
given; 7
(b) a decision to refuse to give an approval under this 8
regulation or a zoning plan; 9
(c) a decision to impose a condition on an approval given 10
under this regulation or a zoning plan; 11
(d) a decision to refuse to grant an accreditation of a 12
traditional use of marine resources agreement, or an 13
educational or research institution, for the Moreton Bay 14
Marine Park; 15
(e) a decision to amend, suspend or cancel an accreditation 16
of a traditional use of marine resources agreement, or an 17
educational or research institution, for the Moreton Bay 18
Marine Park.'. 19
(3) Schedule 6, definition information notice, `review or 20
appeal'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`internal review'. 23
(4) Schedule 6, definition information notice, paragraph (f)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`(f) that a person may apply, as provided under the QCAT 26
Act, to QCAT for a stay of a decision the subject of an 27
internal review.'. 28
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 4 Amendment of Nature Conservation Act 1992
[s 896]
Part 4 Amendment of Nature 1
Conservation Act 1992 2
Clause 896 Act amended 3
This part amends the Nature Conservation Act 1992. 4
Clause 897 Insertion of new pt 10, div 4 5
Part 10-- 6
insert-- 7
`Division 4 Stay of decisions by QCAT 8
`173OA Limitation on stays granted by QCAT for particular 9
decisions 10
`QCAT can not make an order staying the operation of a 11
decision by the chief executive under this Act to suspend or 12
cancel a licence, permit or other authority that authorises the 13
holder of the authority to-- 14
(a) take or interfere with the cultural or natural resources of 15
a protected area; or 16
(b) take protected wildlife.'. 17
Part 5 Amendment of Nature 18
Conservation (Administration) 19
Regulation 2006 20
Clause 898 Regulation amended 21
This part amends the Nature Conservation (Administration) 22
Regulation 2006. 23
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 5 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Administration) Regulation 2006
[s 899]
Clause 899 Replacement of pt 4, hdg (Review and appeal provisions) 1
Part 4, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Part 4 Internal and external reviews'. 4
Clause 900 Replacement of s 99 (Appeal process starts with internal 5
review) 6
Section 99-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`99 Internal review process before external review 9
`Every review of a reviewable decision must be, in the first 10
instance, by way of an application for internal review.'. 11
Clause 901 Amendment of s 100 (Applying for an internal review) 12
(1) Section 100, `an appellable decision'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`a reviewable decision'. 15
(2) Section 100(1)(a)(ii), `appellable decision'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`reviewable decision'. 18
(3) Section 100, `the appellable decision'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`the reviewable decision'. 21
Clause 902 Amendment of s 101 (Review decision) 22
(1) Section 101, heading-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 5 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Administration) Regulation 2006
[s 903]
`101 Internal review'. 1
(2) Section 101, `the appellable decision'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`the reviewable decision'. 4
(3) Section 101(1)(b), `(the review decision)'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(the internal review decision)'. 7
(4) Section 101(2) and (3)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(2) Within 14 days after making the internal review decision, the 10
chief executive must give the applicant a notice complying 11
with the QCAT Act, section 157(2) about the decision.'. 12
(5) Section 101(5), `appeal to a Magistrates Court'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`application to QCAT for external review'. 15
(6) Section 101(5), `the review decision'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`the internal review decision'. 18
(7) Section 101(4) and (5)-- 19
renumber as section 101(3) and (4). 20
Clause 903 Amendment of s 102 (Stay of operation of appellable 21
decision) 22
(1) Section 102, heading, `appellable decision'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`reviewable decision'. 25
(2) Section 102(1) and (2)-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 5 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Administration) Regulation 2006
[s 904]
`(1) If an application is made for an internal review of a reviewable 1
decision, the applicant may immediately apply, as provided 2
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a stay of the reviewable 3
decision. 4
Note-- 5
However, see the Act, section 173OA (Limitation on stays granted by 6
QCAT for particular decisions). 7
`(2) QCAT may stay the reviewable decision to secure the 8
effectiveness of the internal review and a later application to 9
QCAT for external review.'. 10
(3) Section 102, `the court'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`QCAT'. 13
(4) Section 102(4)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(4) The period of the stay must not extend past the time when the 16
chief executive makes an internal review decision about the 17
reviewable decision and any later period QCAT allows the 18
applicant to enable the applicant to apply for an external 19
review of the decision.'. 20
(5) Section 102(5), `appellable'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`reviewable'. 23
(6) Section 102(6)-- 24
omit. 25
Clause 904 Replacement of pt 4, div 3 (Appeals) 26
Part 4, division 3-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 5 Amendment of Nature Conservation (Administration) Regulation 2006
[s 905]
`Division 3 External reviews by QCAT 1
`103 Who may apply for external review 2
`A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, a notice 3
under section 101(2) about a decision may apply, as provided 4
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for an external review of the 5
decision.'. 6
Clause 905 Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary) 7
(1) Schedule 7, definitions appellable decision, review decision 8
and review notice-- 9
omit. 10
(2) Schedule 7-- 11
insert-- 12
`external review, for a decision, means a review of the 13
decision by QCAT under the QCAT Act. 14
internal review decision see section 101(1)(b). 15
reviewable decision means the following decisions of the 16
chief executive-- 17
(a) a decision for which an information notice must be 18
given; 19
(b) a decision to refuse to give an approval or authorisation 20
under a management instrument; 21
(c) a decision to impose a condition on an approval or 22
authorisation given under a management instrument; 23
(d) a decision to give a notice under the Wildlife 24
Management Regulation, section 331(2).'. 25
(3) Schedule 7, definition information notice, `review or 26
appeal'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 6 Amendment of Queensland Heritage Act 1992
[s 906]
`internal review'. 1
(4) Schedule 7, definition information notice, paragraph (f)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(f) if applicable, that a person may apply, as provided under 4
the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a stay of a decision the 5
subject of an internal review.'. 6
Part 6 Amendment of Queensland 7
Heritage Act 1992 8
Clause 906 Act amended 9
This part amends the Queensland Heritage Act 1992. 10
Clause 907 Replacement of s 97 (Notice about decision) 11
Section 97-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`97 Notice about decision 14
`(1) As soon as practicable after deciding the application, the chief 15
executive must give the applicant a notice about the decision. 16
`(2) If the chief executive decides to pay compensation, the notice 17
must-- 18
(a) state details of the amount and how the amount was 19
assessed; and 20
(b) if the amount is less than the amount claimed--be 21
accompanied by a QCAT information notice. 22
`(3) If the chief executive decides not to pay compensation, the 23
notice must be accompanied by a QCAT information notice 24
for the decision. 25
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 7 Amendment of Recreation Areas Management Act 2006
[s 908]
`(4) In this section-- 1
QCAT information notice means an information notice 2
complying with the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 3
Clause 908 Replacement of pt 9, div 2, sdiv 3 (Appeals) 4
Part 9, division 2, subdivision 3-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Subdivision 3 External reviews by QCAT 7
`98 External review of compensation decisions 8
`An applicant for the payment of compensation under this 9
division who is dissatisfied with the following decisions of the 10
chief executive may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, 11
to QCAT for a review of the decision-- 12
(a) a refusal to pay compensation; 13
(b) a decision about the amount of compensation.'. 14
Part 7 Amendment of Recreation 15
Areas Management Act 2006 16
Clause 909 Act amended 17
This part amends the Recreation Areas Management Act 18
2006. 19
Clause 910 Replacement of s 206 (Appeal process starts with 20
internal review) 21
Section 206-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 7 Amendment of Recreation Areas Management Act 2006
[s 911]
`206 Internal review process before external review 1
`Every review of a reviewable decision must be, in the first 2
instance, by way of an application for internal review.'. 3
Clause 911 Amendment of s 207 (Applying for an internal review) 4
(1) Section 207(3) and (4), `the appellable'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`the reviewable'. 7
(2) Section 207(5)(b), `an appellable'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`a reviewable'. 10
Clause 912 Amendment of s 208 (Review decision) 11
(1) Section 208, heading, `Review'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Internal review'. 14
(2) Section 208(1) and (4), `the appellable'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`the reviewable'. 17
(3) Section 208(1)(b), `(the review decision)'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(the internal review decision)'. 20
(4) Section 208(2) and (3)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(2) Within 14 days after making the internal review decision, the 23
chief executive must give the applicant a notice complying 24
with the QCAT Act, section 157(2) for the decision.'. 25
(5) Section 208(5)-- 26
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 7 Amendment of Recreation Areas Management Act 2006
[s 913]
omit, insert-- 1
`(5) For an application to QCAT for external review-- 2
(a) if the internal review decision confirms the reviewable 3
decision, the reviewable decision is taken to be the 4
internal review decision; or 5
(b) if the internal review decision amends the reviewable 6
decision, the reviewable decision, as amended, is taken 7
to be the internal review decision.'. 8
(6) Section 208(4) and (5)-- 9
renumber as section (3) and (4). 10
Clause 913 Amendment of s 209 (Stay of operation of appellable 11
decision) 12
(1) Section 209, heading, `appellable'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`reviewable'. 15
(2) Section 209(1) and (2)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(1) If an application is made for an internal review of a reviewable 18
decision, the applicant may immediately apply, as provided 19
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a stay of the reviewable 20
decision. 21
`(2) QCAT may stay the reviewable decision to secure the 22
effectiveness of the internal review and a later application to 23
QCAT for external review.'. 24
(3) Section 209(3), `the court'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`QCAT'. 27
(4) Section 209(4)-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
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[s 914]
`(4) The period of the stay must not extend past the time when the 1
chief executive makes an internal review decision about the 2
reviewable decision and any later period QCAT allows the 3
applicant to enable the applicant to apply for an external 4
review of the internal review decision.'. 5
(5) Section 209(5), `the appellable'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`the reviewable'. 8
Clause 914 Replacement of pt 9, div 4 (Appeals) 9
Part 9, division 4-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`Division 4 External reviews by QCAT 12
`210 Who may apply for external review 13
`A person who is given, or is entitled to be given a notice 14
under section 208(2) about a decision may apply, as provided 15
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for an external review of the 16
decision.'. 17
Clause 915 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 18
(1) Schedule, definitions appellable decision, review decision and 19
review notice-- 20
omit. 21
(2) Schedule-- 22
insert-- 23
`external review, for a decision, means a review of the 24
decision by QCAT under the QCAT Act. 25
internal review decision see section 208(1)(b). 26
reviewable decision means a decision of the chief executive 27
for which an information notice must be given.'. 28
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Part 8 Amendment of Surveyors Act 2003
[s 916]
(3) Schedule, definition information notice, paragraph (c)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(c) how the person receiving the notice may apply for a 3
review of the decision; 4
(d) that the person receiving the notice may apply, as 5
provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a stay of the 6
decision.'. 7
Part 8 Amendment of Surveyors Act 8
2003 9
Clause 916 Act amended 10
This part amends the Surveyors Act 2003. 11
Clause 917 Amendment of s 9 (Functions of board) 12
(1) Section 9(i), `surveyors disciplinary committees'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`QCAT'. 15
(2) Section 9(j)-- 16
omit. 17
(3) Section 9(k)-- 18
renumber as section 9(j). 19
Clause 918 Amendment of s 53 (Failure to decide application) 20
Section 53-- 21
insert-- 22
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Part 8 Amendment of Surveyors Act 2003
[s 919]
`(3) The board need not give an applicant an information notice 1
for a decision taken to have been made under this section.'. 2
Clause 919 Amendment of s 58 (Failure to decide application) 3
Section 58-- 4
insert-- 5
`(3) The board need not give an applicant an information notice 6
for a decision taken to have been made under this section.'. 7
Clause 920 Amendment of s 89 (Board's decision on investigation) 8
(1) Section 89(2)(b)(ii), `a disciplinary committee'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`QCAT'. 11
(2) Section 89-- 12
insert-- 13
`(5) A referral under subsection (2)(b)(ii) must be made as 14
provided under the QCAT Act.'. 15
Clause 921 Omission of s 93 (Disciplinary action by disciplinary 16
committee) 17
Section 93-- 18
omit. 19
Clause 922 Amendment of pt 6, hdg (Surveyors disciplinary 20
committee) 21
Part 6, heading-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`Part 6 Disciplinary proceedings by 24
QCAT'. 25
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Part 8 Amendment of Surveyors Act 2003
[s 923]
Clause 923 Replacement of pt 6, divs 1-4 1
Part 6, divisions 1 to 4-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`94 Jurisdiction of QCAT 4
`QCAT has jurisdiction to hear and decide disciplinary 5
proceedings referred by the board under section 89(2)(b)(ii).'. 6
Clause 924 Omission of pt 6, divs 5-7, hdgs 7
Part 6, divisions 5 to 7, headings-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 925 Amendment of s 118 (Decision about whether ground for 10
disciplinary action is established) 11
(1) Section 118(1)-- 12
omit. 13
(2) Section 118(2), `its decision, the committee'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`a decision about whether a registrant has engaged in 16
professional misconduct, QCAT'. 17
(3) Section 118(2)(c) and (3), `the committee'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`QCAT'. 20
(4) Section 118(2) and (3)-- 21
renumber as section 118(1) and (2). 22
(5) Section 118(2), as renumbered, `Subsection (2)'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`Subsection (1)'. 25
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Part 8 Amendment of Surveyors Act 2003
[s 926]
Clause 926 Amendment of s 119 (Decision about disciplinary action 1
against registrant, other than former registrant) 2
(1) Section 119(2), `the disciplinary committee'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`QCAT'. 5
(2) Section 119, `the committee'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`QCAT'. 8
Clause 927 Amendment of s 120 (Decision about disciplinary action 9
against former registrant) 10
(1) Section 120(2) `the disciplinary committee'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`QCAT'. 13
(2) Section 120, `the committee'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`QCAT'. 16
Clause 928 Amendment of s 121 (Matters disciplinary committee 17
must consider in making decision about disciplinary 18
action) 19
(1) Section 121, heading, `disciplinary committee'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`QCAT'. 22
(2) Section 121(1), `the disciplinary committee'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`QCAT'. 25
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Part 8 Amendment of Surveyors Act 2003
[s 929]
(3) Section 121, `the committee'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`QCAT'. 3
Clause 929 Amendment of s 122 (Disciplinary committee's power to 4
order costs) 5
(1) Section 122, heading, `Disciplinary committee's'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`QCAT's'. 8
(2) Section 122(1), `The disciplinary committee'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`QCAT'. 11
(3) Section 122(2)(a)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(a) the costs that are allowable under the QCAT Act; and'. 14
(4) Section 122(3), `the committee'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`QCAT'. 17
Clause 930 Omission of s 123 (Notification of disciplinary 18
committee's decision) 19
Section 123-- 20
omit. 21
Clause 931 Amendment of s 124 (Board may notify other persons) 22
(1) Section 124(1), from `the disciplinary committee' to 23
`registrant,'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
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Part 8 Amendment of Surveyors Act 2003
[s 932]
`QCAT makes a decision about disciplinary proceedings 1
against the registrant, subject to an order made by QCAT,'. 2
(2) Section 124(1)(a), `on the internet'-- 3
omit. 4
(3) Section 124(1)(b), `the committee's'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`QCAT's'. 7
Clause 932 Omission of ss 125 and 126 8
Sections 125 and 126-- 9
omit. 10
Clause 933 Amendment of s 127 (Disciplinary action to be recorded 11
in register) 12
(1) Section 127(1), `the disciplinary committee'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`QCAT'. 15
(2) Section 127(2), `the committee'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`QCAT'. 18
Clause 934 Amendment of s 140 (Entry with consent) 19
Section 140(6)(a), `the disciplinary committee'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`QCAT'. 22
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Part 8 Amendment of Surveyors Act 2003
[s 935]
Clause 935 Replacement of pts 8 and 9 1
Parts 8 and 9-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Part 8 Review of decisions by QCAT 4
`163 Who may apply for review 5
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 6
information notice for a decision under this Act may apply, as 7
provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the 8
decision. 9
`(2) Also, a person whose application the board is taken, under 10
section 53 or 58, to have decided to refuse to grant may apply, 11
as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the 12
decision. 13
Note-- 14
Section 53 deals with applications for registrations and registration 15
endorsements and section 58 deals with applications for renewal of 16
registrations and registration endorsements.'. 17
Clause 936 Omission of sch 1 (Decisions for which information 18
notices must be given) 19
Schedule 1-- 20
omit. 21
Clause 937 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 22
(1) Schedule 3, definitions disciplinary committee, information 23
notice and surveyors disciplinary committee-- 24
omit. 25
(2) Schedule 3-- 26
insert-- 27
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Part 9 Amendment of Valuers Registration Act 1992
[s 938]
`information notice means a notice complying with the 1
QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 2
(3) Schedule 3, definition disciplinary body, paragraph (c)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(c) QCAT.'. 5
Part 9 Amendment of Valuers 6
Registration Act 1992 7
Clause 938 Act amended 8
This part amends the Valuers Registration Act 1992. 9
Clause 939 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) 10
(1) Section 3, definition committee-- 11
omit. 12
(2) Section 3-- 13
insert-- 14
`information notice means a notice complying with the 15
QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 16
Clause 940 Amendment of s 12 (Removal from office) 17
Section 12, `or a committee'-- 18
omit. 19
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 9 Amendment of Valuers Registration Act 1992
[s 941]
Clause 941 Amendment of s 33 (Notice of board's decision) 1
Section 33(2), from `state'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`be an information notice.'. 4
Clause 942 Amendment of s 39 (Cancellation of registration) 5
(1) Section 39(1)(d)-- 6
omit. 7
(2) Section 39(3), from `a written'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`an information notice for the decision.'. 10
Clause 943 Amendment of s 40 (Restoration of registration after 11
removal under s 37) 12
Section 40-- 13
insert-- 14
`(6) If the board decides to refuse to restore the applicant's 15
registration, the board must give the applicant an information 16
notice for the decision.'. 17
Clause 944 Amendment of s 42D (Refusal of application) 18
(1) Section 42D(1)(b)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(b) give the applicant an information notice for the decision 21
to refuse.'. 22
(2) Section 42D(2)-- 23
omit. 24
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Part 9 Amendment of Valuers Registration Act 1992
[s 945]
Clause 945 Amendment of s 42GA (Removal from list of specialist 1
retail valuers) 2
Sections 42GA(3)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(3) If the board decides to remove a valuer's particulars under 5
subsection (1), the board must give the valuer an information 6
notice for the decision.'. 7
Clause 946 Amendment of s 42H, hdg (Disciplinary charges against 8
specialist retail valuers) 9
Section 42H, heading, `charges'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`proceedings'. 12
Clause 947 Replacement of ss 50-58 13
Sections 50 to 58-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`50 Disciplinary proceedings 16
`(1) This section applies if, after considering an investigator's 17
report, the board reasonably considers that a valuer has 18
engaged in-- 19
(a) professional misconduct; or 20
(b) incompetence or negligence in the person's performance 21
as a valuer. 22
`(2) The board may, as it considers appropriate in the 23
circumstances-- 24
(a) refer the matter to QCAT to decide; or 25
(b) if it considers the matter does not warrant referral to 26
QCAT-- 27
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[s 947]
(i) take disciplinary action against the valuer under 1
section 51; or 2
(ii) take no further action. 3
`(3) A referral under subsection (2)(a) must be made as provided 4
under the QCAT Act. 5
`51 Board may take disciplinary action 6
`(1) Subject to section 52, the board may do 1 or more of the 7
following-- 8
(a) admonish or reprimand the valuer; 9
(b) order the valuer to give an undertaking to abstain from 10
particular conduct; 11
(c) order the valuer to pay to the board a penalty of an 12
amount equal to not more than 20 penalty units. 13
`(2) The board must give a valuer an information notice for its 14
decision to take action against the valuer under subsection (1). 15
`(3) The board may publish, in the newspaper or on its website, 16
notice of any action taken under subsection (1). 17
`52 Notice of intention to take disciplinary action 18
`(1) Before taking action against a valuer under section 51, the 19
board must give to the valuer written notice of its intention to 20
take the action. 21
`(2) The notice must state-- 22
(a) the professional misconduct, incompetence or 23
negligence alleged against the valuer; and 24
(b) the facts and circumstances forming the basis for the 25
allegations; and 26
(c) a day, at least 14 days after the day the notice is given, 27
by which the valuer may, in relation to the allegations 28
stated in the notice-- 29
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Part 9 Amendment of Valuers Registration Act 1992
[s 948]
(i) make written representations to the board; or 1
(ii) request the board to hear him or her; or 2
(iii) require the board to refer the matter to QCAT. 3
`(3) If the valuer requests a hearing, the board must advise the 4
valuer of a time and place at which the valuer may appear 5
before the board. 6
`(4) When deciding the action to be taken against a valuer under 7
section 51, the board must consider any representations made 8
by the valuer about the allegations. 9
`(5) If the valuer requires the board to refer the matter to QCAT, 10
the board can not proceed to take action against the valuer 11
under section 51.'. 12
Clause 948 Amendment of s 59 (Committee may order cancellation of 13
registration, etc.) 14
(1) Section 59, heading, `Committee'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`QCAT'. 17
(2) Section 59(1), from `a committee' to `the committee'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`QCAT finds a registered valuer has engaged in professional 20
misconduct, incompetence or negligence, QCAT'. 21
(3) Section 59(2), `A committee'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`QCAT'. 24
(4) Section 59(5), `the committee'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`QCAT'. 27
(5) Section 59(5), after `subsection (4),'-- 28
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Part 9 Amendment of Valuers Registration Act 1992
[s 949]
insert-- 1
`subject to an order made by QCAT,'. 2
(6) Section 59(6), from `The board' to `website'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Subject to an order made by QCAT, the board may also 5
publish, in the newspaper or on its website'. 6
Clause 949 Amendment of s 61 (Appeals) 7
(1) Section 61, heading-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`61 Review of particular decisions'. 10
(2) Section 61(1)(c), `a committee'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`the board'. 13
(3) Section 61(1), from `may'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a 16
review of the decision.'. 17
(4) Section 61(2) and (3)-- 18
omit. 19
(5) Section 61(4), `appeal'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`review'. 22
(6) Section 61(4), `appellant'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`applicant'. 25
(7) Section 61(4), from `and' to `committee'-- 26
omit. 27
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Part 9 Amendment of Valuers Registration Act 1992
[s 950]
Clause 950 Amendment of s 64 (Proceedings on behalf of board) 1
Section 64(3), `, and all penalties and costs ordered by a 2
committee to be paid to the board under this Act,'-- 3
omit. 4
Clause 951 Insertion of new pt 6, div 4 5
After part 6, division 3-- 6
insert-- 7
`Division 4 Transitional provision for 8
Queensland Civil and 9
Administrative Tribunal 10
(Jurisdiction Provisions) 11
Amendment Act 2009 12
`78 Effect of charge laid under previous section 50 13
`(1) This section applies if, immediately before the 14
commencement, a charge had been laid by an investigator 15
against a registered valuer under previous section 50(1), but 16
no committee had been appointed under previous section 17
50(3). 18
`(2) From the commencement, the charge ceases to have effect. 19
`(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the board's powers to take action 20
under section 50(2). 21
`(4) In this section-- 22
commencement means the commencement of this section. 23
previous, if followed by a provision number, means the 24
provision of that number in force before the commencement. 25
Note-- 26
See also the QCAT Act, chapter 7.'. 27
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 10 Amendment of Vegetation Management Act 1999
[s 952]
Part 10 Amendment of Vegetation 1
Management Act 1999 2
Clause 952 Act amended 3
This part amends the Vegetation Management Act 1999. 4
Clause 953 Amendment of s 55 (Compliance notice) 5
Section 55-- 6
insert-- 7
`(3A) The compliance notice must be accompanied by or include an 8
information notice for the decision to give the notice.'. 9
Clause 954 Amendment of pt 4, hdg (Appeals and legal proceedings) 10
Part 4, heading, `Appeals'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Reviews'. 13
Clause 955 Replacement of pt 4, div 1 (Appeals) 14
Part 4, division 1-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Division 1 Review of decisions by QCAT 17
`62 Who may apply for review 18
`A person who has been given a compliance notice may apply, 19
as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the 20
decision to give the notice.'. 21
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 11 Amendment of Water Act 2000
[s 956]
Clause 956 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 1
Schedule-- 2
insert-- 3
`information notice means a notice complying with the 4
QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 5
Part 11 Amendment of Water Act 2000 6
Clause 957 Act amended 7
This part amends the Water Act 2000. 8
Clause 958 Omission of s 778 (When regulator may give a show 9
cause notice) 10
Section 778-- 11
omit. 12
Clause 959 Amendment of s 781 (General requirements for 13
compliance notices) 14
(1) Section 781(1)(h), `appeal against'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`apply for an internal review of'. 17
(2) Section 781(1)(i), `appeal'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`apply for the internal review'. 20
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 11 Amendment of Water Act 2000
[s 960]
Clause 960 Amendment of s 861 (Appeal process starts with internal 1
review) 2
(1) Section 861, heading, after `Appeal'-- 3
insert-- 4
`or external review'. 5
(2) Section 861, after `against'-- 6
insert-- 7
`or application for external review of'. 8
Clause 961 Amendment of s 864 (Review decision) 9
(1) Sections 864(4)(b)(i) and (iii)-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Sections 864(4)(b)(ii) and (iv)-- 12
renumber as sections 864(4)(b)(i) and (ii). 13
(3) Section 864, after subsection (4)-- 14
insert-- 15
`(4AA) For the following decisions, the review notice must comply 16
with the QCAT Act, section 157(2)-- 17
(a) a decision or action about a water bore driller's licence; 18
(b) a decision or action mentioned in section 851(1) for 19
which a compliance notice was given.'. 20
(4) Section 864(4A), `or arbitration provisions of this Act'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`provisions of this Act or the provisions of the QCAT Act 23
about an external review'. 24
(5) Section 864(6), `arbitration'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`external review by QCAT'. 27
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Part 11 Amendment of Water Act 2000
[s 962]
(6) Section 864(7), `arbitration'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`external review by QCAT'. 3
Clause 962 Amendment of s 865 (Stay of operation of original 4
decision) 5
(1) Section 865(1)(a)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(a) if, under section 877(1)(a) or (c), the applicant would be 8
able to apply to QCAT for an external review--QCAT; 9
and'. 10
(2) Section 865(1)(b), `section 864(4)(b)(ii) or (iv)'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`section 877(1)(b) or (d)'. 13
(3) Section 865(2)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(1A) An application to QCAT under subsection (1)(a) must be 16
made as provided under the QCAT Act. 17
`(2) QCAT or the Land Court may stay the original decision to 18
secure the effectiveness of the review and a later application 19
for external review to QCAT or appeal to the court.'. 20
(4) Section 865(3), before `the court'-- 21
insert-- 22
`QCAT or'. 23
(5) Section 865(4), from `the court'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`QCAT or the court allows the applicant to enable the 26
applicant to apply for an external review or appeal against the 27
review decision.'. 28
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 11 Amendment of Water Act 2000
[s 963]
Clause 963 Amendment of ch 6, pt 3, hdg (Appeals) 1
Chapter 6, part 3, heading, after `Appeals'-- 2
insert-- 3
`and external reviews'. 4
Clause 964 Amendment of s 877 (Who may appeal) 5
(1) Section 877, heading, after `appeal'-- 6
insert-- 7
`or apply for external review'. 8
(2) Section 877(1), from `a review' to `against'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`an internal review of an original decision, any interested 11
person for the original decision may appeal against or apply 12
for a review of'. 13
(3) Section 877(1)(a), `the Magistrates Court'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`QCAT'. 16
(4) Section 877(1)(c), `the Magistrates Court'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`QCAT'. 19
(5) Section 877(2)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(2) An application to QCAT made under subsection (1)(a) or (c) 22
must be made as provided under the QCAT Act.'. 23
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 11 Amendment of Water Act 2000
[s 965]
Clause 965 Amendment of s 878 (Starting an appeal) 1
Section 878, heading, after `appeal'-- 2
insert-- 3
`to the Land Court'. 4
Clause 966 Amendment of s 879 (Staying operation of review 5
decision) 6
(1) Section 879, `arbitration or'-- 7
omit. 8
(2) Section 879(4), `the arbitration is determined or'-- 9
omit. 10
Clause 967 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 11
(1) Schedule 4-- 12
insert-- 13
`external review, for a decision, means a review of the 14
decision by QCAT under the QCAT Act.'. 15
(2) Schedule 4, definition information notice, paragraph (a)(iv)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(iv) that any person given the notice may apply for an 18
internal review of the decision within 30 business 19
days after the day the notice is given; and'. 20
(3) Schedule 4, definition information notice, paragraph (b), 21
`appeal'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`internal review'. 24
(4) Schedule 4, definition review decision, `section 864(1)'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`section 864(2)'. 27
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
[s 968]
(5) Schedule 4, definition review notice, `section 864(2)'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`section 864(3)'. 3
Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply 4
(Safety and Reliability) Act 2008 5
Clause 968 Act amended 6
This part amends the Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) 7
Act 2008. 8
Clause 969 Amendment of s 466 (Compliance notice) 9
(1) Section 466(1)(f), `appeal against'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`apply for an internal review of'. 12
(2) Section 466(1)(g), `appeal'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`apply for the review'. 15
Clause 970 Replacement of s 511 (Appeal process starts with review) 16
Section 511-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`511 Appeal or external review process starts with 19
internal review 20
`Every appeal or application for external review of an original 21
decision must be, in the first instance, by way of an 22
application for internal review.'. 23
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Chapter 6 Department of Environment and Resource Management
Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
[s 971]
Clause 971 Amendment of s 512 (Who may apply for review) 1
(1) Section 512(1)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(1) An interested person for an original decision may apply for an 4
internal review of the decision (an internal review 5
application).'. 6
(2) Section 512(2), `A review'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`An internal review'. 9
Clause 972 Amendment of s 513 (Requirements for making review 10
application) 11
(1) Section 513, heading, after `making'-- 12
insert-- 13
`internal'. 14
(2) Section 513(1), `A review'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`An internal review'. 17
(3) Section 513(2), `a review'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`an internal review'. 20
(4) Section 513(3) and (4), `the review'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`the internal review'. 23
Clause 973 Amendment of s 514 (Review decision) 24
(1) Section 514(1), `a review'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
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Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
[s 974]
`an internal review'. 1
(2) Section 514(3), `review'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`internal review'. 4
(3) Section 514(6), after `arbitration'-- 5
insert-- 6
`, external review'. 7
(4) Section 514(7), after `arbitration'-- 8
insert-- 9
`, external review'. 10
Clause 974 Amendment of s 515 (Notice of review decision) 11
(1) Section 515(2)(b)(ii) and (iii)-- 12
omit. 13
(2) Section 515(2)(b)(v), `subparagraph (iv)'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`subparagraph (ii)'. 16
(3) Section 515(2)(b)(iv) and (v) 17
renumber as section 515(2)(b)(ii) and (iii). 18
(4) Section 515(2)(c), `paragraph (b)(v)'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`paragraph (b)(iii)'. 21
(5) Section 515(2)(d)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(d) if the notice states under paragraph (b)(i) or (ii) that the 24
applicant may appeal to the Planning and Environment 25
Court--that the applicant may apply to the court for a 26
stay of the review decision.'. 27
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Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
[s 975]
(6) Section 515-- 1
insert-- 2
`(2A) For the following decisions, the review notice must comply 3
with the QCAT Act, section 157(2)-- 4
(a) a decision or action mentioned in section 510(1)(a) for 5
which a compliance notice was given, other than a 6
decision or action mentioned in subsection (2)(b)(i); 7
(b) a decision or action mentioned in section 510(1)(c).'. 8
(7) Section 515(3), after `Act'-- 9
insert-- 10
`, or the provisions of the QCAT Act about external review,'. 11
Clause 975 Amendment of s 516 (Stay of operation of original 12
decision) 13
(1) Section 516(1) and (6), `A review'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`An internal review'. 16
(2) Section 516(2)(a), `section 515(2)(b)(i) or (iv)'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`section 515(2)(b)(i) or (ii)'. 19
(3) Section 516(2)(b)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(b) if, under section 515(2A), the applicant would be able to 22
apply to QCAT for an external review--QCAT; or'. 23
(4) Section 516(2)(c), `section 515(2)(b)(v)'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`section 515(2)(b)(iii)'. 26
(5) Section 516(3)-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
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Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
[s 976]
`(2A) An application to QCAT under subsection (2)(b) must be 1
made as provided under the QCAT Act. 2
`(3) The court or QCAT may stay the original decision to secure 3
the effectiveness of the internal review and a later arbitration, 4
appeal to the court or external review by QCAT.'. 5
(6) Sections 516(4) and (5), after `the court'-- 6
insert-- 7
`or QCAT'. 8
(7) Section 516(5)(b), after `against'-- 9
insert-- 10
`or apply for external review of'. 11
Clause 976 Replacement of ch 7, pt 3, hdg (Appeals) 12
Chapter 7, part 3, heading-- 13
omit, insert- 14
`Part 3 Appeals and external reviews'. 15
Clause 977 Amendment of s 517 (Who may appeal) 16
(1) Section 517, heading, after `appeal'-- 17
insert-- 18
`or apply for an external review'. 19
(2) Section 517, `a review'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`an internal review' 22
(3) Section 517, after `appeal against'-- 23
insert-- 24
`or apply for an external review of'. 25
(4) Section 517(a), `349, 354'-- 26
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Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
[s 978]
omit, insert-- 1
`354, 356'. 2
(5) Section 517(b), `the Magistrates Court'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`QCAT'. 5
(6) Section 517-- 6
insert-- 7
`(2) An application to QCAT under subsection (1)(b) must be 8
made as provided under the QCAT Act.'. 9
Clause 978 Amendment of s 518 (Starting an appeal) 10
(1) Section 518, heading, after `appeal'-- 11
insert-- 12
`to Planning and Environment Court'. 13
(2) Section 518(1)(b) and (c)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(b) if the review decision being appealed against was about 16
an original decision of the chief executive--serving a 17
copy of the notice on the chief executive; and 18
(c) if the review decision being appealed against was about 19
an original decision of the regulator--serving a copy of 20
the notice on the regulator; and 21
(d) complying with the rules of court applicable to the 22
appeal.'. 23
Clause 979 Amendment of s 519 (Stay of operation of review 24
decision) 25
(1) Section 519(1), from `to which' to `original decision'-- 26
omit. 27
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Part 12 Amendment of Water Supply (Safety and Reliability) Act 2008
[s 980]
(2) Section 519(3), `the arbitration is decided or'-- 1
omit. 2
Clause 980 Amendment of s 524 (Who may apply for arbitration) 3
Section 524(1), after `information notice'-- 4
insert-- 5
`or a compliance notice'. 6
Clause 981 Insertion of new s 524A 7
After section 524-- 8
insert-- 9
`524A Stay of operation of review decision 10
`(1) An application for arbitration does not stay the review 11
decision. 12
`(2) However, an applicant may immediately apply for a stay of 13
the review decision to a court with jurisdiction to hear the 14
proceeding. 15
`(3) The court may stay the review decision to secure the 16
effectiveness of the arbitration. 17
`(4) A stay-- 18
(a) may be given on conditions the court considers 19
appropriate; and 20
(b) operates for the period fixed by the court; and 21
(c) may be revoked or amended by the court. 22
`(5) The period of the stay stated by the court must not extend past 23
the time when the arbitration is decided.'. 24
Clause 982 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 25
(1) Schedule 3, definitions information notice and review 26
application-- 27
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 1 Amendment of Chiropractors Registration Act 2001
[s 983]
omit. 1
(2) Schedule 3-- 2
insert-- 3
`external review, for a decision, means a review of the 4
decision by QCAT under the QCAT Act. 5
information notice, for a decision of the regulator, chief 6
executive, a local government or an authorised officer, means 7
a notice-- 8
(a) stating the following-- 9
(i) the decision; 10
(ii) the reasons for the decision; 11
(iii) the name and address of any other person who was 12
given the notice; 13
(iv) that the person to whom the notice is given may 14
apply for an internal review of the decision, within 15
30 business days after the notice is given; 16
(v) how to apply for the internal review; and 17
(b) including a copy of the relevant internal review 18
provisions of this Act. 19
internal review application see section 512(1).'. 20
Chapter 7 Department of Health 21
Part 1 Amendment of Chiropractors 22
Registration Act 2001 23
Clause 983 Act amended 24
This part amends the Chiropractors Registration Act 2001. 25
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 1 Amendment of Chiropractors Registration Act 2001
[s 984]
Clause 984 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 1
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 2
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 3
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`QCAT'. 6
Clause 985 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) 7
Section 49(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 6; or'. 10
Clause 986 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 11
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 12
Part 3, division 7, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`QCAT'. 15
Clause 987 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) 16
Section 89(2)(b)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 19
conditions is pending.'. 20
Clause 988 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 21
(1) Section 162(3)(a)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 176(1); or'. 24
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Part 1 Amendment of Chiropractors Registration Act 2001
[s 989]
(2) Section 162(3)(b), `another'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`an'. 3
Clause 989 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals) 4
Part 6-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Part 6 Reviews by QCAT 7
`176 Who may apply for a review 8
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 9
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 10
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 11
of the decision. 12
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 13
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 14
`177 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT 15
`(1) If on the review of an original decision QCAT decides to 16
impose conditions on a registration, QCAT must-- 17
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 18
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 19
reviewed under part 3, division 7, decide and state the 20
review period applying to the conditions. 21
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 22
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 23
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 24
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 25
force. 26
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 27
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 28
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 2 Amendment of Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001
[s 990]
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 1
services or the public to know the details.'. 2
Clause 990 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 3
(1) Schedule 4, definition appellant-- 4
omit. 5
(2) Schedule 4, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 6
(d)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 9
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 10
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 11
for the review; 12
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 13
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 14
(3) Schedule 4, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`QCAT'. 17
Part 2 Amendment of Dental 18
Practitioners Registration Act 19
2001 20
Clause 991 Act amended 21
This part amends the Dental Practitioners Registration Act 22
2001. 23
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 2 Amendment of Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001
[s 992]
Clause 992 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 1
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 2
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 3
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`QCAT'. 6
Clause 993 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) 7
Section 49(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 6; or'. 10
Clause 994 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 11
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 12
Part 3, division 7, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`QCAT'. 15
Clause 995 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) 16
Section 89(2)(b)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 19
conditions is pending.'. 20
Clause 996 Amendment of s 184 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 21
(1) Section 184(3)(a)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 198(1); or'. 24
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 2 Amendment of Dental Practitioners Registration Act 2001
[s 997]
(2) Section 184(3)(b), `another'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`an'. 3
Clause 997 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals) 4
Part 6-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Part 6 Reviews by QCAT 7
`198 Who may apply for a review 8
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 9
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 10
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 11
of the decision. 12
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 13
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 14
`199 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT 15
`(1) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration, 16
QCAT must-- 17
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 18
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 19
reviewed under part 3, division 7, decide and state the 20
review period applying to the conditions. 21
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 22
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 23
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 24
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 25
force. 26
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 27
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 28
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 3 Amendment of Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists Registration Act 2001
[s 998]
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 1
services or the public to know the details.'. 2
Clause 998 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 3
(1) Schedule 4, definition appellant-- 4
omit. 5
(2) Schedule 4, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 6
(d)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 9
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 10
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 11
for the review; 12
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 13
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 14
(3) Schedule 4, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`QCAT'. 17
Part 3 Amendment of Dental 18
Technicians and Dental 19
Prosthetists Registration Act 20
2001 21
Clause 999 Act amended 22
This part amends the Dental Technicians and Dental 23
Prosthetists Registration Act 2001. 24
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 3 Amendment of Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists Registration Act 2001
[s 1000]
Clause 1000 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 1
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 2
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 3
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`QCAT'. 6
Clause 1001 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) 7
Section 49(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 6; or'. 10
Clause 1002 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 11
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 12
Part 3, division 7, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`QCAT'. 15
Clause 1003 Amendment of s 90 (How registrant may start a review) 16
Section 90(2)(b)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 19
conditions is pending.'. 20
Clause 1004 Amendment of s 166 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 21
(1) Section 166(3)(a)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 180(1); or'. 24
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Part 3 Amendment of Dental Technicians and Dental Prosthetists Registration Act 2001
[s 1005]
(2) Section 166(3)(b), `another'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`an'. 3
Clause 1005 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals) 4
Part 6-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Part 6 Reviews by QCAT 7
`180 Who may apply for a review 8
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 9
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 10
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 11
of the decision. 12
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 13
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 14
`181 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT 15
`(1) If on the review of an original decision QCAT decides to 16
impose conditions on a registration, QCAT must-- 17
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 18
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 19
reviewed under part 3, division 7, decide and state the 20
review period applying to the conditions. 21
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 22
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 23
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 24
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 25
force. 26
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 27
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 28
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 4 Amendment of Food Act 2006
[s 1006]
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 1
services or the public to know the details.'. 2
Clause 1006 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 3
(1) Schedule 4, definition appellant-- 4
omit. 5
(2) Schedule 4, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 6
(d)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 9
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 10
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 11
for the review; 12
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 13
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 14
(3) Schedule 4, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`QCAT'. 17
Part 4 Amendment of Food Act 2006 18
Clause 1007 Act amended 19
This part amends the Food Act 2006. 20
Clause 1008 Amendment of s 193 (Forfeiture of seized things) 21
Section 193(8), from `an appeal'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 4 Amendment of Food Act 2006
[s 1009]
`a review under this Act or an appeal of which the chief 1
executive or chief executive officer is aware.'. 2
Clause 1009 Amendment of 220 (Compensation) 3
Section 220(5), from `must also'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`must be a QCAT information notice.'. 6
Clause 1010 Amendment of ch 9, hdg (Reviews and appeals) 7
Chapter 9, heading, `and appeals'-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 1011 Amendment of s 236 (Appeal process starts with internal 10
review) 11
(1) Section 236, heading, `Appeal'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Review'. 14
(2) Section 236(1), `appeal against the decision'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`apply for review of the decision'. 17
(3) Section 236(2), `appeal'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`review'. 20
Clause 1012 Amendment of s 239 (Review decision) 21
(1) Section 239(2), `(the review notice)'-- 22
omit. 23
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 4 Amendment of Food Act 2006
[s 1013]
(2) Section 239(3), from `review notice'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`notice must be a QCAT information notice.'. 3
(3) Section 239(4), after `notice'-- 4
insert-- 5
`mentioned in subsection (2)'. 6
(4) Section 239(5), `an appeal to the court'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`a review of the review decision by QCAT'. 9
(5) Section 239(6), `an appeal to the court'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`a review of the review decision by QCAT'. 12
Clause 1013 Omission of s 240 (Stay of operation of decision) 13
Section 240-- 14
omit. 15
Clause 1014 Replacement of ch 9, pt 2, hdg (Appeals) 16
Chapter 9, part 2, heading-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Part 2 External review of decisions'. 19
Clause 1015 Amendment of s 241 (Who may appeal) 20
(1) Section 241, heading, `appeal'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`apply for external review'. 23
(2) Section 241(1), from `appeal against'-- 24
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 4 Amendment of Food Act 2006
[s 1016]
omit, insert-- 1
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a 2
review of the review decision.'. 3
(3) Section 241(2) and (3), `appeal against'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a 6
review of'. 7
Clause 1016 Omission of ss 242-246 8
Sections 242 to 246-- 9
omit. 10
Clause 1017 Amendment of s 258 (Dealing with forfeited thing) 11
Section 258(3), `an appeal'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`a review'. 14
Clause 1018 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 15
(1) Schedule 3, definition review notice-- 16
omit. 17
(2) Schedule 3-- 18
insert-- 19
`QCAT information notice means a notice complying with 20
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 21
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 5 Amendment of Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996
[s 1019]
Part 5 Amendment of Health (Drugs 1
and Poisons) Regulation 1996 2
Clause 1019 Regulation amended 3
This part amends the Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 4
1996. 5
Clause 1020 Amendment of s 18 (How chief executive may deal with 6
applications) 7
(1) Section 18(3) and (4)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(3) If the chief executive decides to grant the endorsement or 10
renew an endorsement that is a drug licence, poison licence, 11
treatment approval or wholesale representative licence, the 12
chief executive must promptly give the applicant the relevant 13
endorsement. 14
`(4) If the chief executive decides to state a condition on the 15
endorsement, the chief executive must also give the 16
applicant-- 17
(a) if the endorsement is an endorsement other than a 18
treatment approval, a QCAT information notice about 19
the decision to state the condition on the endorsement; 20
or 21
(b) if the endorsement is a treatment approval, a notice 22
stating the following-- 23
(i) the decision; 24
(ii) that the applicant may apply to the chief executive 25
for a statement of reasons for the decision under 26
the QCAT Act, section 158, within the period 27
stated in that provision; 28
(iii) the person has a right to have the decision reviewed 29
by QCAT; 30
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 5 Amendment of Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996
[s 1021]
(iv) how, and the period within which, the person may 1
apply for the review; 2
(v) the right the person has to have the operation of the 3
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22.'. 4
(2) Section 18(5)-- 5
omit. 6
(3) Section 18(6), `appeal against'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`apply for review of'. 9
(4) Section 18(7), from `written notice'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`QCAT information notice about the decision.'. 12
(5) Section 18(6) and (7), as amended-- 13
renumber as section 18(5) and (6). 14
Clause 1021 Amendment of s 24 (Procedure for suspension or 15
cancellation of endorsement) 16
Section 24(5), from `must state'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`must be a QCAT information notice about the decision.'. 19
Clause 1022 Amendment of s 25 (Urgent suspension or cancellation 20
of endorsement) 21
(1) Section 25(4)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(4) The notice must be a QCAT information notice for the 24
decision.'. 25
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 5 Amendment of Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996
[s 1023]
(2) Section 25(5), after `must'-- 1
insert-- 2
`also'. 3
Clause 1023 Amendment of s 25A (Urgent cancellation of certain 4
approvals) 5
Section 25A(4)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(4) The notice must be a QCAT information notice for the 8
decision.'. 9
Clause 1024 Amendment of s 27 (Replacement of endorsement) 10
Section 27(3)(b)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(b) give the applicant a QCAT information notice about the 13
decision to refuse to replace the endorsement.'. 14
Clause 1025 Amendment of s 28 (Amendment of endorsement on 15
application) 16
Section 28(4), from `a written notice'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`a QCAT information notice about the decision to refuse to 19
amend the endorsement.'. 20
Clause 1026 Amendment of s 29 (Amendment of endorsement without 21
application) 22
Section 29(3)(b)(iv)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(iv) the endorsement holder has a right to have the 25
decision reviewed by QCAT; and 26
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 5 Amendment of Health (Drugs and Poisons) Regulation 1996
[s 1027]
(v) how, and the period within which, the person may 1
apply for the review; and 2
(vi) the right the endorsement holder has to a have the 3
operation of the decision stayed under the QCAT 4
Act, section 22.'. 5
Clause 1027 Replacement of ch 1, pt 6, hdg (Appeals) 6
Chapter 1, part 6, heading-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Part 6 External review'. 9
Clause 1028 Amendment of s 33 (Decisions open to appeal) 10
(1) Section 33, heading, `open to appeal'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`that may be reviewed'. 13
(2) Section 33(1), `appeal against'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for review 16
of'. 17
(3) Section 33(2), `appeal against'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for review 20
of'. 21
(4) Section 33(2)(a) and (b)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(a) a decision to refuse to renew a drug licence, poison 24
licence, treatment approval or wholesale representative 25
licence; 26
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1029]
(b) a decision to renew a drug licence, poison licence, 1
treatment approval or wholesale representative licence 2
on new conditions;'. 3
Clause 1029 Omission of ss 34-39 4
Sections 34 to 39-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 1030 Amendment of appendix 9 (Dictionary) 7
Appendix 9-- 8
insert-- 9
`QCAT information notice means a notice complying with 10
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 11
Part 6 Amendment of Health 12
Practitioners (Professional 13
Standards) Act 1999 14
Clause 1031 Act amended 15
This part amends the Health Practitioners (Professional 16
Standards) Act 1999. 17
Clause 1032 Amendment of s 10 (Purposes of pt 2) 18
(1) Section 10(c)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(c) to state the functions of QCAT for the purposes of this 21
Act; and'. 22
(2) Section 10(e), from `appointment'-- 23
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Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1033]
omit, insert-- 1
`appointment of the secretary of the professional conduct 2
review panels.'. 3
Clause 1033 Replacement of pt 2, div 4, hdg (Health Practitioners 4
Tribunal) 5
Part 2, division 4, heading-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Division 4 QCAT'. 8
Clause 1034 Replacement of pt 2, div 4, sdiv 1 (Establishment and 9
membership of tribunal) 10
Part 2, division 4, subdivision 1-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Subdivision 1 Constitution of tribunal 13
`26 Constitution 14
`(1) The tribunal must be constituted by a judicial member. 15
`(2) In this section-- 16
judicial member see the QCAT Act, schedule 3.'. 17
Clause 1035 Amendment of s 30 (Functions) 18
(1) Section 30(1), after `tribunal'-- 19
insert-- 20
`for the purposes of this Act'. 21
(2) Section 30(2)(b), (c) and (e), `hear appeals from decisions'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`review decisions'. 24
Page 505
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1036]
Clause 1036 Amendment of s 31 (Assessors to assist tribunal) 1
Section 31(1), before `registrar'-- 2
insert-- 3
`principal'. 4
Clause 1037 Amendment of s 32 (Restrictions on appointment of 5
assessors) 6
Section 32(4), before `registrar'-- 7
insert-- 8
`principal'. 9
Clause 1038 Amendment of s 33 (Board must advise registrar of 10
specialist and technical issues) 11
Section 33, before `registrar'-- 12
insert-- 13
`principal'. 14
Clause 1039 Omission of pt 2, div 4, sdiv 4 (Registrar of tribunal) 15
Part 2, division 4, subdivision 4-- 16
omit. 17
Clause 1040 Amendment of s 42 (Procedure for recommending 18
members of panels of assessors) 19
Section 42(4)(a) and (b), before `registrar'-- 20
insert-- 21
`principal'. 22
Page 506
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1041]
Clause 1041 Amendment of s 59 (Immediate suspension or imposition 1
of conditions on registration) 2
(1) Section 59(5)(d), `appeal to the tribunal against'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`apply to the tribunal for review of'. 5
(2) Section 59(5)(e)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(e) how, and the period within which, the registrant may 8
apply for the review of the decision.'. 9
(3) Section 59(7)(a), `appeal'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`review'. 12
Clause 1042 Amendment of s 126 (How disciplinary proceedings may 13
be started) 14
Section 126(2)(c), before `registrar'-- 15
insert-- 16
`principal'. 17
Clause 1043 Amendment of s 205 (Notification of decision of panel) 18
Section 205(2)(e) and (f)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(e) that a party may apply to the tribunal under the QCAT 21
Act for a review of the decision; 22
(f) how, and the period within which, the party may apply 23
for the review; 24
(g) the right the party has to have the operation of the 25
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22.'. 26
Page 507
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1044]
Clause 1044 Replacement of pt 6, div 6, hdg (Health Practitioners 1
Tribunal) 2
Part 6, division 6, heading-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Division 6 QCAT'. 5
Clause 1045 Amendment of s 211 (Tribunal's jurisdiction) 6
Section 211(1)(b) to (d)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(b) to review reviewable decisions under part 9, division 3; 9
and 10
(c) to review tribunal review decisions under part 9, 11
division 4.'. 12
Clause 1046 Amendment of s 212 (Additional disciplinary matters) 13
Section 212(3)-- 14
omit. 15
Clause 1047 Replacement of s 213 (Chairperson to allocate matters) 16
Section 213-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`213 President to choose assessors 19
`As soon as practicable after a referral notice is filed with the 20
principal registrar, the president must choose assessors to 21
assist the tribunal.'. 22
Page 508
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1048]
Clause 1048 Amendment of s 215 (Notice of intention to conduct 1
hearing) 2
Section 215(1), before `registrar'-- 3
insert-- 4
`principal'. 5
Clause 1049 Omission of s 216 (Substituted service on registrant and 6
complainant) 7
Section 216-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 1050 Replacement of s 217 (Directions conference) 10
Section 217-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`217 Compulsory conference 13
`(1) This section applies if the tribunal holds a compulsory 14
conference under the QCAT Act. 15
`(2) The assessors assisting the tribunal may take part in the 16
compulsory conference if the tribunal considers it is necessary 17
or desirable for them to take part in the conference.'. 18
Clause 1051 Replacement of s 219 (Procedure for hearing by tribunal) 19
Section 219-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`219 Procedure for hearing by tribunal 22
`When conducting a hearing, the tribunal must, if asked to do 23
so by a party-- 24
(a) tell the party-- 25
Page 509
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1052]
(i) the facts and circumstances forming the basis for 1
the ground for disciplinary action against the 2
registrant; and 3
(ii) what possible disciplinary action the tribunal may 4
take under section 241 or 243; and 5
(iii) the effect that section 381C or 381G, if relevant, 6
may have on the registrant's registration; and 7
(b) explain to the party any aspect of the tribunal's 8
procedures, or decisions or rulings, relating to the 9
hearing.'. 10
Clause 1052 Omission of ss 220 and 221 11
Sections 220 and 221-- 12
omit. 13
Clause 1053 Replacement of s 222 (Hearing to be held in public) 14
Section 222-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`222 Hearing of impairment matter 17
`(1) A hearing before the tribunal for an impairment matter is not 18
open to the public unless-- 19
(a) the tribunal reasonably believes it is in the public 20
interest for it to be open to the public; or 21
(b) the registrant asks for it to be open to the public. 22
`(2) In this section-- 23
impairment matter means a disciplinary matter for which the 24
only ground for disciplinary action mentioned in the referral 25
notice is that the registrant is impaired.'. 26
Page 510
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1054]
Clause 1054 Omission of ss 223 and 224 1
Sections 223 and 224-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 1055 Replacement of s 225 (Attendance and right of 4
appearance) 5
Section 225-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`225 Attendance 8
`The tribunal may excuse a registrant from attending all or 9
part of a hearing.'. 10
Clause 1056 Replacement of s 227 (Questions to be decided by 11
constituting member) 12
Section 227-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`227 Member may have regard to assessor's views 15
`In deciding a question of fact before the tribunal, the 16
constituting member may have regard to the views of an 17
assessor assisting the tribunal as the member considers 18
appropriate.'. 19
Clause 1057 Omission of s 227A (Procedure if tribunal member unable 20
to hear matter) 21
Section 227A-- 22
omit. 23
Page 511
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1058]
Clause 1058 Replacement of s 228 (Procedure if tribunal member 1
absent etc.) 2
Section 228-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`228 Procedure if member or assessor unable to take 5
part in proceedings 6
`(1) This section applies if the tribunal has started to hear 7
disciplinary proceedings relating to a registrant but has not 8
made its decision and-- 9
(a) the constituting member (the first member) ceases to be 10
qualified to be a tribunal member or, for any other 11
reason, is unable to take further part in the proceedings; 12
or 13
(b) an assessor assisting the tribunal is, for any reason, 14
unable to take further part in the proceedings. 15
`(2) If a new member is appointed, the assessors who assisted the 16
first member may be chosen to assist the new member. 17
`(3) If an assessor is unable to take further part in the disciplinary 18
proceedings, the principal registrar must choose another 19
assessor in the assessor's place. 20
`(4) The other assessor must be chosen from the same panel of 21
assessors from which the previous assessor was chosen.'. 22
Clause 1059 Omission of ss 229 and 230 23
Sections 229 and 230-- 24
omit. 25
Clause 1060 Amendment of s 231 (Interim orders) 26
(1) Section 231(4)-- 27
omit. 28
Page 512
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1061]
(2) Section 231(5) and (6)-- 1
renumber as section 231(4) and (5). 2
Clause 1061 Omission of s 232 (Inspection of things) 3
Section 232-- 4
omit. 5
Clause 1062 Omission of ss 234 and 235 6
Sections 234 and 235-- 7
omit. 8
Clause 1063 Omission of pt 6, div 6, sdiv 3 (Contempt of tribunal) 9
Part 6, division 6, subdivision 3-- 10
omit. 11
Clause 1064 Amendment of s 245 (Notification of decision of tribunal) 12
(1) Section 245(1), before `registrar'-- 13
insert-- 14
`principal'. 15
(2) Section 245(2)(e)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(e) the right the party has to appeal to the Court of Appeal 18
against the decision under the QCAT Act;'. 19
(3) Section 245(3)-- 20
omit. 21
Page 513
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1065]
Clause 1065 Amendment of s 249 (Consequences if other disciplinary 1
action while suspended decision) 2
Section 249(2), `chairperson'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`president'. 5
Clause 1066 Amendment of s 251 (Tribunal must give notice) 6
Section 251(1), before `registrar'-- 7
insert-- 8
`principal'. 9
Clause 1067 Omission of s 252 (Effect of tribunal's decision) 10
Section 252-- 11
omit. 12
Clause 1068 Amendment of s 253 (Implementation of decisions) 13
(1) Section 253(1), `section 329'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`the QCAT Act'. 16
(2) Section 253(2), before `registrar'-- 17
insert-- 18
`principal'. 19
Clause 1069 Omission of ss 256-259 20
Sections 256 to 259-- 21
omit. 22
Page 514
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1070]
Clause 1070 Amendment of s 261 (Board may notify other entities) 1
Section 261(1)(b), before `registrar'-- 2
insert-- 3
`principal'. 4
Clause 1071 Amendment of s 263 (Records to be kept and made 5
publicly available) 6
Section 263(1)(d) and (3), before `registrar'-- 7
insert-- 8
`principal'. 9
Clause 1072 Amendment of s 301 (Notification of board's decision) 10
Section 301(2)(c)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(c) for a decision that the registrant is impaired or a decision 13
under section 299(2)(a) or (b), (4) or (6)-- 14
(i) that the registrant may apply to the tribunal for a 15
review of the decision; and 16
(ii) how, and the period within which, the registrant 17
may apply for the review; 18
(iii) the right the registrant has to have the operation of 19
the decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 20
22;'. 21
Clause 1073 Amendment of s 305 (Conditions or order in force until 22
further decision made) 23
Section 305(2), `appeal against the board's decision'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`review of the board's decision by the tribunal'. 26
Page 515
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1074]
Clause 1074 Amendment of s 311 (Board may take action on basis of 1
foreign law) 2
Section 311(5)(b) and (c)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(b) that the registrant has a right to have the decision 5
reviewed by the tribunal; 6
(c) how, and the period within which, the registrant may 7
apply for the review; 8
(d) the right the registrant has to have the operation of the 9
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22.'. 10
Clause 1075 Amendment of s 314 (Purposes of pt 9) 11
Section 314(b)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(b) review of certain decisions by QCAT; and 14
(c) appeals from certain decisions under this Act to the 15
Court of Appeal.'. 16
Clause 1076 Amendment of s 316 (Who may have conditions 17
reviewed) 18
Section 316(2)(b), `an appeal to'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`a review by'. 21
Clause 1077 Amendment of pt 9, div 3, hdg (Appeals to tribunal) 22
Part 9, division 3, heading, `Appeals to'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`Review by'. 25
Page 516
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1078]
Clause 1078 Amendment of s 325 (Appealable decisions for tribunal) 1
(1) Section 325, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`325 Reviewable decisions'. 4
(2) Section 325(1) and (2), `an appealable decision for this 5
division'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`a reviewable decision'. 8
Clause 1079 Replacement of ss 326-336 9
Sections 326 to 336-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`326 Who may apply for review 12
`The following persons may apply, as provided under the 13
QCAT Act, to the tribunal for a review of a reviewable 14
decision-- 15
(a) the registrant to whom the reviewable decision relates; 16
(b) the registrant's board, if the reviewable decision was 17
made by a panel. 18
`327 Notice to be given to commission 19
`(1) The principal registrar must, within 14 days after an 20
application for review of a reviewable decision is filed in the 21
registry, give written notice of the review to the commission. 22
`(2) The notice must-- 23
(a) state that an application for review has been filed; and 24
(b) be accompanied by a copy of the application. 25
Page 517
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1079]
`328 Review of decision under s 59(2) 1
`(1) This section applies if a registrant files an application for 2
review by the tribunal of a decision made under section 59(2) 3
in relation to the registrant's registration. 4
`(2) The tribunal must not grant a stay of the decision. 5
`(3) The tribunal must finalise the review as quickly as possible. 6
`329 Panel making decision under s 324 not a party 7
`(1) This section applies if a panel makes a decision to confirm, 8
remove or change conditions, or remove conditions and 9
replace the conditions with another action, under section 324. 10
`(2) The panel is not a party to any proceeding in the tribunal's 11
review jurisdiction relating to the decision. 12
`330 Reviews by hearing 13
`(1) The procedure for the hearing of a review is set out under-- 14
(a) part 6, division 6, subdivision 2, other than section 215; 15
and 16
(b) the QCAT Act. 17
`(2) However, for subsection (1)(a)-- 18
(a) a reference in section 213 to a referral notice is taken to 19
be a reference to an application for review; and 20
(b) a reference in section 222 to an impairment matter is 21
taken to be a reference to a reviewable decision 22
mentioned in section 325(1)(b) or (c). 23
`331 Powers of tribunal on review 24
`(1) In deciding the review of the reviewable decision, the tribunal 25
may-- 26
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1079]
(a) for a reviewable decision mentioned in section 1
325(1)(a)--confirm or set aside the reviewable decision; 2
or 3
(b) otherwise-- 4
(i) confirm the reviewable decision; or 5
(ii) set aside the reviewable decision; or 6
(iii) change the reviewable decision in the way the 7
tribunal considers appropriate; or 8
(iv) set aside the reviewable decision and replace it 9
with a decision the tribunal may make under 10
section 241 or 243. 11
`(2) A changed decision that results from the tribunal acting under 12
subsection (1)(b)(iii) may be any decision mentioned in 13
section 241(2) or 243(2) but must not be another decision. 14
`(3) If the tribunal makes a decision under subsection (1)(a), the 15
principal registrar must give written notice of the decision and 16
the reasons for the decision to the registrant, the registrant's 17
board and the commission. 18
`(4) In making its decision under subsection (1)(b) (a review 19
decision), section 240(2) or (3) or 244 applies as if the review 20
decision were a decision made under section 240(1), 241(2) or 21
243(2). 22
`(5) If the review decision is a decision of a type mentioned in 23
section 241(3), that subsection applies as if the review 24
decision were a decision made under section 241(2). 25
`(6) If the review decision is a decision of a type mentioned in 26
section 241(2), section 242 applies as if the review decision 27
were a decision made under section 241(2). 28
`(7) Part 6, division 6, subdivisions 6 and 7 apply to a review 29
decision as if it were a decision made under section 240(1) or 30
section 241(2) or 243(2).'. 31
Page 519
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1080]
Clause 1080 Amendment of s 337 (Decisions that may be reviewed) 1
(1) Section 337, from `(a reviewable decision) to `under this 2
division'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(a tribunal review decision) is a decision that may be 5
reviewed by the tribunal under its original jurisdiction under 6
the QCAT Act'. 7
(2) Section 337(f), `reviewable'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`tribunal review'. 10
Clause 1081 Amendment of s 338 (Who may have decision reviewed) 11
(1) Section 338(1), `reviewable'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`tribunal review'. 14
(2) Section 338(2)(a), `336(5)'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`331(5)'. 17
Clause 1082 Replacement of ss 339 and 340 18
Sections 339 and 340-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`339 Application for review 21
`An application for review of a tribunal review decision 22
must-- 23
(a) be made as provided under the QCAT Act; and 24
(b) state-- 25
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1083]
(i) that the registrant believes the decision is no longer 1
appropriate; and 2
(ii) the reasons for the registrant's belief. 3
`340 Registrar to give copy of application to particular 4
persons 5
`(1) The principal registrar must, within 14 days after a registrant 6
applies for a review of the tribunal review decision as 7
provided under the QCAT Act, give written notice-- 8
(a) to the registrant's board; and 9
(b) to the commission. 10
`(2) The principal registrar's notice must-- 11
(a) state that an application for review of the tribunal review 12
decision has been made; and 13
(b) be accompanied by a copy of the application.'. 14
Clause 1083 Omission of ss 341 and 342 15
Sections 341 and 342-- 16
omit. 17
Clause 1084 Amendment of s 343 (Review by hearing) 18
(1) Section 343(2)(a), `a notice of review'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`an application for review under the QCAT Act'. 21
(2) Section 343(2)(b)-- 22
omit. 23
(3) Section 343(2)(c) and (3), `reviewable'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`tribunal review'. 26
Page 521
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1085]
(4) Section 343(2)(c), as amended-- 1
renumber as section 343(2)(b). 2
Clause 1085 Omission of s 344 (Review by written submissions) 3
Section 344-- 4
omit. 5
Clause 1086 Amendment of s 345 (Powers of tribunal on review) 6
Section 345(1), (2) and (3), `reviewable decision'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`tribunal review decision'. 9
Clause 1087 Omission of ss 348 and 349 10
Sections 348 and 349-- 11
omit. 12
Clause 1088 Amendment of s 350 (Appellant to give notice of appeal 13
to particular persons) 14
(1) Section 350(1), `the notice of appeal'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`a notice starting the appeal to the Court of Appeal'. 17
(2) Section 350(2), `of appeal'-- 18
omit. 19
Clause 1089 Omission of ss 351 and 352 20
Sections 351 and 352-- 21
omit. 22
Page 522
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1090]
Clause 1090 Replacement of s 353 (Powers of court on appeal) 1
Section 353-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`353 Court's decision may be tribunal review decision 4
`(1) In deciding the appeal, the Court of Appeal may decide that 5
its decision is a tribunal review decision for section 337. 6
`(2) If the court decides that its decision is a tribunal review 7
decision, it must state a period in which the decision is not 8
reviewable under division 4.'. 9
Clause 1091 Amendment of s 367B (Appointments and authority) 10
Section 367B(2), definition relevant person, paragraph (h), 11
before `registrar'-- 12
insert-- 13
`principal'. 14
Clause 1092 Amendment of s 392 (Confidentiality) 15
Section 392(5), definition relevant person, paragraph (i), 16
before `registrar'-- 17
insert-- 18
`principal'. 19
Clause 1093 Amendment of s 394 (Board etc. may give combined 20
notice) 21
Section 394(1) and (2), before `registrar'-- 22
insert-- 23
`principal'. 24
Page 523
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 6 Amendment of Health Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999
[s 1094]
Clause 1094 Amendment of s 395 (Notices if complainant has not 1
revealed identity) 2
Section 395(1)(a), before `registrar'-- 3
insert-- 4
`principal'. 5
Clause 1095 Amendment of s 397 (Forms) 6
(1) Section 397(1)-- 7
omit. 8
(2) Section 397(2) and (3)-- 9
renumber as section 397(1) and (2). 10
Clause 1096 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 11
(1) Schedule, definitions approved form, constituting member, 12
Health Practitioners Tribunal, notice of appeal, notice of 13
review, registrar, reviewable decision, tribunal and tribunal 14
member-- 15
omit. 16
(2) Schedule-- 17
insert-- 18
`approved form means-- 19
(a) for a panel--a form approved by the secretary under 20
section 397(1); or 21
(b) for a board--a form approved by the board under 22
section 397(2). 23
constituting member, in relation to the tribunal, means the 24
member constituting the tribunal. 25
notice of appeal, for part 9, division 3, see section 327(1). 26
notice of review, for part 9, division 2, see section 317(1). 27
Page 524
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 7 Amendment of Health Quality and Complaints Commission Act 2006
[s 1097]
president means the president of QCAT. 1
principal registrar means the principal registrar under the 2
QCAT Act. 3
reviewable decision see section 325. 4
tribunal means QCAT. 5
tribunal review decision see section 337.'. 6
(3) Schedule, definition assessor, before `registrar'-- 7
insert-- 8
`principal'. 9
(4) Schedule, definition attendance notice, paragraph (c)-- 10
omit. 11
Part 7 Amendment of Health Quality 12
and Complaints Commission 13
Act 2006 14
Clause 1097 Act amended 15
This part amends the Health Quality and Complaints 16
Commission Act 2006. 17
Clause 1098 Amendment of s 190 (Commission may intervene in 18
disciplinary proceedings) 19
Section 190(4), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal or the 20
Nursing Tribunal'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`QCAT'. 23
Page 525
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 8 Amendment of Medical Practitioners Registration Act 2001
[s 1099]
Clause 1099 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) 1
(1) Schedule 5, definitions Health Practitioners Tribunal and 2
Nursing Tribunal-- 3
omit. 4
(2) Schedule 5, definition disciplinary body, paragraphs (b) and 5
(c)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(b) QCAT; or'. 8
(3) Schedule 5, definition disciplinary body, paragraphs (d) and 9
(e)-- 10
renumber as paragraphs (c) and (d). 11
Part 8 Amendment of Medical 12
Practitioners Registration Act 13
2001 14
Clause 1100 Act amended 15
This part amends the Medical Practitioners Registration Act 16
2001. 17
Clause 1101 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 18
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 19
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 20
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`QCAT'. 23
Page 526
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 8 Amendment of Medical Practitioners Registration Act 2001
[s 1102]
Clause 1102 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) 1
Section 49(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 7; or'. 4
Clause 1103 Amendment of pt 3, div 8, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 5
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 6
Part 3, division 8, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`QCAT'. 9
Clause 1104 Amendment of s 99 (How registrant may start a review) 10
Section 99(2)(b)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 13
conditions is pending.'. 14
Clause 1105 Amendment of s 223 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 15
(1) Section 223(3)(a)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 237(1); or'. 18
(2) Section 223(3)(b), `another'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`an'. 21
Clause 1106 Replacement of pt 7 (Appeals) 22
Part 7-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
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Part 8 Amendment of Medical Practitioners Registration Act 2001
[s 1107]
`Part 7 Reviews by QCAT 1
`237 Who may apply for a review 2
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 3
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 4
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 5
of the decision. 6
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 7
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 8
`238 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT 9
`(1) If on the review of an original decision QCAT decides to 10
impose conditions on a registration, QCAT must-- 11
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 12
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 13
reviewed under part 3, division 8, decide and state the 14
review period applying to the conditions. 15
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 16
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 17
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 18
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 19
force. 20
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 21
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 22
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 23
services or the public to know the details.'. 24
Clause 1107 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 25
(1) Schedule 3, definitions appellant and tribunal-- 26
omit. 27
(2) Schedule 3, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 28
(d)-- 29
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Part 9 Amendment of Medical Radiation Technologists Registration Act 2001
[s 1108]
omit, insert-- 1
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 2
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 3
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 4
for the review; 5
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 6
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 7
(3) Schedule 3, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`QCAT'. 10
Part 9 Amendment of Medical 11
Radiation Technologists 12
Registration Act 2001 13
Clause 1108 Act amended 14
This part amends the Medical Radiation Technologists 15
Registration Act 2001. 16
Clause 1109 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 17
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 18
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 19
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`QCAT'. 22
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Part 9 Amendment of Medical Radiation Technologists Registration Act 2001
[s 1110]
Clause 1110 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) 1
Section 49(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 6; or'. 4
Clause 1111 Amendment of pt 3, div 8, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 5
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 6
Part 3, division 8, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`QCAT'. 9
Clause 1112 Amendment of s 103 (How registrant may start a review) 10
Section 103(2)(b)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 13
conditions is pending.'. 14
Clause 1113 Amendment of s 177 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 15
(1) Section 177(3)(a)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 191(1); or'. 18
(2) Section 177(3)(b), `another'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`an'. 21
Clause 1114 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals) 22
Part 6-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
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Part 9 Amendment of Medical Radiation Technologists Registration Act 2001
[s 1115]
`Part 6 Reviews by QCAT 1
`191 Who may apply for a review 2
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 3
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 4
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 5
of the decision. 6
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 7
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 8
`192 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT 9
`(1) If on the review of an original decision QCAT decides to 10
impose conditions on a registration, QCAT must-- 11
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 12
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 13
reviewed under part 3, division 8, decide and state the 14
review period applying to the conditions. 15
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 16
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 17
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 18
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 19
force. 20
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 21
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 22
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 23
services or the public to know the details.'. 24
Clause 1115 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 25
(1) Schedule 3, definition appellant-- 26
omit. 27
(2) Schedule 3, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 28
(d)-- 29
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 10 Amendment of Medical Radiation Technologists Registration Regulation 2002
[s 1116]
omit, insert-- 1
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 2
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 3
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 4
for the review; 5
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 6
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 7
(3) Schedule 3, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`QCAT'. 10
Part 10 Amendment of Medical 11
Radiation Technologists 12
Registration Regulation 2002 13
Clause 1116 Regulation amended 14
This part amends the Medical Radiation Technologists 15
Registration Regulation 2002. 16
Clause 1117 Replacement of pt 4 (Appeals) 17
Part 4-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`Part 4 Reviews 20
`50 Application for review 21
`A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, a decision 22
information notice for a decision may apply, as provided 23
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the decision.'. 24
Page 532
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1118]
Clause 1118 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 1
(1) Schedule 4, definitions decision appellant, decision 2
information notice and initial decision-- 3
omit. 4
(2) Schedule 4-- 5
insert-- 6
`decision information notice means a notice complying with 7
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 8
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 9
1992 10
Clause 1119 Act amended 11
This part amends the Nursing Act 1992. 12
Clause 1120 Amendment of s 4 (Definitions) 13
(1) Section 4, definitions chairperson, Nursing Tribunal and 14
tribunal-- 15
omit. 16
(2) Section 4-- 17
insert-- 18
`president means the president of the tribunal. 19
principal registrar means the principal registrar under the 20
QCAT Act. 21
tribunal means QCAT.'. 22
Page 533
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1121]
(3) Section 4, definition disciplinary matter, `, under section 1
104,'-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 1121 Amendment of s 42A (Minister's power to give directions) 4
Section 42A(3)(h)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(h) referring a disciplinary matter to the tribunal.'. 7
Clause 1122 Amendment of s 67 (Immediate suspension of 8
registration or enrolment by council) 9
(1) Section 67(5)(b)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(b) under section 104(1), refer a disciplinary matter against 12
the suspended nurse to the tribunal for hearing and 13
determination.'. 14
(2) Section 67(6)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(6) If a disciplinary matter is referred under subsection (5), the 17
suspension applies until the matter is determined by the 18
tribunal.'. 19
Clause 1123 Amendment of s 78 (Definitions for pt 4) 20
Section 78, definition information notice-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`information notice, about a decision of the council, means a 23
notice-- 24
(a) complying with the QCAT Act, section 157(2) about the 25
decision; and 26
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1124]
(b) if the decision is that the accreditation of a nursing 1
course be renewed or cancelled--that also includes a 2
direction to return the certificate of accreditation to the 3
council within 14 days.'. 4
Clause 1124 Replacement of pt 5, div 1, hdg (Nursing Tribunal) 5
Part 5, division 1, heading-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Division 1 Matters referred to QCAT'. 8
Clause 1125 Omission of s 84 (Continuation of Professional Conduct 9
Committee under the name Nursing Tribunal) 10
Section 84-- 11
omit. 12
Clause 1126 Amendment of s 85 (Tribunal's functions) 13
(1) Section 85, after `tribunal'-- 14
insert-- 15
`under this Act'. 16
(2) Section 85(a), `charge'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`disciplinary matter'. 19
(3) Section 85(b), `charges'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`disciplinary matters'. 22
(4) Section 85(d) and (e)-- 23
omit. 24
Page 535
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1127]
(5) Section 85(f)-- 1
renumber as section 85(d). 2
Clause 1127 Replacement of ss 86-98 3
Sections 86 to 98-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`86 Tribunal's constitution 6
`(1) The tribunal must be constituted by a judicial member. 7
`(2) In this section-- 8
judicial member means a judicial member under the QCAT 9
Act. 10
`Division 1A Assessors 11
`Subdivision 1 Use of assessors in a hearing 12
`87 Assessors to assist tribunal 13
`(1) In conducting disciplinary proceedings in relation to a nurse, 14
midwife or other person authorised to practise nursing, the 15
tribunal must be assisted by-- 16
(a) 1 assessor chosen by the president from the public panel 17
of assessors; and 18
(b) 2 assessors chosen by the president from the 19
professional panel of assessors. 20
`(2) Despite subsection (1), the tribunal may conduct a hearing 21
under this Act without the assistance of any of the assessors 22
required under subsection (1) if the tribunal is satisfied it is 23
necessary because of the urgency of the matter. 24
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1127]
`(3) In this section-- 1
public panel of assessors see the Health Practitioners 2
(Professional Standards) Act 1999, section 39. 3
`88 Restrictions on appointment of assessors 4
`(1) Subsection (2) applies to disciplinary proceedings relating to a 5
complaint by-- 6
(a) a user of a service provided by a nurse, midwife or other 7
person authorised to practise nursing; or 8
(b) an entity acting on behalf of a user of a service provided 9
by a nurse, midwife or other person authorised to 10
practise nursing. 11
`(2) The presiding member of the tribunal or at least 1 of the 12
assessors appointed to assist the tribunal must be of the same 13
gender as the user unless-- 14
(a) the presiding member is conducting the hearing under 15
section 87(2); or 16
(b) the complaint is a complaint accepted by the council 17
under section 102AC(2). 18
`(3) Before choosing an assessor under section 87(1), the principal 19
registrar must be satisfied the assessor does not have a 20
personal or professional connection with the nurse, midwife 21
or other person authorised to practise nursing to whom the 22
disciplinary proceedings relate that may prejudice the way in 23
which the assessor performs the assessor's functions. 24
`(4) In this section-- 25
presiding member see the QCAT Act, section 170. 26
`89 Council must advise president of specialist and 27
technical issues 28
`(1) If the council refers a disciplinary matter to the tribunal, the 29
council must at the time of the referral-- 30
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Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1127]
(a) advise the principal registrar whether the matter is likely 1
to raise issues of a specialist or technical nature; and 2
(b) if the matter is likely to raise issues of a specialist or 3
technical nature--advise the principal registrar of the 4
type of professional background or skills that an 5
assessor assisting the tribunal should have. 6
`(2) The principal registrar must have regard to the council's 7
advice under subsection (1) when choosing an assessor from 8
the professional panel of assessors to assist the tribunal. 9
`90 Functions and powers of assessors 10
`(1) The function of an assessor is to advise the tribunal on 11
questions of fact arising during the hearing of a disciplinary 12
matter. 13
`(2) To enable an assessor to perform the assessor's function, the 14
assessor may, during the hearing-- 15
(a) ask a witness before the tribunal a question; and 16
(b) discuss any question of fact with a lawyer or other 17
person appearing for a party at the hearing. 18
`91 Payment of assessors 19
`An assessor is entitled to be paid the remuneration and 20
allowances decided by the Governor in Council. 21
`Subdivision 2 Professional panel of assessors 22
`92 Establishment of professional panel of assessors 23
`There is to be a professional panel of assessors. 24
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1127]
`93 Appointment of individuals to panel 1
`(1) The Governor in Council may, by gazette notice, appoint 2
individuals as members of the professional panel of assessors. 3
`(2) The professional panel of assessors must consist of the 4
number of members decided by the Minister having regard 5
to-- 6
(a) the likely demand for members to assist the tribunal; and 7
(b) the diversity of the nursing and midwifery professions. 8
`(3) An individual is qualified to be recommended by the Minister 9
for appointment as a member of the professional panel of 10
assessors only if-- 11
(a) the individual is-- 12
(i) enrolled as an enrolled nurse; or 13
(ii) registered as a registered nurse; or 14
(iii) authorised by the council to practise midwifery; or 15
(iv) registered, licensed or otherwise authorised to 16
practise the profession in another State; or 17
(v) authorised by the council to practise in any other 18
area of nursing; and 19
(b) the Minister is satisfied the individual has sufficient 20
experience, knowledge, skills and standing in the 21
nursing or midwifery profession having regard to the 22
functions of assessors. 23
`94 Disqualification from membership of panel 24
`An individual must not be appointed as, or continue as, a 25
member of a panel of assessors if-- 26
(a) the individual is a member of the council; or 27
(b) the individual is a nurse, midwife or other person 28
authorised to practise nursing-- 29
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1127]
(i) whose registration, enrolment or authorisation 1
ceases to have effect; or 2
(ii) whose registration, enrolment or authorisation is 3
subject to conditions that limit the individual's 4
right to practise the profession; or 5
(iii) whose registration, enrolment or authorisation is 6
subject to an undertaking with the council or 7
tribunal; or 8
(c) the individual is registered, licensed or otherwise 9
authorised to practise the profession in another State 10
and-- 11
(i) the registration, licence or other authorisation is 12
cancelled or suspended; or 13
(ii) the registration, licence or other authorisation is 14
subject to conditions that limit the individual's 15
right to practise the profession; or 16
(iii) the individual has entered into an undertaking with 17
an entity in that State that performs the same 18
functions as a disciplinary body. 19
`95 Procedure for recommending members of panels of 20
assessors 21
`(1) Before recommending individuals as members of the 22
professional panel of assessors, the Minister must invite 23
nominations from-- 24
(a) the council; and 25
(b) universities and training institutions that-- 26
(i) are established in Queensland; and 27
(ii) are engaged in the education of students for the 28
nursing or midwifery profession; and 29
(c) professional colleges established in Australia that the 30
Minister considers are relevant to the nursing or 31
midwifery profession; and 32
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Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1127]
(d) professional associations that the Minister considers are 1
representative of the nursing or midwifery profession; 2
and 3
(e) persons who are qualified as mentioned in section 93(3) 4
and not disqualified under section 94. 5
`(2) The invitation in subsection (1)(e) must be made by 6
advertisement in a newspaper circulating generally 7
throughout the State. 8
`(3) However, subsections (1) and (2) do not apply if the Minister 9
reasonably believes that it is necessary to urgently appoint an 10
individual as a member of the professional panel of assessors 11
because-- 12
(a) the secretary or registrar considers a disciplinary matter 13
is likely to raise issues of a specialist or technical nature; 14
and 15
(b) the secretary or registrar has advised the Minister that-- 16
(i) none of the panel members have the desirable 17
professional background or skills; or 18
(ii) panel members who do have the desirable 19
professional background or skills will not be 20
available to hear the matter. 21
`96 Duration of appointment 22
`A member of the professional panel of assessors may be 23
appointed for a term not longer than 5 years. 24
`97 Conditions of appointment 25
`A member of the professional panel of assessors holds office 26
on the conditions provided in this Act and the other conditions 27
decided by the Governor in Council. 28
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1128]
`98 Vacation of office 1
`(1) A member of the professional panel of assessors vacates the 2
member's office if-- 3
(a) the member can not continue as a member under section 4
94; or 5
(b) the member resigns by signed notice of resignation 6
given to the Minister; or 7
(c) the Governor in Council, by written notice given to the 8
member, removes the member from the panel. 9
`(2) The Governor in Council may remove a member from the 10
panel if the member is-- 11
(a) incapable of properly performing the functions of an 12
assessor; or 13
(b) unfit to be a member of a panel. 14
Example of circumstances when member may be unfit to be a 15
member of a panel-- 16
A member of the professional panel of assessors may be 17
considered to be unfit to hold office as a member if disciplinary 18
action is taken against the member under this Act.'. 19
Clause 1128 Replacement of s 104 (Referral of charge to tribunal) 20
Section 104-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`104 Referral of disciplinary matter to tribunal 23
`(1) If the council reasonably believes a disciplinary matter exists 24
in relation to a person, the council may refer the disciplinary 25
matter, as provided under the QCAT Act, to the tribunal for 26
hearing and determination. 27
`(2) When referring a disciplinary matter to the tribunal, the 28
council must give the tribunal and the person sufficient 29
particulars to inform the tribunal and the person of the ground 30
for disciplinary action to be taken against the person. 31
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1129]
`(3) If the council refers a disciplinary matter to the tribunal, the 1
council must immediately give notice of the referral to the 2
commission.'. 3
Clause 1129 Omission of ss 105-113 4
Sections 105 to 113-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 1130 Amendment of s 114 (Health assessment) 7
(1) Section 114(1), `charge has been preferred'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`disciplinary matter has been referred'. 10
(2) Section 114(1), `chairperson'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`president'. 13
(3) Section 114(2), `under section 116(4)'-- 14
omit. 15
(4) Section 114(4), `charge'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`disciplinary matter'. 18
Clause 1131 Omission of s 115 (Determinations of questions before 19
tribunal) 20
Section 115-- 21
omit. 22
Clause 1132 Amendment of s 116 (Action by tribunal) 23
(1) Section 116(1) and (3), `charge'-- 24
Page 543
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1133]
omit, insert-- 1
`disciplinary matter'. 2
(2) Section 116(5)-- 3
omit. 4
Clause 1133 Amendment of s 117 (Effect of tribunal's orders) 5
Section 117(1)-- 6
omit. 7
Clause 1134 Replacement of s 118 (Notification of tribunal's orders 8
and reasons) 9
Section 118-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`118 Notification of tribunal's decision 12
`(1) The tribunal must give a copy of its final decision in the 13
hearing in writing to-- 14
(a) the commission; and 15
(b) any person who made a complaint to which the decision 16
relates. 17
Note-- 18
Under the QCAT Act, section 121 the tribunal must give a copy of its 19
final decision to particular persons, including each party to the hearing. 20
`(2) The council may publish the decision of the tribunal in the 21
way the council considers appropriate, subject to an order of 22
the tribunal.'. 23
Clause 1135 Replacement of pt 8, div 1, hdg (Appeals) 24
Part 8, division 1, heading-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`Division 1 Reviews'. 27
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 11 Amendment of Nursing Act 1992
[s 1136]
Clause 1136 Amendment of s 137 (Appeals) 1
(1) Section 137, heading, `Appeals'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Review of decisions and orders'. 4
(2) Section 137(1)(c)-- 5
omit. 6
(3) Section 137(2), from `appeal'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a 9
review of the decision or order.'. 10
(4) Section 137(3) to (10)-- 11
omit. 12
(5) Section 137(11)-- 13
renumber as section 137(3). 14
Clause 1137 Amendment of s 138 (Holders of office to act honestly 15
and with propriety) 16
(1) Section 138(1), definition person to whom this section 17
applies, paragraph (b)-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Section 138(1), definition person to whom this section 20
applies, paragraphs (c) and (d)-- 21
renumber as paragraphs (b) and (c). 22
(3) Section 138(3)(b) and (4)(b), `, a committee of the council or 23
the tribunal.'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`or a committee of the council.'. 26
Page 545
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 12 Amendment of Nursing Regulation 2005
[s 1138]
Clause 1138 Amendment of s 139 (Confidentiality of documents and 1
information) 2
(1) Section 139(1), definition person to whom this section 3
applies, paragraph (b)-- 4
omit. 5
(2) Section 139(1), definition person to whom this section 6
applies, paragraphs (c) and (d)-- 7
renumber as paragraphs (b) and (c). 8
Clause 1139 Amendment of s 139A (Executive officer or council may 9
notify Commissioner for Children and Young People and 10
Child Guardian about particular information) 11
Section 139A(1)(e), `section 117(2)'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`section 117'. 14
Clause 1140 Amendment of s 148 (Regulation-making power) 15
(1) Section 148(2)(c), `, the tribunal'-- 16
omit. 17
(2) Section 148(2)(r), `or the tribunal'-- 18
omit. 19
Part 12 Amendment of Nursing 20
Regulation 2005 21
Clause 1141 Regulation amended 22
This part amends the Nursing Regulation 2005. 23
Page 546
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 13 Amendment of Occupational Therapists Registration Act 2001
[s 1142]
Clause 1142 Omission of s 16 and pt 4 1
Section 16 and part 4-- 2
omit. 3
Part 13 Amendment of Occupational 4
Therapists Registration Act 5
2001 6
Clause 1143 Act amended 7
This part amends the Occupational Therapists Registration 8
Act 2001. 9
Clause 1144 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 10
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 11
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 12
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`QCAT'. 15
Clause 1145 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) 16
Section 49(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 6; or'. 19
Clause 1146 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 20
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 21
Part 3, division 7, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
Page 547
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 13 Amendment of Occupational Therapists Registration Act 2001
[s 1147]
`QCAT'. 1
Clause 1147 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) 2
Section 89(2)(b)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 5
conditions is pending.'. 6
Clause 1148 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 7
(1) Section 162(3)(a)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 176(1); or'. 10
(2) Section 162(3)(b), `another'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`an'. 13
Clause 1149 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals) 14
Part 6-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Part 6 Reviews by QCAT 17
`176 Who may apply for a review 18
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 19
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 20
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 21
of the decision. 22
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 23
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 24
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 13 Amendment of Occupational Therapists Registration Act 2001
[s 1150]
`177 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT 1
`(1) If on a review of an original decision QCAT decides to 2
impose conditions on a registration, QCAT must-- 3
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 4
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 5
reviewed under part 3, division 7, decide and state the 6
review period applying to the conditions. 7
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 8
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 9
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 10
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 11
force. 12
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 13
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 14
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 15
services or the public to know the details.'. 16
Clause 1150 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 17
(1) Schedule 3, definition appellant-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Schedule 3, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 20
(d)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 23
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 24
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 25
for the review; 26
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 27
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 28
(3) Schedule 3, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 29
Page 549
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 14 Amendment of Optometrists Registration Act 2001
[s 1151]
omit, insert-- 1
`QCAT'. 2
Part 14 Amendment of Optometrists 3
Registration Act 2001 4
Clause 1151 Act amended 5
This part amends the Optometrists Registration Act 2001. 6
Clause 1152 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 7
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 8
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 9
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`QCAT'. 12
Clause 1153 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) 13
Section 49(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 6; or'. 16
Clause 1154 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 17
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 18
Part 3, division 7, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`QCAT'. 21
Page 550
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 14 Amendment of Optometrists Registration Act 2001
[s 1155]
Clause 1155 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) 1
Section 89(2)(b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 4
conditions is pending.'. 5
Clause 1156 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 6
(1) Section 162(3)(a)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 176(1); or'. 9
(2) Section 162(3)(b), `another'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`an'. 12
Clause 1157 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals) 13
Part 6-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Part 6 Reviews by QCAT 16
`176 Who may apply for a review 17
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 18
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 19
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 20
of the decision. 21
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 22
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 23
Page 551
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 14 Amendment of Optometrists Registration Act 2001
[s 1158]
`177 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT 1
`(1) If on the review of an original decision QCAT decides to 2
impose conditions on a registration, QCAT must-- 3
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 4
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 5
reviewed under part 3, division 7, decide and state the 6
review period applying to the conditions. 7
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 8
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 9
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 10
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 11
force. 12
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 13
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 14
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 15
services or the public to know the details.'. 16
Clause 1158 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 17
(1) Schedule 4, definition appellant-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Schedule 4, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 20
(d)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 23
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 24
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 25
for the review; 26
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 27
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 28
(3) Schedule 4, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 29
Page 552
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 15 Amendment of Osteopaths Registration Act 2001
[s 1159]
omit, insert-- 1
`QCAT'. 2
Part 15 Amendment of Osteopaths 3
Registration Act 2001 4
Clause 1159 Act amended 5
This part amends the Osteopaths Registration Act 2001. 6
Clause 1160 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 7
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 8
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 9
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`QCAT'. 12
Clause 1161 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) 13
Section 49(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 6; or'. 16
Clause 1162 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 17
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 18
Part 3, division 7, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`QCAT'. 21
Page 553
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 15 Amendment of Osteopaths Registration Act 2001
[s 1163]
Clause 1163 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) 1
Section 89(2)(b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 4
conditions is pending.'. 5
Clause 1164 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 6
(1) Section 162(3)(a)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 176(1); or'. 9
(2) Section 162(3)(b), `another'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`an'. 12
Clause 1165 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals) 13
Part 6-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Part 6 Reviews by QCAT 16
`176 Who may apply for a review 17
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 18
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 19
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 20
of the decision. 21
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 22
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 23
Page 554
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 15 Amendment of Osteopaths Registration Act 2001
[s 1166]
`177 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT 1
`(1) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration, 2
QCAT must-- 3
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 4
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 5
reviewed under part 3, division 7, decide and state the 6
review period applying to the conditions. 7
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 8
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 9
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 10
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 11
force. 12
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 13
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 14
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 15
services or the public to know the details.'. 16
Clause 1166 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 17
(1) Schedule 2, definition appellant-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Schedule 2, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 20
(d)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 23
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 24
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 25
for the review; 26
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 27
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 28
Page 555
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 16 Amendment of Pest Management Act 2001
[s 1167]
(3) Schedule 2, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`QCAT'. 3
Part 16 Amendment of Pest 4
Management Act 2001 5
Clause 1167 Act amended 6
This part amends the Pest Management Act 2001. 7
Clause 1168 Amendment of s 14 (Suitability of person to hold licence) 8
(1) Section 14(1)(d)(iii), after `the'-- 9
insert-- 10
`repealed'. 11
(2) Section 14(1)(d)-- 12
insert-- 13
`(iv) the Queensland Building Services Authority Act 14
1991, section 91, 97B or 97C;'. 15
Clause 1169 Amendment of s 17 (Use of assessment report) 16
Section 17(1), `or appeal'-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 1170 Amendment of s 80 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 19
Section 80(3)(a) and (b)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
Page 556
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 16 Amendment of Pest Management Act 2001
[s 1171]
`(a) a review applied for under section 105 or 108; or 1
(b) an appeal, relevant to the thing, of which the chief 2
executive is aware.'. 3
Clause 1171 Amendment of pt 4, hdg (Reviews and appeals) 4
Part 4, heading, `and appeals'-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 1172 Amendment of s 103 (Appeal process starts with internal 7
review) 8
(1) Section 103, heading, `Appeal'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Review'. 11
(2) Section 103(1), `appeal against the decision'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`apply for review of the decision'. 14
(3) Section 103(2), `appeal'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`review'. 17
Clause 1173 Amendment of s 106 (Review decision) 18
(1) Section 106(2), `(the review notice)'-- 19
omit. 20
(2) Section 106(3), from `review notice'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`notice must be a QCAT information notice for the review 23
decision.'. 24
Page 557
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 16 Amendment of Pest Management Act 2001
[s 1174]
(3) Section 106(4), after `notice'-- 1
insert-- 2
`mentioned in subsection (2)'. 3
(4) Section 106(5), `an appeal to the court'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`a review of the review decision by QCAT'. 6
(5) Section 106(6), `an appeal to the court'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`a review of the review decision by QCAT'. 9
Clause 1174 Omission of s 107 (Stay of operation of decision) 10
Section 107-- 11
omit. 12
Clause 1175 Replacement of pt 4, div 2, hdg (Appeals) 13
Part 4, division 2, heading-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Division 2 External review of decisions'. 16
Clause 1176 Amendment of s 108 (Who may appeal) 17
(1) Section 108, heading, `appeal'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`apply for external review'. 20
(2) Section 108, from `appeal to'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a 23
review of the review decision.'. 24
Page 558
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 17 Amendment of Pharmacists Registration Act 2001
[s 1177]
Clause 1177 Omission of ss 109-113 1
Sections 109 to 113-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 1178 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 4
(1) Schedule 3, definition review notice-- 5
omit. 6
(2) Schedule 3-- 7
insert-- 8
`QCAT information notice means a notice complying with 9
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 10
Part 17 Amendment of Pharmacists 11
Registration Act 2001 12
Clause 1179 Act amended 13
This part amends the Pharmacists Registration Act 2001. 14
Clause 1180 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 15
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 16
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 17
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`QCAT'. 20
Page 559
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 17 Amendment of Pharmacists Registration Act 2001
[s 1181]
Clause 1181 Amendment of s 53 (Use of assessment report) 1
Section 53(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 6; or'. 4
Clause 1182 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 5
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 6
Part 3, division 7, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`QCAT'. 9
Clause 1183 Amendment of s 93 (How registrant may start a review) 10
Section 93(2)(b)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 13
conditions is pending.'. 14
Clause 1184 Amendment of s 167 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 15
(1) Section 167(3)(a)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 181(1); or'. 18
(2) Section 167(3)(b), `another'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`an'. 21
Clause 1185 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals) 22
Part 6-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
Page 560
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 17 Amendment of Pharmacists Registration Act 2001
[s 1186]
`Part 6 Reviews by QCAT 1
`181 Who may apply for a review 2
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 3
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 4
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 5
of the decision. 6
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 7
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 8
`182 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT 9
`(1) If on a review of an original decision QCAT decides to 10
impose conditions on a registration, QCAT must-- 11
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 12
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 13
reviewed under part 3, division 7, decide and state the 14
review period applying to the conditions. 15
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 16
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 17
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 18
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 19
force. 20
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 21
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 22
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 23
services or the public to know the details.'. 24
Clause 1186 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 25
(1) Schedule 4, definition appellant-- 26
omit. 27
(2) Schedule 4, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 28
(d)-- 29
Page 561
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 18 Amendment of Physiotherapists Registration Act 2001
[s 1187]
omit, insert-- 1
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 2
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 3
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 4
for the review; 5
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 6
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 7
(3) Schedule 4, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`QCAT'. 10
Part 18 Amendment of 11
Physiotherapists Registration 12
Act 2001 13
Clause 1187 Act amended 14
This part amends the Physiotherapists Registration Act 2001. 15
Clause 1188 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 16
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 17
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 18
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`QCAT'. 21
Page 562
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 18 Amendment of Physiotherapists Registration Act 2001
[s 1189]
Clause 1189 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) 1
Section 49(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 6; or'. 4
Clause 1190 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 5
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 6
Part 3, division 7, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`QCAT'. 9
Clause 1191 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) 10
Section 89(2)(b)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 13
conditions is pending.'. 14
Clause 1192 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 15
(1) Section 162(3)(a)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 176(1); or'. 18
(2) Section 162(3)(b), `another'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`an'. 21
Clause 1193 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals) 22
Part 6-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
Page 563
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 18 Amendment of Physiotherapists Registration Act 2001
[s 1194]
`Part 6 Reviews by QCAT 1
`176 Who may apply for a review 2
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 3
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 4
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 5
of the decision. 6
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 7
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 8
`177 Certain matters relating to powers of QCAT 9
`(1) If on the review of an original decision QCAT decides to 10
impose conditions on a registration, QCAT must-- 11
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 12
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 13
reviewed under part 3, division 7, decide and state the 14
review period applying to the conditions. 15
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 16
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 17
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 18
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 19
force. 20
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 21
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 22
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 23
services or the public to know the details.'. 24
Clause 1194 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 25
(1) Schedule 4, definition appellant-- 26
omit. 27
(2) Schedule 4, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 28
(d)-- 29
Page 564
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 19 Amendment of Podiatrists Registration Act 2001
[s 1195]
omit, insert-- 1
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 2
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 3
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 4
for the review; 5
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 6
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 7
(3) Schedule 4, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`QCAT'. 10
Part 19 Amendment of Podiatrists 11
Registration Act 2001 12
Clause 1195 Act amended 13
This part amends the Podiatrists Registration Act 2001. 14
Clause 1196 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 15
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 16
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 17
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`QCAT'. 20
Clause 1197 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) 21
Section 49(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 6; or'. 24
Page 565
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 19 Amendment of Podiatrists Registration Act 2001
[s 1198]
Clause 1198 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 1
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 2
Part 3, division 7, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`QCAT'. 5
Clause 1199 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) 6
Section 89(2)(b)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 9
conditions is pending.'. 10
Clause 1200 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 11
(1) Section 162(3)(a)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 176(1); or'. 14
(2) Section 162(3)(b), `another'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`an'. 17
Clause 1201 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals) 18
Part 6-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`Part 6 Reviews by QCAT 21
`176 Who may apply for a review 22
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 23
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 24
Page 566
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 19 Amendment of Podiatrists Registration Act 2001
[s 1202]
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 1
of the decision. 2
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 3
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 4
`177 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT 5
`(1) If on the review of an original decision QCAT decides to 6
impose conditions on a registration, QCAT must-- 7
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 8
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 9
reviewed under part 3, division 7, decide and state the 10
review period applying to the conditions. 11
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 12
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 13
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 14
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 15
force. 16
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 17
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 18
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 19
services or the public to know the details.'. 20
Clause 1202 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 21
(1) Schedule 4, definition appellant-- 22
omit. 23
(2) Schedule 4, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 24
(d)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 27
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 28
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 29
for the review; 30
Page 567
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 20 Amendment of Private Health Facilities Act 1999
[s 1203]
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 1
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 2
(3) Schedule 4, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`QCAT'. 5
Part 20 Amendment of Private Health 6
Facilities Act 1999 7
Clause 1203 Act amended 8
This part amends the Private Health Facilities Act 1999. 9
Clause 1204 Amendment of s 111 (Dealing with forfeited things) 10
Section 111(3), from `review'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`review applied for under part 9.'. 13
Clause 1205 Amendment of pt 9, hdg (Reviews and appeals) 14
Part 9, heading, `and appeals'-- 15
omit. 16
Clause 1206 Replacement of pt 9, div 1, hdg (Reviews) 17
Part 9, division 1, heading-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`Division 1 Internal review of decisions'. 20
Page 568
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 20 Amendment of Private Health Facilities Act 1999
[s 1207]
Clause 1207 Amendment of s 126 (Appeal process starts with internal 1
review) 2
(1) Section 126, heading, `Appeal'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Review'. 5
(2) Section 126, `appeal against'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`review of'. 8
Clause 1208 Amendment of s 129 (Review decision) 9
(1) Section 129(2), `(the review notice)'-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Section 129(3), from `review notice'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`notice must comply with the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 14
(3) Section 129(4), `review notice'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`notice mentioned in subsection (2)'. 17
(4) Section 129(5), `an appeal to the court'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`a review of the review decision by QCAT'. 20
(5) Section 129(6), `an appeal to the court'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`a review of the review decision by QCAT'. 23
Page 569
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 20 Amendment of Private Health Facilities Act 1999
[s 1209]
Clause 1209 Omission of s 130 (Stay of operation of decision) 1
Section 130-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 1210 Replacement of pt 9, div 2, hdg (Appeals) 4
Part 9, division 2, heading-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Division 2 External review of decisions'. 7
Clause 1211 Amendment of s 131 (Who may appeal) 8
(1) Section 131, heading, `appeal'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`apply for external review'. 11
(2) Section 131, from `appeal to'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a 14
review of the review decision.'. 15
Clause 1212 Omission of ss 132-136 16
Sections 132 to 136-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 1213 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 19
Schedule 3, definition review notice-- 20
omit. 21
Page 570
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 21 Amendment of Psychologists Registration Act 2001
[s 1214]
Part 21 Amendment of Psychologists 1
Registration Act 2001 2
Clause 1214 Act amended 3
This part amends the Psychologists Registration Act 2001. 4
Clause 1215 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 5
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 6
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 7
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`QCAT'. 10
Clause 1216 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) 11
Section 49(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 6; or'. 14
Clause 1217 Amendment of pt 3, div 8, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 15
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 16
Part 3, division 8, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`QCAT'. 19
Clause 1218 Amendment of s 104 (How registrant may start a review) 20
Section 104(2)(b)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 23
conditions is pending.'. 24
Page 571
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 21 Amendment of Psychologists Registration Act 2001
[s 1219]
Clause 1219 Amendment of s 178 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 1
(1) Section 178(3)(a)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 192(1); or'. 4
(2) Section 178(3)(b), `another'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`an'. 7
Clause 1220 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals) 8
Part 6-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Part 6 Reviews by QCAT 11
`192 Who may apply for a review 12
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 13
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 14
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 15
of the decision. 16
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 17
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 18
`193 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT 19
`(1) If on the review of an original decision QCAT decides to 20
impose conditions on a registration, QCAT must-- 21
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 22
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 23
reviewed under part 3, division 8, decide and state the 24
review period applying to the conditions. 25
Page 572
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Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 21 Amendment of Psychologists Registration Act 2001
[s 1221]
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 1
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 2
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 3
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 4
force. 5
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 6
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 7
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 8
services or the public to know the details.'. 9
Clause 1221 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 10
(1) Schedule 3, definition appellant-- 11
omit. 12
(2) Schedule 3, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 13
(d)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 16
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 17
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 18
for the review; 19
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 20
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 21
(3) Schedule 3, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`QCAT'. 24
Page 573
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 22 Amendment of Psychologists Registration Regulation 2002
[s 1222]
Part 22 Amendment of Psychologists 1
Registration Regulation 2002 2
Clause 1222 Regulation amended 3
This part amends the Psychologists Registration Regulation 4
2002. 5
Clause 1223 Replacement of pt 4 (Appeals) 6
Part 4-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Part 4 Reviews 9
`49 Application for review 10
`A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, a decision 11
information notice for a decision may apply, as provided 12
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the decision.'. 13
Clause 1224 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 14
(1) Schedule 3, definitions decision appellant, decision 15
information notice and initial decision-- 16
omit. 17
(2) Schedule 3-- 18
insert-- 19
`decision information notice means a notice complying with 20
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 21
Page 574
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 23 Amendment of Public Health Act 2005
[s 1225]
Part 23 Amendment of Public Health 1
Act 2005 2
Clause 1225 Act amended 3
This part amends the Public Health Act 2005. 4
Clause 1226 Replacement of ch 5, pt 2, div 5 (Appeals against order to 5
close school or child care service) 6
Chapter 5, part 2, division 5-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Division 5 Review of order to close school or 9
child care service 10
`182 Review of Minister's order to close school or child 11
care service 12
`A person ordered by the Minister to close a school or child 13
care service may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 14
QCAT for a review of the order.'. 15
Clause 1227 Replacement of s 371 (Notice about decision) 16
Section 371-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`371 Notice about decision 19
`As soon as practicable after deciding the application, the 20
chief executive must give the applicant a notice that-- 21
`(a) for a decision by the chief executive to pay the amount 22
of compensation applied for--states the decision and 23
the reasons for it, including details of the amount of 24
compensation to be paid and how the amount was 25
assessed; or 26
Page 575
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 24 Amendment of Public Health (Infection Control for Personal Appearance Services)
Act 2003
[s 1228]
(b) for a decision by the chief executive to pay 1
compensation in an amount less than the amount applied 2
for, or to not pay compensation--complies with the 3
QCAT Act, section 157(2) for the decision.'. 4
Clause 1228 Replacement of s 372 (Who may appeal) 5
Section 372-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`372 Review of decision 8
`An applicant for the payment of compensation under this part 9
who is dissatisfied with the chief executive's decision to 10
refuse to pay compensation or about the amount of 11
compensation to be paid may apply, as provided under the 12
QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the decision.'. 13
Clause 1229 Omission of ss 373-375 14
Sections 373 to 375-- 15
omit. 16
Part 24 Amendment of Public Health 17
(Infection Control for Personal 18
Appearance Services) Act 2003 19
Clause 1230 Act amended 20
This part amends the Public Health (Infection Control for 21
Personal Appearance Services) Act 2003. 22
Page 576
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 24 Amendment of Public Health (Infection Control for Personal Appearance Services)
Act 2003
[s 1231]
Clause 1231 Amendment of pt 7, hdg (Reviews and appeals) 1
Part 7, heading, `and appeals'-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 1232 Amendment of s 119 (Appeal process starts with internal 4
review) 5
(1) Section 119, heading, `Appeal'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Review'. 8
(2) Section 119(1), `appeal against the decision'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`have the decision reviewed'. 11
(3) Section 119(2), `appeal'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`review'. 14
Clause 1233 Amendment of s 122 (Review decision) 15
(1) Section 122(2), `(the review notice)'-- 16
omit. 17
(2) Section 122(3), from `review notice'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`notice must be a QCAT information notice.'. 20
(3) Section 122(4), after `notice'-- 21
insert-- 22
`mentioned in subsection (2)'. 23
Page 577
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 24 Amendment of Public Health (Infection Control for Personal Appearance Services)
Act 2003
[s 1234]
(4) Section 122(5), `an appeal to the court'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`a review of the review decision by QCAT'. 3
(5) Section 122(6), `an appeal to the court'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`a review of the review decision by QCAT'. 6
Clause 1234 Omission of s 123 (Stay of operation of decision) 7
Section 123-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 1235 Replacement of pt 7, div 2, hdg (Appeals) 10
Part 7, division 2, heading-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Division 2 External review of decisions'. 13
Clause 1236 Amendment of s 124 (Who may appeal) 14
(1) Section 124, heading, `appeal'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`apply for external review'. 17
(2) Section 124, from `appeal to'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a 20
review of the review decision.'. 21
Clause 1237 Omission of ss 125-130 22
Sections 125 to 130-- 23
omit. 24
Page 578
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 25 Amendment of Radiation Safety Act 1999
[s 1238]
Clause 1238 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 1
(1) Schedule 2, definition review notice-- 2
omit. 3
(2) Schedule 2-- 4
insert-- 5
`QCAT information notice means a notice complying with 6
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 7
Part 25 Amendment of Radiation 8
Safety Act 1999 9
Clause 1239 Act amended 10
This part amends the Radiation Safety Act 1999. 11
Clause 1240 Amendment of s 136 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 12
Section 136(4), from `outcome'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`outcome of a review applied for under part 10 of which the 15
chief executive is aware.'. 16
Clause 1241 Amendment of pt 10, hdg (Reviews and appeals) 17
Part 10, heading, `and appeals'-- 18
omit. 19
Page 579
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 25 Amendment of Radiation Safety Act 1999
[s 1242]
Clause 1242 Amendment of s 182 (Appeal process starts with internal 1
review) 2
(1) Section 182, heading, `Appeal'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Review'. 5
(2) Section 182(1), `appeal against the decision'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`apply for review of the decision'. 8
(3) Section 182(2), `appeal'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`review'. 11
Clause 1243 Amendment of s 186 (Review decision) 12
(1) Section 186(2), `(the review notice)'-- 13
omit. 14
(2) Section 186(3), from `review notice'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`notice must be a QCAT information notice for the decision.'. 17
(3) Section 186(4), after `notice'-- 18
insert-- 19
`mentioned in subsection (2)'. 20
(4) Section 186(5), `an appeal to the court'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`a review of the review decision by QCAT'. 23
(5) Section 186(6), `an appeal to the court'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`a review of the review decision by QCAT'. 26
Page 580
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 25 Amendment of Radiation Safety Act 1999
[s 1244]
Clause 1244 Omission of s 187 (Stay of operation of decision) 1
Section 187-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 1245 Replacement of pt 10, div 2, hdg (Appeals) 4
Part 10, division 2, heading-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Division 2 External review of decisions'. 7
Clause 1246 Amendment of s 188 (Who may appeal) 8
(1) Section 188, heading, `appeal'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`apply for external review'. 11
(2) Section 188, from `appeal to'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a 14
review of the review decision.'. 15
Clause 1247 Omission of ss 189-194 16
Sections 189 to 194-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 1248 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 19
(1) Schedule 2, definition review notice-- 20
omit. 21
(2) Schedule 2-- 22
insert-- 23
Page 581
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 26 Amendment of Speech Pathologists Registration Act 2001
[s 1249]
`QCAT information notice means a notice complying with 1
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 2
Part 26 Amendment of Speech 3
Pathologists Registration Act 4
2001 5
Clause 1249 Act amended 6
This part amends the Speech Pathologists Registration Act 7
2001. 8
Clause 1250 Amendment of s 5 (Board's decisions to accord with 9
decisions of certain bodies under the Health 10
Practitioners (Professional Standards) Act 1999) 11
Section 5(2), `the Health Practitioners Tribunal'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`QCAT'. 14
Clause 1251 Amendment of s 49 (Use of assessment report) 15
Section 49(4), definition stated proceedings, paragraph (b)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(b) a review by QCAT under part 6; or'. 18
Clause 1252 Amendment of pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg (Review of 19
conditions imposed by the board or District Court) 20
Part 3, division 7, subdivision 1, heading, `District Court'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`QCAT'. 23
Page 582
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 26 Amendment of Speech Pathologists Registration Act 2001
[s 1253]
Clause 1253 Amendment of s 89 (How registrant may start a review) 1
Section 89(2)(b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(b) while a review by QCAT of the decision to impose the 4
conditions is pending.'. 5
Clause 1254 Amendment of s 162 (Dealing with forfeited things etc.) 6
(1) Section 162(3)(a)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(a) a review by QCAT under section 176(1); or'. 9
(2) Section 162(3)(b), `another'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`an'. 12
Clause 1255 Replacement of pt 6 (Appeals) 13
Part 6-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Part 6 Reviews by QCAT 16
`176 Who may apply for a review 17
`(1) A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, an 18
information notice for a decision (the original decision) may 19
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 20
of the decision. 21
`(2) To help users of this Act, schedule 1 identifies the decisions 22
for which an information notice must be given under this Act. 23
Page 583
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 7 Department of Health
Part 26 Amendment of Speech Pathologists Registration Act 2001
[s 1256]
`177 Particular matters relating to powers of QCAT 1
`(1) If on the review of an original decision QCAT decides to 2
impose conditions on a registration, QCAT must-- 3
(a) state the reasons for the decision; and 4
(b) for a decision to impose conditions that may be 5
reviewed under part 3, division 7, decide and state the 6
review period applying to the conditions. 7
`(2) If QCAT decides to impose conditions on a registration 8
because of the registrant's mental and physical health, it must 9
also decide whether details of the conditions must be recorded 10
in the register for the period for which the conditions are in 11
force. 12
`(3) QCAT must decide not to record details of the conditions 13
mentioned in subsection (2) in the register unless it reasonably 14
believes it is in the interests of users of the registrant's 15
services or the public to know the details.'. 16
Clause 1256 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 17
(1) Schedule 3, definition appellant-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Schedule 3, definition information notice, paragraphs (c) and 20
(d)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given has a right to 23
have the decision reviewed by QCAT; 24
(d) how, and the period within which, the person may apply 25
for the review; 26
(da) the right the person has to have the operation of the 27
decision stayed under the QCAT Act, section 22;'. 28
Page 584
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 1 Amendment of Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008
[s 1257]
(3) Schedule 3, definition review period, `the District Court'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`QCAT'. 3
Chapter 8 Department of 4
Infrastructure and Planning 5
Part 1 Amendment of Animal 6
Management (Cats and Dogs) 7
Act 2008 8
Clause 1257 Act amended 9
This part amends the Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) 10
Act 2008. 11
Clause 1258 Amendment of s 127 (Power to destroy seized regulated 12
dog) 13
(1) Section 127(6), `review application'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`application for internal review'. 16
(2) Section 127(7), `for review'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`for internal review'. 19
(3) Section 127(7)(a), `the review'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`the internal review'. 22
Page 585
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 1 Amendment of Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008
[s 1259]
(4) Section 127(7)(b), `an appeal has been made against the 1
order'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`external review of the order has been made'. 4
(5) Section 127(8), `an appeal is made relating to the order'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`an application for external review of the order is made'. 7
(6) Section 127(8)(a), `the appeal'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`the external review'. 10
Clause 1259 Amendment of s 131 (Return of regulated dog to 11
registered owner) 12
Section 131(3)(a)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(a) if a destruction order has been made for the dog--an 15
application for internal review or external review of the 16
order is made and, as a result of the review, the order is 17
no longer in force;'. 18
Clause 1260 Amendment of ch 8, hdg (Reviews and appeals) 19
Chapter 8, heading, `and appeals'-- 20
omit. 21
Clause 1261 Amendment of ch 8, pt 1, hdg (Review of decisions) 22
Chapter 8, part 1, heading, `Review'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`Internal review'. 25
Page 586
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 1 Amendment of Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008
[s 1262]
Clause 1262 Replacement of s 180 (Appeal process starts with review) 1
Section 180-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`180 Internal review process before external review 4
`Every review of an original decision must be, in the first 5
instance, by way of an application for internal review.'. 6
Clause 1263 Amendment of s 181 (Who may apply for review) 7
(1) Section 181, heading, `review'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`internal review'. 10
(2) Section 181, `a review'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`an internal review'. 13
Clause 1264 Amendment of s 184 (Stay of operation of original 14
decision) 15
(1) Section 184(2)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(2) However the applicant may, immediately after being given the 18
information notice for the original decision, apply, as 19
provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a stay of the 20
original decision.'. 21
(2) Section 184(3)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(3) QCAT may stay the original decision to secure the 24
effectiveness of the internal review and a later application to 25
QCAT for external review.'. 26
(3) Section 184(4), `the court'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
Page 587
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 1 Amendment of Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008
[s 1265]
`QCAT'. 1
(4) Section 184(5), `the appeal is'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`the internal review and any external review and appeal are'. 4
(5) Section 184(6)(a) and (b)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(a) if the chief executive makes a PID review decision about 7
the original decision--the chief executive makes the 8
decision and any later period QCAT allows the applicant 9
to enable the applicant to apply for an external review of 10
the internal review decision; or 11
(b) if the chief executive officer of a local government 12
makes an internal review decision about the original 13
decision--the chief executive officer makes the decision 14
and any later period QCAT allows the applicant to 15
enable the applicant to apply for an external review of 16
the internal review decision.'. 17
Clause 1265 Amendment of s 185 (PID review decision) 18
(1) Section 185(1)(a), `a review'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`an internal review'. 21
(2) Section 185, `appeal'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`application for external review'. 24
Clause 1266 Amendment of s 186 (Other review decisions) 25
(1) Section 186, heading, `review'-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
`internal review'. 28
Page 588
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 1 Amendment of Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008
[s 1267]
(2) Section 186(1)(a), `a review'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`an internal review'. 3
(3) Section 186(1)(b), `the review decision'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`the internal review decision'. 6
(4) Section 186(4) and (5)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(4) If the internal review decision confirms the original decision, 9
for the purpose of an application for external review, the 10
original decision is taken to be the internal review decision. 11
`(5) If the internal review decision amends the original decision, 12
for the purpose of an application for external review, the 13
original decision as amended is taken to be the internal review 14
decision.'. 15
Clause 1267 Amendment of s 187 (Notice of PID decision or review 16
decision) 17
(1) Section 187, heading, `review'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`internal review'. 20
(2) Section 187(2) and (3)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(2) The chief executive officer of a local government must, 23
within 10 days after making an internal review decision, give 24
the applicant notice (also the review notice) of the internal 25
review decision. 26
`(3) If the internal review decision or PID review decision is not 27
the decision sought by the applicant, the review notice must 28
include or be accompanied by a notice complying with the 29
QCAT Act, section 157(2) for the decision.'. 30
Page 589
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 1 Amendment of Animal Management (Cats and Dogs) Act 2008
[s 1268]
(3) Section 187(4) and (5), `review decision'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`decision'. 3
Clause 1268 Replacement of ch 8, pt 2 (Appeals) 4
Chapter 8, part 2-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`Part 2 External reviews 7
`188 Who may apply for external review 8
`A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, a review 9
notice for a decision under part 1 may apply, as provided 10
under the QCAT Act, for an external review of the decision. 11
`189 Condition on stay granted by QCAT for particular 12
decisions 13
`(1) This section applies if a person makes an application for 14
external review to QCAT for a decision about a regulated dog 15
declaration. 16
`(2) If, under the QCAT Act, section 22(3) QCAT decides to grant 17
a stay of the decision, QCAT must impose a condition on the 18
stay that each of the following persons must, until the external 19
review is decided, ensure the requirements under schedule 1, 20
section 3 are complied with for the dog the subject of the 21
declaration-- 22
(a) the owner of the dog; 23
(b) a responsible person for the dog. 24
Note-- 25
See schedule 1, section 3 (Muzzling and effective control in public) and 26
also sections 66 (Prohibition on supply of restricted dog) and 67 27
(Prohibition on supply of declared dangerous dog or menacing dog).'. 28
Page 590
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 2 Amendment of Building Act 1975
[s 1269]
Clause 1269 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 1
(1) Schedule 2, definition review decision-- 2
omit. 3
(2) Schedule 2-- 4
insert-- 5
`external review, for a decision, means a review of the 6
decision by QCAT under the QCAT Act. 7
internal review decision see section 186(1)(b).'. 8
(3) Schedule 2, definition information notice, paragraph (b), `a 9
review against'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`an internal review of'. 12
(4) Schedule 2, definition information notice, paragraph (c), 13
`review'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`internal review'. 16
Part 2 Amendment of Building Act 17
1975 18
Clause 1270 Act amended 19
This part amends the Building Act 1975. 20
Clause 1271 Amendment of s 171 (Power to amend, cancel or suspend 21
licence) 22
Section 171-- 23
insert-- 24
Page 591
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 2 Amendment of Building Act 1975
[s 1272]
`(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that BSA can not, under 1
subsection (1), amend, cancel or suspend the certifier's 2
licence if BSA considers the building certifier is not a suitable 3
person to hold a licence because of unsatisfactory conduct or 4
professional misconduct. 5
Note-- 6
For conduct mentioned in subsection (3), see part 4 (Complaints, 7
investigations and disciplinary proceedings relating to building 8
certifiers).'. 9
Clause 1272 Amendment of s 179 (Register of building certifiers) 10
Section 179(3)(e), `Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`tribunal'. 13
Clause 1273 Amendment of s 189 (Appeals to Commercial and 14
Consumer Tribunal about decisions under pt 3) 15
(1) Section 189, heading, `Commercial and Consumer 16
Tribunal'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`tribunal'. 19
(2) Section 189(2) and (3)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(2) The person may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 22
the tribunal for a review of the decision.'. 23
Clause 1274 Amendment of s 204 (Decision after investigation or audit 24
completed) 25
Section 204(6), `Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 26
omit, insert 27
`tribunal'. 28
Page 592
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 2 Amendment of Building Act 1975
[s 1275]
Clause 1275 Amendment of s 205 (Review of BSA's decision) 1
(1) Section 205(2), from `apply'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to the tribunal for a 4
review of the decision.'. 5
(2) Section 205(3)-- 6
omit. 7
Clause 1276 Amendment of s 206 (Show cause notice) 8
Section 206(1), `Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`tribunal'. 11
Clause 1277 Amendment of s 207 (Representations and decision) 12
Section 207(2)(b), `Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`tribunal'. 15
Clause 1278 Amendment of s 208 (Commercial and Consumer 16
Tribunal may conduct disciplinary proceeding) 17
(1) Section 208, heading, `Commercial and Consumer'-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Section 208(1), `Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`tribunal'. 22
(3) Section 208-- 23
insert-- 24
Page 593
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 2 Amendment of Building Act 1975
[s 1279]
`(3) An application under subsection (1) must be made as provided 1
under the QCAT Act.'. 2
Clause 1279 Replacement of s 209 (Application of Tribunal Act to 3
disciplinary proceeding) 4
Section 209-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`209 Constitution of tribunal for disciplinary proceeding 7
`(1) For a proceeding under section 208, if the president of the 8
tribunal under the QCAT Act considers it appropriate, the 9
president may choose the following persons to constitute the 10
tribunal-- 11
(a) 1 legally qualified member under the QCAT Act; 12
(b) 1 senior member or ordinary member who has special 13
knowledge of the building certification industry and the 14
administration of this Act; 15
(c) 1 other senior member or ordinary member. 16
`(2) In this section-- 17
ordinary member means an ordinary member under the 18
QCAT Act. 19
senior member means a senior member under the QCAT 20
Act.'. 21
Clause 1280 Amendment of s 210 (Notification of disciplinary 22
proceeding) 23
Section 210(3), `Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`tribunal'. 26
Page 594
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 2 Amendment of Building Act 1975
[s 1281]
Clause 1281 Amendment of s 211 (Orders relating to current building 1
certifier) 2
(1) Section 211(1), `Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`tribunal'. 5
(2) Section 211(9), `under section 53 of the Tribunal Act'-- 6
omit. 7
Clause 1282 Amendment of s 212 (Orders relating to former building 8
certifier) 9
(1) Section 212(1), `Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`tribunal'. 12
(2) Section 212(10), `under section 53 of the Tribunal Act'-- 13
omit. 14
Clause 1283 Amendment of s 213 (Consequences of failure to comply 15
with Commercial and Consumer Tribunal's orders and 16
directions) 17
(1) Section 213, heading, `Commercial and Consumer 18
Tribunal's'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`tribunal's'. 21
(2) Section 213, `Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`tribunal'. 24
Page 595
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 8 Department of Infrastructure and Planning
Part 2 Amendment of Building Act 1975
[s 1284]
Clause 1284 Amendment of s 214 (Recording details of orders) 1
Section 214(b), `Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`tribunal'. 4
Clause 1285 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 5
(1) Schedule 2, definitions Commercial and Consumer Tribunal, 6
information notice and Tribunal Act-- 7
omit. 8
(2) Schedule 2-- 9
insert-- 10
`information notice, for a decision, means-- 11
(a) if the decision may be appealed under IPA--a notice 12
stating-- 13
(i) the decision, and the reasons for it; and 14
(ii) all rights of appeal against the decision under IPA; 15
and 16
(iii) how the rights are to be exercised; or 17
(b) if an application may be made to the tribunal for a 18
review of the decision--a notice complying with the 19
QCAT Act, section 157(2) for the decision. 20
tribunal means QCAT.'. 21
(3) Schedule 2, definition former building certifier, paragraph 22
(b)(ii), `Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`tribunal'. 25
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(4) Schedule 2, definition professional misconduct, paragraph (c), 1
`Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`tribunal'. 4
Part 3 Amendment of Local 5
Government Act 1993 6
Clause 1286 Act amended 7
This part amends the Local Government Act 1993. 8
Clause 1287 Amendment of s 939 (Decision on application for 9
permission) 10
Section 939-- 11
insert-- 12
`(3) If the permission is refused or is subject to conditions, the 13
written notice must be accompanied by a QCAT information 14
notice for the decision. 15
`(4) A local government must give a QCAT information notice for 16
a decision about an application only if subsection (3) so 17
requires.'. 18
Clause 1288 Amendment of s 940 (Issue of permit) 19
Section 940(3)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(3) However, if an application for review is made within the 30 22
days, a permit may be issued only if-- 23
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(a) the decision on the application for review confirms the 1
giving of the permission, with or without conditions, or 2
with changed conditions, applying to the permission; or 3
(b) the application for review is refused or discontinued.'. 4
Clause 1289 Replacement of ch 13, pt 5, div 3 (Appeals) 5
Chapter 13, part 5, division 3-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Division 3 Review by QCAT 8
`942 Who may apply for review 9
`A person dissatisfied by a decision of a local government on 10
an application may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 11
QCAT for a review of the decision.'. 12
Clause 1290 Amendment of s 996 (Amendment of land record) 13
(1) Section 996(2), `written notice of'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`a QCAT information notice for'. 16
(2) Section 996-- 17
insert-- 18
`(3) A local government must give a QCAT information notice for 19
an amendment of a land record only if subsection (2) so 20
requires.'. 21
Clause 1291 Replacement of ch 14, pt 4, div 2 (Appeal against 22
amendment of land record) 23
Chapter 14, part 4, division 2-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
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`Division 2 Review of decisions by QCAT to 1
amend land record 2
`999 Who may apply for review 3
`A person dissatisfied by an amendment of a land record, 4
other than a removal of land under section 1051A, may apply, 5
as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the 6
amendment. 7
`1000 Powers of QCAT on review 8
`In deciding the review, QCAT may-- 9
(a) confirm the amendment; or 10
(b) set aside the amendment and order the particulars 11
previously contained in the land record be restored.'. 12
Clause 1292 Amendment of s 1130 (Personnel practices) 13
Section 1130(2) and (3)-- 14
omit. 15
Clause 1293 Insertion of new ch 16, pt 3A 16
Chapter 16-- 17
insert-- 18
`Part 3A Equal opportunity of 19
employment 20
`Division 1 Purpose of part and related matters 21
`1137A Purpose and role of EEO 22
`(1) The purpose of this part is to promote equality of employment 23
opportunity in local governments. 24
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`(2) Equality of employment opportunity enhances the capacity of 1
local governments to achieve their objectives by-- 2
(a) improving organisational efficiency and productivity 3
through the selection and employment of the best and 4
most talented people; and 5
(b) fulfilling the social justice obligations of equity and 6
fairness; and 7
Note-- 8
The social justice obligations of equity and fairness are based on 9
the idea that all people should be able to compete for 10
employment on the basis of the ability to do the job. 11
(c) increasing the effectiveness of service delivery and 12
decision-making by adopting an employee profile more 13
accurately reflecting the community profile. 14
`1137B How purpose is to be achieved 15
`(1) The purpose of this part is to be achieved by-- 16
(a) requiring each local government to develop an EEO 17
management plan complying with subsection (2); and 18
(b) requiring each local government to implement its EEO 19
management plan under division 3; and 20
(c) establishing procedures to monitor compliance with the 21
requirements. 22
`(2) An EEO management plan must be capable of-- 23
(a) enabling members of the target groups to do the 24
following as effectively as people who are not members 25
of the target groups-- 26
(i) compete for recruitment, selection, promotion and 27
transfer in the particular local government; 28
(ii) pursue careers in the particular local government; 29
and 30
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(b) eliminating unlawful discrimination by the particular 1
local government or its employees against members of 2
the target groups in employment matters. 3
`1137C Merit principle reinforced 4
`Nothing in this part is taken to require an action incompatible 5
with the principle that recruitment, selection, promotion and 6
transfer are to be dealt with on the basis of merit. 7
`1137D Exemption from compliance with this part 8
`(1) The Minister may exempt a local government from complying 9
with a requirement under this part if the Minister considers-- 10
(a) the local government should have fewer than 40 11
employees; and 12
(b) the likely benefits to the local government of adopting 13
and implementing an EEO management plan under this 14
part are outweighed by the likely financial and 15
administrative costs to the local government of adopting 16
and implementing the plan. 17
`(2) If the Minister, after considering the criteria set out in 18
subsection (1), exempts the local government from complying 19
with this part, the local government must comply with any 20
conditions of the exemption. 21
`Division 2 Development of equal employment 22
opportunity management plan 23
`1137E Local government to develop EEO management plan 24
`(1) A local government must develop an EEO management plan 25
to ensure appropriate action is taken by it-- 26
(a) to promote equal employment opportunity for members 27
of the target groups in employment matters; and 28
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(b) to eliminate unlawful discrimination by it against 1
members of the target groups in employment matters. 2
`(2) The EEO management plan must be developed in time for 3
implementation of the plan to begin when the local 4
government's corporate plan is adopted. 5
`(3) A regulation may prescribe how a local government must 6
develop its EEO management plan on an ongoing basis. 7
`Division 3 Implementation of plan 8
`1137F Local government to give effect to EEO 9
management plan 10
`A local government must take any action necessary to 11
implement its EEO management plan. 12
`1137G Employment powers to be exercised having regard 13
to EEO management plan 14
`A person who exercises powers relating to employment 15
matters in a local government must have regard to the local 16
government's EEO management plan in exercising the 17
powers. 18
`Division 4 Supervision by chief executive 19
`1137H Chief executive may take action if dissatisfied with 20
EEO management 21
`(1) This section applies if the chief executive is dissatisfied with 22
any matter relating to the action taken by a local 23
government-- 24
(a) to promote equal employment opportunity for members 25
of the target groups; or 26
(b) to eliminate unlawful discrimination by the local 27
government against members of the target groups. 28
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`(2) The chief executive may, by written notice, recommend to the 1
local government's chief executive officer the action the local 2
government should take to overcome the dissatisfaction. 3
`(3) The notice must state the period within which the action the 4
chief executive officer recommends be taken. 5
`1137I Local government to comply with recommendation 6
unless chief executive notified 7
`A local government must comply with a notice given to its 8
chief executive officer under section 1137H(2) within the 9
period stated for the action unless the chief executive officer 10
gives the chief executive written notice of the local 11
government's reason for not complying with the 12
recommendation. 13
`1137J Chief executive's power if local government does 14
not act or give satisfactory reasons 15
`(1) This section applies if the chief executive is not satisfied-- 16
(a) the local government has taken the action the chief 17
executive has recommended within the period stated for 18
the action; or 19
(b) about the local government's reasons given in its notice 20
for not complying with the recommendation. 21
`(2) The chief executive may-- 22
(a) report the matter to the Minister; or 23
(b) refer the matter, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 24
QCAT to give a report. 25
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`Division 5 Supervision by QCAT 1
`1137K QCAT's powers for an investigation 2
`(1) When investigating a referral made under section 1137J(2)(b), 3
QCAT may require the particular local government or its 4
chief executive officer-- 5
(a) to answer a question; or 6
(b) to give QCAT information; or 7
(c) to produce to QCAT a document or other thing; or 8
(d) to give QCAT a copy of a document. 9
`(2) A requirement under subsection (1) must-- 10
(a) be in writing; and 11
(b) state or describe the information, document or thing 12
required; and 13
(c) state a reasonable period for compliance. 14
`1137L End of reference 15
`(1) At the end of a referral, QCAT must give the following 16
persons a report, with or without recommendations-- 17
(a) the relevant chief executive officer of the local 18
government; 19
(b) the chief executive. 20
`(2) The chief executive must give the Minister a copy of the 21
report as soon as practicable after receiving it. 22
`1137M Recommendation may be to amend EEO 23
management plan 24
`QCAT may, in its report under section 1137L, recommend 25
that a local government amend its EEO management plan in a 26
particular way. 27
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`1137N Local government to comply with recommendation 1
`A local government must comply with a recommendation 2
given in a report under section 1137L(1). 3
`Division 6 Tabling of reports and review of 4
division 5
`1137O Minister may table report 6
`The Minister may table in the Legislative Assembly a report 7
given to the Minister under section 1137J(2)(a) or 1137L(2).'. 8
Clause 1294 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 9
(1) Schedule 2, definition information notice-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Schedule 2-- 12
insert-- 13
`EEO management plan means an equal employment 14
opportunity management plan required under section 1137E. 15
employment matters means any matter about the employment 16
of an employee, including the following-- 17
(a) recruitment procedure and selection criteria, for 18
appointment or engagement of a person as an employee; 19
(b) promotion and transfer of an employee; 20
(c) training and staff development for an employee; 21
(d) terms of service and separation of an employee. 22
QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the 23
QCAT Act, section 157(2). 24
target group means any of the following-- 25
(a) Aborigines or Torres Strait Islanders; 26
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(b) people who have migrated to Australia and whose first 1
language is a language other than English, and the 2
children of those people; 3
(c) people with a physical, sensory, intellectual or 4
psychiatric disability, whether the disability presently 5
exists or previously existed but no longer exists; 6
(d) persons of the female sex, irrespective of age. 7
unlawful discrimination means discrimination that is 8
unlawful under the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991.'. 9
Part 4 Amendment of Local 10
Government Regulation 2005 11
Clause 1295 Regulation amended 12
This part amends the Local Government Regulation 2005. 13
Clause 1296 Replacement of pt 14, div 1 (Equal opportunity of 14
employment) 15
Part 14, division 1-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Division 1 Equal opportunity of employment 18
`51 Steps to be followed in ongoing development of 19
EEO management plan--Act, s 1137E(3) 20
`A local government must take the following steps in 21
developing its EEO management plan on an ongoing basis-- 22
Step 1--Issue policy statement and keep employees informed 23
Inform employees of the local government's EEO policy and 24
the results of monitoring and evaluating, under step 8, the 25
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implementation of the local government's EEO management 1
plan. 2
Step 2--Nominate person to have EEO responsibility 3
Give responsibility for developing, implementing and 4
continuous reviewing of the EEO management plan to a 5
person who has, or persons who have, sufficient authority and 6
status within the management of the local government to 7
enable the person or persons to properly do so. 8
Step 3--Consult with trade unions 9
Consult with the trade unions that have members who are, or 10
will be, affected by the EEO management plan about 11
developing and implementing the plan. 12
Step 4--Consult with employees 13
Consult with the local government's employees, particularly 14
employees who are members of the target groups, about 15
developing and implementing the EEO management plan. 16
Step 5--Collect statistics 17
Collect and record statistics and related information about-- 18
(a) the number of employees who are members of the target 19
groups; and 20
(b) the salary stream and level of the employees. 21
Step 6--Review policies and practices 22
Examine the local government's policies and practices about 23
employment matters to identify-- 24
(a) patterns (including patterns identified statistically) of 25
inequality of opportunity for members of the target 26
groups; and 27
(b) policies or practices unlawfully discriminating against 28
members of the target groups. 29
Step 7--Set objectives and implementation strategy 30
Set qualitative and quantitative objectives consistent with the 31
purposes of this regulation and develop a strategy for 32
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implementing the EEO management plan to achieve the 1
objectives. 2
Step 8--Assess implementation 3
Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the EEO 4
management plan to assess whether the objectives have been 5
achieved. 6
`52 Local government's activities to implement EEO 7
management plan 8
`For section 534(1)(i) of the Act, the following information is 9
prescribed-- 10
(a) statistics for at least the last 3 years about the number of 11
employees who are members of the target groups and 12
the salary stream and level of the employees; 13
(b) information about consultation with the following 14
groups and the outcome of the consultation-- 15
(i) trade unions that have members who are, or will 16
be, affected by the EEO management plan; 17
(ii) the local government's employees, particularly 18
employees who are members of the target groups; 19
(c) information about activities undertaken by the local 20
government during the past year to eliminate unlawful 21
discrimination against, or harassment of, the local 22
government's employees; 23
(d) information about the local government's forward plan 24
for implementing its EEO management plan for the next 25
financial year; 26
(e) information about any other activities undertaken by the 27
local government to create a positive work environment 28
for the local government's employees.'. 29
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Clause 1297 Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary) 1
Schedule 7, definitions Anti-Discrimination Tribunal, EEO 2
management plan, employment matters, target group and 3
unlawful discrimination-- 4
omit. 5
Part 5 Amendment of Plumbing and 6
Drainage Act 2002 7
Clause 1298 Act amended 8
This part amends the Plumbing and Drainage Act 2002. 9
Clause 1299 Amendment of s 20 (Times and places of meetings) 10
Section 20(3), `secretary'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`registrar'. 13
Clause 1300 Amendment of s 29 (Officers, employees and agents) 14
Section 29, `secretary'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`registrar'. 17
Clause 1301 Amendment of s 29A (Delegation by secretary) 18
(1) Section 29A, `secretary'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`registrar'. 21
(2) Section 29A, `secretary's'-- 22
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omit, insert-- 1
`registrar's'. 2
Clause 1302 Amendment of s 30 (Authentication of documents) 3
Section 30, `secretary'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`registrar'. 6
Clause 1303 Amendment of s 55 (How licensee may start review) 7
Section 55(2)(b), `the Commercial and Consumer Tribunal'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`QCAT'. 10
Clause 1304 Insertion of new pt 3, div 7, sdiv 1, hdg 11
After part 3, division 7, heading-- 12
insert-- 13
`Subdivision 1 Grounds'. 14
Clause 1305 Amendment of s 64 (Grounds for discipline) 15
Section 64, `The board'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Subject to section 70A, the board'. 18
Clause 1306 Insertion of new pt 3, div 7, sdiv 2, hdg 19
After section 64-- 20
insert-- 21
`Subdivision 2 Action by board about disciplinary 22
matters'. 23
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Clause 1307 Replacement of s 65 (Disciplinary action that may be 1
taken) 2
Section 65-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`65 Disciplinary action that may be taken by board 5
`In disciplining a licensee, after complying with section 66(1) 6
the board may do any 1 or more of the following-- 7
(a) reprimand the licensee; 8
(b) for plumbing or drainage work--order that the work be 9
rectified to comply with the Standard Plumbing and 10
Drainage Regulation; 11
(c) impose new conditions, or change conditions, on the 12
licence; 13
(d) suspend the licensee's licence for a period of not more 14
than 12 months; 15
(e) require the licensee to pay to the board a stated amount 16
of not more than the equivalent of 60 penalty units.'. 17
Clause 1308 Amendment of s 66 (Show cause notice) 18
(1) Section 66(1)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(1) If the board believes a ground exists to act under section 65 or 21
to refer a disciplinary matter to QCAT under section 70A, the 22
board must, before taking the action or making a referral 23
under section 70A in relation to the matter, give the licensee a 24
notice (a show cause notice).'. 25
(2) Section 66(2)(a), after `section 65(2)'-- 26
insert-- 27
`or refer the matter to QCAT under section 70A'. 28
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(3) Section 66(2)(c), after `taken'-- 1
insert-- 2
`or the referral should not be made'. 3
Clause 1309 Amendment of s 68 (Board must decide action to be 4
taken) 5
Section 68-- 6
insert-- 7
`(c) if section 70A applies, refer the disciplinary matter to 8
QCAT.'. 9
Clause 1310 Amendment of s 69 (Board must advise licensee of its 10
decision) 11
Section 69(1)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(1) If the board decides to take no further action about the matter, 14
or to refer the matter to QCAT, the board must give the 15
licensee written notice of the decision.'. 16
Clause 1311 Amendment of s 70 (When suspension or cancellation 17
takes effect) 18
(1) Section 70, heading, `or cancellation'-- 19
omit. 20
(2) Section 70, from `or cancels' to `or cancelled'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`the licensee's licence, the licence is suspended'. 23
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Clause 1312 Insertion of new pt 3, div 7, sdiv 3 1
After section 70-- 2
insert-- 3
`Subdivision 3 Referral to QCAT of particular 4
proposed suspensions or proposed 5
cancellations 6
`70A Board to refer particular disciplinary matters to QCAT 7
`(1) This section applies if, after complying with section 66(1), the 8
board is reasonably satisfied, for a licensee, that-- 9
(a) a ground exists to act under section 65; and 10
(b) it would be reasonable in the circumstances to take the 11
following disciplinary action-- 12
(i) suspend the licensee's licence for more than 12 13
months; 14
(ii) cancel the licensee's licence. 15
`(2) The board must refer the matter, as provided under the QCAT 16
Act, to QCAT to decide whether or not to make an order 17
against the licensee in relation to the ground. 18
`70B Constitution of QCAT 19
`(1) For the referred matter QCAT must be constituted by 3 20
members. 21
`(2) The members must include-- 22
(a) 1 legally qualified member under the QCAT Act; and 23
(b) 1 member who has at least 10 years experience in the 24
plumbing and drainage industry. 25
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`70C Disciplinary orders by QCAT 1
`If, after hearing the matter, QCAT decides a ground for 2
disciplinary action against a licensee is established, it may do 3
1 or more of the following-- 4
(a) reprimand the licensee; 5
(b) for plumbing or drainage work--order that the work be 6
rectified to comply with the Standard Plumbing and 7
Drainage Regulation; 8
(c) impose new conditions, or change conditions, on the 9
licence; 10
(d) suspend the licensee's licence for the period decided by 11
QCAT; 12
(e) cancel the licensee's licence; 13
(f) order the licensee to pay to the board a stated amount of 14
not more than the equivalent of 165 penalty units.'. 15
Clause 1313 Insertion of new pt 3, div 7, sdiv 4, hdg 16
Before section 71-- 17
insert-- 18
`Subdivision 4 Miscellaneous'. 19
Clause 1314 Amendment of s 71 (Returning suspended or cancelled 20
licence to board) 21
Section 71(1), after `If the board'-- 22
insert-- 23
`or QCAT'. 24
Clause 1315 Amendment of s 129 (Applying for a review) 25
(1) Section 129(2)-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
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`(2) The applicant or licensee may apply, as provided under the 1
QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the decision.'. 2
(2) Section 129(3)-- 3
omit. 4
Clause 1316 Replacement of s 130 (Review of decision) 5
Section 130-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`130 Requirement for particular review decision 8
`(1) This section applies to the review of a decision by QCAT if, as 9
part of its decision, QCAT decides to impose conditions on a 10
licence. 11
`(2) QCAT must decide and state the review period applying to the 12
conditions.'. 13
Clause 1317 Omission of s 131 (Powers of Commercial and Consumer 14
Tribunal when reviewing) 15
Section 131-- 16
omit. 17
Clause 1318 Amendment of s 135 (Appointments and authority) 18
Section 135, `secretary'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`registrar'. 21
Clause 1319 Amendment of s 136 (Signatures) 22
Section 136, `secretary'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`registrar'. 25
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Clause 1320 Amendment of s 137 (Evidentiary provisions) 1
Section 137, `secretary'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`registrar'. 4
Clause 1321 Insertion of new pt 10, div 5 5
Part 10-- 6
insert-- 7
`Division 5 Transitional provisions for 8
Queensland Civil and 9
Administrative Tribunal 10
(Jurisdiction Provisions) 11
Amendment Act 2009 12
`174 Definitions for div 5 13
`In this division-- 14
commencement means the commencement of this section. 15
previous, if followed by a provision number, means the 16
provision of that number in force before the commencement. 17
Note-- 18
See also the QCAT Act, chapter 7. 19
`175 Application of s 70A 20
`(1) This section applies if, immediately before the 21
commencement, the board-- 22
(a) had given a show cause notice to a licensee under 23
previous section 66; but 24
(b) had not advised the licensee of its decision under 25
previous section 69. 26
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`(2) From the commencement, the board must comply with 1
section 70A in relation to the licensee. 2
`176 Registrar of Plumbers and Drainers Board 3
`(1) This section applies to the person who was the secretary of the 4
Plumbers and Drainers Board immediately before the 5
commencement. 6
`(2) The person is taken to have been appointed as registrar of the 7
board under section 29(1).'. 8
Clause 1322 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 9
(1) Schedule, definition secretary-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Schedule-- 12
insert-- 13
`registrar means the person holding office under an 14
appointment made under section 29.'. 15
(3) Schedule, definition information notice, paragraph (a)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(a) for a decision of the board under part 3, a notice 18
complying with the QCAT Act, section 157(2) for the 19
decision, and stating the following-- 20
(i) if the decision is that a person be licensed on 21
conditions--the review period applying to the 22
conditions; 23
(ii) if the decision is that a licence be renewed or 24
restored--the review period applying to the 25
conditions; 26
(iii) if the decision is that the conditions imposed on a 27
licence be confirmed--the review period applying 28
to the confirmed conditions; 29
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(iv) if the decision is that the conditions imposed on a 1
licence be changed-- 2
(A) the review period applying to the changed 3
conditions; and 4
(B) a direction to the licensee to return the 5
licence to the board within 10 business days 6
after receiving the information notice; or'. 7
(4) Schedule, definition review period, `the Commercial and 8
Consumer Tribunal'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`QCAT'. 11
Chapter 9 Department of Justice and 12
Attorney-General 13
Part 1 Amendment of Acts 14
Interpretation Act 1954 15
Clause 1323 Act amended 16
This part amends the Acts Interpretation Act 1954. 17
Clause 1324 Amendment of s 36 (Meaning of commonly used words 18
and expressions) 19
Section 36-- 20
insert-- 21
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[s 1325]
`QCAT means the Queensland Civil and Administrative 1
Tribunal established under the QCAT Act. 2
QCAT Act means the Queensland Civil and Administrative 3
Tribunal Act 2009.'. 4
Part 2 Amendment of 5
Anti-Discrimination Act 1991 6
Clause 1325 Act amended 7
This part amends the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991. 8
Clause 1326 Amendment of s 113 (Tribunal) 9
Section 113(2)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(2) Before deciding an application, the tribunal must-- 12
(a) give the commissioner a copy of the application and a 13
copy of the material filed in support of the application; 14
and 15
(b) have regard to any submission made by the 16
commissioner on the application, including a 17
submission on the process for considering the 18
application.'. 19
Clause 1327 Insertion of new s 113A 20
Chapter 2, part 5-- 21
insert-- 22
`113A Appeal from tribunal decision 23
`(1) The commissioner, or a person with a relevant interest, may 24
appeal, as provided under the QCAT Act, against the 25
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Part 2 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
[s 1328]
tribunal's decision on an application mentioned in section 1
113. 2
`(2) For the appeal, if the commissioner or person was not a party 3
to the application, the commissioner or person is taken to have 4
been a party to it.'. 5
Clause 1328 Amendment of s 124 (Unnecessary information) 6
Section 124(2)(e), `Anti-Discrimination Tribunal'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`tribunal'. 9
Clause 1329 Amendment of s 125 (Act's freedom from associated 10
highly objectionable conduct purpose and how it is to be 11
achieved) 12
Section 125(2)(d), after `chapter 7'-- 13
insert-- 14
`and the QCAT Act'. 15
Clause 1330 Amendment of s 140 (Commissioner may reject or stay 16
complaints dealt with elsewhere) 17
Section 140(1), `or tribunal'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`or any tribunal'. 20
Clause 1331 Amendment of s 144 (Interim orders protecting 21
complainant's interests (before reference to tribunal)) 22
(1) Section 144, heading, `Interim'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`Applications for'. 25
(2) Section 144(1) and (2), after `apply'-- 26
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Part 2 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
[s 1332]
insert-- 1
`, as provided under the QCAT Act,'. 2
(3) Section 144(3) to (5)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(3) If the tribunal is satisfied it is in the interests of justice, an 5
application for an order under subsection (1) may be heard in 6
the absence of the respondent to the application.'. 7
Clause 1332 Amendment of s 155 (Requirement to initiate 8
investigation) 9
Section 155(5), `is the complainant'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`is, for the purposes of the QCAT Act, the applicant'. 12
Clause 1333 Insertion of new s 164AA 13
Chapter 7, part 1, division 3, after section 164-- 14
insert-- 15
`164AA Confidentiality of conciliation 16
`Nothing said or done in the course of conciliation of a 17
complaint may be included in any document prepared by the 18
commission when referring the complaint to the tribunal.'. 19
Clause 1334 Amendment of s 164A (Right of complainant to seek 20
referral to tribunal after conciliation conference) 21
Section 164A-- 22
insert-- 23
`(6) The complainant is the applicant for the purposes of the 24
QCAT Act.'. 25
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 2 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
[s 1335]
Clause 1335 Amendment of s 166 (Complainant may obtain referral of 1
unconciliated complaint) 2
Section 166-- 3
insert-- 4
`(5) The complainant is the applicant for the purposes of the 5
QCAT Act.'. 6
Clause 1336 Amendment of s 167 (Complainant or respondent may 7
seek referral after 6 months) 8
Section 167-- 9
insert-- 10
`(7) The complainant is the applicant for the purposes of the 11
QCAT Act.'. 12
Clause 1337 Amendment of ch 7, pt 2, hdg (What the 13
Anti-Discrimination Tribunal may do) 14
Chapter 7, part 2, heading, `Anti-Discrimination Tribunal'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`tribunal'. 17
Clause 1338 Insertion of new ch 7, pt 2, div 1A 18
Chapter 7, part 2, before division 1-- 19
insert-- 20
`Division 1A Tribunal's functions 21
`174A Functions 22
`The tribunal has the following functions-- 23
(a) to hear and decide complaints that this Act has been 24
contravened; 25
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 2 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
[s 1339]
(b) to grant exemptions from this Act; 1
(c) to provide opinions about the application of this Act; 2
(d) any other functions conferred on the tribunal under this 3
Act; 4
(e) to take any action incidental or conducive to the 5
discharge of a function mentioned in paragraphs (a) to 6
(d).'. 7
Clause 1339 Replacement of ss 176-184 8
Sections 176 to 184-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`176 Constitution of tribunal 11
`Subject to section 228A, the tribunal is constituted by 1 12
legally qualified member of the tribunal for the purpose of 13
conducting a hearing. 14
`177 Tribunal may join a person as a party 15
`Without limiting the QCAT Act, section 42, the tribunal may 16
join a person as a party to a proceeding whether or not the 17
person was a complainant for, or respondent to, the complaint 18
to which the proceeding relates. 19
`178 Complaints may be amended 20
`(1) The tribunal may allow a complainant to amend a complaint. 21
`(2) Subsection (1) applies even if the amendment concerns 22
matters not included in the complaint.'. 23
Clause 1340 Omission of ss 187, 188 and 190 24
Sections 187, 188 and 190-- 25
omit. 26
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 2 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
[s 1341]
Clause 1341 Amendment of s 191 (Anonymity) 1
Section 191(2), penalty-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Maximum penalty--100 penalty units.'. 4
Clause 1342 Omission of s 192 (Publication of evidence may be 5
restricted) 6
Section 192-- 7
omit. 8
Clause 1343 Omission of ss 201-203 9
Sections 201 to 203-- 10
omit. 11
Clause 1344 Amendment of s 207 (Commissioner may provide 12
investigation reports) 13
Section 207(3)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(3) The tribunal must give a copy of the report to the complainant 16
and the respondent.'. 17
Clause 1345 Amendment of s 208 (Evaluation of evidence) 18
Section 208(1)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(1) The tribunal is not bound by the rules of evidence and-- 21
(a) must have regard to the reasons for the enactment of this 22
Act as stated in the preamble; and 23
(b) may draw conclusions of fact from any proceeding 24
before a court or tribunal; and 25
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 2 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
[s 1346]
(c) may adopt any findings or decisions of a court or 1
tribunal that may be relevant to the hearing; and 2
(d) may receive in evidence a report of the commissioner, 3
but only if each party to the hearing has a copy of the 4
report; and 5
(e) may permit any person with an interest in the 6
proceeding to give evidence; and 7
(f) may permit the commissioner to give evidence on any 8
issue arising in the course of a proceeding that relates to 9
the administration of the Act.'. 10
Clause 1346 Amendment of s 209 (Orders the tribunal may make if 11
complaint is proven) 12
(1) Section 209(2)-- 13
omit. 14
(2) Section 209(3) to (6)-- 15
renumber as section 209(2) to (5). 16
Clause 1347 Omission of ss 211-213 17
Section 211 to 213-- 18
omit. 19
Clause 1348 Omission of ch 7, pt 2, divs 3A and 4 and pt 3 20
Chapter 7, part 2, divisions 3A and 4 and part 3-- 21
omit. 22
Clause 1349 Amendment of s 220 (Improper communication of official 23
information) 24
(1) Section 220(1)(a)(ii) to (v)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 2 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
[s 1350]
`(ii) a member of the former Anti-Discrimination 1
Tribunal; or 2
(iii) the registrar of the former Anti-Discrimination 3
Tribunal; or 4
(iv) a member of the staff of the commission or the 5
former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or 6
(v) a person acting under the direction or authority of 7
the commissioner or a member of the former 8
Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or'. 9
(2) Section 220(4)-- 10
insert-- 11
`former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal means the 12
Anti-Discrimination Tribunal established under previous 13
section 247. 14
previous section 247 means section 247 as in force before its 15
repeal by the QCAT Amendment Act. 16
QCAT Amendment Act means the Queensland Civil and 17
Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment 18
Act 2009.'. 19
Clause 1350 Amendment of ch 7, pt 4, div 3, hdg (Offences against the 20
commissioner, the tribunal and their staff) 21
Chapter 7, part 4, division 3, heading, `, the tribunal and 22
their'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`and'. 25
Clause 1351 Omission of ss 224 and 226B 26
Sections 224 and 226B-- 27
omit. 28
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 2 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
[s 1352]
Clause 1352 Insertion of new s 228A 1
After section 228-- 2
insert-- 3
`228A Constitution of tribunal for this chapter 4
`For the purpose of providing an opinion under this chapter, 5
the tribunal must be constituted by a judicial member.'. 6
Clause 1353 Amendment of s 233 (Appeal from opinion) 7
(1) Section 233, from `may appeal'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`may appeal, as provided under the QCAT Act, against a 10
tribunal opinion.'. 11
(2) Section 233-- 12
insert-- 13
`(2) For an appeal by a person with a relevant interest, the person 14
is taken to have been a party to the request for the opinion.'. 15
Clause 1354 Omission of ch 9, pt 2 (The Anti-Discrimination Tribunal) 16
Chapter 9, part 2-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 1355 Amendment of s 263 (Arrangement to prevail) 19
Section 263, `245, 246 and 257'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`245 and 246'. 22
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 2 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
[s 1356]
Clause 1356 Amendment of s 263C (General requirement for address 1
of service) 2
Section 263C, `or the tribunal'-- 3
omit. 4
Clause 1357 Omission of s 263D (Advice to tribunal of address for 5
service) 6
Section 263D-- 7
omit. 8
Clause 1358 Amendment of s 263E (Change of address for service) 9
Section 263E(2) and (3)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(2) A relevant party for a complaint must give all other relevant 12
parties for the complaint a copy of a written notice given 13
under subsection (1).'. 14
Clause 1359 Amendment of s 263F (Use of address for service) 15
Section 263F(1)(a), `or the tribunal'-- 16
omit. 17
Clause 1360 Amendment of s 263G (Communication effected by 18
giving of document) 19
Section 263G(1) and (2), `or tribunal'-- 20
omit. 21
Clause 1361 Amendment of s 264 (No communication of official 22
information to court) 23
Section 264(1)(a)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 2 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
[s 1362]
`(a) who is or has been-- 1
(i) the commissioner; or 2
(ii) a member of the former Anti-Discrimination 3
Tribunal; or 4
(iii) the registrar of the former Anti-Discrimination 5
Tribunal; or 6
(iv) a member of the staff of the commission or the 7
former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or 8
(v) a person acting under the direction or authority of 9
the commissioner or a member of the former 10
Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or 11
(vi) a person acting under a delegation under section 12
244; and'. 13
Clause 1362 Amendment of s 265 (Protection from civil 14
actions--exercise of functions etc.) 15
(1) Section 265(1)(b) to (e)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(b) a member of the former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; 18
or 19
(c) the registrar of the former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; 20
or 21
(d) a member of the staff of the commission or the former 22
Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or 23
(e) a person acting under the direction or authority of the 24
commissioner or a member of the former 25
Anti-Discrimination Tribunal; or'. 26
(2) Section 265(3)-- 27
omit. 28
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 2 Amendment of Anti-Discrimination Act 1991
[s 1363]
Clause 1363 Amendment of s 266 (Protection from civil 1
actions--complaint etc.) 2
Section 266(b), `or tribunal'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`or the former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal'. 5
Clause 1364 Omission of s 266A (Protection and immunity) 6
Section 266A-- 7
omit. 8
Clause 1365 Amendment of s 267 (Regulation-making power) 9
Section 267(2)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(2) A regulation may make provision about-- 12
(a) the exercise of the commissioner's powers; and 13
(b) the fees to be paid for making a complaint to the 14
commission under chapter 7.'. 15
Clause 1366 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 16
(1) Schedule, definitions member, registrar and tribunal-- 17
omit. 18
(2) Schedule-- 19
insert-- 20
`former Anti-Discrimination Tribunal see section 220(4). 21
registrar, of the tribunal, means the principal registrar of the 22
tribunal. 23
tribunal means QCAT.'. 24
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 3 Repeal of Anti-Discrimination Tribunal Rule 2005
[s 1367]
Part 3 Repeal of Anti-Discrimination 1
Tribunal Rule 2005 2
Clause 1367 Repeal 3
The Anti-Discrimination Tribunal Rule 2005, SL No. 220 is 4
repealed. 5
Part 4 Amendment of Births, Deaths 6
and Marriages Registration Act 7
2003 8
Clause 1368 Act amended 9
This part amends the Births, Deaths and Marriages 10
Registration Act 2003. 11
Clause 1369 Amendment of s 11 (Court order relating to birth register) 12
Section 11(2), `has appealed to the District Court under 13
section 49'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`has, under section 49, applied to QCAT for a review of a 16
decision of the registrar'. 17
Clause 1370 Amendment of s 31 (Court order relating to registration of 18
death) 19
Section 31(2), `has appealed to the District Court under 20
section 49'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 4 Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003
[s 1371]
`has, under section 49, applied to QCAT for a review of a 1
decision of the registrar'. 2
Clause 1371 Amendment of s 42 (Correcting the register) 3
Section 42(1)(a), after `court'-- 4
insert-- 5
`or QCAT'. 6
Clause 1372 Replacement of s 49 (Appealing registrar's decisions) 7
Section 49-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`49 Reviewing registrar's decisions 10
`(1) A person who is dissatisfied with a decision of the registrar 11
may, as provided under the QCAT Act, apply to QCAT for a 12
review of the decision. 13
`(2) Despite the QCAT Act, section 157, the registrar is required to 14
give a person a written notice complying with that section for 15
a decision only if the decision-- 16
(a) is made on the application of the person; and 17
(b) is not the decision sought by the person. 18
Note-- 19
The QCAT Act, sections 158 and 159 provide for a person dissatisfied 20
with a decision of the registrar obtaining a written statement of reasons 21
for the decision.'. 22
Clause 1373 Amendment of pt 9, divs 1-3 hdgs 23
(1) Part 9, division 1, heading, `Transitional provisions'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`Provisions'. 26
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 4 Amendment of Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act 2003
[s 1374]
(2) Part 9, division 2, heading-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Division 2 Provision for Act No. 77 of 2003'. 3
(3) Part 9, division 3, heading-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Division 3 Provisions for Act No. 37 of 2007'. 6
Clause 1374 Insertion of new pt 9, div 4 7
Part 9-- 8
insert-- 9
`Division 4 Provision for Queensland Civil and 10
Administrative Tribunal 11
(Jurisdiction Provisions) 12
Amendment Act 2009 13
`62 Application of ss 11(2) and 31(2) 14
`(1) Sections 11(2) and 31(2) apply as if a reference in the 15
subsections to a person having applied to QCAT under section 16
49 for review of a decision of the registrar includes a reference 17
to the person having appealed to the District Court, before the 18
commencement, under previous section 49. 19
`(2) In this section-- 20
commencement means the commencement of this section. 21
previous section 49 means section 49 as in force before the 22
commencement. 23
Note-- 24
See also the QCAT Act, chapter 7.'. 25
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 5 Amendment of Classification of Computer Games and Images Act 1995
[s 1375]
Part 5 Amendment of Classification of 1
Computer Games and Images 2
Act 1995 3
Clause 1375 Act amended 4
This part amends the Classification of Computer Games and 5
Images Act 1995. 6
Clause 1376 Amendment of s 8 (Review by CCT of classification 7
decision) 8
(1) Section 8, heading, `CCT'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`QCAT'. 11
(2) Section 8, `under the CCT Act, to the CCT'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT'. 14
(3) Section 8-- 15
insert-- 16
`(2) The QCAT Act, section 157 does not apply to the decision. 17
Note-- 18
However, the person may obtain a written statement of the reasons for 19
the decision under the QCAT Act, section 158 or 159.'. 20
Clause 1377 Amendment of pt 7, div 3, hdg (Review by CCT of 21
decision about approval of entity and exemption) 22
Part 7, division 3, heading `CCT'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`QCAT'. 25
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 6 Repeal of Classification of Computer Games and Images Regulation 2005
[s 1378]
Clause 1378 Replacement of s 60 (Review by CCT) 1
Section 60-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`60 Review by QCAT 4
`(1) This section applies if the computer games classification 5
officer makes a decision-- 6
(a) refusing to approve an entity under section 56; or 7
(b) revoking the approval of an entity under section 56; or 8
(c) refusing to give an exemption under section 58 or 59. 9
`(2) The computer games classification officer must give the entity 10
a QCAT information notice for the decision. 11
`(3) The entity may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 12
QCAT for a review of the decision. 13
`(4) In this section-- 14
QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the 15
QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 16
Clause 1379 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 17
Schedule 2, definitions CCT and CCT Act-- 18
omit. 19
Part 6 Repeal of Classification of 20
Computer Games and Images 21
Regulation 2005 22
Clause 1380 Repeal 23
The Classification of Computer Games and Images 24
Regulation 2005, SL No. 210 is repealed. 25
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 7 Amendment of Classification of Films Act 1991
[s 1381]
Part 7 Amendment of Classification of 1
Films Act 1991 2
Clause 1381 Act amended 3
This part amends the Classification of Films Act 1991. 4
Clause 1382 Replacement of s 59 (Review by CCT) 5
Section 59-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`59 Review by QCAT 8
`(1) This section applies if the films classification officer makes a 9
decision-- 10
(a) refusing to approve an organisation under section 56; or 11
(b) revoking the approval of an organisation under section 12
56; or 13
(c) refusing to give an exemption under section 58. 14
`(2) The films classification officer must give the organisation a 15
QCAT information notice for the decision. 16
`(3) The organisation may apply, as provided under the QCAT 17
Act, to QCAT for a review of the decision. 18
`(4) In this section-- 19
QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the 20
QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 21
Page 636
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 8 Repeal of Classification of Films Regulation 1992
[s 1383]
Part 8 Repeal of Classification of 1
Films Regulation 1992 2
Clause 1383 Repeal 3
The Classification of Films Regulation 1992, SL No. 375 is 4
repealed. 5
Part 9 Amendment of Classification of 6
Publications Act 1991 7
Clause 1384 Act amended 8
This part amends the Classification of Publications Act 1991. 9
Clause 1385 Amendment of s 3 (Definitions) 10
(1) Section 3, definitions CCT and CCT Act-- 11
omit. 12
(2) Section 3-- 13
insert-- 14
`QCAT information notice means a notice complying with 15
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 16
Clause 1386 Amendment of s 11 (Review by CCT of classification 17
decision by publications classification officer) 18
(1) Section 11, heading, `CCT'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`QCAT'. 21
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 9 Amendment of Classification of Publications Act 1991
[s 1387]
(2) Section 11, `under the CCT Act, to the CCT'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT'. 3
(3) Section 11-- 4
insert-- 5
`(2) The QCAT Act, section 157 does not apply to the decision. 6
Note-- 7
However, the person may obtain a written statement of the reasons for 8
the decision under the QCAT Act, section 158 or 159.'. 9
Clause 1387 Amendment of s 11C (Publications for which display 10
order may be made) 11
Section 11C(4)(e)(i), `under the CCT Act, to the CCT'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT'. 14
Clause 1388 Amendment of s 11D (Lifting of display order, and review 15
rights and procedure) 16
(1) Section 11D(5), from `must'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`must give the applicant a QCAT information notice for the 19
decision to refuse the application.'. 20
(2) Section 11D-- 21
insert-- 22
`(7) The QCAT Act, section 157 does not apply to the decision of 23
the officer to make a display order. 24
Note-- 25
However, a person may obtain a written statement of the reasons for the 26
decision under the QCAT Act, section 158 or 159.'. 27
Page 638
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 10 Repeal of Classification of Publications Regulation 1992
[s 1389]
Clause 1389 Amendment of s 37 (Exemptions) 1
Section 37(5)(a) and (b)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(a) the publications classification officer must give the 4
person or body a QCAT information notice for the 5
decision; and 6
(b) the person or body may apply, as provided under the 7
QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the decision.'. 8
Part 10 Repeal of Classification of 9
Publications Regulation 1992 10
Clause 1390 Repeal 11
The Classification of Publications Regulation 1992, SL No. 12
376 is repealed. 13
Part 11 Amendment of Commercial and 14
Consumer Tribunal Act 2003 15
Clause 1391 Act amended 16
This part amends the Commercial and Consumer Tribunal Act 17
2003. 18
Page 639
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 11 Amendment of Commercial and Consumer Tribunal Act 2003
[s 1392]
Clause 1392 Amendment of s 20 (Registry established) 1
Section 20(3), `other tribunal'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`other entity'. 4
Clause 1393 Insertion of new pt 9, div 4 5
Part 9-- 6
insert-- 7
`Division 4 Transitional provisions for 8
Queensland Civil and 9
Administrative Tribunal 10
(Jurisdiction Provisions) 11
Amendment Act 2009 12
`170 Definitions for div 4 13
`In this division-- 14
CCT registry Act means-- 15
(a) the Fire and Rescue Service Act 1990; or 16
(b) the Misconduct Tribunals Act 1997; or 17
(c) the Nursing Act 1992; or 18
(d) the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936. 19
commencement means the commencement of this section. 20
director function means a function or power that, 21
immediately after the commencement, is to be performed or 22
exercised under a CCT registry Act by the director. 23
former registrar means a person who, immediately before the 24
commencement, was responsible under a CCT registry Act for 25
performing a function, or exercising a power, that is a director 26
function, and includes-- 27
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 11 Amendment of Commercial and Consumer Tribunal Act 2003
[s 1393]
(a) the registrar under the Misconduct Tribunals Act 1997, 1
as in force before the commencement; or 2
(b) the registrar of the Veterinary Tribunal of Queensland 3
under the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936, as in force 4
before the commencement. 5
`171 Former registrars and registry staff 6
`(1) At the commencement, each former registrar stops being a 7
former registrar. 8
`(2) At the commencement, all staff employed under the 9
Misconduct Tribunals Act 1997, section 40(2) stop being the 10
registrar's staff for that Act. 11
`172 Things done by or in relation to former registrar 12
`(1) At the commencement-- 13
(a) anything done by a former registrar continues in effect 14
and is taken to have been done by the director; and 15
(b) any application made to a former registrar that has not 16
been decided at the commencement is taken to have 17
been made to the director; and 18
(c) any document or other thing given to or lodged with a 19
former registrar is taken to have been given to or lodged 20
with the director. 21
`(2) The director must-- 22
(a) deal with any application mentioned in subsection (1)(b) 23
under the CCT registry Act under which the application 24
was made, as if the application were made to the 25
director after the commencement; and 26
(b) deal with any document or thing mentioned in 27
subsection (1)(c) under the CCT registry Act under 28
which the document or thing was given or lodged, as if 29
the document or thing were given to or lodged with the 30
director after the commencement. 31
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 12 Amendment of Commercial and Consumer Tribunal Regulation 2003
[s 1394]
`(3) A former registrar must take all reasonable steps to facilitate 1
the director undertaking the director's obligations under 2
subsection (2). 3
`(4) Without limiting subsection (3), the former registrar must give 4
all documents or other things given to or lodged with the 5
former registrar to the director as soon as practicable after the 6
commencement. 7
`(5) In this section-- 8
lodge includes file. 9
`173 References to former registrar 10
`In an Act or document, a reference to a former registrar is 11
taken, if the context permits, to be a reference to the director.'. 12
Part 12 Amendment of Commercial and 13
Consumer Tribunal Regulation 14
2003 15
Clause 1394 Regulation amended 16
This part amends the Commercial and Consumer Tribunal 17
Regulation 2003. 18
Clause 1395 Amendment of s 9 (Registry is registry for other 19
tribunals) 20
(1) Section 9, heading, `tribunals'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`entities'. 23
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 13 Amendment of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
[s 1396]
(2) Section 9, `tribunals'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`entities'. 3
Clause 1396 Amendment of sch 3 (Registry for other tribunals) 4
(1) Schedule 3, heading, `tribunals'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`entities'. 7
(2) Schedule 3-- 8
insert-- 9
`2 a misconduct tribunal established under the Misconduct Tribunals Act
1997, section 11
3 the Nursing Tribunal as continued under the Nursing Act 1992, section
84
4 a panel of referees convened under the Fire and Rescue Service Act
1990, section 104SC
5 the Veterinary Tribunal of Queensland constituted under the
Veterinary Surgeons Act 1936, section 15A'.
Part 13 Amendment of Crime and 10
Misconduct Act 2001 11
Clause 1397 Act amended 12
This part amends the Crime and Misconduct Act 2001. 13
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 13 Amendment of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
[s 1398]
Clause 1398 Amendment of s 49 (Reports about complaints dealt with 1
by the commission) 2
Section 49(3)-- 3
insert-- 4
`(c) supports the start of a proceeding under section 219F or 5
219G against any person as a result of the report; or 6
(d) supports a defence that may be available to any person 7
subject to a proceeding under section 219F or 219G as a 8
result of the report.'. 9
Clause 1399 Amendment of s 50 (Commission may prosecute official 10
misconduct) 11
(1) Section 50(1)(b), `a charge of a disciplinary nature of official 12
misconduct'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`the start of a disciplinary proceeding for official misconduct'. 15
(2) Section 50(2) and (3)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(2) The commission may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, 18
to QCAT for an order under section 219I against the 19
prescribed person.'. 20
(3) Section 50(4) and (5)-- 21
renumber as section 50(3) and (4). 22
(4) Section 50(3) and (4), as renumbered, `the jurisdiction of a 23
misconduct tribunal'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`QCAT's jurisdiction'. 26
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 13 Amendment of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
[s 1400]
Clause 1400 Amendment of s 75 (Notice to discover information) 1
Section 75(9)-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 1401 Amendment of s 109 (Definitions for pt 5) 4
Section 109, definition prosecution-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`prosecution includes starting a disciplinary proceeding for 7
official misconduct before QCAT.'. 8
Clause 1402 Amendment of s 202 (Publication of names, evidence 9
etc.) 10
Section 202(2)(e), `disciplinary charge'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`disciplinary proceeding'. 13
Clause 1403 Replacement of ch 5, hdg 14
Chapter 5, heading-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Chapter 5 Offences and disciplinary 17
proceedings relating to 18
misconduct'. 19
Clause 1404 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 1, hdg 20
Chapter 5, before section 206-- 21
insert-- 22
`Part 1 Offences'. 23
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 13 Amendment of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
[s 1405]
Clause 1405 Insertion of new ch 5, pt 2 1
Chapter 5, after section 219-- 2
insert-- 3
`Part 2 Disciplinary proceedings 4
relating to misconduct 5
`Division 1 Preliminary 6
`219A Purposes of disciplinary proceedings 7
`The purposes of providing for disciplinary proceedings are-- 8
(a) to protect the public; and 9
(b) to uphold ethical standards within units of public 10
administration and the police service; and 11
(c) to promote and maintain public confidence in the public 12
sector. 13
`219B Definitions for pt 2 14
`In this part-- 15
disciplinary proceeding means-- 16
(a) a proceeding under section 219F for official misconduct 17
alleged to have been committed by a prescribed person; 18
or 19
(b) a proceeding under section 219G for a reviewable 20
decision. 21
industrial matter means an industrial matter within the 22
meaning of the Industrial Relations Act 1999. 23
officer means a police officer within the meaning of the Police 24
Service Administration Act 1990 and includes a police recruit 25
within the meaning of that Act. 26
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 13 Amendment of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
[s 1405]
reviewable decision means-- 1
(a) a decision made in relation to an allegation of 2
misconduct against a prescribed person, other than a 3
decision made by a court or QCAT; or 4
(b) a finding mentioned in the Police Service 5
Administration Act 1990, section 7.4(2A)(b) that 6
misconduct is proved against an officer. 7
`Division 2 QCAT's jurisdiction 8
`219C Jurisdiction 9
`QCAT has jurisdiction to conduct disciplinary proceedings. 10
`219D Jurisdiction relating to allegations of official 11
misconduct against prescribed persons is exclusive 12
`(1) An allegation of official misconduct against a prescribed 13
person may only be heard and decided by QCAT. 14
`(2) Subsection (1) applies to the exclusion of authority given by 15
law to any other person or tribunal to hear and decide, at first 16
instance, an allegation of official misconduct made against a 17
prescribed person. 18
`219E Relationship with Industrial Relations Act 1999 19
`The industrial court and the industrial relations commission 20
do not have jurisdiction in relation to a matter that QCAT may 21
decide for this Act even though it may be, or be about, or arise 22
out of, an industrial matter. 23
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Part 13 Amendment of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
[s 1405]
`Division 3 Proceedings 1
`219F Proceedings relating to official misconduct 2
`The commission or the chief executive officer of a unit of 3
public administration (including the commissioner of the 4
police service) may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, 5
to QCAT to hear and decide an allegation of official 6
misconduct against a prescribed person. 7
`219G Proceedings relating to reviewable decisions 8
`(1) The commission or a prescribed person against whom a 9
reviewable decision has been made may apply, within the 10
period mentioned in subsection (2) and otherwise as provided 11
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the reviewable 12
decision. 13
`(2) The application must be made-- 14
(a) if the reviewable decision relates to a decision or finding 15
mentioned in the Police Service Administration Act 16
1990, section 7.4(2A)--within 14 days after the day on 17
which notice of the decision or finding was given; or 18
(b) otherwise--within 14 days after the day on which the 19
reviewable decision was announced. 20
`(3) The parties to a proceeding are-- 21
(a) the prescribed person; and 22
(b) the person who made the reviewable decision; and 23
(c) if the application is made by the commission--the 24
commission. 25
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Part 13 Amendment of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
[s 1405]
`219H Conduct of proceedings relating to reviewable 1
decisions 2
`(1) A review of a reviewable decision is by way of rehearing on 3
the evidence (original evidence) given in the proceeding 4
before the original decision-maker (original proceeding). 5
`(2) However, QCAT may give leave to adduce fresh, additional 6
or substituted evidence (new evidence) if satisfied-- 7
(a) the person seeking to adduce the new evidence did not 8
know, or could not reasonably be expected to have 9
known, of its existence at the original proceeding; or 10
(b) in the special circumstances of the case, it would be 11
unfair not to allow the person to adduce the new 12
evidence. 13
`(3) If QCAT gives leave under subsection (2), the review is-- 14
(a) by way of rehearing on the original evidence; and 15
(b) on the new evidence adduced. 16
`Division 4 QCAT's powers 17
`219I Powers for official misconduct 18
`(1) QCAT may, on a finding of official misconduct being proved 19
against a prescribed person, order that the prescribed 20
person-- 21
(a) be dismissed; or 22
(b) be reduced in rank or salary level; or 23
(c) forfeit, or have deferred, a salary increment or increase 24
to which the prescribed person would ordinarily be 25
entitled; or 26
(d) be fined a stated amount that is to be deducted from-- 27
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 13 Amendment of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
[s 1405]
(i) the person's periodic salary payment in an amount 1
not more than an amount equal to the value of 2 2
penalty units per payment; or 3
(ii) the person's monetary entitlements, other than 4
superannuation entitlements, on termination of the 5
person's service. 6
`(2) In deciding the amount for subsection (1)(d)(ii), QCAT may 7
have regard to the value of any gain to the prescribed person 8
from the person's official misconduct. 9
`219J Additional power for reviewable decisions 10
`(1) This section applies if, after reviewing a reviewable decision, 11
QCAT finds misconduct has been proved against a person and 12
sets aside the decision and substitutes another decision. 13
`(2) QCAT may impose on the person any discipline provided for 14
on a finding of misconduct being proved, even though the 15
original decision-maker's power to impose the discipline may 16
have been restricted. 17
`219K QCAT may refer matter for investigation 18
`(1) QCAT may, by order, refer a matter before it for 19
investigation, or further investigation, with a view to the 20
taking of a criminal proceeding or for another purpose. 21
`(2) The matter may be referred to-- 22
(a) the commission; or 23
(b) the public official for the unit of public administration in 24
which the prescribed person is employed. 25
`(3) QCAT may adjourn its proceeding until the investigations are 26
completed. 27
`219L QCAT's power to suspend orders 28
`(1) This section applies if-- 29
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Part 13 Amendment of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
[s 1405]
(a) QCAT makes an order under section 219I; or 1
(b) QCAT, by order under section 219J, imposes a 2
discipline mentioned in section 219J(2); or 3
(c) discipline is imposed on a prescribed person by a 4
decision-maker of a reviewable decision and an 5
application is made to QCAT for a review of the 6
reviewable decision. 7
`(2) QCAT may suspend the order or discipline if it considers it is 8
appropriate to do so in the circumstances. 9
`(3) QCAT must state an operational period for the period of 10
suspension and the suspension may be given on conditions. 11
`(4) If the person who is subject to the order or discipline is found 12
to have committed an act of misconduct or to have 13
contravened a condition during the operational period, on the 14
finding-- 15
(a) the suspension is revoked; and 16
(b) the order or discipline has immediate effect. 17
`(5) If the person is not found to have committed an act of 18
misconduct or to have contravened a condition during the 19
operational period, the order or discipline is taken to have 20
been discharged or satisfied. 21
`(6) Subsection (4) does not limit the person's liability to the 22
making of a further order for the further act of misconduct. 23
`Division 5 Appeals 24
`219M Appeal from QCAT exercising original jurisdiction 25
`The following persons may appeal against a decision of 26
QCAT exercising original jurisdiction under this part-- 27
(a) the prescribed person in relation to whom the decision 28
was made; 29
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 13 Amendment of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
[s 1406]
(b) the public official for the unit of public administration in 1
which the prescribed person is employed; 2
(c) the commission, whether or not the commission was a 3
party to the proceeding before QCAT.'. 4
Clause 1406 Amendment of s 318 (Parliamentary commissioner may 5
conduct hearings in limited circumstances) 6
Section 318(9)(b), `a disciplinary action brought'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`a disciplinary proceeding started'. 9
Clause 1407 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 10
(1) Schedule 2, definitions misconduct tribunal and officer-- 11
omit. 12
(2) Schedule 2-- 13
insert-- 14
`disciplinary proceeding, for chapter 5, part 2, see section 15
219B. 16
industrial matter, for chapter 5, part 2, see section 219B. 17
officer-- 18
(a) for chapter 3, part 6B, division 1, see section 146Q; or 19
(b) for chapter 5, part 2, see section 219B. 20
prescribed person see section 50(3) and (4). 21
reviewable decision, for chapter 5, part 2, see section 219B.'. 22
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 14 Amendment of Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act 2001
[s 1408]
Part 14 Amendment of Dangerous 1
Goods Safety Management Act 2
2001 3
Clause 1408 Act amended 4
This part amends the Dangerous Goods Safety Management 5
Act 2001. 6
Clause 1409 Amendment of s 31 (Meaning of major hazard facility and 7
possible major hazard facility) 8
Section 31(2), `section 32(5)'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`section 32(4)'. 11
Clause 1410 Amendment of s 32 (Chief executive may classify facility 12
as major hazard facility) 13
(1) Section 32(3) and (4)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(3) Within 7 days after making the decision, the chief executive 16
must give the occupier a QCAT information notice for the 17
decision.'. 18
(2) Section 32(5)-- 19
renumber as section 32(4). 20
(3) Section 32-- 21
insert-- 22
`(5) In this section-- 23
QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the 24
QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 25
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 14 Amendment of Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act 2001
[s 1411]
Clause 1411 Amendment of s 37 (Obligation to notify chief executive 1
of certain upgrades of facilities) 2
Section 37(1)(b), `section 32(5)'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`section 32(4)'. 5
Clause 1412 Replacement of pt 9, hdg (Appeals) 6
Part 9, heading-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Part 9 Reviews and appeals'. 9
Clause 1413 Replacement of pt 9, div 1 (Appeals against classification 10
as a major hazard facility) 11
Part 9, division 1-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Division 1 Review of decision to classify 14
facility as a major hazard facility 15
`148 Review of chief executive decision 16
`The occupier of a facility who is aggrieved by a decision of 17
the chief executive to classify the facility as a major hazard 18
facility may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT 19
for a review of the decision.'. 20
Clause 1414 Replacement of s 154C (Application of ss 150-154 to an 21
appeal under this division) 22
Section 154C-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
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Part 14 Amendment of Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act 2001
[s 1414]
`154C Starting appeal 1
`(1) An appeal is started by-- 2
(a) filing a notice of appeal with the clerk of the court of the 3
Magistrates Court; and 4
(b) serving a copy of the notice on the chief executive. 5
`(2) The notice of appeal must be filed within 28 days after the 6
appellant is given notice of the decision. 7
`(3) The court may at any time extend the period for filing the 8
notice of appeal. 9
`(4) The notice of appeal must state fully the grounds of the appeal 10
and the facts relied on. 11
`154D Stay of operation of decisions 12
`(1) The Magistrates Court may grant a stay of the operation of the 13
decision appealed against to secure the effectiveness of the 14
appeal. 15
`(2) A stay-- 16
(a) may be given on conditions the court considers 17
appropriate; and 18
(b) operates for the period fixed by the court; and 19
(c) may be revoked or amended by the court. 20
`(3) The period of a stay under this section must not extend past 21
the time when the court decides the appeal. 22
`(4) An appeal against the decision affects the decision only if the 23
decision is stayed. 24
`154E Hearing procedures 25
`(1) In deciding an appeal, the Magistrates Court-- 26
(a) is not bound by the rules of evidence; and 27
(b) must comply with natural justice. 28
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 14 Amendment of Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act 2001
[s 1414]
`(2) An appeal is by way of rehearing unaffected by the chief 1
executive's decision, on the material before the chief 2
executive and any further evidence allowed by the 3
Magistrates Court. 4
`154F Powers of court on appeal 5
`(1) In deciding an appeal, the Magistrates Court may-- 6
(a) confirm the decision appealed against; or 7
(b) vary the decision; or 8
(c) set aside the decision and substitute another decision; or 9
(d) set aside the decision and return the issue to the chief 10
executive with the directions the court considers 11
appropriate. 12
`(2) The decision as varied or substituted may be any decision that 13
the chief executive may make. 14
`(3) If the court varies a decision or substitutes another decision, 15
the varied or substituted decision is, for this Act other than 16
this part, taken to be the decision of the chief executive. 17
`154G Appeals to District Court 18
`An appeal to the District Court from a decision of the 19
Magistrates Court may be made only on a question of law. 20
`154H Application of ss 154C-154G to an appeal under 21
this division 22
`In applying sections 154C, 154E and 154F in relation to a 23
cost recovery notice issued by a local government, a reference 24
to the chief executive is to be read as a reference to the local 25
government's chief executive officer.'. 26
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 15 Amendment of Dangerous Goods Safety Management Regulation 2001
[s 1415]
Part 15 Amendment of Dangerous 1
Goods Safety Management 2
Regulation 2001 3
Clause 1415 Regulation amended 4
This part amends the Dangerous Goods Safety Management 5
Regulation 2001. 6
Clause 1416 Amendment of s 89 (Failure to decide application for 7
licence) 8
Section 89(4), `appealed'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`applied for internal review'. 11
Clause 1417 Replacement of pt 4, div 9, hdg (Reviews and appeals) 12
Part 4, division 9, heading-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Division 9 Internal and external review'. 15
Clause 1418 Amendment of s 111 (Appeal process starts with internal 16
review) 17
(1) Section 111, heading, `Appeal'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`Review'. 20
(2) Section 111(1), `appeal against'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`apply for external review of'. 23
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 15 Amendment of Dangerous Goods Safety Management Regulation 2001
[s 1419]
(3) Section 111(2), `The appeal'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`The application for external review'. 3
Clause 1419 Amendment of s 112 (Application for review to be made 4
to the chief executive officer) 5
(1) Section 112, heading, after `for'-- 6
insert-- 7
`internal'. 8
(2) Section 112, `a review'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`internal review'. 11
Clause 1420 Amendment of s 113 (Applying for review) 12
(1) Section 113, heading, after `for'-- 13
insert-- 14
`internal'. 15
(2) Section 113(2), `the review'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`the internal review'. 18
Clause 1421 Amendment of s 114 (Review decision) 19
(1) Section 114, heading, `Review'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`Internal review'. 22
(2) Section 114(1), `the review decision'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`the internal review decision'. 25
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 15 Amendment of Dangerous Goods Safety Management Regulation 2001
[s 1422]
(3) Section 114(2) and (3)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(2) The chief executive officer must immediately give the 3
applicant written notice of the internal review decision (the 4
internal review notice). 5
`(3) If the internal review decision is not the decision sought by the 6
applicant, the internal review notice must be a QCAT 7
information notice for the decision.'. 8
(4) Section 114(4), `a review'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`an internal review'. 11
(5) Section 114(5) and (6), `the review'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`the internal review'. 14
(6) Sections 114(5) and (6), `appeal to the court'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`application for external review'. 17
Clause 1422 Amendment of s 115 (Stay of operation of decision) 18
(1) Section 115(1) and (2)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(1) If an application is made for an internal review of an original 21
decision, the applicant may immediately apply, as provided 22
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a stay of the decision. 23
`(2) QCAT may stay the decision to secure the effectiveness of the 24
internal review and any later application to QCAT for a review 25
of the internal review decision.'. 26
(2) Section 115(3), `the court'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 15 Amendment of Dangerous Goods Safety Management Regulation 2001
[s 1423]
`QCAT'. 1
(3) Section 115(4)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(4) The period of the stay must not extend past the time when the 4
chief executive officer makes an internal review decision 5
about the original decision and any later period QCAT allows 6
the applicant to enable the applicant to apply for a review of 7
the internal review decision.'. 8
Clause 1423 Replacement of pt 4, div 9, sdiv 2 (Appeals) 9
Part 4, division 9, subdivision 2-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`Subdivision 2 External review by QCAT 12
`116 External review of internal review decision 13
`A person who is given, or is entitled to be given, a QCAT 14
information notice about a decision under section 114(3) may 15
apply to QCAT, as provided under the QCAT Act, for a review 16
of the decision.'. 17
Clause 1424 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) 18
Schedule 5-- 19
insert-- 20
`QCAT information notice means a notice complying with 21
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 22
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 16 Amendment of Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990
[s 1425]
Part 16 Amendment of Dispute 1
Resolution Centres Act 1990 2
Clause 1425 Act amended 3
This part amends the Dispute Resolution Centres Act 1990. 4
Clause 1426 Amendment of s 2 (Interpretation) 5
(1) Section 2-- 6
insert-- 7
`QCAT principal registrar means the principal registrar under 8
the QCAT Act.'. 9
(2) Section 2, definition referring order-- 10
insert-- 11
`(d) QCAT, or the QCAT principal registrar, under the QCAT 12
Act, section 75.'. 13
Part 17 Amendment of Dividing Fences 14
Act 1953 15
Clause 1427 Act amended 16
This part amends the Dividing Fences Act 1953. 17
Clause 1428 Amendment of s 6 (Definitions) 18
Section 6(1), definition Small Claims Tribunal-- 19
omit. 20
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 17 Amendment of Dividing Fences Act 1953
[s 1429]
Clause 1429 Amendment of s 9 (Proceedings consequent on notice to 1
fence) 2
(1) Section 9(1), `Small Claims Tribunal having jurisdiction as in 3
this Act provided'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`QCAT'. 6
(2) Section 9(1A) and (4), `Small Claims Tribunal'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`QCAT'. 9
Clause 1430 Amendment of s 10 (Proceedings on failure to carry out 10
agreement or order) 11
Section 10, `Small Claims Tribunal'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`QCAT'. 14
Clause 1431 Amendment of s 11 (Cases where owner or whereabouts 15
of owner are not known) 16
Section 11(1) and (3), `having jurisdiction as in this Act 17
provided'-- 18
omit. 19
Clause 1432 Amendment of s 14 (Failure to carry out an order to 20
repair) 21
Section 14, `Small Claims Tribunal'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`QCAT'. 24
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 17 Amendment of Dividing Fences Act 1953
[s 1433]
Clause 1433 Amendment of s 16 (Procedure to compel contribution) 1
(1) Section 16(2A)(d) and (3), `Small Claims Tribunal having 2
jurisdiction as in this Act provided'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`QCAT'. 5
(2) Section 16(2A)(d), `Small Claims Tribunal hearing'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`QCAT hearing'. 8
(3) Section 16(3) and (4),`Small Claims Tribunal upon'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`QCAT upon'. 11
Clause 1434 Amendment of s 18 (Jurisdiction of and proceedings in 12
Magistrates Courts or Small Claims Tribunals) 13
(1) Section 18, heading, `Small Claims Tribunals'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`QCAT'. 16
(2) Section 18(1) and (2), from `a Small Claims Tribunal'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`QCAT.'. 19
Clause 1435 Amendment of s 19 (Recovery of money payable) 20
Section 19(2), `or Small Claims Tribunal'-- 21
omit. 22
Clause 1436 Amendment of s 23 (Notices) 23
(1) Section 23(3) and (6), `Small Claims Tribunal'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 18 Amendment of Guardianship and Administration Act 2000
[s 1437]
`QCAT'. 1
(2) Section 23(6), `having jurisdiction as in this Act provided'-- 2
omit. 3
Part 18 Amendment of Guardianship 4
and Administration Act 2000 5
Clause 1437 Act amended 6
This part amends the Guardianship and Administration Act 7
2000. 8
Clause 1438 Amendment of long title 9
Long title, `to establish a Guardianship and Administration 10
Tribunal'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`to confer jurisdiction on the Queensland Civil and 13
Administrative Tribunal for particular purposes'. 14
Clause 1439 Amendment of s 7 (Way purpose achieved) 15
Section 7(e), `establishes a tribunal'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`confers jurisdiction on the tribunal'. 18
Clause 1440 Amendment of s 9 (Range of substitute decision makers) 19
Section 9(2)(b)(vi)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(vi) the tribunal;'. 22
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Part 18 Amendment of Guardianship and Administration Act 2000
[s 1441]
Clause 1441 Amendment of s 80E (Relationship with ch 7) 1
(1) Section 80E(1), first dot point, `101 and 109B'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`102 and 106'. 4
(2) Section 80E(1), sixth dot point, `164'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`163'. 7
(3) Section 80E(1), seventh dot point-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 1442 Amendment of s 80F (Members constituting tribunal) 10
Section 80F(2)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(2) To the extent practicable, the tribunal must include the 13
following members who have, in the president's opinion, 14
knowledge and experience of persons with impaired capacity 15
for matters-- 16
(a) either-- 17
(i) a senior member who is an Australian lawyer; or 18
(ii) an ordinary member who is an Australian lawyer; 19
(b) a member who is a paediatrician; 20
(c) another member.'. 21
Clause 1443 Amendment of s 80J (Tribunal advises persons 22
concerned of hearing) 23
Section 80J(3), `under section 110'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`under the QCAT Act'. 26
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Clause 1444 Amendment of s 80ZN (Relationship with ch 7) 1
(1) Section 80ZN(1), fifth, seventh and eighth dot points-- 2
omit. 3
(2) Section 80ZN(1)-- 4
insert-- 5
`· parts 6 and 8.'. 6
Clause 1445 Replacement of ch 6 (Guardianship and Administration 7
Tribunal) 8
Chapter 6-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Chapter 6 Queensland Civil and 11
Administrative Tribunal 12
`81 Tribunal's functions for this Act 13
`(1) The tribunal has the functions given to it by this Act, 14
including the following functions-- 15
(a) making declarations about the capacity of an adult, 16
guardian, administrator or attorney for a matter; 17
(b) considering applications for appointment of guardians 18
and administrators; 19
(c) appointing guardians and administrators if necessary 20
and reviewing the appointments; 21
(d) making declarations, orders or recommendations, or 22
giving directions or advice, in relation to the 23
following-- 24
(i) guardians and administrators; 25
(ii) attorneys; 26
(iii) enduring documents; 27
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(iv) related matters; 1
(e) ratifying an exercise of power, or approving a proposed 2
exercise of power, for a matter by an informal decision 3
maker for an adult with impaired capacity for the matter; 4
(f) consenting to the withholding or withdrawal of a 5
life-sustaining measure for adults with impaired 6
capacity for the health matter concerned; 7
(g) subject to section 68, consenting to special health care 8
for adults with impaired capacity for the special health 9
matter concerned; 10
(h) consenting to the sterilisation of a child with an 11
impairment; 12
(i) giving approvals under chapter 5B for the use by a 13
relevant service provider of a restrictive practice in 14
relation to an adult to whom the chapter applies, and 15
reviewing the approvals; 16
(j) registering an order made in another jurisdiction under a 17
provision, Act or law prescribed under a regulation for 18
section 167; 19
(k) reviewing a matter in which a decision has been made 20
by the registrar. 21
`(2) In this section-- 22
attorney means an attorney under an enduring document or a 23
statutory health attorney. 24
`82 Jurisdiction 25
`(1) Subject to section 245, the tribunal has exclusive jurisdiction 26
for the appointment of guardians and administrators for adults 27
with impaired capacity for matters. 28
`(2) The tribunal has concurrent jurisdiction with the court for 29
enduring documents and attorneys under enduring documents. 30
`(3) The tribunal has the other jurisdiction given under this Act. 31
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`83 Annual report by president 1
`The president must include in the tribunal's annual report 2
under the QCAT Act for the previous financial year-- 3
(a) the number and type of limitation orders made by the 4
tribunal during the year; and 5
(b) the number of applications, approvals and orders made 6
under chapter 5B of this Act during the year.'. 7
Clause 1446 Replacement of ch 7, pt 1 (General) 8
Chapter 7, part 1-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Part 1 General 11
`99 Definitions for pt 1 12
`In this part-- 13
document includes a photograph, drawing, model or other 14
object. 15
health information for a person means-- 16
(a) information about the person's physical or mental 17
condition; or 18
(b) information about the person's health care, including the 19
person's expressed wishes about the person's health 20
care; or 21
(c) information about the person collected to provide, or in 22
providing, health care to the person; or 23
(d) information about the person collected in relation to the 24
donation, or intended donation, of the person's body 25
parts, organs or bodily substances; or 26
(e) genetic information about the person in a form that is, or 27
could be, predictive about the health of the person or of 28
a sibling, relative or descendant of the person. 29
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significant health detriment to a person means significant 1
identifiable detriment to any of the following-- 2
(a) the person's physical or mental health or wellbeing; 3
(b) the person's health care; 4
(c) the person's relationship with a health provider, 5
including the person's willingness to fully disclose 6
relevant information to the health provider. 7
`100 Types of limitation order 8
`A limitation order means an order of the following type-- 9
(a) an adult evidence order; 10
(b) a closure order; 11
(c) a non-publication order; 12
(d) a confidentiality order. 13
`101 Relationship with the QCAT Act 14
`The following provisions of the QCAT Act do not apply in 15
relation to proceedings under this chapter-- 16
(a) section 66; 17
(b) section 90; 18
(c) section 99; 19
(d) section 100; 20
(e) section 102 (except to the extent it applies for section 21
103 of that Act); 22
(f) section 142(3)(a)(ii); 23
(g) section 222. 24
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`102 Members constituting tribunal 1
`At a hearing, the tribunal must be constituted by 3 members 2
unless the president considers it appropriate for the 3
proceeding to be heard by the tribunal constituted by 2 4
members or a single member. 5
`103 Access 6
`(1) Each active party in a proceeding must be given a reasonable 7
opportunity to present the active party's case and, in 8
particular-- 9
(a) to access, before the start of a hearing, a document 10
before the tribunal that the tribunal considers is relevant 11
to an issue in the proceeding; and 12
(b) to access, during a hearing, a document or other 13
information before the tribunal that the tribunal 14
considers is credible, relevant and significant to an issue 15
in the proceeding; and 16
(c) to make submissions about a document or other 17
information accessed under this subsection. 18
`(2) Each active party in a proceeding, or person the tribunal 19
considers has a sufficient interest in the proceeding, must be 20
given a reasonable opportunity to access, within a reasonable 21
time after a hearing, a document before the tribunal that the 22
tribunal considered credible, relevant and significant to an 23
issue in the proceeding. 24
`(3) For subsections (1) and (2), something is relevant only if it is 25
directly relevant. 26
`(4) On request, the tribunal must give access to a document or 27
other information in accordance with this section. 28
`(5) The tribunal may displace the right to access a document or 29
other information only by a confidentiality order. 30
`(6) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the right to access a 31
document or other information is not affected by an adult 32
evidence order, a closure order or a non-publication order. 33
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`104 Basis of consideration for limitation order 1
`(1) In considering whether to make a limitation order, the tribunal 2
must take as the basis of its consideration-- 3
(a) that each active party in the proceeding is entitled to 4
access a document or other information before the 5
tribunal that is credible, relevant and significant to an 6
issue in the proceeding; and 7
(b) that it is desirable that tribunal hearings be held in public 8
and be able to be publicly reported. 9
`(2) For subsection (1), something is relevant only if it is directly 10
relevant. 11
`105 Open 12
`(1) A hearing by the tribunal of a proceeding must be in public. 13
`(2) However, the tribunal may make an adult evidence order or a 14
closure order. 15
Note-- 16
See also section 101. 17
`106 Adult evidence order 18
`(1) If the tribunal is satisfied it is necessary to avoid serious harm 19
or injustice to a person or to obtain relevant information the 20
tribunal would not otherwise receive, the tribunal may, by 21
order (an adult evidence order), obtain relevant information 22
from the adult concerned in the matter at a hearing in the 23
absence of anyone else, including, for example-- 24
(a) members of the public; or 25
(b) a particular person, including an active party. 26
`(2) To the extent relevant information is health information for a 27
person, serious harm to the person includes significant health 28
detriment to the person. 29
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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
`107 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 the hearing or part of the 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
`108 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 114A. 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
Note-- 26
See also section 101. 27
`109 Confidentiality order 28
`(1) If the tribunal is satisfied it is necessary to avoid serious harm 29
or injustice to a person, the tribunal may, but only to the extent 30
necessary, by order (a confidentiality order)-- 31
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(a) withhold from an active party or other person a 1
document, or part of a document, before the tribunal; or 2
(b) withhold from an active party or other person other 3
information before the tribunal. 4
`(2) To the extent a document or part of a document contains 5
health information for a person, or to the extent other 6
information is health information for a person, serious harm to 7
the person includes significant health detriment to the person. 8
`(3) The tribunal may make a confidentiality order on its own 9
initiative or on the application of an active party. 10
`(4) Also, the tribunal may make a confidentiality order in relation 11
to a document or other information on the application of the 12
entity who prepared or provided the document or other 13
information. 14
`(5) A person must not contravene a confidentiality order, unless 15
the person has a reasonable excuse. 16
Maximum penalty for subsection (5)--200 penalty units. 17
`110 Non-publication or confidentiality order made before 18
hearing 19
`(1) In a proceeding, a non-publication order or confidentiality 20
order may be made before a hearing of the proceeding starts. 21
`(2) However, a non-publication order or confidentiality order 22
made before a hearing is vacated at the start of the hearing. 23
`(3) Sections 111 to 113 do not apply in relation to a 24
non-publication order or confidentiality order made before the 25
hearing of the proceeding starts. 26
`111 Standing for limitation order 27
`Each active party, and any entity that would be adversely 28
affected by a proposed limitation order, has standing to be 29
heard in relation to the making of the order. 30
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Example-- 1
A journalist who would be excluded from a hearing by a proposed 2
closure order would be an entity that would be adversely affected by the 3
proposed order. 4
`112 Making and notifying decision for limitation order 5
`(1) The tribunal must give its decision on the making of a 6
limitation order as soon as practicable after hearing any 7
submissions on the making of the order. 8
`(2) As soon as practicable after making its decision, the tribunal 9
must notify, and give a copy of its decision to-- 10
(a) the adult concerned in the matter; and 11
(b) each other active party in the proceeding; and 12
(c) each entity heard in relation to the order; and 13
(d) the public advocate. 14
`(3) The tribunal must also give a copy of its decision to anyone 15
else who requests a copy. 16
`(4) For subsection (3), it is sufficient for the tribunal to give a 17
copy of the decision in a form that does not contravene section 18
114A. 19
`(5) Also, within 45 days after making its decision, the tribunal 20
must give the public advocate all information before the 21
tribunal in its consideration of making the limitation order, 22
including, for a confidentiality order, the document or other 23
information being considered as the subject of the 24
confidentiality order. 25
`113 Written reasons for limitation order and copy of 26
reasons 27
`(1) This section applies if the tribunal decides to make a 28
limitation order. 29
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`(2) The tribunal must give written reasons for its decision to make 1
the limitation order (other than an adult evidence order) and 2
may give reasons for its decision to make an adult evidence 3
order. 4
`(3) If the tribunal gives written reasons for its decision, it must 5
give a copy of the reasons within 45 days after making the 6
decision to-- 7
(a) the adult concerned in the matter; and 8
(b) each other active party in the proceeding; and 9
(c) each entity heard in relation to the order; and 10
(d) the public advocate. 11
`(4) The tribunal must also give a copy of its written reasons to 12
anyone else who requests a copy. 13
`(5) For subsection (4), it is sufficient for the tribunal to give a 14
copy of the written reasons in a form that does not contravene 15
section 114A. 16
`(6) The QCAT Act, sections 121 and 122 do not apply to 17
limitation orders. 18
`114 Procedural directions 19
`(1) The tribunal may-- 20
(a) direct a person to undergo examination by a doctor or 21
psychologist in the ordinary course of the doctor's 22
medical practice or the psychologist's practice; or 23
(b) direct the person the subject of the proceeding to be 24
brought before the tribunal. 25
`(2) The tribunal may change or revoke a direction under 26
subsection (1). 27
`(3) A person must comply with a direction under subsection (1), 28
unless the person has a reasonable excuse. 29
`(4) If the tribunal gives a direction under subsection (1)(a), the 30
tribunal may direct that a party pay for the examination. 31
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`(5) In this section-- 1
psychologist means a general registrant under the 2
Psychologists Registration Act 2001. 3
`114A Publication about proceeding that discloses adult's 4
identity 5
`(1) Generally, information about a guardianship proceeding may 6
be published. 7
`(2) However, a person must not, without reasonable excuse, 8
publish information about a guardianship proceeding to the 9
public, or a section of the public, if the publication is likely to 10
lead to the identification of the relevant adult by a member of 11
the public, or by a member of the section of the public to 12
whom the information is published. 13
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 14
Notes-- 15
· The publication of information about a tribunal proceeding may 16
also be prohibited by a non-publication order--see section 108. 17
· Also see the Child Protection Act 1999, section 189 (Prohibition of 18
publication of information leading to identity of children). 19
`(3) Subsection (2) does not apply-- 20
(a) to publication of information by the adult guardian, or 21
the public advocate, if the adult guardian, or the public 22
advocate, considers it is necessary in the public interest 23
to publish the information in response to a prohibited 24
publication by another entity; or 25
(b) to publication of information after the relevant adult has 26
died; or 27
(c) to publication of information authorised by an order 28
made under this section. 29
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Note-- 1
A non-publication order may prohibit publication of information about a 2
tribunal proceeding disclosing health information about a person even 3
after the person's death. 4
`(4) The court may make an order authorising publication of 5
information about a guardianship proceeding that is otherwise 6
prohibited under subsection (2). 7
`(5) The tribunal may make an order authorising publication of 8
information about a tribunal proceeding that is otherwise 9
prohibited under subsection (2). 10
`(6) The court or tribunal may make an order under subsection (4) 11
or (5) authorising publication only if the court or tribunal is 12
satisfied the publication is in the public interest or the relevant 13
adult's interest. 14
`(7) The QCAT Act, section 125 does not apply for the purposes of 15
this section. 16
`(8) In this section-- 17
prohibited publication means publication of information 18
about a guardianship proceeding to the public, or a section of 19
the public, that is likely to lead to the identification of the 20
relevant adult by a member of the public, or by a member of 21
the section of the public to whom the information is 22
published. 23
relevant adult means the adult concerned in the matter, 24
whether or not the court or tribunal decides the adult is an 25
adult with impaired capacity. 26
`114B No filing fee payable 27
`(1) A fee is not payable to the tribunal for making an application, 28
or filing another document, under this Act. 29
`(2) Subsection (1) does not apply in relation to an appeal to the 30
appeal tribunal under the QCAT Act chapter 2, part 8, division 31
1.'. 32
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Clause 1447 Amendment of s 115 (Scope of applications) 1
Section 115(1), after `made'-- 2
insert-- 3
`, as provided under the QCAT Act,'. 4
Clause 1448 Omission of ss 116 and 117 5
Sections 116 and 117-- 6
omit. 7
Clause 1449 Amendment of s 118 (Tribunal advises persons 8
concerned of hearing) 9
(1) Section 118(5), `by direction under section 110'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`by direction under the QCAT Act, section 62'. 12
(2) Section 118(8)-- 13
renumber as section 118(9). 14
(3) Section 118-- 15
insert-- 16
`(8) The QCAT Act, section 37 does not apply for the purposes of 17
this section.'. 18
Clause 1450 Replacement of s 122 (Withdrawal by leave) 19
Section 122-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`122 Withdrawal by leave 22
`(1) This section applies if the tribunal gives leave to an applicant 23
to withdraw an application under the QCAT Act, section 46. 24
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`(2) The tribunal must give notice of the withdrawal to the parties 1
to the proceeding that the tribunal considers should receive 2
notice of the withdrawal. 3
`(3) The QCAT Act, section 46(2) does not apply to an applicant 4
under this Act.'. 5
Clause 1451 Amendment of s 123 (Right of active party to appear) 6
Section 123(2)-- 7
omit. 8
Clause 1452 Amendment of s 127 (Costs) 9
Section 127-- 10
insert-- 11
`(3) Also, the following provisions of the QCAT Act, chapter 2, 12
part 6, division 6 in relation to costs apply to the tribunal for 13
proceedings under this Act-- 14
(a) section 101; 15
(b) sections 103 to 109. 16
Note-- 17
See also section 101.'. 18
Clause 1453 Amendment of s 129 (Interim order) 19
Section 129(7)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(7) To exercise jurisdiction under subsection (6), the tribunal must 22
be constituted by a legal member. 23
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Clause 1454 Omission of ss 132-133 1
Sections 132 and 133-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 1455 Omission of s 135 (Witnesses) 4
Section 135-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 1456 Amendment of s 136 (Witness fees and expenses) 7
Section 136(2) and (3)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(2) Despite the QCAT Act, section 97(3), a witness is entitled to 10
fees and expenses only if the tribunal makes an order under 11
subsection (1).'. 12
Clause 1457 Amendment of s 137 (Offences by witnesses) 13
(1) Section 137(1) and (2)-- 14
omit. 15
(2) Section 137(3), `Also, a'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`A'. 18
(3) Section 137(3)(b), `a notice under section 135(2)'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`notice given by the tribunal under the QCAT Act, section 21
97(1)(b)'. 22
(4) Section 137(6)(a)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
(a) a proceeding for any of the following offences-- 25
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(i) an offence against the QCAT Act, section 216 or 1
217; 2
(ii) another offence about the falsity of the answer, 3
document or thing; or 4
(5) Section 137(3) to (6)-- 5
renumber as section 137(1) to (4). 6
Clause 1458 Amendment of s 138 (Advice, directions and 7
recommendations) 8
Section 138(1), note, `section 143(d)'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`the QCAT Act, section 213(1)'. 11
Clause 1459 Amendment of s 138AA (Directions to former attorney) 12
Section 138AA(1), note, `section 143(d)'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`the QCAT Act, section 213(1)'. 15
Clause 1460 Replacement of s 138A (Tribunal may dismiss frivolous 16
etc. applications) 17
Section 138A-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`138A Repeated applications for orders 20
`(1) This section applies if the tribunal dismisses an application 21
because it considers the application is frivolous, vexatious, 22
misconceived or lacking in substance. 23
`(2) The QCAT Act, section 49(2) does not apply to another 24
application of the same kind in relation to the same matter.'. 25
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Clause 1461 Omission of ss 139-145 1
Sections 139 to 145-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 1462 Omission of ch 7, pt 4A (Dispute resolution) 4
Chapter 7, part 4A-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 1463 Amendment of s 148 (Application for entry and removal 7
warrant) 8
Section 148(2), `Sections 116 and 118 do'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Section 118 does'. 11
Clause 1464 Replacement of ch 7, pt 6 (Decision) 12
Chapter 7, part 6-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Part 6 Decision 15
`156 Making and notifying decision 16
`(1) This section does not apply in relation to the making of a 17
limitation order. 18
Note-- 19
In relation to the making of a limitation order, see section 112. 20
`(2) Subject to section 157, as soon as practicable after making its 21
decision, the tribunal must notify, and give a copy of its 22
decision to, each relevant person. 23
`(3) The tribunal must also give a copy of its decision to anyone 24
else who requests a copy. 25
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`(4) For subsection (3), it is sufficient for the tribunal to give a 1
copy of the decision in a form that does not contravene section 2
114A. 3
`(5) If the tribunal's decision does not include its reasons, the 4
tribunal must give each relevant person a written notice 5
stating that the relevant person may request the tribunal to 6
give written reasons for its decision under the QCAT Act, 7
section 122. 8
`(6) The QCAT Act, section 122 applies to a request made by a 9
relevant person for written reasons as if a reference in that 10
section to a party to the proceeding were a reference to a 11
relevant person. 12
`(7) In this section-- 13
relevant person means-- 14
(a) the adult concerned in the matter; or 15
(b) another active party in the proceeding; or 16
(c) another person given notice of the hearing of the 17
application. 18
`157 Order postponing giving copy of decision 19
`(1) The tribunal may, by order (a postponement order), postpone 20
notifying, and giving a copy of its decision to, a particular 21
person under section 156. 22
`(2) The tribunal may make a postponement order only if the 23
tribunal is satisfied, on reasonable grounds, that making the 24
order is necessary to avoid-- 25
(a) serious harm to a person; or 26
(b) the effect of the decision being defeated. 27
`(3) A postponement order has effect for the period specified in the 28
order. 29
`(4) The maximum period that may be specified in a postponement 30
order is 14 days. 31
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`(5) A postponement order may be renewed, but only if the 1
tribunal is satisfied there are exceptional circumstances 2
justifying the renewal. 3
`158 Copy of reasons to be given 4
`(1) This section does not apply in relation to a decision to make a 5
limitation order. 6
Note-- 7
In relation to a decision to make a limitation order, see section 113. 8
`(2) This section applies if the tribunal gives written reasons for its 9
decision on an application about a matter. 10
`(3) The tribunal must give a copy of the written reasons to-- 11
(a) the adult concerned in the matter; and 12
(b) each other active party in the proceeding. 13
`(4) The tribunal must also give a copy of its written reasons to 14
anyone else who requests a copy. 15
`(5) For subsection (4), it is sufficient for the tribunal to give a 16
copy of the written reasons in a form that does not contravene 17
section 114A.'. 18
Clause 1465 Omission of ch 7, pt 7 (Review of registrar's decision) 19
Chapter 7, part 7-- 20
omit. 21
Clause 1466 Replacement of ss 163-165 22
Sections 163 to 165-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`163 Appellant 25
`(1) An eligible person may appeal against a tribunal decision, 26
other than a non-appellable decision, in a proceeding as 27
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provided under the QCAT Act and for that purpose the person 1
is taken to be a party to the proceeding. 2
Note-- 3
See also section 101. 4
`(2) A non-appellable decision can not be appealed under the 5
QCAT Act. 6
`(3) In this section-- 7
eligible person-- 8
(a) means-- 9
(i) the person whose capacity for a matter was under 10
consideration in the proceeding; or 11
(ii) the applicant in the proceeding; or 12
(iii) a person proposed for appointment by the 13
proceeding; or 14
(iv) a person whose power as guardian, administrator 15
or attorney was changed or removed by the tribunal 16
decision; or 17
(v) the adult guardian; or 18
(vi) the public trustee; or 19
(vii) the Attorney-General; or 20
(viii) a person given leave to appeal by the appeal 21
tribunal under the QCAT Act; and 22
(b) for a tribunal decision to make a limitation order, other 23
than a non-appellable decision, also means an active 24
party, or an entity adversely affected by the limitation 25
order. 26
non-appellable decision means a tribunal decision to make a 27
limitation order under section 110. 28
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[s 1467]
`164 Filing notice of appeal in particular circumstances 1
`If the tribunal makes 1 or more orders under section 157 2
postponing notifying, and giving a copy of, its decision for a 3
specified period, the notice of appeal may be filed within 28 4
days after the later of the following days-- 5
(a) the last day of the specified period or periods; 6
(b) the date of the written reasons for the tribunal's 7
decision.'. 8
Clause 1467 Omission of ch 7, pt 10 (Other provisions about 9
proceedings) 10
Chapter 7, part 10-- 11
omit. 12
Clause 1468 Amendment of s 246 (Definitions for pt 4) 13
Section 246, definition relevant tribunal person-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`relevant tribunal person means-- 16
(a) a member of the tribunal; or 17
(b) the principal registrar or a registrar under the QCAT Act 18
or another member of the administrative staff of the 19
registry under that Act; or 20
(c) an adjudicator or assessor appointed under the QCAT 21
Act.'. 22
Clause 1469 Amendment of s 247 (Whistleblowers' protection) 23
Section 247(4), definition official, paragraph (a)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`(a) the principal registrar or a registrar under the QCAT Act 26
or another member of the administrative staff of the 27
registry under that Act; or'. 28
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[s 1470]
Clause 1470 Amendment of s 248 (Protection from liability if honest 1
and not negligent) 2
Section 248(4)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(4) In this section-- 5
former member, of the former tribunal, means-- 6
(a) a person who was the president, a deputy president or 7
another tribunal member of the former tribunal; or 8
(b) a person who was the registrar, a member of the staff, or 9
a tribunal expert, of the former tribunal. 10
former tribunal means the Guardianship and Administration 11
Tribunal established under this Act before its abolition by the 12
QCAT Act. 13
person means-- 14
(a) the adult guardian or a member of the adult guardian's 15
staff; or 16
(b) a professional consulted or employed by the adult 17
guardian or an adult guardian's delegate for an 18
investigation; or 19
(c) the public advocate or a member of the public 20
advocate's staff; or 21
(d) a community visitor; or 22
(e) a former member of the former tribunal.'. 23
Clause 1471 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 24
(1) Schedule 4, definitions adult evidence order, closure order, 25
confidentiality order, dispute resolution, document, 26
guardianship proceeding, health information, legal member, 27
limitation order, non-publication order, personal experience 28
member, prescribed non-contentious matter, presidential 29
directions, presiding member, professional member, registrar, 30
significant health detriment, tribunal and tribunal rules-- 31
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omit. 1
(2) Schedule 4-- 2
insert-- 3
`adult evidence order see section 106. 4
Australian lawyer has the meaning given by the Legal 5
Profession Act 2007. 6
closure order see section 107. 7
confidentiality order see section 109. 8
document, for chapter 7, part 1, see section 99. 9
guardianship proceeding-- 10
(a) means-- 11
(i) a proceeding under this Act before the tribunal; or 12
(ii) a hearing, conference or interlocutory matter 13
before the tribunal taken in connection with or 14
incidental to a proceeding before the tribunal; or 15
(iii) a proceeding in which the court is exercising 16
concurrent jurisdiction with the tribunal; but 17
(b) does not include a proceeding in which the court is 18
exercising the powers of the tribunal under section 245. 19
health information, for chapter 7, part 1, see section 99. 20
legal member means a legally qualified member of the 21
tribunal under the QCAT Act. 22
limitation order see section 100. 23
member, of the tribunal, means a member of the tribunal 24
under the QCAT Act. 25
non-publication order see section 108. 26
ordinary member, of the tribunal, means an ordinary member 27
of the tribunal under the QCAT Act. 28
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[s 1472]
presiding member, for a proceeding, means the member 1
presiding at the proceeding as provided for under the QCAT 2
Act. 3
registrar or registrar of the tribunal means the principal 4
registrar of the tribunal under the QCAT Act. 5
senior member, of the tribunal, means a senior member of the 6
tribunal under the QCAT Act. 7
significant health detriment, for chapter 7, part 1, see section 8
99. 9
tribunal means QCAT.'. 10
Part 19 Repeal of Guardianship and 11
Administration Tribunal Rule 12
2004 13
Clause 1472 Repeal 14
The Guardianship and Administration Tribunal Rule 2004, SL 15
No. 187 is repealed. 16
Part 20 Amendment of Judicial Review 17
Act 1991 18
Clause 1473 Act amended 19
This part amends the Judicial Review Act 1991. 20
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[s 1474]
Clause 1474 Amendment of sch 1 (Operation of other laws) 1
Schedule 1, part 1, `Retail Shop Leases Act 1994, section 88' 2
and `Small Claims Tribunals Act 1973, section 19'-- 3
omit. 4
Clause 1475 Amendment of sch 2 (Decisions for which reasons need 5
not be given) 6
Schedule 2, section 3(2), from `a Misconduct Tribunal'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`QCAT under the Crime and Misconduct Act 2001.'. 9
Part 21 Amendment of Legal 10
Profession Act 2007 11
Clause 1476 Act amended 12
This part amends the Legal Profession Act 2007. 13
Clause 1477 Amendment of s 10 (Information notices) 14
(1) Section 10(1)(a), (b) and (c)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(a) if the person may apply to the tribunal for a review of 17
the decision--the matters mentioned in the QCAT Act, 18
section 157(2); or 19
(b) otherwise-- 20
(i) the decision; and 21
(ii) the reasons for the decision; and 22
(iii) if the person may appeal under this Act, that the 23
person may appeal against the decision to the 24
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[s 1478]
Supreme Court and the day by which the appeal 1
must be started.'. 2
(2) Section 10(3), from `may appeal' to `right'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`may apply for a review, or appeal, within a number of days 5
after the day the information notice is given to the person, a 6
defect in the notice does not affect the person's right to apply 7
for review or'. 8
Clause 1478 Amendment of s 13 (Inherent jurisdiction of Supreme 9
Court) 10
Section 13(2)(b), from `making'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`making-- 13
(i) any order the committee may make under this Act; 14
or 15
(ii) any order or direction the tribunal may make under 16
this Act or the QCAT Act.'. 17
Clause 1479 Amendment of s 15 (Appeal period for appeal to Supreme 18
Court or tribunal) 19
(1) Section 15, heading, `or tribunal'-- 20
omit. 21
(2) Section 15, `or tribunal'-- 22
omit. 23
(3) Section 15(1), `or the tribunal'-- 24
omit. 25
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Clause 1480 Amendment of s 26 (Associates who are disqualified or 1
convicted persons) 2
Section 26(4)(b)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(b) the applicant may apply, as provided under the QCAT 5
Act, to the tribunal for a review of the decision.'. 6
Clause 1481 Amendment of s 32 (Early consideration of suitability) 7
Section 32(3)(b), `Supreme Court'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`tribunal'. 10
Clause 1482 Amendment of s 33 (Involvement of Supreme Court 11
whether by referral or on appeal) 12
(1) Section 33, heading-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`33 Involvement of tribunal and Supreme Court'. 15
(2) Section 33(1)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(1) If an application under section 32(2) is referred to the tribunal 18
as mentioned in section 32(3)(b), the tribunal may give a 19
direction to the board as the tribunal considers appropriate.'. 20
Clause 1483 Amendment of s 35 (Role of Supreme Court relating to 21
application for admission) 22
Section 35(5)-- 23
omit. 24
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[s 1484]
Clause 1484 Amendment of s 51 (Grant or renewal of local practising 1
certificate) 2
Section 51(9)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(9) The applicant may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 5
the tribunal for a review of the decision to refuse to grant or 6
renew the local practising certificate as mentioned in 7
subsection (8). 8
Note-- 9
For matters relevant to the imposition of conditions, see section 54.'. 10
Clause 1485 Amendment of s 54 (Applications relating to conditions) 11
(1) Section 54(2)(b)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(b) the applicant may apply, as provided under the QCAT 14
Act, to the tribunal for a review of the decision to 15
impose the condition.'. 16
(2) Section 54(4)(b)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(b) the applicant may, within 28 days after the information 19
notice is given to the applicant, apply, as provided under 20
the QCAT Act, to the tribunal for a review of the 21
decision to impose the condition.'. 22
Clause 1486 Amendment of s 61 (Amending, suspending or cancelling 23
a local practising certificate) 24
Section 61(3)(b)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`(b) the certificate holder may apply, as provided under the 27
QCAT Act, to the tribunal for a review of the decision.'. 28
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[s 1487]
Clause 1487 Amendment of s 62 (Operation of amendment, 1
suspension or cancellation of local practising certificate) 2
Section 62(3)(a), `the Supreme Court may, on application of 3
the certificate holder,'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`the tribunal may, on application of the certificate holder as 6
provided under the QCAT Act,'. 7
Clause 1488 Amendment of s 63 (Immediate amendment or 8
suspension of local practising certificate) 9
Section 63(9)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(9) Also-- 12
(a) the regulatory authority may apply, as provided under 13
the QCAT Act, to the tribunal for an order extending the 14
period of the amendment or suspension; and 15
(b) if the tribunal considers it appropriate and the 16
amendment or suspension has not ended under 17
subsection (6), the tribunal may extend the period of the 18
amendment or suspension for a further period of not 19
more than 56 days after the date of the tribunal's order.'. 20
Clause 1489 Amendment of s 69 (Refusal, amendment, suspension or 21
cancellation of local practising certificate because of 22
failure to show cause) 23
Section 69(3)(b)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`(b) the applicant or certificate holder may apply, as 26
provided under the QCAT Act, to the tribunal for a 27
review of the decision.'. 28
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[s 1490]
Clause 1490 Amendment of s 70 (Restriction on making further 1
application) 2
(1) Section 70(3), from `appeal'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to the tribunal for a 5
review of the decision.'. 6
(2) Section 70(4)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(4) Subject to-- 9
(a) a successful application for review of a decision under 10
this section; or 11
(b) a successful appeal against a decision under this section 12
(as in force before the commencement of this 13
subsection), the Legal Profession Act 2004, section 65, 14
or under a corresponding law; 15
a person against whom the decision has been made is not 16
entitled to apply for the grant of a local practising certificate 17
during the period stated in the decision.'. 18
Clause 1491 Amendment of s 76 (Additional condition on interstate 19
legal practitioner engaging in legal practice in this 20
jurisdiction) 21
Section 76(3)(b)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(b) the interstate legal practitioner may apply, as provided 24
under the QCAT Act, to the tribunal for a review of the 25
decision.'. 26
Clause 1492 Amendment of s 87 (Health assessment) 27
Section 87(5)-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
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`(5) The subject person may apply, as provided under the QCAT 1
Act, to the tribunal for a review of the decision.'. 2
Clause 1493 Amendment of s 91 (Use of health assessment report) 3
Section 91(2)(b), after `against'-- 4
insert-- 5
`, or on an application by the subject person for a review of,'. 6
Clause 1494 Amendment of s 98 (Law society and bar association to 7
notify other jurisdictions about particular matters) 8
(1) Section 98(1)(b), `successfully appeals against the taking 9
of'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`is successful in an application to the tribunal for a review of a 12
decision to take'. 13
(2) Section 98(2) and (3)(b)(ii), `appeal'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`review'. 16
Clause 1495 Amendment of s 183 (Grant or renewal of local 17
registration) 18
Section 183(4)(b)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(b) the person may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, 21
to the tribunal for a review of the decision.'. 22
Clause 1496 Amendment of s 185 (Refusal to grant or renew 23
registration) 24
Section 185(7)(b)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
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`(b) the person may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, 1
to the tribunal for a review of the decision.'. 2
Clause 1497 Amendment of s 188 (Amending, suspending or 3
cancelling registration) 4
Section 188(3)(a) and (b)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(a) the law society must give the person an information 7
notice about the law society's decision; and 8
(b) the person may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, 9
to the tribunal for a review of the decision.'. 10
Clause 1498 Amendment of s 189 (Operation of amendment, 11
suspension or cancellation of registration) 12
Section 189(3)(a), `the Supreme Court may, on application of 13
the person'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`the tribunal may, on application by the person as provided 16
under the QCAT Act'. 17
Clause 1499 Amendment of s 194 (Refusal, amendment, suspension 18
or cancellation of local registration--failure to show 19
cause) 20
Section 194(3)(b)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(b) the person may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, 23
to the tribunal for a review of the decision.'. 24
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[s 1500]
Clause 1500 Amendment of s 195 (Restriction on making further 1
applications) 2
Section 195(3)(b)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(b) the person may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, 5
to the tribunal for a review of the decision.'. 6
Clause 1501 Amendment of s 197 (Immediate suspension of 7
registration) 8
Section 197(8)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(8) Also-- 11
(a) the law society may apply, as provided under the QCAT 12
Act, to the tribunal for an order extending the period of 13
the suspension; and 14
(b) if the tribunal considers it appropriate and the 15
suspension has not ended under subsection (5), the 16
tribunal may extend the period of the suspension for a 17
further period of not more than a further 56 days after 18
the date of the tribunal's order.'. 19
Clause 1502 Amendment of s 208 (Additional conditions on practice 20
of interstate-registered foreign lawyers) 21
Section 208(4)(b)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(b) the person may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, 24
to the tribunal for a review of the decision.'. 25
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[s 1503]
Clause 1503 Amendment of s 278 (Disqualification of person as 1
external examiner) 2
Section 278(6), from `appeal'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to the tribunal for a 5
review of the decision to disqualify the individual.'. 6
Clause 1504 Amendment of s 328 (Setting aside costs agreements) 7
(1) Section 328(1), after `Supreme Court'-- 8
insert-- 9
`or the tribunal'. 10
(2) Section 328-- 11
insert-- 12
`(1A) An application under subsection (1) to the tribunal must be 13
made as provided under the QCAT Act.'. 14
(3) Section 328(2) to (8), after `Supreme Court'-- 15
insert-- 16
`or tribunal'. 17
(4) Section 328-- 18
insert-- 19
`(9A) The tribunal may make a costs order under the QCAT Act in 20
relation to a hearing under this section.'. 21
Clause 1505 Amendment of s 375 (Time limit for making claims) 22
(1) Section 375(1)(c)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(c) if, on application as provided under the QCAT Act to the 25
tribunal for a review of a decision of the law society to 26
refuse to allow a further period for the claim, the 27
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[s 1506]
tribunal allows a further period for making the 1
claim--within the period allowed by the tribunal.'. 2
(2) Section 375(2), `Supreme Court'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`tribunal'. 5
Clause 1506 Amendment of s 377 (Time limit for making claims 6
following advertisement) 7
(1) Section 377(2)(c)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(c) if the tribunal allows a further period after the law 10
society refuses to do so--within the period allowed by 11
the tribunal.'. 12
(2) Section 377(4), `Supreme Court'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`tribunal'. 15
Clause 1507 Amendment of ch 3, pt 3.6, div 7, hdg (Appeals) 16
Chapter 3, part 3.6, division 7, heading, `Appeals'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`Review'. 19
Clause 1508 Replacement of ss 392 and 393 20
Sections 392 and 393-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`392 Review of decision on claim 23
`(1) A claimant may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 24
the tribunal for a review of either of the following decisions of 25
the law society but not a decision to limit the amount payable, 26
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[s 1508]
or to decline to pay an amount, made under the capping and 1
sufficiency provisions of this jurisdiction-- 2
(a) a decision to wholly or partly disallow a claim; 3
(b) a decision to reduce the amount allowed in relation to a 4
claim. 5
`(2) On an application under this section (review application)-- 6
(a) the applicant must establish that all or part of the 7
amount sought to be recovered from the fidelity fund is 8
not reasonably available from other sources, unless the 9
law society waives that requirement; and 10
(b) the tribunal may, on application by the law society, stay 11
the review application pending further action being 12
taken to seek recovery of that amount from other 13
sources. 14
`393 Review of failure to decide claim within 1 year 15
`(1) A claimant may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 16
the tribunal for a review of a failure of the law society to 17
decide a claim after 1 year after the claim was made. 18
`(2) An application for a review of a failure to decide a claim may 19
be made at any time after the period of 1 year after the claim 20
was made and while the failure continues. 21
`(3) On an application under this section (review application)-- 22
(a) the applicant must establish that the whole or part of the 23
amount sought to be recovered from the fidelity fund is 24
not reasonably available from other sources, unless the 25
law society waives that requirement; and 26
(b) the tribunal may, on application by the law society, stay 27
the review application pending further action being 28
taken to seek recovery of that amount from other 29
sources. 30
`(4) The tribunal may decide the review-- 31
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(a) by giving directions to the law society to decide the 1
matter expeditiously and-- 2
(i) if the tribunal is satisfied that there has been 3
unreasonable delay--ordering that interest be paid 4
at a stated rate that is higher than the rate 5
applicable under section 384, until further order or 6
the decision for the claim; or 7
(ii) otherwise--ordering that, if delay continues in 8
circumstances of a stated kind, interest be paid for 9
a stated period at a stated rate that is higher than 10
the rate applicable under section 384, until further 11
order or the decision for the claim; or 12
(b) by deciding not to give a direction or make an order 13
under paragraph (a).'. 14
Clause 1509 Amendment of s 394 (Proceedings on appeal) 15
(1) Section 394, heading, `appeal'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`review'. 18
(2) Section 394, `in a court'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`before the tribunal'. 21
Clause 1510 Amendment of s 396 (Caps on payments) 22
Section 396(5), after `appeal'-- 23
insert-- 24
`, application for review'. 25
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[s 1511]
Clause 1511 Amendment of s 451 (Duty to inform complainant about 1
action taken for complaint) 2
Section 451(3), `section 650'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`sections 650 and 656D'. 5
Clause 1512 Amendment of s 454 (Joinder) 6
(1) Section 454, heading-- 7
insert-- 8
`by committee'. 9
(2) Section 454, from `A' to `rules,'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`The committee may'. 12
(3) Section 454-- 13
insert-- 14
`Note-- 15
See the QCAT Act, section 42 for joinders by the tribunal.'. 16
Clause 1513 Amendment of s 455 (Variation of discipline application) 17
Section 455(1), from `, on the commissioner's application,'-- 18
omit. 19
Clause 1514 Amendment of s 456 (Decisions of tribunal about an 20
Australian legal practitioner) 21
(1) Section 456(1), `is guilty of'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`has engaged in'. 24
(2) Section 456(7), `guilty of'-- 25
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omit, insert-- 1
`has engaged in'. 2
Clause 1515 Replacement of s 457 (Orders to be filed in Supreme 3
Court and information notices to be given to parties etc.) 4
Section 457-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`457 Enforcement of orders etc. 7
`(1) This section applies to the following-- 8
(a) an order under section 456 or 462 or part 4.10 in relation 9
to a discipline application; 10
(b) an order under the QCAT Act in relation to a discipline 11
application that the tribunal dealt with on a review of the 12
committee's decision under section 469. 13
`(2) If the order is a compensation order-- 14
(a) the complainant may file the order in the registry of a 15
court of competent jurisdiction; and 16
(b) the tribunal's principal registrar must give the Minister a 17
copy of the order and the tribunal's reasons for making 18
the order. 19
`(3) If the order is not a compensation order, the tribunal's 20
principal registrar must-- 21
(a) file the order in a Supreme Court registry; and 22
(b) give the Minister a copy of the order and the tribunal's 23
reasons for making the order. 24
`(4) On being filed under subsection (2) or (3), the order is an 25
order of the court in whose registry it is filed and may be 26
enforced accordingly. 27
`(5) No charge may be made for filing an order under this section. 28
`(6) Subsection (4) is subject to section 463.'. 29
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[s 1516]
Clause 1516 Amendment of s 458 (Decisions of committee about 1
discipline application) 2
Section 458(1), `is guilty of'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`has engaged in'. 5
Clause 1517 Amendment of s 459 (Orders to be filed in Supreme Court 6
and information notices to be given to parties etc.) 7
Section 459(3), from `no appeal' to `the appeal'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`no application as provided under the QCAT Act to the 10
tribunal for a review of the decision within the time allowed 11
for making the application'. 12
Clause 1518 Amendment of s 462 (Costs) 13
(1) Section 462(1), `guilty'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`to have engaged in prescribed conduct'. 16
(2) Section 462(2), `not found guilty'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`found not to have engaged in prescribed conduct'. 19
(3) Section 462(4)(a), `is not guilty'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`has not engaged in prescribed conduct'. 22
(4) Section 462(7)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(7) The only other circumstances in which the tribunal exercising 25
its jurisdiction in relation to a disciplinary application may 26
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[s 1519]
award costs are the circumstances stated in the QCAT Act, 1
section 103 or 104. 2
Note-- 3
See the QCAT Act, sections 106 to 109 for provisions about the tribunal 4
awarding costs. 5
`(8) In this section-- 6
engaged in prescribed conduct means engaged in 7
unsatisfactory professional conduct or professional 8
misconduct, or engaged in misconduct in relation to a relevant 9
practice, as mentioned in section 456(1) or 458(1).'. 10
Clause 1519 Insertion of new s 462A 11
After section 462-- 12
insert-- 13
`426A Institution of proceedings by the commissioner 14
`The commissioner may bring a proceeding under this part for 15
the imposition or enforcement of a penalty.'. 16
Clause 1520 Amendment of s 468 (Appeal may be made to Court of 17
Appeal from tribunal's decision) 18
Section 468(4)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(4) To remove any doubt, it is declared that the QCAT Act, 21
section 149 does not apply to a decision of the tribunal 22
exercising its jurisdiction under this Act.'. 23
Clause 1521 Replacement of s 469 (Appeal to tribunal against 24
committee's decision) 25
Section 469-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
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`469 Application to tribunal for review of committee's 1
decision 2
`(1) A party dissatisfied with a final decision of the committee 3
about a discipline application may apply, as provided under 4
the QCAT Act, to the tribunal for a review of the decision. 5
`(2) In the proceeding before QCAT for the review-- 6
(a) the committee is not a party; and 7
(b) the commissioner is a party.'. 8
Clause 1522 Amendment of s 471 (Definition for pt 4.11) 9
Section 471, definition disciplinary action, paragraph (a), 10
`guilty of'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`has engaged in'. 13
Clause 1523 Amendment of s 477 (General provisions about 14
disclosure of information) 15
Section 477(1)(c), after `jurisdiction'-- 16
insert-- 17
`, including the tribunal exercising jurisdiction other than 18
jurisdiction mentioned in paragraph (a)'. 19
Clause 1524 Amendment of s 491 (Confidentiality of client 20
communications) 21
Section 491(1) `part 7.2'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`the QCAT Act'. 24
Page 708
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[s 1525]
Clause 1525 Replacement of ch 7, pt 7.2, hdg and ch 7, pt 7.2, divs 1 1
and 2 and div 3, hdg 2
Chapter 7, part 7.2, heading and chapter 7, part 7.2, divisions 3
1 and 2 and division 3, heading-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Part 7.2 Provisions about proceedings 6
before tribunal 7
`Division 1 Constitution of tribunal 8
`598 Constitution of tribunal 9
`(1) For a proceeding for a matter the tribunal is empowered to 10
deal with under this Act, the tribunal is to be constituted by a 11
judicial member who is a Supreme Court judge. 12
`(2) However, if the tribunal has not been constituted for the 13
proceeding-- 14
(a) the powers of the tribunal under the QCAT Act, section 15
47 or 48 are, and are only, exercisable by a judicial 16
member; and 17
(b) the following powers of the tribunal are, and are only, 18
exercisable by a legally qualified member-- 19
(i) giving directions; 20
(ii) making an order or another decision pending the 21
final hearing of the matter, other than an order 22
under a provision mentioned in paragraph (a); 23
(iii) making an order under the QCAT Act, section 86. 24
`(3) In this section-- 25
judicial member means a judicial member under the QCAT 26
Act. 27
legally qualified member means a legally qualified member 28
under the QCAT Act. 29
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[s 1525]
`Division 2 Panels, panel members and related 1
matters 2
`599 Panel to help the tribunal hear and decide discipline 3
application 4
`(1) This section applies for the tribunal's hearing and deciding of 5
a discipline application. 6
`(2) Although panel members do not constitute the tribunal, the 7
tribunal is to be helped by 2 panel members chosen by the 8
tribunal's principal registrar and approved by the tribunal as 9
constituted under section 598. 10
`(3) The panel members mentioned in subsection (2) must be-- 11
(a) 1 lay panel member; and 12
(b) 1 of the following members-- 13
(i) if the complaint is about the conduct of a person 14
who, at the time of performing the acts or omitting 15
to do the acts constituting the conduct complained 16
of, was a barrister or, in the opinion of the tribunal 17
member, was engaged in legal practice in the 18
manner of a barrister--a member of the 19
practitioner panel who is a barrister; 20
(ii) otherwise--a member of the practitioner panel 21
who is a solicitor. 22
`(4) However, if a panel member disqualifies himself or herself as 23
mentioned in section 612(2), the tribunal may continue with 24
the relevant hearing if the tribunal members consider it 25
appropriate to do so. 26
`(5) The tribunal's principal registrar must keep a record of the 27
names of the panel members helping the tribunal and the 28
discipline application for which the hearing is held.'. 29
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[s 1526]
Clause 1526 Amendment of s 607 (Establishment of panels for helping 1
the tribunal) 2
Section 607(3) and (4)-- 3
omit. 4
Clause 1527 Replacement of ch 7, pt 7.2, divs 4-6 5
Chapter 7, part 7.2, divisions 4 to 6-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`612 Disclosure of interests 8
`(1) If a panel member helping the tribunal becomes aware that the 9
member has a conflict of interest about a proceeding before 10
the tribunal, the member must disclose the issue giving rise to 11
the conflict to-- 12
(a) the president of the tribunal under the QCAT Act; and 13
(b) the parties to the proceeding. 14
`(2) After making the disclosure, the panel member must 15
disqualify himself or herself. 16
`(3) A panel member has a conflict of interest about a proceeding 17
if the member has an interest, financial or otherwise, that 18
could conflict with the proper performance of the member's 19
functions for the proceeding. 20
`(4) If a panel member is disqualified, the tribunal may decide it is 21
appropriate to proceed with the hearing with only 1 panel 22
member. 23
`613 Protection of panel members 24
`A panel member has, in the performance of the member's 25
duties as a panel member, the same protection and immunity 26
as a Supreme Court judge carrying out the functions of a 27
judge.'. 28
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[s 1528]
Clause 1528 Amendment of s 640 (Conduct of committee for hearing 1
and deciding discipline applications) 2
Section 640(1), `the tribunal rules'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`a regulation'. 5
Clause 1529 Amendment of s 641 (Disclosure of interests) 6
Section 641(6) `tribunal rules'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`rules under the QCAT Act'. 9
Clause 1530 Replacement of ch 7, pt 7.4, hdg and div 1, hdg 10
Chapter 7, part 7.4, heading and division 1, heading-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Part 7.4 Other provisions applying to 13
committee for discipline 14
applications 15
`Division 1 Parties to proceedings before 16
committee'. 17
Clause 1531 Amendment of s 643 (Parties) 18
(1) Section 643(1), `in a disciplinary body'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`before the committee'. 21
(2) Section 643(3)(b) and (4), `disciplinary body'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`committee'. 24
Page 712
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[s 1532]
Clause 1532 Amendment of s 644 (Public hearings) 1
(1) Section 644(1), from `a disciplinary body' to `the disciplinary 2
body'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`the committee must be open to the public, unless the 5
committee'. 6
(2) Section 644(2), `A disciplinary body'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`The committee'. 9
Clause 1533 Amendment of s 645 (Procedure for hearing by a 10
disciplinary body) 11
(1) Section 645, heading, `a disciplinary body'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`committee'. 14
(2) Section 645(1), `a disciplinary body'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`the committee'. 17
(3) Section 645(2), `disciplinary body'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`committee'. 20
Clause 1534 Amendment of s 646 (Recording evidence) 21
Section 646(1), `A disciplinary body for a discipline 22
application'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`The committee'. 25
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[s 1535]
Clause 1535 Amendment of s 647 (Disciplinary body may proceed in 1
absence of party or may adjourn hearing) 2
(1) Section 647, heading, `Disciplinary body'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Committee'. 5
(2) Section 647(1), `a disciplinary body'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`the committee'. 8
(3) Section 647(2), `A disciplinary body'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`The committee'. 11
Clause 1536 Amendment of s 648 (Matter may be decided on affidavit 12
evidence) 13
(1) Section 648, `a disciplinary body'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`the committee'. 16
(2) Section 648, `the disciplinary body'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`the committee'. 19
(3) Section 648(b)(i), `under the tribunal rules'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`as prescribed under a regulation'. 22
Clause 1537 Amendment of s 649 (Standard of proof) 23
(1) Section 649(1), `a disciplinary body'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`the committee'. 26
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[s 1538]
(2) Section 649(1), `the body'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`the committee'. 3
Clause 1538 Amendment of s 650 (Prohibited publication about 4
hearing of a disciplinary application) 5
(1) Section 650(1)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(1) The committee, either before, during or immediately after a 8
hearing for a discipline application, may make an order 9
prohibiting the publication of information stated in the order 10
that relates to the discipline application, the hearing or an 11
order of the committee.'. 12
(2) Section 650(3) and (4), `disciplinary body'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`committee'. 15
Clause 1539 Amendment of ch 7, pt 7.4, div 3, hdg (Powers of 16
disciplinary body) 17
Chapter 7, part 7.4, division 3, heading, `disciplinary body'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`committee'. 20
Clause 1540 Amendment of s 651 (Power to disregard procedural 21
lapses) 22
(1) Section 651(1), `A disciplinary body'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`The committee'. 25
(2) Section 651(1), `the disciplinary body'-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
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[s 1541]
`the committee'. 1
(3) Section 651(3), `disciplinary body's'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`committee's'. 4
Clause 1541 Amendment of s 652 (Directions for hearings) 5
(1) Section 652(1)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(1) The committee may issue directions in relation to a hearing 8
before the committee.'. 9
(2) Section 652(2), `disciplinary body'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`committee'. 12
(3) Section 652(2)(a), `body's'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`committee's'. 15
(4) Section 652(3)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(3) Subsection (1) is subject to the practices and procedures 18
prescribed under a regulation for hearings before the 19
committee.'. 20
Clause 1542 Amendment of s 653 (Attendance notice) 21
(1) Section 653(1), `A disciplinary body'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`The committee'. 24
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[s 1543]
(2) Section 653(2)(b) and (3), `disciplinary body'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`committee'. 3
Clause 1543 Replacement of s 654 (Authentication of documents) 4
Section 654-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`654 Authentication of documents 7
`(1) A document relating to a proceeding for a discipline 8
application requiring authentication by the committee is 9
sufficiently authenticated if it is signed by the chairperson or 10
deputy chairperson of the committee. 11
`(2) Judicial notice must be taken of the signature of the 12
chairperson or deputy chairperson of the committee that 13
appears on a document issued by the committee.'. 14
Clause 1544 Insertion of new ch 7, pt 7.4A 15
After section 656-- 16
insert-- 17
`Part 7.4A Provisions applying to tribunal 18
for discipline applications 19
`656A Application of pt 7.4A 20
`This part applies for a proceeding before the tribunal for a 21
discipline application. 22
Note-- 23
The QCAT Act also applies to the proceeding. 24
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Part 21 Amendment of Legal Profession Act 2007
[s 1544]
`656B Entitlement to appear at hearing 1
`The complainant for a discipline application before the 2
tribunal is entitled to appear at the hearing of the application 3
in relation to-- 4
(a) those aspects of the hearing that relate to a request by 5
the complainant for a compensation order; and 6
(b) other aspects of the hearing, but only if the tribunal 7
gives leave to the complainant to appear in relation to 8
them. 9
`656C Standard of proof 10
`(1) If an allegation of fact is not admitted or is challenged when 11
the tribunal is hearing a discipline application, the tribunal 12
may act on the allegation if the body is satisfied on the 13
balance of probabilities that the allegation is true. 14
`(2) For subsection (1), the degree of satisfaction required varies 15
according to the consequences for the relevant Australian 16
legal practitioner or law practice employee of finding the 17
allegation to be true. 18
`(3) In this section-- 19
Australian legal practitioner includes a person to whom 20
chapter 4 applies as mentioned in section 417. 21
`656D Prohibited publication about hearing of a discipline 22
application 23
`(1) The tribunal, either before, during or immediately after a 24
hearing, may make an order prohibiting the publication of 25
information stated in the order that relates to the discipline 26
application, the hearing or an order of the tribunal. 27
`(2) A person must not contravene an order under subsection (1). 28
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 29
`(3) A person must not publish or allow someone else to publish-- 30
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[s 1544]
(a) a question disallowed by the tribunal at the hearing; or 1
(b) an answer given to a question disallowed by the tribunal 2
at the hearing. 3
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 4
`(4) Also, the tribunal may make an order prohibiting-- 5
(a) the issue of the entire or part of a copy of the record 6
made under the Recording of Evidence Act 1962; or 7
(b) the publication of the entire or part of a copy of the 8
record made under that Act. 9
`(5) A person must not contravene an order under subsection (4). 10
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 11
`(6) In this section-- 12
publish includes publish on radio, television or the internet. 13
record includes an audio recording. 14
`656E Power to disregard procedural lapses 15
`(1) The tribunal may order that a failure by the commissioner to 16
observe a procedural requirement in relation to a complaint, 17
investigation matter or discipline application is to be 18
disregarded, if the tribunal is satisfied the parties to the 19
hearing have not been prejudiced by the failure. 20
`(2) This section applies whether the failure happened-- 21
(a) before the making of the discipline application resulting 22
from the complaint or investigation matter; or 23
(b) after the making of the discipline application. 24
`(3) Subsection (1) does not limit the tribunal's power to disregard 25
a failure by another person to observe a procedural 26
requirement.'. 27
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 21 Amendment of Legal Profession Act 2007
[s 1545]
Clause 1545 Amendment of s 704 (Disclosure of information by 1
commissioner, regulatory authorities and other entities) 2
(1) Section 704(1)(e)-- 3
renumber as section 704(1)(f). 4
(2) Section 704(1)-- 5
insert-- 6
`(e) the tribunal's principal registrar;'. 7
(3) Section 704(1)(f), as renumbered, `paragraphs (a) to (d)'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`paragraphs (a) to (e)'. 10
Clause 1546 Amendment of s 707 (Protection from liability) 11
Section 707(4)(b)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(b) the committee, any member of the committee or a panel 14
member;'. 15
Clause 1547 Amendment of s 711 (Signatures) 16
(1) Section 711(d)-- 17
omit. 18
(2) Section 711(e) to (i)-- 19
renumber as section 711(d) to (h). 20
Clause 1548 Amendment of s 714 (Approved forms) 21
(1) Section 714(2)(b)-- 22
omit. 23
(2) Section 714(2)(c) to (f)-- 24
renumber as section 714(2)(b) to (e). 25
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[s 1549]
Clause 1549 Amendment of s 715 (Regulation-making power) 1
Section 715(2)-- 2
insert-- 3
`(e) providing for the practice and procedure of the 4
committee.'. 5
Clause 1550 Omission of ch 9, pt 9.9, hdg (Regulation-making power 6
for transitional purposes) 7
Chapter 9, part 9.9, heading-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 1551 Replacement of ch 10, hdg (Other transitional provision) 10
Chapter 10, heading-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`Chapter 10 Other transitional 13
provisions 14
`Part 1 Transitional provisions for the 15
Consumer Credit (Queensland) 16
and Other Acts Amendment Act 17
2008'. 18
Clause 1552 Insertion of new s 771 and ch 10, pt 2 19
After section 770-- 20
insert-- 21
`771 Expiry of pt 1, hdg 22
`Part 1, heading expires on 1 January 2010.'. 23
Page 721
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 21 Amendment of Legal Profession Act 2007
[s 1552]
`Part 2 Transitional provisions for 1
QCAT Amendment Act 2
`772 Definitions for pt 2 3
`In this part-- 4
commencement means the commencement of this section. 5
former tribunal means the former Legal Practice Tribunal. 6
QCAT Amendment Act means the Queensland Civil and 7
Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment 8
Act 2009. 9
unamended Act means this Act as in force before the 10
commencement. 11
`773 Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 20 not limited 12
`This part does not limit the Acts Interpretation Act 1954, 13
section 20. 14
Note-- 15
See also the QCAT Act, chapter 7. 16
`774 Particular court decisions continue 17
`(1) A stay ordered by the Supreme Court under section 62 or 189 18
of the unamended Act continues in effect as if the QCAT 19
Amendment Act had not been enacted. 20
`(2) An extension of a period of amendment of suspension by the 21
Supreme Court under section 63 or 197 of the unamended Act 22
continues in effect as if the QCAT Amendment Act had not 23
been enacted. 24
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[s 1553]
`775 Particular notification giving requirement continues 1
`(1) This section applies if, after the commencement, the Supreme 2
Court decides an appeal against a decision mentioned in 3
section 98(1)(a) in favour of an Australian lawyer. 4
`(2) Section 98(2) and (3) of the unamended Act continues to 5
apply in relation to the decision in the appeal as if the QCAT 6
Amendment Act had not been enacted. 7
`776 Particular orders taken to be orders of QCAT 8
`(1) An order made by the former tribunal under section 650(1) as 9
in force before the commencement-- 10
(a) is taken to be an order made by QCAT under section 11
656D(1); and 12
(b) section 656D applies to the order accordingly. 13
`(2) An order made by the former tribunal under section 650(4) as 14
in force before the commencement-- 15
(a) is taken to be an order made by QCAT under section 16
656D(4); and 17
(b) section 656D applies to the order accordingly. 18
`777 Authentication of documents continues 19
`Section 654 of the unamended Act continues to apply in 20
relation to the following as if the QCAT Amendment Act had 21
not been enacted-- 22
(a) documents relating to a proceeding before the former 23
tribunal; 24
(b) documents issued by the former tribunal.'. 25
Clause 1553 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 26
(1) Schedule 2, definitions tribunal, tribunal member and tribunal 27
rules-- 28
Page 723
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 22 Repeal of Legal Profession (Tribunal and Committee) Rule 2007
[s 1554]
omit. 1
(2) Schedule 2-- 2
insert-- 3
`commencement, for chapter 10, part 2, see section 772. 4
former tribunal, for chapter 10, part 2, see section 772. 5
QCAT Amendment Act, for chapter 10, part 2, see section 6
772. 7
tribunal means QCAT. 8
tribunal's principal registrar means the principal registrar 9
under the QCAT Act. 10
unamended Act, for chapter 10, part 2, see section 772.'. 11
(3) Schedule 2, definition panel member, `division 3'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`division 2'. 14
Part 22 Repeal of Legal Profession 15
(Tribunal and Committee) Rule 16
2007 17
Clause 1554 Repeal 18
The Legal Profession (Tribunal and Committee) Rule 2007, 19
SL No. 154 is repealed. 20
Page 724
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 23 Amendment of Magistrates Act 1991
[s 1555]
Part 23 Amendment of Magistrates Act 1
1991 2
Clause 1555 Act amended 3
This part amends the Magistrates Act 1991. 4
Clause 1556 Amendment of s 53J (Practice direction) 5
(1) Section 53J(1)(b) and (c)-- 6
omit. 7
(2) Section 53J(1)(d) and (e)-- 8
renumber as section 53J(1)(b) and (c). 9
Clause 1557 Amendment of s 53K (Referring application or matter) 10
Section 53K(2), `section 53J(1)(e)'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`section 53J(1)(c)'. 13
Clause 1558 Amendment of s 53L (Decision of judicial registrar taken 14
to be decision of magistrate) 15
(1) Section 53L(b)-- 16
omit. 17
(2) Section 53L(c) and (d)-- 18
renumber as section 53L(b) and (c). 19
Page 725
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 24 Amendment of Magistrates Courts Act 1921
[s 1559]
Part 24 Amendment of Magistrates 1
Courts Act 1921 2
Clause 1559 Act amended 3
This part amends the Magistrates Courts Act 1921. 4
Clause 1560 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) 5
Section 2, definitions minor claim and minor debt claim-- 6
omit. 7
Clause 1561 Amendment of s 45A (Limitation on appeal if minor debt 8
claim) 9
(1) Section 45A, heading, `minor debt claim'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`simplified procedures apply'. 12
(2) Section 45A(1)-- 13
omit. 14
(3) Section 45A(2), `Also, if'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`If'. 17
Clause 1562 Omission of s 52 (Publication of particulars of minor debt 18
claims) 19
Section 52-- 20
omit. 21
Page 726
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 25 Amendment of Misconduct Tribunals Act 1997
[s 1563]
Part 25 Amendment of Misconduct 1
Tribunals Act 1997 2
Clause 1563 Act amended 3
This part amends the Misconduct Tribunals Act 1997. 4
Clause 1564 Amendment of ss 11, 17, 18 and 19 5
Sections 11(3), 17(a), 18 and 19(1), `registrar'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`director'. 8
Clause 1565 Omission of s 40 (Registrar and tribunal staff) 9
Section 40-- 10
omit. 11
Clause 1566 Amendment of s 44 (Confidentiality) 12
(1) Section 44(1)(a), both subparagraphs (ii)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(ii) a former registrar or former registrar staff member; 15
or 16
(iii) the director or another staff member of the registry 17
under the Commercial and Consumer Tribunal Act 18
2003; and'. 19
(2) Section 44-- 20
insert-- 21
`(4) In this section-- 22
former registrar means a person appointed as the registrar of 23
misconduct tribunals under the repealed section 40. 24
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 26 Amendment of Powers of Attorney Act 1998
[s 1567]
former registrar staff member means a person employed as a 1
member of the registrar's staff under the repealed section 40. 2
repealed section 40 means section 40 as in force before its 3
repeal by the Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal 4
(Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Act 2009.'. 5
Clause 1567 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 6
(1) Schedule, definition registrar-- 7
omit. 8
(2) Schedule-- 9
insert-- 10
`director means the director of the registry under the 11
Commercial and Consumer Tribunal Act 2003.'. 12
Part 26 Amendment of Powers of 13
Attorney Act 1998 14
Clause 1568 Act amended 15
This part amends the Powers of Attorney Act 1998. 16
Clause 1569 Amendment of s 109A (Guardianship and Administration 17
Tribunal also has jurisdiction and powers about enduring 18
documents) 19
Section 109A, heading, `Guardianship and Administration 20
Tribunal'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal'. 23
Page 728
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1570]
Clause 1570 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 1
Schedule 3, definition tribunal-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`tribunal means QCAT.'. 4
Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop 5
Leases Act 1994 6
Clause 1571 Act amended 7
This part amends the Retail Shop Leases Act 1994. 8
Clause 1572 Amendment of s 14 (Continued application of certain 9
provisions of former Act to existing retail shop leases) 10
Section 14(2)(d), `a tribunal under this Act'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`QCAT'. 13
Clause 1573 Amendment of s 22E (Effect of failure to comply with 14
sections 22A-22D) 15
Section 22E(2), `ask the tribunal'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT'. 18
Clause 1574 Amendment of s 26 (Lessor not to disclose turnover 19
information) 20
Section 26(2)(b)(v)-- 21
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Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1575]
omit, insert-- 1
`(v) a mediator under this Act or QCAT; or'. 2
Clause 1575 Amendment of s 32 (Valuer to give determination to 3
lessor and lessee) 4
Section 32(e)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(e) if a retail tenancy dispute under section 30 proceeds to 7
mediation or QCAT under part 8--the lessor gives the 8
lease information to the valuer as required by or under a 9
mediation agreement made under the part, or order 10
made by QCAT.'. 11
Clause 1576 Amendment of s 46B (Matters tribunal may consider in 12
deciding if a party's conduct is unconscionable) 13
(1) Section 46B, heading, `tribunal'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`QCAT'. 16
(2) Section 46B(1), (3) and (4), `the tribunal'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`QCAT'. 19
(3) Section 46B(2), `The tribunal'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`QCAT'. 22
Clause 1577 Amendment of s 57 (Limited right of representation) 23
Section 57(b), `approved agent'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`agent approved by the mediator'. 26
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1578]
Clause 1578 Replacement of pt 8, div 3, hdg (Reference of retail 1
tenancy disputes to tribunal) 2
Part 8, division 3, heading-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Division 3 Reference of retail tenancy disputes 5
and applications to QCAT'. 6
Clause 1579 Amendment of s 63 (Reference of dispute--by mediator) 7
(1) Section 63(1)(a), all words before subparagraph (i)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(a) a retail tenancy dispute is within QCAT's jurisdiction 10
and'. 11
(2) Section 63(1)(a), after subparagraph (iii)-- 12
insert-- 13
`Note-- 14
See section 103 for QCAT's jurisdiction.'. 15
(3) Section 63(2)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(2) The mediator must refer the dispute, as provided under the 18
QCAT Act, to QCAT. 19
`(3) The party who lodged the notice of the dispute under section 20
55 is the applicant in the proceeding before QCAT for the 21
dispute.'. 22
Clause 1580 Replacement of s 64 (Reference of dispute--by party) 23
Section 64-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
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Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1581]
`64 Application to QCAT--by party 1
`(1) A party to a retail tenancy dispute may apply, as provided 2
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for an order to resolve the 3
dispute if-- 4
(a) any of the following provisions apply-- 5
(i) the party claims that another party to a mediation 6
agreement has not complied with the agreement 7
within the time stated in it or, if no time is stated, 8
within 2 months after the agreement is signed; 9
(ii) a mediator refuses to refer the dispute to QCAT 10
because the mediator is of the opinion that the 11
dispute is not within QCAT's jurisdiction; 12
(iii) a court has ordered that a proceeding started in the 13
court for the dispute be removed to QCAT or 14
another tribunal; and 15
(b) the retail shop lease has not ended (whether by expiry, 16
surrender or termination) more than 1 year before the 17
dispute notice was lodged. 18
`(2) In this section-- 19
mediation agreement includes a mediation agreement under 20
section 26 of the former Act.'. 21
Clause 1581 Omission of pt 8, div 4 (Retail tenancy disputes hearings) 22
Part 8, division 4-- 23
omit. 24
Clause 1582 Replacement of pt 8, div 5, hdg (Provisions about tribunal 25
orders) 26
Part 8, division 5, heading-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
`Division 4 Provision about QCAT orders'. 29
Page 732
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1583]
Clause 1583 Amendment of s 83 (Tribunals' orders) 1
(1) Section 83, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`83 QCAT orders'. 4
(2) Section 83(1), (2) and (3), `the tribunal'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`QCAT'. 7
(3) Section 83(1), `the retail'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`a retail'. 10
(4) Section 83(4) and (5)-- 11
omit. 12
Clause 1584 Omission of ss 84-88A; pt 8, div 6; and pt 8, div 7, hdg 13
(1) Sections 84 to 88A and part 8, division 6-- 14
omit. 15
(2) Part 8, division 7, heading-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Division 5 General'. 18
Clause 1585 Replacement of ss 91-93 19
Sections 91 to 93-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`91 Withdrawal of disputes 22
`(1) A person may, by written notice given to the chief executive, 23
withdraw a dispute notice lodged by the person for a retail 24
tenancy dispute, unless-- 25
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Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1586]
(a) a mediator has referred the dispute to QCAT under 1
section 63(2); or 2
(b) the person has made an application about the dispute to 3
QCAT as mentioned in section 64. 4
Note-- 5
The QCAT Act, section 46 provides for the withdrawal of referrals and 6
applications mentioned in paragraphs (a) and (b). 7
`(2) The notice may be given before or after a mediator has started 8
mediating the dispute. 9
`(3) If the chief executive has nominated a mediator for the 10
dispute, the chief executive must advise the mediator of the 11
withdrawal as soon as practicable after receiving the notice.'. 12
Clause 1586 Amendment of s 94 (Exclusion of other jurisdictions) 13
(1) Section 94(2)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if-- 16
(a) the notice of the dispute is withdrawn under section 91 17
or the referral of, or application for, the dispute is 18
withdrawn under the QCAT Act; or 19
(b) a proceeding about the issue in dispute was started in a 20
court before the dispute notice was lodged and the 21
proceeding has not been removed, or transferred, to 22
QCAT; or 23
(c) an application for an order in the nature of an injunction 24
about the issue in dispute is made to a court; or 25
(d) a mediator or QCAT refuses to mediate or hear the 26
dispute because the mediator or QCAT is of the opinion 27
the dispute is not within the jurisdiction of a mediator or 28
QCAT; or 29
(e) the mediator can not reach a solution to the dispute and 30
QCAT does not have jurisdiction to hear the dispute.'. 31
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Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1587]
(2) Section 94(4), `tribunal'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`QCAT'. 3
Clause 1587 Amendment of s 97 (Mediators' jurisdiction) 4
Section 97(1)(c)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(c) under a retail shop lease for the carrying on of the 7
business of a service station, if the Trade Practices 8
(Industry Codes--Oilcode) Regulations 2006 (Cwlth) 9
apply to the carrying on of the business under a fuel 10
re-selling agreement within the meaning of those 11
regulations.'. 12
Clause 1588 Replacement of pt 9, div 2 (Retail shop leases tribunals) 13
Part 9, division 2-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Division 2 Provisions for QCAT proceedings 16
`102 Constitution of QCAT 17
`(1) Subject to subsection (2), for a proceeding for a retail shop 18
lease dispute, QCAT is to be constituted by the following 19
persons who are QCAT members-- 20
(a) a legally qualified member; 21
(b) a person representing lessors under retail shop leases; 22
(c) a person representing lessees under retail shop leases. 23
`(2) If the amount, value or damages in dispute is less than the 24
QCAT prescribed amount, QCAT may be constituted by-- 25
(a) a legally qualified member; or 26
(b) a QCAT adjudicator. 27
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1588]
`(3) In this section-- 1
legally qualified member means a person who is a legally 2
qualified member under the QCAT Act. 3
QCAT adjudicator means an adjudicator under the QCAT 4
Act. 5
QCAT member means a member under the QCAT Act. 6
QCAT prescribed amount means the prescribed amount 7
under the QCAT Act. 8
`103 QCAT's jurisdiction 9
`(1) QCAT has jurisdiction to hear retail tenancy disputes, other 10
than a retail tenancy dispute-- 11
(a) about an issue between the parties that-- 12
(i) is the subject of arbitration; or 13
(ii) has been the subject of an interim or final award in 14
an arbitration proceeding; or 15
(iii) is before, or has been decided by, a court; or 16
(b) about-- 17
(i) arrears of rent under a retail shop lease; or 18
(ii) the amount of rent payable under a retail shop 19
lease; or 20
(iii) the amount of a lessor's outgoings under a retail 21
shop lease; or 22
(c) if the amount, value or damages in dispute is more than 23
the monetary limit within the meaning of the District 24
Court of Queensland Act 1967, section 68; or 25
(d) under a retail shop lease for the carrying on of the 26
business of a service station, if the Trade Practices 27
(Industry Codes--Oilcode) Regulations 2006 (Cwlth) 28
apply to the carrying on of the business under a fuel 29
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1589]
re-selling agreement within the meaning of those 1
regulations. 2
`(2) However, QCAT has jurisdiction to hear a retail tenancy 3
dispute about-- 4
(a) the procedure for the determination of rent payable 5
under a retail shop lease, but not the actual amount of 6
the rent; or 7
(b) the basis on which the lessor's outgoings are payable by, 8
and the procedure for charging the lessor's outgoings to, 9
a lessee under a retail shop lease, but not the actual 10
amount of the outgoings; or 11
(c) whether an item, or part of an item, of the lessor's 12
outgoings for the retail shopping centre or leased 13
building in which a leased shop is situated was 14
reasonably incurred in, or directly attributable to, the 15
operations, maintenance or repair of the centre or 16
building; or 17
(d) arrears of rent payable under a retail shop lease if the 18
dispute is also about the payment of compensation by 19
the lessor to the lessee under the lease. 20
`(3) For subsection (1)(a)(i), a retail tenancy dispute is only the 21
subject of arbitration if the arbitration proceeding has 22
started.'. 23
Clause 1589 Amendment of s 113 (Mediators and tribunal members to 24
maintain secrecy) 25
(1) Section 113, heading, before `tribunal'-- 26
insert-- 27
`former'. 28
(2) Section 113, before `tribunal'-- 29
insert-- 30
`former'. 31
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Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1590]
(3) Section 113(1), after `process'-- 1
insert-- 2
`or the hearing of a matter under part 8, division 4 as in force 3
before the commencement'. 4
(4) Section 113-- 5
insert-- 6
`(3) In this section-- 7
commencement means the commencement of this subsection. 8
former tribunal member means a member of a tribunal 9
established under this Act before the commencement.'. 10
Clause 1590 Amendment of s 114 (Ordinary protection and immunity 11
allowed) 12
(1) Section 114(1) and (2)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(1) A mediator has, in the performance of the mediator's 15
function, the same protection and immunity as a Supreme 16
Court judge carrying out the functions of a judge. 17
`(2) A person who is a party, or the party's agent, appearing at a 18
mediation process for a retail tenancy dispute has the same 19
protection and immunity the person would have if the dispute 20
were in the Supreme Court.'. 21
(2) Section 114(3), `dispute resolution'-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`mediation'. 24
Clause 1591 Amendment of s 115 (Admissions made during dispute 25
resolution process) 26
(1) Section 115, heading, `dispute resolution process'-- 27
omit, insert-- 28
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Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1592]
`mediation conference'. 1
(2) Section 115(1), `a tribunal'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`tribunal'. 4
(3) Section 115(2)-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 1592 Amendment of s 116 (Register) 7
(1) Section 116(1), `mediators, tribunal panel members'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`mediators'. 10
(2) Section 116(2), after `for each dispute'-- 11
insert-- 12
`for which a dispute notice is lodged under section 55'. 13
(3) Section 116(2)(e)-- 14
omit. 15
(4) Section 116(3) and (4)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(3) The chief executive must keep the register open for inspection 18
by members of the public during office hours on business days 19
at a place reasonably accessible to the public. 20
`(4) A person may inspect the register, or obtain a copy of the 21
register or a part of it, on payment of the fee (if any) 22
prescribed under a regulation.'. 23
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1593]
Clause 1593 Amendment of s 117 (Delegations) 1
Section 117(2), after `executive's'-- 2
insert-- 3
`functions or'. 4
Clause 1594 Amendment of s 119 (Chief executive's responsibility) 5
Section 119(a), `department, mediators and tribunals'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`department and mediators'. 8
Clause 1595 Amendment of s 120 (Evidentiary provisions) 9
(1) Section 120(3)-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Section 120(4)-- 12
renumber as section 120(3). 13
Clause 1596 Amendment of s 121 (Regulation-making power) 14
Section 121(2)(b) and (c)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(b) the practices and procedures of the mediation process.'. 17
Clause 1597 Replacement of pt 12, divs 1-3, hdgs 18
(1) Part 12, division 1, heading-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`Division 1 Provision for Act No. 47 of 1994'. 21
(2) Part 12, division 2, heading-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1598]
`Division 2 Provisions for Act No. 19 of 2000'. 1
(3) Part 12, division 3, heading-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Division 3 Provision for Act No. 4 of 2006'. 4
Clause 1598 Insertion of new pt 12, div 4 5
Part 12-- 6
insert-- 7
`Division 4 Provisions for Queensland Civil and 8
Administrative Tribunal 9
(Jurisdiction Provisions) 10
Amendment Act 2009 11
`130 Definitions for div 4 12
`In this division-- 13
commencement means the commencement of this section. 14
former tribunal legal member means a person who was a 15
tribunal legal member within the meaning of this Act as in 16
force before the commencement. 17
previous, if followed by a section number, means the section 18
of that number as in force before the commencement. 19
Note-- 20
See also the QCAT Act, chapter 7. 21
`131 Application of s 64 22
`(1) This section applies if, before the commencement-- 23
(a) a mediator refused to refer a retail tenancy dispute to the 24
chief executive because the mediator was of the opinion 25
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Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1598]
that the dispute was not within a tribunal's jurisdiction; 1
or 2
(b) a court ordered that a proceeding started in the court for 3
the dispute be removed to a tribunal. 4
`(2) Section 64 applies to the dispute as if the mediator refused to 5
refer the dispute to QCAT or the court ordered that the 6
proceeding be removed to QCAT. 7
`132 Existing referrals of and applications about retail 8
tenancy disputes to chief executive 9
`(1) This section applies if, before the commencement, a retail 10
tenancy dispute-- 11
(a) was referred to the chief executive under previous 12
section 63(2) or previous section 64(2); and 13
(b) had not been referred to a former tribunal legal member 14
under previous section 65(1); and 15
(c) had not been withdrawn. 16
`(2) This section also applies if, before the commencement, an 17
application about a retail tenancy dispute-- 18
(a) was made to the chief executive under previous section 19
89(2); and 20
(b) had not been renewed under previous section 90; and 21
(c) had not been withdrawn. 22
`(3) The chief executive must refer the dispute to QCAT. 23
`(4) The party who lodged the notice of the dispute under section 24
55 or made the application under previous section 89(2) is the 25
applicant in the proceeding before QCAT for the dispute. 26
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 27 Amendment of Retail Shop Leases Act 1994
[s 1599]
`133 Existing referrals of retail tenancy disputes to former 1
tribunal legal member 2
`(1) This section applies if, before the commencement, a retail 3
tenancy dispute-- 4
(a) was referred to a former tribunal legal member under 5
previous section 65; and 6
(b) had not been withdrawn, struck out or otherwise 7
disposed of. 8
`(2) From the commencement-- 9
(a) the retail tenancy dispute is taken to be an existing 10
tribunal proceeding for the prescribed QCAT Act 11
provisions; and 12
(b) the party who lodged the notice of the dispute under 13
section 55 is the applicant in the proceeding before 14
QCAT for the dispute. 15
`(3) Also, for applying the prescribed QCAT Act provisions in 16
relation to the dispute, the former tribunal legal member is 17
taken to be a former tribunal. 18
`(4) In this section-- 19
prescribed QCAT Act provisions means the following 20
provisions of the QCAT Act, chapter 7-- 21
(a) part 1; 22
(b) section 254; 23
(c) part 2, division 3; 24
(d) part 4.'. 25
Clause 1599 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 26
(1) Schedule, definitions approved agent, attendance notice, 27
chairperson, dispute resolution process, original order, 28
renewed retail tenancy dispute, tribunal, tribunal legal 29
member, tribunal member, tribunal panel and tribunal panel 30
member-- 31
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Chapter 9 Department of Justice and Attorney-General
Part 28 Amendment of Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991
[s 1600]
omit. 1
(2) Schedule-- 2
insert-- 3
`dispute resolution process means-- 4
(a) a mediation process; or 5
(b) the hearing, by QCAT, of a retail tenancy dispute under 6
the QCAT Act. 7
mediation process-- 8
(a) means the process of mediation of a retail tenancy 9
dispute under part 8; and 10
(b) includes all steps taken in making arrangements for a 11
mediation conference or in the follow-up of the 12
mediation conference.'. 13
(3) Schedule, definition, 2000 amendment Act-- 14
relocate to section 13(9). 15
Part 28 Amendment of Supreme Court 16
of Queensland Act 1991 17
Clause 1600 Act amended 18
This part amends the Supreme Court of Queensland Act 1991. 19
Clause 1601 Amendment of sch 1 (Subject matter for rules) 20
Schedule 1, section 13(h), `minor debt claims and other'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`particular'. 23
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Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 1 Amendment of Police Service Administration Act 1990
[s 1602]
Clause 1602 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 1
Schedule 2, definitions minor claim and minor debt claim-- 2
omit. 3
Chapter 10 Department of Police 4
Part 1 Amendment of Police Service 5
Administration Act 1990 6
Clause 1603 Act amended 7
This part amends the Police Service Administration Act 1990. 8
Clause 1604 Amendment of s 4.5 (Removal and suspension of 9
commissioner) 10
(1) Section 4.5(3), after `office are'-- 11
insert-- 12
`the following'. 13
(2) Section 4.5(3)(c)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(c) a finding by QCAT of official misconduct being proved 16
against the commissioner if QCAT orders the 17
commissioner's dismissal;'. 18
Clause 1605 Amendment of s 7.4 (Disciplinary action) 19
(1) Section 7.4(1)-- 20
insert-- 21
Page 745
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 1 Amendment of Police Service Administration Act 1990
[s 1606]
`QCAT information notice means a notice complying with 1
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 2
(2) Section 7.4(2A)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(2A) If the prescribed officer-- 5
(a) decides an allegation of misconduct brought against the 6
officer; or 7
(b) when deciding an allegation of breach of discipline 8
brought against the officer, finds that misconduct is 9
proved against the officer; 10
the commissioner must give a QCAT information notice to the 11
officer and the Crime and Misconduct Commission for the 12
decision or finding within 14 days after the making of the 13
decision or finding.'. 14
(3) Section 7.4-- 15
insert-- 16
`(5) To remove any doubt, it is declared that a reference in the 17
QCAT Act, section 157(2) to a decision includes a reference 18
to a finding.'. 19
Clause 1606 Amendment of s 9.1 (Operation of part) 20
Section 9.1, from `right of appeal'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`right to seek a review of the decision in question under the 23
Crime and Misconduct Act 2001, section 219G.'. 24
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Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 2 Amendment of Prostitution Act 1999
[s 1607]
Part 2 Amendment of Prostitution Act 1
1999 2
Clause 1607 Act amended 3
This part amends the Prostitution Act 1999. 4
Clause 1608 Replacement of pt 4, divs 3-8 5
Part 4, divisions 3 to 8-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Division 3 Review by QCAT 8
`64A Review of decisions about code assessment 9
`(1) This section applies if an assessment manager decides a 10
development application requires code assessment under the 11
Integrated Planning Act. 12
`(2) The applicant for the development application may apply, as 13
provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of any of 14
the following decisions of the assessment manager about the 15
application-- 16
(a) a decision that the development application is required 17
to be subject to code assessment under the Integrated 18
Planning Act; 19
(b) a decision to refuse, or refuse part of, the application; 20
(c) a decision about a matter stated in a development 21
approval, including a decision about any condition 22
applying to the development; 23
(d) a decision to give a preliminary approval when a 24
development permit was applied for; 25
(e) a decision about a period stated in a development 26
approval under the Integrated Planning Act, section 27
3.5.21(1)(b), (2)(c) or (3)(b); 28
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Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 2 Amendment of Prostitution Act 1999
[s 1608]
(f) a decision that is taken to have happened for a deemed 1
refusal. 2
`(3) For working out the period within which the application must 3
be made under the QCAT Act, section 33, the applicant is 4
taken to have been notified of the decision when the following 5
is given to the applicant under the Integrated Planning Act-- 6
(a) the decision notice for the decision; 7
(b) if a negotiated decision notice is also given to the 8
applicant--the negotiated decision notice. 9
Note-- 10
Under the QCAT Act, section 157(1), the assessment manager is 11
required to give the applicant a notice complying with that section about 12
each decision mentioned in subsection (2). 13
`(4) If an appeal is made to the Planning and Environment Court 14
about a decision mentioned in subsection (2), the court must 15
not hear or decide the appeal. 16
`(5) This section does not prevent the making of an application 17
under the Integrated Planning Act, section 4.1.21 for a 18
declaration about the meaning, effect or enforcement of a 19
condition of a development approval. 20
`64B Review of decisions about impact assessment 21
`(1) This section applies if an acknowledgment notice under the 22
Integrated Planning Act for a development application 23
contains a statement that an aspect of the development applied 24
for requires impact assessment. 25
`(2) The applicant for the development application may apply, as 26
provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the 27
assessment manager's decision that the aspect requires impact 28
assessment. 29
`(3) For working out the period within which the application must 30
be made under the QCAT Act, section 33, the applicant is 31
taken to have been notified of the decision when the applicant 32
is given the acknowledgement notice. 33
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Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 2 Amendment of Prostitution Act 1999
[s 1608]
Note-- 1
Under the QCAT Act, section 157(1), the assessment manager is 2
required to give the applicant a notice complying with that section about 3
the decision. 4
`(4) If an appeal is made to the Planning and Environment Court 5
about a decision mentioned in subsection (2), the court must 6
not hear or decide the appeal. 7
`(5) This section does not prevent the making of an application 8
under the Integrated Planning Act, section 4.1.21 for a 9
declaration about the meaning, effect or enforcement of a 10
condition of a development approval. 11
`64C Procedures for review 12
`(1) This section applies if, under section 64A or 64B, an applicant 13
for a development application applies to QCAT for a review of 14
a decision of the assessment manager. 15
`(2) The obligation imposed on the applicant, under the QCAT 16
Act, section 37, to give a copy of the application to the 17
assessment manager must be complied with within 5 business 18
days after the day the application for review is made. 19
`(3) The obligation imposed on the assessment manager, under the 20
QCAT Act, section 21(2), to give a statement of reasons, 21
documents and other things to QCAT must be complied with 22
within 10 business days after the day the assessment manager 23
is notified of the making of the application for review. 24
`(4) Within 10 business days after receiving material from the 25
assessment manager under the QCAT Act, section 21(2), 26
QCAT must-- 27
(a) make a preliminary assessment of the decision of the 28
assessment manager that is the subject of the review; 29
and 30
(b) give a copy of the preliminary assessment and the 31
reasons for the preliminary assessment to the parties to 32
the review. 33
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Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 2 Amendment of Prostitution Act 1999
[s 1608]
`(5) QCAT must give the parties to the review 10 business days 1
after receiving the preliminary assessment to make written 2
submissions about the assessment. 3
`(6) QCAT must decide the review within 5 business days after the 4
end of the period for making written submissions, unless the 5
period for deciding the review is extended under subsection 6
(7). 7
`(7) If QCAT considers it appropriate, QCAT may extend the 8
period for deciding the review to the extent necessary. 9
Example-- 10
An extension of the period for deciding the review may be necessary to 11
allow parties to make oral submissions to QCAT or because the review 12
is complex. 13
`64D No appeal from QCAT's decision under the 14
Integrated Planning Act 15
`(1) This section applies to a QCAT decision in a proceeding for a 16
review under this division that, under the QCAT Act, section 17
24(2), is taken to be a decision of an assessment manager. 18
`(2) The decision is not subject to appeal under the Integrated 19
Planning Act. 20
Note-- 21
However, the QCAT Act, chapter 2, part 8 (Appeals etc.) applies to 22
QCAT's decisions in the proceeding for the review. 23
`64E Development approval suspended until review 24
decided 25
`A development approval is suspended until the end of any 26
period for applying to QCAT for a review of a decision about 27
any matter stated in the approval and any proceeding started 28
because of the review.'. 29
Page 750
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 2 Amendment of Prostitution Act 1999
[s 1609]
Clause 1609 Amendment of s 132 (Evidentiary provision) 1
Section 132(2) and (3), `, the independent assessor'-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 1610 Amendment of s 133 (Disclosure of information) 4
(1) Section 133(3), definition official, after `means'-- 5
insert-- 6
`a person who is or was'. 7
(2) Section 133(3), definition official, paragraph (d)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(d) the independent assessor under this Act, as in force 10
before the commencement of the QCAT Act, chapter 7; 11
or'. 12
(3) Section 133(3), definition official, paragraph (f)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(f) the assessor's registrar under this Act, as in force before 15
the commencement of the QCAT Act, chapter 7; or'. 16
Clause 1611 Amendment of s 134 (Protection of officials from liability) 17
(1) Section 134(3), definition official, paragraph (d)-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Section 134(3), definition official, paragraphs (e) and (f)-- 20
renumber as paragraphs (d) and (e). 21
Clause 1612 Replacement of pt 9, divs 1-4, hdgs 22
(1) Part 9, division 1, heading-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`Division 1 Provision for Act No. 77 of 2001'. 25
Page 751
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 2 Amendment of Prostitution Act 1999
[s 1613]
(2) Part 9, division 2, heading-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Division 2 Provisions for Act No. 40 of 2006'. 3
(3) Part 9, division 3, heading-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Division 3 Provision for Act No. 59 of 2007'. 6
(4) Part 9, division 4, heading-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`Division 4 Provision for Act No. 55 of 2008'. 9
Clause 1613 Insertion of new pt 9, div 5 10
Part 9-- 11
insert-- 12
`Division 5 Provisions for Queensland Civil and 13
Administrative Tribunal 14
(Jurisdiction Provisions) 15
Amendment Act 2009 16
`152 Definition for div 5 17
`In this division-- 18
commencement means the commencement of section 153. 19
`153 Independent assessor goes out of office 20
`On the commencement, the independent assessor goes out of 21
office. 22
Page 752
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 2 Amendment of Prostitution Act 1999
[s 1614]
`154 Application of particular QCAT Act provisions to 1
former independent assessor and former assessor's 2
registrar 3
`(1) From the commencement, the following provisions of the 4
QCAT Act apply in relation to the former independent 5
assessor as if the former independent assessor were a former 6
tribunal under that Act-- 7
· sections 250 to 253 and 254(1)(a) 8
· chapter 7, part 2, divisions 2 to 4 9
· chapter 7, part 4 10
· section 276. 11
`(2) For applying the QCAT Act, section 276 in relation to the 12
former independent assessor, a reference in the section to a 13
former Act is taken to be a reference to this Act. 14
`(3) Also, from the commencement, the QCAT Act, section 15
254(1)(d) applies to the former assessor's registrar as if the 16
reference in the paragraph to a former registrar were a 17
reference to the former assessor's registrar. 18
`(4) In this section-- 19
former assessor's registrar means the person holding 20
appointment as the assessor's registrar for this Act 21
immediately before the commencement. 22
former independent assessor means the person holding 23
appointment as an independent assessor for this Act 24
immediately before the commencement.'. 25
Clause 1614 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 26
Schedule 4, definitions assessor's registrar and independent 27
assessor-- 28
omit. 29
Page 753
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 3 Amendment of Prostitution Regulation 2000
[s 1615]
Part 3 Amendment of Prostitution 1
Regulation 2000 2
Clause 1615 Regulation amended 3
This part amends the Prostitution Regulation 2000. 4
Clause 1616 Amendment of sch 2 (Fees) 5
Schedule 2, item 19-- 6
omit. 7
Part 4 Amendment of Weapons Act 8
1990 9
Clause 1617 Act amended 10
This part amends the Weapons Act 1990. 11
Clause 1618 Amendment of pt 6, hdg (Appeals and rights of review) 12
Part 6, heading-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Part 6 Rights of review and other 15
appeals'. 16
Clause 1619 Amendment of s 142 (Right to appeal against decisions) 17
(1) Section 142, heading, from `appeal'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`apply for review of decisions'. 20
Page 754
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 4 Amendment of Weapons Act 1990
[s 1620]
(2) Section 142(2) and (3)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(2) A person aggrieved by the decision may apply, as provided 3
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the decision.'. 4
Clause 1620 Insertion of new s 142AA 5
After section 142-- 6
insert-- 7
`142AA Notices must be QCAT information notices 8
`(1) This section applies to a notice required to be given to a 9
person in relation to a decision mentioned in section 142(1). 10
`(2) The notice must be a QCAT information notice for the 11
decision.'. 12
Clause 1621 Amendment of s 142A (Particular provision for appeals 13
against or reviews of decisions based on criminal 14
intelligence) 15
(1) Section 142A, heading-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`142A Confidentiality of criminal intelligence'. 18
(2) Section 142A(1)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(1) This section applies to-- 21
(a) a review, under the QCAT Act, of a relevant decision; or 22
(b) a review, under the Judicial Review Act 1991, of a 23
relevant decision; or 24
(c) an appeal, under the QCAT Act, in relation to a relevant 25
decision.'. 26
(3) Section 142A(2), after `court'-- 27
insert-- 28
Page 755
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 10 Department of Police
Part 4 Amendment of Weapons Act 1990
[s 1622]
`or tribunal'. 1
(4) Section 142A(3), definition review-- 2
omit. 3
Clause 1622 Omission of ss 143 and 144 4
Sections 143 and 144-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 1623 Amendment of s 145 (Appellant may carry on business 7
pending appeal) 8
(1) Section 145, heading-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`145 Applicant may carry on business pending review'. 11
(2) Section 145, `appeals against'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`applies for the review of'. 14
(3) Section 145, `appeal'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`review'. 17
Clause 1624 Omission of ss 146-149 18
Sections 146 to 149-- 19
omit. 20
Clause 1625 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 21
Schedule 2-- 22
insert-- 23
Page 756
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 11 Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Part 1 Amendment of Public Sector Ethics Act 1994
[s 1626]
`QCAT information notice means a notice complying with 1
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 2
Chapter 11 Department of the Premier 3
and Cabinet 4
Part 1 Amendment of Public Sector 5
Ethics Act 1994 6
Clause 1626 Act amended 7
This part amends the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994. 8
Clause 1627 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 9
(1) Schedule, definition tribunal, paragraph (a), `a tribunal'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`QCAT or another tribunal that is'. 12
(2) Schedule, definition tribunal, paragraph (d)-- 13
omit. 14
Page 757
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 11 Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Part 2 Amendment of Public Service Act 2008
[s 1628]
Part 2 Amendment of Public Service 1
Act 2008 2
Clause 1628 Act amended 3
This part amends the Public Service Act 2008. 4
Clause 1629 Amendment of sch 2 (Statutory office holders who are 5
not term appointees) 6
(1) Schedule 2, entry for the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991, 7
second dot point-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Schedule 2, entries for the Children Services Tribunal Act 10
2000, Classification of Computer Games and Images 11
Regulation 2005, Classification of Films Regulation 1992, 12
Classification of Publications Regulation 1992, Fisheries Act 13
1994 and Misconduct Tribunals Act 1997-- 14
omit. 15
(3) Schedule 2-- 16
insert-- 17
`Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal Act 2009 18
· a member of QCAT'. 19
Part 3 Amendment of South Bank 20
Corporation Act 1989 21
Clause 1630 Act amended 22
This part amends the South Bank Corporation Act 1989. 23
Page 758
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 11 Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Part 3 Amendment of South Bank Corporation Act 1989
[s 1631]
Clause 1631 Amendment of s 7 (Establishment of corporation) 1
Section 7(b), after `jurisdiction'-- 2
insert-- 3
`or tribunal'. 4
Clause 1632 Amendment of s 83 (Power to exclude persons causing 5
public nuisance) 6
Section 83-- 7
insert-- 8
`(7) A written notice mentioned in subsection (5) must 9
comply with the QCAT Act, section 157(2). 10
`(8) For the purposes of the QCAT Act, a decision made by a 11
security officer under subsection (5) is taken to have 12
been made by the corporation.'. 13
Clause 1633 Amendment of s 87 (Certain exclusion directions may be 14
reviewed) 15
(1) Section 87(1)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(1) A person who is given a reviewable exclusion direction may 18
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT to review 19
the reasonableness of the direction.'. 20
(2) Section 87(2), `The'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`However, the'. 23
(3) Section 87(3), `registrar or clerk of the court'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`principal registrar of QCAT'. 26
Page 759
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 11 Department of the Premier and Cabinet
Part 4 Amendment of Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994
[s 1634]
Clause 1634 Replacement s 89 (Procedure for review) 1
Section 89-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`89 Review may be expedited hearing 4
`For section 94(1)(b) of the QCAT Act, the review of a 5
reviewable exclusion direction is a matter for which an 6
expedited hearing may be conducted.'. 7
Clause 1635 Replacement of s 90 (Decision on review) 8
Section 90-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`90 Monetary decision can not be made on review 11
`QCAT, on the review of a reviewable exclusion direction, can 12
not make a decision requiring a person to pay an amount to 13
someone else.'. 14
Part 4 Amendment of Whistleblowers 15
Protection Act 1994 16
Clause 1636 Act amended 17
This part amends the Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994. 18
Clause 1637 Amendment of s 55 (Preservation of confidentiality) 19
Section 55(7)-- 20
insert-- 21
`public officer includes a former member of the former 22
misconduct tribunal established under the repealed 23
Misconduct Tribunals Act 1997, section 11.'. 24
Page 760
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 1 Amendment of Architects Act 2002
[s 1638]
Clause 1638 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) 1
(1) Schedule, definition tribunal, paragraph (a), `a tribunal'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`QCAT or another tribunal that is'. 4
(2) Schedule 6, definition tribunal, paragraph (d)-- 5
omit. 6
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works 7
Part 1 Amendment of Architects Act 8
2002 9
Clause 1639 Act amended 10
This part amends the Architects Act 2002. 11
Clause 1640 Amendment of s 106 (Board to reimburse tribunal costs) 12
Section 106(2), definition tribunal department, `Tribunal 13
Act'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`QCAT Act'. 16
Clause 1641 Omission of pt 8, div 1 (Preliminary) 17
Part 8, division 1-- 18
omit. 19
Page 761
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 1 Amendment of Architects Act 2002
[s 1642]
Clause 1642 Renumbering of pt 8, div 2 (Reviews) 1
Part 8, division 2-- 2
renumber as part 8, division 1. 3
Clause 1643 Amendment of s 121 (Review of particular decisions) 4
Section 121(2), `apply to'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 7
Clause 1644 Omission of s 123 (Stay of operation of decision) 8
Section 123-- 9
omit. 10
Clause 1645 Renumbering of pt 8, div 3 (Disciplinary proceedings) 11
Part 8, division 3-- 12
renumber as part 8, division 2. 13
Clause 1646 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 14
(1) Schedule 2, definition Tribunal Act-- 15
omit. 16
(2) Schedule 2, definition information notice-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`information notice means a notice complying with the 19
QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 20
(3) Schedule 2, definition tribunal-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`tribunal means QCAT.'. 23
Page 762
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 2 Amendment of Building and Construction Industry Payments Act 2004
[s 1647]
Part 2 Amendment of Building and 1
Construction Industry 2
Payments Act 2004 3
Clause 1647 Act amended 4
This part amends the Building and Construction Industry 5
Payments Act 2004. 6
Clause 1648 Amendment of s 95 (Review decision) 7
Section 95(3)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(3) If the review decision is not the decision sought by the 10
applicant, the review notice must comply with the QCAT Act, 11
section 157(2).'. 12
Clause 1649 Amendment of 96 (Stay of operation of decision) 13
Section 96(1), `apply for'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, for'. 16
Clause 1650 Replacement of pt 5, div 2, hdg (Review by tribunal) 17
Part 5, division 2, heading-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`Division 2 External review of decisions'. 20
Clause 1651 Amendment of s 97 (Who may apply to tribunal for a 21
review) 22
(1) Section 97, heading `a'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
Page 763
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 3 Amendment of Domestic Building Contracts Act 2000
[s 1652]
`an external'. 1
(2) Section 97, `apply to'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 4
Clause 1652 Omission of s 98 (Stay of operation of decision) 5
Section 98-- 6
omit. 7
Clause 1653 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 8
Schedule 2, definition tribunal-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`tribunal means QCAT.'. 11
Part 3 Amendment of Domestic 12
Building Contracts Act 2000 13
Clause 1654 Act amended 14
This part amends the Domestic Building Contracts Act 2000. 15
Clause 1655 Amendment of s 18 (Effective completion date or period) 16
Section 18(6)(b), `made to'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`made, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 19
Page 764
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 3 Amendment of Domestic Building Contracts Act 2000
[s 1656]
Clause 1656 Amendment of s 55 (Cost plus contracts) 1
Section 55(4), `made to'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`made, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 4
Clause 1657 Amendment of s 60 (Effect of improper statements) 5
Section 60(3), `made to'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`made, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 8
Clause 1658 Amendment of s 84 (Right of building contractor to 9
recover amount for variation) 10
(1) Section 84(2)(b), `made to'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`made, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 13
(2) Section 84(3)(b), `made to'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`made, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 16
Clause 1659 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 17
Schedule 2, definition tribunal-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`tribunal means QCAT.'. 20
Page 765
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 4 Amendment of Professional Engineers Act 2002
[s 1660]
Part 4 Amendment of Professional 1
Engineers Act 2002 2
Clause 1660 Act amended 3
This part amends the Professional Engineers Act 2002. 4
Clause 1661 Amendment of s 106 (Board to reimburse tribunal costs) 5
Section 106(2), definition tribunal department, `Tribunal 6
Act'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`QCAT Act'. 9
Clause 1662 Omission of pt 8, div 1 (Preliminary) 10
Part 8, division 1-- 11
omit. 12
Clause 1663 Renumbering of pt 8, div 2 (Reviews) 13
Part 8, division 2-- 14
renumber as part 8, division 1. 15
Clause 1664 Amendment of s 122 (Review of particular decisions) 16
Section 122(2), `apply to'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 19
Clause 1665 Omission of s 124 (Stay of operation of decision) 20
Section 124-- 21
omit. 22
Page 766
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1666]
Clause 1666 Renumbering of pt 8, div 3 (Disciplinary proceedings) 1
Part 8, division 3-- 2
renumber as part 8, division 2. 3
Clause 1667 Omission of s 128 (Starting disciplinary proceeding) 4
Section 128-- 5
omit. 6
Clause 1668 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 7
(1) Schedule 2, definition Tribunal Act-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Schedule 2, definition information notice-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`information notice means a notice complying with the 12
QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 13
(3) Schedule 2, definition tribunal-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`tribunal means QCAT.'. 16
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland 17
Building Services Authority Act 18
1991 19
Clause 1669 Act amended 20
This part amends the Queensland Building Services Authority 21
Act 1991. 22
Page 767
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1670]
Clause 1670 Amendment of s 44H (Procedure for cancellation or 1
suspension) 2
Section 44H(4)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(4) The notice of cancellation or suspension must comply with 5
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 6
Clause 1671 Amendment of s 49 (Procedure for cancellation or 7
suspension) 8
Section 49(4)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(4) The notice of cancellation or suspension must comply with 11
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 12
Clause 1672 Amendment of s 49A (Immediate suspension of licence) 13
Section 49A(2)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(2) The suspension under subsection (1) is imposed by written 16
notice given to the licensee that complies with the QCAT Act, 17
section 157(2) and-- 18
(a) states that licensee may make written representations for 19
a lifting of the suspension; and 20
(b) briefly explains how the suspension could lapse under 21
subsection (3).'. 22
Clause 1673 Amendment of s 67 (Notice that not a fit and proper 23
person to individual who is not a licensee) 24
Section 67(3)-- 25
insert-- 26
`(d) how, and the period within which, the individual may 27
apply to the tribunal for the review; and 28
Page 768
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1674]
(e) any right the individual has to have the operation of the 1
authority's decision stayed by the tribunal.'. 2
Clause 1674 Amendment of s 67AH (Notice of cancellation and that 3
not a fit and proper person to individual who is a 4
licensee) 5
Section 67AH(3)(c)-- 6
insert-- 7
`(iii) how, and the period within which, the individual 8
may apply to the tribunal for the review; and 9
(iv) any right the individual has to have the operation of 10
the authority's decision stayed by the tribunal.'. 11
Clause 1675 Amendment of s 67AI (Notice that not a fit and proper 12
person to individual who is not a licensee) 13
Section 67AI(3)-- 14
insert-- 15
`(d) how, and the period within which, the individual may 16
apply to the tribunal for the review; and 17
(e) any right the individual has to have the operation of the 18
authority's decision stayed by the tribunal.'. 19
Clause 1676 Amendment of s 67AL (Notice of cancellation and that 20
not a fit and proper person to director, secretary, 21
influential person or nominee who is a licensee) 22
Section 67AL(3)(c)-- 23
insert-- 24
`(iii) how, and the period within which, the director, 25
secretary, influential person or nominee may apply 26
to the tribunal for the review; and 27
Page 769
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1677]
(iv) any right the director, secretary, influential person 1
or nominee has to have the operation of the 2
authority's decision stayed by the tribunal.'. 3
Clause 1677 Amendment of s 67AM (Notice that not a fit and proper 4
person to director, secretary, influential person or 5
nominee who is not a licensee) 6
Section 67AM(3)-- 7
insert-- 8
`(d) how, and the period within which, the director, secretary, 9
influential person or nominee may apply to the tribunal 10
for the review; and 11
(e) any right the director, secretary, influential person or 12
nominee has to have the operation of the authority's 13
decision stayed by the tribunal.'. 14
Clause 1678 Amendment of s 67AP (Relationship of this part with pt 7, 15
div 4) 16
Section 67AP(3)(b), editor's note-- 17
omit. 18
Clause 1679 Amendment of s 67AQ (Definitions for pt 3E) 19
Section 67AQ, definition conviction, paragraph (e), `Tribunal 20
Act'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`QCAT Act'. 23
Clause 1680 Amendment of s 67AZF (Notice of cancellation and that 24
not a fit and proper person to individual who is a 25
licensee) 26
Section 67AZF(3)(c)-- 27
Page 770
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1681]
insert-- 1
`(iii) how, and the period within which, the individual 2
may apply to the tribunal for the review; and 3
(iv) any right the individual has to have the operation of 4
the authority's decision stayed by the tribunal.'. 5
Clause 1681 Amendment of s 67AZG (Notice that not a fit and proper 6
person to individual who is not a licensee) 7
Section 67AZG(3)-- 8
insert-- 9
`(d) how, and the period within which, the individual may 10
apply to the tribunal for the review; and 11
(e) any right the individual has to have the operation of the 12
authority's decision stayed by the tribunal.'. 13
Clause 1682 Amendment of s 67AZJ (Notice of cancellation and that 14
not a fit and proper person to director, secretary, 15
influential person or nominee who is a licensee) 16
Section 67AZJ(3)(c)-- 17
insert-- 18
`(iii) how, and the period within which, the director, 19
secretary, influential person or nominee may apply 20
to the tribunal for the review; and 21
(iv) any right the director, secretary, influential person 22
or nominee has to have the operation of the 23
authority's decision stayed by the tribunal.'. 24
Clause 1683 Amendment of s 67AZK (Notice that not a fit and proper 25
person to director, secretary, influential person or 26
nominee who is not a licensee) 27
Section 67AZK(3)-- 28
insert-- 29
Page 771
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1684]
`(d) how, and the period within which, the director, secretary, 1
influential person or nominee may apply to the tribunal 2
for the review; and 3
(e) any right the director, secretary, influential person or 4
nominee has to have the operation of the authority's 5
decision stayed by the tribunal.'. 6
Clause 1684 Amendment of s 77 (Tribunal may decide building 7
dispute) 8
Section 77(1), `apply to'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 11
Clause 1685 Amendment of s 84 (Tribunal to decide about rectification 12
or completion work) 13
Section 84(2) and (4), `apply to'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 16
Clause 1686 Amendment of s 87 (Application for review) 17
Section 87, `apply to'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 20
Clause 1687 Amendment of s 88 (Tribunal has jurisdiction to conduct 21
disciplinary proceeding) 22
Section 88, `apply to'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 25
Page 772
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1688]
Clause 1688 Replacement of s 91 (Orders for disciplinary action) 1
Section 91-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`91 Orders for disciplinary action 4
`(1) If the tribunal decides that appropriate grounds exist for 5
taking disciplinary action against a person, the tribunal may 6
make 1 or more of the orders mentioned in subsections (3) to 7
(5). 8
`(2) Also, the tribunal may, in relation to defective or incomplete 9
tribunal work carried out by a person for a building owner-- 10
(a) make an order that the person rectify or complete the 11
work; or 12
(b) if the person is not appropriately licensed to rectify or 13
complete the work--make an order that the person have 14
the work rectified or completed by another person who 15
is appropriately licensed; or 16
(c) make an order that the person pay the building owner an 17
amount sufficient to rectify or complete the work. 18
`(3) The tribunal may make an order imposing a penalty on the 19
person of not more than-- 20
(a) for an individual--an amount equivalent to 200 penalty 21
units; or 22
(b) for a corporation--an amount equivalent to 1000 23
penalty units. 24
`(4) The tribunal may make an order directing the person to pay 25
compensation to someone else who has suffered loss or 26
damage because of the act or omission that resulted in the 27
disciplinary action. 28
`(5) If the person is a licensee, the tribunal may make an order-- 29
(a) reprimanding the licensee; or 30
(b) suspending the licence; or 31
(c) imposing conditions on the licence; or 32
Page 773
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1689]
(d) cancelling the licence. 1
`(6) An order of the tribunal under subsections (3) to (5) must be 2
published. 3
`(7) The authority may recover an amount ordered by the tribunal 4
to be imposed as a penalty as a debt due to it in a court with 5
jurisdiction up to the amount of the debt.'. 6
Clause 1689 Insertion of new s 92A 7
Part 7, division 5-- 8
insert-- 9
`92A Procedure before public examination starts 10
`(1) Before the start of a public examination, the tribunal must be 11
satisfied each person to be examined has received written 12
grounds for the public examination. 13
`(2) On being satisfied under subsection (1), the tribunal must-- 14
(a) decide a time and place for the public examination; and 15
(b) issue an attendance notice to each person to be 16
examined. 17
`(3) If a person to be examined is a corporation, the tribunal must 18
issue the attendance notice requiring the executive officer of 19
the corporation to attend the tribunal for examination. 20
`(4) The attendance notice must state-- 21
(a) the time and place for the public examination decided by 22
the tribunal; and 23
(b) that the person may make oral and written submissions 24
at the examination. 25
`(5) The authority must serve the attendance notice on the person 26
to whom it was issued.'. 27
Page 774
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1690]
Clause 1690 Replacement of pt 7, div 7 (Transfer of proceedings) 1
Part 7, division 7-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Division 7 Tribunal proceedings 4
`93A Representation of parties 5
`(1) This section applies to a party in a proceeding before the 6
tribunal relating to a matter under this Act. 7
`(2) The party may be represented by a lawyer if-- 8
(a) the proceeding relates to an application under section 9
93; or 10
(b) the proceeding is a public examination. 11
`94 Transfer of proceedings between tribunal and the 12
courts 13
`If proceedings relating to a major commercial building 14
dispute are brought in a court, the court may order that the 15
proceeding be transferred to the tribunal only if all parties to 16
the dispute apply for the order.'. 17
Clause 1691 Omission of pt 7, div 8, hdg (Expedited hearings) 18
Part 7, division 8, heading-- 19
omit. 20
Clause 1692 Amendment of s 95 (Expedited hearing of domestic 21
building disputes) 22
Section 95(2)(a), `apply to'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 25
Page 775
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1693]
Clause 1693 Omission of s 97 (Judicial Review excluded for minor 1
domestic building disputes) 2
Section 97-- 3
omit. 4
Clause 1694 Insertion of new pt 7, div 8 5
Part 7, after section 96-- 6
insert-- 7
`Division 8 Other powers of the tribunal 8
`97 Entry and inspection of property by member of 9
tribunal 10
`(1) A member of the tribunal may, if it is necessary to do so for 11
the purposes of a proceeding before the tribunal-- 12
(a) enter and inspect a building or land relevant to the 13
proceeding accompanied by the parties to the 14
proceeding; or 15
(b) authorise a person in writing to take the following action 16
and report to the tribunal on the action taken-- 17
(i) enter and inspect a building or land relevant to the 18
proceeding; 19
(ii) take photographs, video film or an image of the 20
building or land or anything relevant to the 21
proceeding; 22
(iii) carry out tests approved by the tribunal. 23
Examples of building or land relevant to the proceeding-- 24
· a display home mentioned in a contract as the model 25
to be followed by a building contractor if the display 26
home is occupied by a third party 27
· land adjoining other land on which is situated 28
building work the subject of a proceeding to better 29
inspect the building work from the adjoining land 30
Page 776
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1694]
`(2) A person must not obstruct a member of the tribunal, or a 1
person authorised under subsection (1)(b), in the exercise of a 2
power mentioned in subsection (1). 3
Maximum penalty--200 penalty units. 4
`97A Procedure before entry 5
`(1) This section applies to entry under section 97. 6
`(2) Before entering a building or land the member or a person 7
authorised to enter must do or make a reasonable attempt to 8
do the following-- 9
(a) give an occupier or, if there is no occupier, the owner, 10
reasonable notice of the entry; 11
(b) on arriving at the building or land, identify himself or 12
herself to a person present who is an occupier of the 13
building or land by producing-- 14
(i) for the member--a copy of a document that 15
evidences the member's appointment; or 16
(ii) for a person authorised to enter--a copy of the 17
authorisation and evidence that the person is the 18
person authorised; 19
(c) give the person present a copy of the things produced 20
under subsection (2)(b); 21
(d) tell the person present the member or authorised person 22
is permitted to enter the building or land. 23
`97B Stop orders 24
`(1) This section applies if the tribunal is satisfied, on application 25
by the authority, that something is being done, or is about to 26
be done, in contravention of this Act. 27
`(2) The tribunal may, by order, prohibit the person who is doing, 28
or about to do, the thing (the prohibited person) from starting 29
or continuing the thing. 30
Page 777
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1694]
`(3) The tribunal may make an order under this section on 1
application by the authority made without notice to the 2
prohibited person but, in that case, the tribunal must allow the 3
prohibited person a reasonable opportunity to show cause why 4
the order should not be confirmed. 5
`(4) If the tribunal, after considering the prohibited person's 6
evidence and submissions, if any, and any further evidence or 7
submissions of the authority, is not satisfied the order should 8
continue in force, the tribunal must rescind the order. 9
`(5) A person must not contravene an order under this section. 10
Maximum penalty--500 penalty units. 11
`97C Suspension orders 12
`(1) If the tribunal is satisfied, on application by the authority, that 13
a licence should be suspended, the tribunal may, by order, 14
suspend the licence-- 15
(a) for the period the tribunal considers reasonable; or 16
(b) until the holder of the licence (the suspended person) 17
complies with a condition imposed on the licence by the 18
tribunal. 19
`(2) The order may direct the suspended person to deliver the 20
licence to the authority and include any other directions the 21
tribunal considers necessary or convenient to give effect to the 22
order. 23
`(3) The tribunal may make an order under this section on 24
application made without notice to the suspended person but, 25
in that case, the tribunal must allow the suspended person a 26
reasonable opportunity to show cause why the order should be 27
rescinded. 28
`(4) If the tribunal after considering the suspended person's 29
evidence and submissions, if any, and any further evidence or 30
submissions of the authority, is not satisfied the order should 31
continue in force, the tribunal must rescind the order. 32
Page 778
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 12 Department of Public Works
Part 5 Amendment of Queensland Building Services Authority Act 1991
[s 1695]
`(5) The holder of a licence who contravenes a direction under 1
subsection (2) commits an offence. 2
Maximum penalty--80 penalty units.'. 3
Clause 1695 Amendment of s 99 (Licensee register) 4
Section 99(3)(b), `107 of the Tribunal Act'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`91'. 7
Clause 1696 Amendment of s 107 (Power to enter and inspect building 8
site) 9
(1) Section 107(2)(c), `a member of'-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Section 107(3), `apply to a member of'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to'. 14
(3) Section 107(4) and (5), `member'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`tribunal'. 17
Clause 1697 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 18
(1) Schedule 2, definition Tribunal Act-- 19
omit. 20
(2) Schedule 2, definition registrar-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`registrar-- 23
(a) for part 3E--see section 67AQ; or 24
Page 779
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 1 Amendment of Adult Proof of Age Card Act 2008
[s 1698]
(b) otherwise--means the principal registrar under the 1
Tribunal Act.'. 2
(3) Schedule 2, definition tribunal-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`tribunal means QCAT.'. 5
Chapter 13 Department of Transport 6
and Main Roads 7
Part 1 Amendment of Adult Proof of 8
Age Card Act 2008 9
Clause 1698 Act amended 10
This part amends the Adult Proof of Age Card Act 2008. 11
Clause 1699 Amendment of pt 6, hdg (Review and appeal) 12
Part 6, heading, `and appeal'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`of decisions'. 15
Clause 1700 Amendment of s 39 (Review of original decision) 16
(1) Section 39, heading-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
Page 780
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 1 Amendment of Adult Proof of Age Card Act 2008
[s 1701]
`39 Internal review of decisions'. 1
(2) Section 39(3)(b)(ii), `a Magistrates Court'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`QCAT'. 4
Clause 1701 Replacement of s 40 (Appeal against reviewed decision) 5
Section 40-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`40 External review of decisions 8
`(1) If a reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the 9
applicant for the review, the chief executive must give the 10
applicant a QCAT information notice for the reviewed 11
decision. 12
`(2) The applicant may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 13
QCAT for a review of the reviewed decision. 14
Note-- 15
The QCAT Act, section 22(3) provides that QCAT may stay the 16
operation of the reviewed decision, either on application by a person or 17
on its own initiative. 18
`(3) In this section-- 19
QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the 20
QCAT Act, section 157(2). 21
reviewed decision means the chief executive's decision on a 22
review under section 39.'. 23
Clause 1702 Amendment of s 49 (Regulation-making power) 24
Section 49(2)(c), `or appeal'-- 25
omit. 26
Page 781
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 2 Amendment of Tow Truck Act 1973
[s 1703]
Clause 1703 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 1
(1) Schedule, definition information notice, paragraph (c)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(c) that the person to whom the notice is given may-- 4
(i) under section 39--ask for the decision to be 5
reviewed by the chief executive; and 6
(ii) under the Transport Planning and Coordination 7
Act 1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for 8
the decision to be stayed; and 9
(iii) under section 40--ask for the chief executive's 10
decision on the review (the reviewed decision) to 11
be reviewed by QCAT; and 12
(iv) under the QCAT Act--apply for the reviewed 13
decision to be stayed.'. 14
(2) Schedule, definition review and appeal information-- 15
omit. 16
Part 2 Amendment of Tow Truck Act 17
1973 18
Clause 1704 Act amended 19
This part amends the Tow Truck Act 1973. 20
Clause 1705 Amendment of s 21B (Immediate suspension of 21
authority) 22
Section 21B(4)(c) to (e)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(c) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 25
Page 782
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 2 Amendment of Tow Truck Act 1973
[s 1706]
Clause 1706 Amendment of s 21D (Amending, suspending or 1
cancelling authority) 2
Section 21D(7)(b) and (c)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 5
Clause 1707 Amendment of pt 6, hdg (Review of and appeals against 6
decisions) 7
Part 6, heading, `and appeals against'-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 1708 Replacement of s 28 (Review of and appeals against 10
decisions) 11
Section 28-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`28 Internal review of decisions 14
`(1) A person whose interests are affected by a decision described 15
in schedule 1 (the original decision) may ask the chief 16
executive to review the decision. 17
`(2) The person is entitled to receive a statement of reasons for the 18
original decision whether or not the provision under which the 19
decision is made requires that the person be given a statement 20
of reasons for the decision. 21
`(3) The Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, part 5, 22
division 2-- 23
(a) applies to the review; and 24
(b) provides-- 25
(i) for the procedure for applying for the review and 26
the way it is to be carried out; and 27
(ii) that the person may apply to QCAT to have the 28
original decision stayed. 29
Page 783
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 2 Amendment of Tow Truck Act 1973
[s 1709]
`29 External review of decisions 1
`(1) If a reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the 2
applicant for the review, the chief executive must give the 3
applicant a QCAT information notice for the reviewed 4
decision. 5
`(2) The applicant may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 6
QCAT for a review of the reviewed decision. 7
Note-- 8
The QCAT Act, section 22(3) provides that QCAT may stay the 9
operation of the reviewed decision, either on application by a person or 10
on its own initiative. 11
`(3) In this section-- 12
QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the 13
QCAT Act, section 157(2). 14
reviewed decision means the chief executive's decision on a 15
review under section 28.'. 16
Clause 1709 Amendment of s 43 (Regulation-making power) 17
(1) Section 43(2)(u)-- 18
omit. 19
(2) Section 43(2)(v)-- 20
renumber as section 43(2)(u). 21
Clause 1710 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) 22
Schedule 2-- 23
insert-- 24
`prescribed review information, for a decision, means 25
information that a person to whom a notice about the decision 26
is given under section 21B(1) or 21D(6) may-- 27
(a) under section 28--ask for the decision to be reviewed by 28
the chief executive; and 29
Page 784
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 3 Amendment of Traffic Regulation 1962
[s 1711]
(b) under the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1
1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for the 2
decision to be stayed; and 3
(c) under section 29--ask for the chief executive's decision 4
on the review (the reviewed decision) to be reviewed by 5
QCAT; and 6
(d) under the QCAT Act--apply for the reviewed decision 7
to be stayed.'. 8
Part 3 Amendment of Traffic 9
Regulation 1962 10
Clause 1711 Regulation amended 11
This part amends the Traffic Regulation 1962. 12
Clause 1712 Amendment of ss 104A, 117 and 134A 13
Sections 104A(2)(b)(ii) and (3)(c)(ii), 117(6)(b)(ii) and 14
134A(8)(b)(ii)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(ii) applying for a review of the decision under section 17
131(1AA) of the Act.'. 18
Clause 1713 Amendment of s 134C (Reconsideration of decision by 19
chief executive or commissioner) 20
Section 134C(7), from `appeal'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`apply for a review of the decision under section 131(1AA) of 23
the Act.'. 24
Page 785
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 4 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
[s 1714]
Part 4 Amendment of Transport 1
Infrastructure Act 1994 2
Clause 1714 Act amended 3
This part amends the Transport Infrastructure Act 1994. 4
Clause 1715 Replacement of s 56 (Information in s 54 gazette notice 5
about a declaration) 6
Section 56-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`56 Information in s 54 gazette notice about a declaration 9
`(1) A gazette notice under section 54(1) must state the reasons for 10
the declaration. 11
`(2) The gazette notice must also state that any person whose 12
interests are affected by the declaration may-- 13
(a) under section 485--ask for the decision to make the 14
declaration (the original decision) to be reviewed by the 15
chief executive; and 16
(b) under the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 17
1994, part 5, division 2--apply for the original decision 18
to be stayed; and 19
(c) under the Transport and Planning Coordination Act 20
1994, part 5, division 3-- 21
(i) appeal against the chief executive's decision on the 22
review (the reviewed decision) to the court stated 23
in schedule 3 for the decision; and 24
(ii) apply for the reviewed decision to be stayed.'. 25
Page 786
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 4 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
[s 1716]
Clause 1716 Amendment of s 57 (Information in s 54 gazette notice 1
about new or replacement policy) 2
Section 57(1)(f)(i) and (ii)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(i) under section 485--ask for the decision about the policy 5
to be applied (the original decision) to be reviewed by 6
the chief executive; and 7
(ii) under the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 8
1994, part 5, division 2--apply for the original decision 9
to be stayed; and 10
(iii) under the Transport and Planning Coordination Act 11
1994, part 5, division 3-- 12
(A) appeal against the chief executive's decision on the 13
review (the reviewed decision) to the court stated 14
in schedule 3 for the decision; and 15
(B) apply for the reviewed decision to be stayed.'. 16
Clause 1717 Amendment of s 58 (Amendment of policy for a limited 17
access road in limited circumstances) 18
Section 58(2)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(2) The written notice mentioned in subsection (1)(b) must-- 21
(a) state the notice is given under this section; and 22
(b) state the reasons for the decision; and 23
(c) be accompanied by an information notice for the 24
decision.'. 25
Clause 1718 Amendment of s 67 (Notice of decision under s 62(1)) 26
(1) Section 67(2)(e)-- 27
omit. 28
Page 787
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 4 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
[s 1719]
(2) Section 67(2)(f)-- 1
renumber as section 67(2)(e). 2
(3) Section 67-- 3
insert-- 4
`(2A) If the decision is not a decision sought by the person to whom 5
the written notice is given, the written notice must be 6
accompanied by an information notice for the decision.'. 7
Clause 1719 Amendment of s 289F (Decision by port authority in 8
relation to approval) 9
(1) Section 289F(2)(c) and (d)-- 10
omit. 11
(2) Section 289F-- 12
insert-- 13
`(3) The written notice must also state that the applicant or 14
approval holder may-- 15
(a) under section 289G--ask for the decision (the original 16
decision) to be reviewed by the port authority; and 17
(b) under the Transport and Planning Coordination Act 18
1994, part 5, division 2--apply for the original decision 19
to be stayed; and 20
(c) under section 289GA--ask for the port authority's 21
decision on the review (the reviewed decision) to be 22
reviewed by QCAT; and 23
(d) under the QCAT Act--apply for the reviewed decision 24
to be stayed.'. 25
Clause 1720 Replacement of s 289G (Review of and appeals against 26
decisions) 27
Section 289G-- 28
omit, insert-- 29
Page 788
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 4 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
[s 1720]
`289G Internal review of decisions 1
`(1) A person whose interests are affected by a decision mentioned 2
in section 289F(1) (the original decision) may ask the port 3
authority to review the decision. 4
`(2) The Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, part 5, 5
division 2-- 6
(a) applies to the review as if a reference in the division to 7
the chief executive were a reference to the port authority 8
that made the decision; and 9
(b) provides-- 10
(i) for the procedure for applying for the review and 11
the way it is to be carried out; and 12
(ii) that the person may apply to QCAT to have the 13
original decision stayed. 14
`289GA External review of decisions 15
`(1) If a reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the 16
applicant for the review, the port authority that made the 17
reviewed decision must give the applicant a QCAT 18
information notice for the reviewed decision. 19
`(2) The applicant may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 20
QCAT for a review of the reviewed decision. 21
Note-- 22
The QCAT Act, section 22(3) provides that QCAT may stay the 23
operation of the reviewed decision, either on application by a person or 24
on its own initiative. 25
`(3) In this section-- 26
reviewed decision means the port authority's decision on a 27
review under section 289G.'. 28
Page 789
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 4 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
[s 1721]
Clause 1721 Replacement of s 485 (Review of and appeals against 1
decisions) 2
Section 485-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`485 Internal review of decisions 5
`(1) A person whose interests are affected by a decision described 6
in schedule 3 (the original decision) may ask the chief 7
executive to review the decision. 8
`(2) The person is entitled to receive a statement of reasons for the 9
original decision whether or not the provision under which the 10
decision is made requires that the person be given a statement 11
of reasons for the decision. 12
`(3) The Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, part 5, 13
division 2-- 14
(a) applies to the review; and 15
(b) provides-- 16
(i) for the procedure for applying for the review and 17
the way it is to be carried out; and 18
(ii) that the person may apply to QCAT to have the 19
original decision stayed. 20
`485A External review of decisions 21
`(1) This section applies in relation to an original decision if 22
QCAT is stated in schedule 3 for the decision. 23
`(2) If the reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the 24
applicant for the review, the chief executive must give the 25
applicant a QCAT information notice for the reviewed 26
decision. 27
`(3) The applicant may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 28
QCAT for a review of the reviewed decision. 29
Page 790
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 4 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
[s 1721]
Note-- 1
The QCAT Act, section 22(3) provides that QCAT may stay the 2
operation of the reviewed decision, either on application by a person or 3
on its own initiative. 4
`(4) In this section-- 5
original decision means a decision described in schedule 3. 6
reviewed decision means the chief executive's decision on a 7
review under section 485. 8
`485B Appeals against decisions 9
`(1) This section applies in relation to an original decision if a 10
court (the appeal court) is stated in schedule 3 for the 11
decision. 12
`(2) If the reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the 13
applicant for the review, the applicant may appeal against the 14
reviewed decision to the appeal court. 15
`(3) The Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, part 5, 16
division 3-- 17
(a) applies to the appeal; and 18
(b) provides-- 19
(i) for the procedure for the appeal and the way it is to 20
be disposed of; and 21
(ii) that the person may apply to the appeal court to 22
have the original decision stayed. 23
`(4) In this section-- 24
original decision means a decision described in schedule 3. 25
reviewed decision means the chief executive's decision on a 26
review under section 485.'. 27
Page 791
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 4 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
[s 1722]
Clause 1722 Amendment of sch 3 (Reviews and appeals) 1
(1) Schedule 3, heading, `section 485'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`sections 485, 485A and 485B'. 4
(2) Schedule 3, third column, heading, after `Court'-- 5
insert-- 6
`or tribunal'. 7
(3) Schedule 3, third column, `District', `District or Magistrates' 8
or `Magistrates'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`QCAT'. 11
(4) Schedule 3, paragraph after entry for section 489-- 12
omit. 13
(5) Schedule 3-- 14
insert-- 15
`338(2) decision of chief executive to impose QCAT
conditions on an authorisation
338(3) decision of chief executive not to grant an QCAT
authorisation
342(5) decision of chief executive not to amend QCAT
authorisation conditions
343(3) decision of chief executive to amend QCAT
authorisation conditions
344(3) suspension or cancellation of QCAT
authorisation
344(6) immediate cancellation of authorisation QCAT
345(2) immediate suspension of authorisation QCAT
346R(1) decision of busway safety officer QCAT
(c) resulting in forfeiture of seized thing to
the State'.
Page 792
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 4 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
[s 1723]
Clause 1723 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) 1
(1) Schedule 6, definitions information notice and reviewed 2
decision-- 3
omit. 4
(2) Schedule 6-- 5
insert-- 6
`information notice, for a decision the subject of a written 7
notice given to a person, means a written notice stating that 8
the person may-- 9
(a) under section 485--ask for the decision to be reviewed 10
by the chief executive; and 11
(b) under the Transport and Planning Coordination Act 12
1994, part 5, division 2--apply for the decision to be 13
stayed; and 14
(c) either-- 15
(i) if section 485A applies in relation to the reviewed 16
decision-- 17
(A) under that section--ask for the reviewed 18
decision to be reviewed by QCAT; and 19
(B) under the QCAT Act--apply for the 20
reviewed decision to be stayed; or 21
(ii) if section 485B applies in relation to the reviewed 22
decision, under the Transport and Planning 23
Coordination Act 1994, part 5, division 3-- 24
(A) appeal against the reviewed decision to the 25
court stated in schedule 3 for the decision; 26
and 27
(B) apply for the reviewed decision to be stayed. 28
QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the 29
QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 30
Page 793
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 5 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure (Dangerous Goods by Rail) Regulation 2008
[s 1724]
Part 5 Amendment of Transport 1
Infrastructure (Dangerous 2
Goods by Rail) Regulation 2008 3
Clause 1724 Regulation amended 4
This part amends the Transport Infrastructure (Dangerous 5
Goods by Rail) Regulation 2008. 6
Clause 1725 Amendment of pt 18, hdg (Review and appeal of 7
decisions) 8
Part 18, heading, `and appeal'-- 9
omit. 10
Clause 1726 Replacement of s 177 (Review of and appeals against 11
decisions) 12
Section 177-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`177 Internal review of decisions 15
`(1) A person whose interests are affected by a decision described 16
in schedule 1 (the original decision) may ask the chief 17
executive to review the decision. 18
`(2) The person is entitled to receive a statement of reasons for the 19
original decision whether or not the provision under which the 20
decision is made requires that the person be given a statement 21
of reasons for the decision. 22
`(3) The Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, part 5, 23
division 2-- 24
(a) applies to the review; and 25
(b) provides-- 26
(i) for the procedure for applying for the review and 27
the way it is to be carried out; and 28
Page 794
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 5 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure (Dangerous Goods by Rail) Regulation 2008
[s 1727]
(ii) that the person may apply to QCAT to have the 1
original decision stayed. 2
`177A External review of decisions 3
`(1) If a reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the 4
applicant for the review, the chief executive must give the 5
applicant a QCAT information notice for the reviewed 6
decision. 7
`(2) The applicant may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 8
QCAT for a review of the reviewed decision. 9
Note-- 10
The QCAT Act, section 22(3) provides that QCAT may stay the 11
operation of the reviewed decision, either on application by a person or 12
on its own initiative. 13
`(3) In this section-- 14
reviewed decision means the chief executive's decision on a 15
review under section 177.'. 16
Clause 1727 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 17
Schedule 3, definition information notice, paragraph (b)(i) 18
and (ii)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(i) under section 177--ask for the decision to be 21
reviewed by the chief executive; and 22
(ii) under the Transport and Planning Coordination 23
Act 1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for 24
the decision to be stayed; and 25
(iii) under section 177A--ask for the chief executive's 26
decision on the review to be reviewed by QCAT; 27
and 28
(iv) under the QCAT Act--apply to QCAT for the chief 29
executive's decision on the review to be stayed.'. 30
Page 795
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 6 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure (Gold Coast Waterways) Management Plan
2000
[s 1728]
Part 6 Amendment of Transport 1
Infrastructure (Gold Coast 2
Waterways) Management Plan 3
2000 4
Clause 1728 Waterway transport management plan amended 5
This part amends the Transport Infrastructure (Gold Coast 6
Waterways) Management Plan 2000. 7
Clause 1729 Amendment of s 18 (Take off and landing approval) 8
Section 18(7)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(7) A notice under subsection (5) or (6) must also state the 11
prescribed review information for the decision.'. 12
Clause 1730 Amendment of s 20 (Procedure for amending, 13
suspending or cancelling approval) 14
Section 20(5)(b) and (c)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 17
Clause 1731 Amendment of s 21 (Procedure for urgent suspension of 18
approval) 19
Section 21(2)(b) and (c)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 22
Page 796
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 6 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure (Gold Coast Waterways) Management Plan
2000
[s 1732]
Clause 1732 Replacement of s 22 (Section 196 of Act applies for 1
review and appeal) 2
Section 22-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`22 Act, ss 485 and 485A apply for reviews 5
`(1) Sections 485 and 485A of the Act apply to a decision 6
mentioned in subsection (2) as if-- 7
(a) the decision were mentioned in schedule 3 of the Act; 8
and 9
(b) QCAT were stated opposite the decision in that 10
schedule. 11
`(2) For subsection (1) the decisions are as follows-- 12
(a) a decision to grant a take off and landing approval on 13
conditions; 14
(b) a decision to refuse to grant a take off and landing 15
approval; 16
(c) a decision to amend, suspend or cancel a take off and 17
landing approval.'. 18
Clause 1733 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) 19
Schedule 6-- 20
insert-- 21
`prescribed review information, for a decision, means 22
information that a person to whom a notice about the decision 23
is given under section 18(5) or (6), 20(4) or 21(1) may-- 24
(a) under section 485 of the Act, as applied under section 25
22--ask for the decision to be reviewed by the chief 26
executive; and 27
(b) under the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 28
1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for the 29
decision to be stayed; and 30
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 7 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure (Public Marine Facilities) Regulation 2000
[s 1734]
(c) under section 485A of the Act, as applied under section 1
22--ask for the chief executive's decision on the review 2
(the reviewed decision) to be reviewed by QCAT; and 3
(d) under the QCAT Act--apply for the reviewed decision 4
to be stayed.'. 5
Part 7 Amendment of Transport 6
Infrastructure (Public Marine 7
Facilities) Regulation 2000 8
Clause 1734 Regulation amended 9
This part amends the Transport Infrastructure (Public Marine 10
Facilities) Regulation 2000. 11
Clause 1735 Amendment of s 41 (Procedure if approval refused or 12
granted on condition) 13
Section 41(3)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(3) A notice under subsection (2) must also state the prescribed 16
review information for the decision.'. 17
Clause 1736 Amendment of pt 3, div 6, hdg (Amending, suspending or 18
cancelling approvals and review or appeal) 19
Part 3, division 6, heading, `review or appeal'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`reviews'. 22
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 7 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure (Public Marine Facilities) Regulation 2000
[s 1737]
Clause 1737 Amendment of s 43 (Amending suspending or cancelling 1
approval without application) 2
Section 43(4)(b)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 5
Clause 1738 Replacement of pt 3, div 6, sdiv 2, hdg (Review and 6
appeal) 7
Part 3, division 6, subdivision 2, heading-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Subdivision 2 Internal and external review'. 10
Clause 1739 Amendment of s 44 (Review of and appeal against 11
decisions) 12
(1) Section 44, heading-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`44 Internal and external review of decisions'. 15
(2) Section 44(2) and (3)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(2) Sections 485 and 485A of the Act apply to a decision 18
mentioned in subsection (1) as if-- 19
(a) the decision were mentioned in schedule 3 of the Act; 20
and 21
(b) QCAT were stated opposite the decision in that 22
schedule.'. 23
Clause 1740 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 24
Schedule 4-- 25
insert-- 26
Page 799
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 8 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure (Sunshine Coast Waterways) Management
Plan 2000
[s 1741]
`prescribed review information, for a decision, means 1
information that a person to whom a notice about the decision 2
is given under section 41(2) or 43(3) may-- 3
(a) under section 485 of the Act, as applied under section 4
44(2)--ask for the decision to be reviewed by the chief 5
executive; and 6
(b) under the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 7
1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for the 8
decision to be stayed; and 9
(c) under section 485A of the Act, as applied under section 10
44(2)--ask for the chief executive's decision on the 11
review (the reviewed decision) to be reviewed by QCAT; 12
and 13
(d) under the QCAT Act--apply for the reviewed decision 14
to be stayed.'. 15
Part 8 Amendment of Transport 16
Infrastructure (Sunshine Coast 17
Waterways) Management Plan 18
2000 19
Clause 1741 Waterway transport management plan amended 20
This part amends the Transport Infrastructure (Sunshine 21
Coast Waterways) Management Plan 2000. 22
Clause 1742 Amendment of s 23 (Granting or refusing application for 23
approval) 24
Section 23(6)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 8 Amendment of Transport Infrastructure (Sunshine Coast Waterways) Management
Plan 2000
[s 1743]
`(6) A notice under subsection (3) or (4) must also state the 1
prescribed review information for the decision.'. 2
Clause 1743 Amendment of s 25 (Procedure for amending, 3
suspending or cancelling approval) 4
Section 25(5)(b) and (c)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 7
Clause 1744 Amendment of s 26 (Procedure for urgent suspension of 8
approval of take off and landing approval) 9
Section 26(2)(b) and (c)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 12
Clause 1745 Replacement of s 27 (Section 196 of Act applies for 13
review and appeal) 14
Section 27-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`27 Act, ss 485 and 485A apply for reviews 17
`(1) Sections 485 and 485A of the Act apply to a decision 18
mentioned in subsection (2) as if-- 19
(a) the decision were mentioned in schedule 3 of the Act; 20
and 21
(b) QCAT were stated opposite the decision in that 22
schedule. 23
`(2) For subsection (1) the decisions are as follows-- 24
(a) a decision to grant an approval on conditions; 25
(b) a decision to refuse an application for an approval; 26
(c) a decision to amend, suspend or cancel an approval.'. 27
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 9 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995
[s 1746]
Clause 1746 Amendment of sch 5 (Dictionary) 1
Schedule 5-- 2
insert-- 3
`prescribed review information, for a decision, means 4
information that a person to whom a notice about the decision 5
is given under section 23(3) or (4), 25(4) or 26(1) may-- 6
(a) under section 485 of the Act, as applied under section 7
27--ask for the decision to be reviewed by the chief 8
executive; and 9
(b) under the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 10
1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for the 11
decision to be stayed; and 12
(c) under section 485A of the Act, as applied under section 13
27--ask for the chief executive's decision on the review 14
(the reviewed decision) to be reviewed by QCAT; and 15
(d) under the QCAT Act--apply for the reviewed decision 16
to be stayed.'. 17
Part 9 Amendment of Transport 18
Operations (Marine Pollution) 19
Act 1995 20
Clause 1747 Act amended 21
This part amends the Transport Operations (Marine 22
Pollution) Act 1995. 23
Clause 1748 Amendment of s 115 (Recovery of discharge expenses) 24
(1) Section 115(6), from `written notice'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 9 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995
[s 1749]
`a QCAT information notice for the decision to the security 1
giver.'. 2
(2) Section 115(7)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(7) The QCAT information notice must enclose a copy of section 5
116.'. 6
(3) Section 115(8)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(8) If a QCAT information notice is given under subsection (6), 9
the general manager must not make the demand until-- 10
(a) the time to apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 11
QCAT for a review of the decision has ended; and 12
(b) if an application for a review of the decision is 13
made--the application is finally decided.'. 14
Clause 1749 Replacement of s 116 (Appeals) 15
Section 116-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`116 External review of decisions under s 115 18
`A person whose interests are affected by a decision under 19
section 115 may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 20
QCAT for a review of the decision.'. 21
Clause 1750 Omission of s 117 (Hearing procedures) 22
Section 117-- 23
omit. 24
Clause 1751 Insertion of new pt 13B 25
After section 117L-- 26
insert-- 27
Page 803
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 9 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995
[s 1751]
`Part 13B Review of decisions 1
`117M Internal review of decisions 2
`(1) This section applies if-- 3
(a) the general manager refuses an application for an 4
approval, or amends, suspends or cancels an approval; 5
or 6
(b) an authorised officer refuses an application for an 7
approval under section 63. 8
`(2) The applicant or approval holder may ask the chief executive 9
to review the general manager's or authorised officer's 10
decision (the original decision). 11
`(3) The applicant or approval holder is entitled to receive a 12
statement of reasons for the original decision whether or not 13
the provision under which the decision is made requires that 14
the person be given a statement of reasons for the decision. 15
`(4) The Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, part 5, 16
division 2-- 17
(a) applies to the review as if a reference in the division to 18
the chief executive were a reference to the general 19
manager or authorised officer who made the decision; 20
and 21
(b) provides-- 22
(i) for the procedure for applying for the review and 23
the way it is to be carried out; and 24
(ii) that the person may apply to QCAT to have the 25
original decision stayed. 26
`(5) In this section-- 27
applicant, in relation to an approval, means-- 28
(a) if the provision under which the approval may be 29
applied for states that the ship's owner may apply--the 30
ship's owner; or 31
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 9 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Act 1995
[s 1752]
(b) if the provision under which the approval may be 1
applied for states that the ship's master may apply--the 2
ship's master. 3
approval means an approval or exemption that may be given 4
by the general manager or an authorised officer under this 5
Act. 6
`117N External review of decisions 7
`(1) If a reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the 8
applicant for the review or an affected person, the chief 9
executive must give the applicant a QCAT information notice 10
for the reviewed decision. 11
`(2) The applicant or affected person may apply, as provided under 12
the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the reviewed 13
decision. 14
Note-- 15
The QCAT Act, section 22(3) provides that QCAT may stay the 16
operation of the reviewed decision, either on application by a person or 17
on its own initiative. 18
`(3) In this section-- 19
affected person means an owner or master of a ship whose 20
interests are affected by the reviewed decision. 21
reviewed decision means the chief executive's decision on a 22
review under section 177M.'. 23
Clause 1752 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 24
Schedule-- 25
insert-- 26
`QCAT information notice means a notice complying with 27
the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 28
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 10 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Pollution) Regulation 2008
[s 1753]
Part 10 Amendment of Transport 1
Operations (Marine Pollution) 2
Regulation 2008 3
Clause 1753 Regulation amended 4
This part amends the Transport Operations (Marine 5
Pollution) Regulation 2008. 6
Clause 1754 Omission of pt 12, div 1, sdiv 4 (Review of and appeals 7
against particular decisions) 8
Part 12, division 1, subdivision 4-- 9
omit. 10
Part 11 Amendment of Transport 11
Operations (Marine Safety) Act 12
1994 13
Clause 1755 Act amended 14
This part amends the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) 15
Act 1994. 16
Clause 1756 Amendment of s 203 (Definitions for pt 16) 17
(1) Section 203, definitions appropriate appeal court and 18
reviewed decision-- 19
omit. 20
(2) Section 203-- 21
insert-- 22
Page 806
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 11 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994
[s 1757]
`reviewed decision means the chief executive's or general 1
manager's decision made, or taken to have been made, on a 2
review under section 203B.'. 3
(3) Section 203, definition delegate, `manger'-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`manager'. 6
(4) Section 203, definition original decision, from `general 7
manger'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`general manager, a harbour master or a shipping inspector, 10
other than a reviewed decision.'. 11
Clause 1757 Amendment of s 203A (Main purposes of pt 16) 12
Section 203A(a), `and appeals from the decisions made on 13
review'-- 14
omit. 15
Clause 1758 Amendment of s 203B (Review of original decision) 16
(1) Section 203B, heading-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`203B Internal review of decisions'. 19
(2) Section 203B(2)(b)(ii)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(ii) that the person may apply to QCAT to have the original 22
decision stayed.'. 23
(3) Section 203B(3), `manger'-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`manager'. 26
Page 807
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 11 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Act 1994
[s 1759]
Clause 1759 Replacement of s 203C (Appeal against reviewed 1
decision) 2
Section 203C-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`203C External review of decisions 5
`(1) If a reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the 6
applicant for the review, the chief executive must give the 7
applicant a QCAT information notice for the reviewed 8
decision. 9
`(2) The applicant may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 10
QCAT for a review of the reviewed decision. 11
Note-- 12
The QCAT Act, section 22(3) provides that QCAT may stay the 13
operation of the reviewed decision, either on application by a person or 14
on its own initiative. 15
`(3) In this section-- 16
chief executive means, if the reviewed decision is made by the 17
general manager, the general manager.'. 18
Clause 1760 Omission of s 203E (Appropriate appeal court) 19
Section 203E-- 20
omit. 21
Clause 1761 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 22
(1) Schedule, definition appropriate appeal court-- 23
omit. 24
(2) Schedule, definition reviewed decision, `203C(1)'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`203'. 27
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 12 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2004
[s 1762]
Part 12 Amendment of Transport 1
Operations (Marine Safety) 2
Regulation 2004 3
Clause 1762 Regulation amended 4
This part amends the Transport Operations (Marine Safety) 5
Regulation 2004. 6
Clause 1763 Amendment of s 154 (Refusal of application for authority) 7
Section 154(3)(b)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 10
Clause 1764 Amendment of s 164 (Procedure for suspension or 11
cancellation) 12
Section 164(5)(b)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 15
Clause 1765 Amendment of s 165 (Action by general manager after 16
marine incident) 17
Section 165(3)(e)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(e) that the holder of the approval may-- 20
(i) under section 203B of the Act--ask for the 21
decision to be reviewed by the general manager; 22
and 23
(ii) under the Transport and Planning Coordination 24
Act 1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for 25
the decision to be stayed; and 26
Page 809
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 12 Amendment of Transport Operations (Marine Safety) Regulation 2004
[s 1766]
(iii) under section 203C of the Act--ask for the general 1
manager's decision on the review (the reviewed 2
decision) to be reviewed by QCAT; and 3
(iv) under the QCAT Act--apply to QCAT for the 4
reviewed decision to be stayed.'. 5
Clause 1766 Amendment of s 215 (Removal of buoy mooring on 6
expiry, cancellation or surrender of approval) 7
Section 215(3)(b) and (c)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(b) if the approval has been cancelled and no application for 10
review of the decision to cancel the approval (QCAT 11
application) is made to QCAT under part 16 of the 12
Act--within 14 days after the time for making the 13
QCAT application ends; or 14
(c) if the approval has been cancelled and, on a QCAT 15
application, QCAT confirms the cancellation--within 16
14 days after the confirmation of the cancellation.'. 17
Clause 1767 Amendment of sch 15 (Dictionary) 18
Schedule 15-- 19
insert-- 20
`prescribed review information, for a decision, means 21
information that a person to whom a notice about the decision 22
is given under section 154(1) or 164(3) may-- 23
(a) under section 203B of the Act--ask for the decision to 24
be reviewed by the general manager; and 25
(b) under the Transport and Planning Coordination Act 26
1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for the 27
decision to be stayed; and 28
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Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 13 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994
[s 1768]
(c) under section 203C of the Act--ask for the general 1
manager's decision on the review (the reviewed 2
decision) to be reviewed by QCAT; and 3
(d) under the QCAT Act--apply to QCAT for the reviewed 4
decision to be stayed.'. 5
Part 13 Amendment of Transport 6
Operations (Passenger 7
Transport) Act 1994 8
Clause 1768 Act amended 9
This part amends the Transport Operations (Passenger 10
Transport) Act 1994. 11
Clause 1769 Amendment of ch 10, hdg (Review of and appeals against 12
decisions) 13
Chapter 10, heading, `and appeals against'-- 14
omit. 15
Clause 1770 Replacement of s 102 (Review of and appeals against 16
decisions) 17
Section 102-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`102 Internal review of decisions 20
`(1) A person whose interests are affected by a decision described 21
in schedule 2 (the original decision) may ask the chief 22
executive to review the decision. 23
`(2) The person is entitled to receive a statement of reasons for the 24
original decision whether or not the provision under which the 25
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 13 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994
[s 1770]
decision is made requires that the person be given a statement 1
of reasons for the decision. 2
`(3) The Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, part 5, 3
division 2-- 4
(a) applies to the review; and 5
(b) provides-- 6
(i) for the procedure for applying for the review and 7
the way it is to be disposed of; and 8
(ii) that the person may apply to QCAT to have the 9
original decision stayed. 10
`103 External review of decisions 11
`(1) If a reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the 12
applicant for the review, the chief executive must give the 13
applicant a QCAT information notice for the reviewed 14
decision. 15
`(2) The applicant may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 16
QCAT for a review of the reviewed decision. 17
Note-- 18
The QCAT Act, section 22(3) provides that QCAT may stay the 19
operation of the reviewed decision, either on application by a person or 20
on its own initiative. 21
`(3) In this section-- 22
QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the 23
QCAT Act, section 157(2). 24
reviewed decision means the chief executive's decision on a 25
review under section 102. 26
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 13 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994
[s 1771]
`104 Commissioner for Children and Young People and 1
Child Guardian 2
`(1) This section applies if-- 3
(a) a proceeding before QCAT concerns a decision of the 4
chief executive on a review of a driver authorisation 5
decision; and 6
(b) a driver disqualifying offence involving a child was 7
relevant to the driver authorisation decision. 8
`(2) The Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child 9
Guardian is a party to the proceeding. 10
`(3) In this section-- 11
driver authorisation decision means a decision about driver 12
authorisation under this Act.'. 13
Clause 1771 Amendment of s 126NA (Dangerous situation notice) 14
Section 126NA(2)(e)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(e) that the person may-- 17
(i) under section 102--ask for the decision to be 18
reviewed by the chief executive; and 19
(ii) under the Transport and Planning Coordination 20
Act 1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for 21
the decision to be stayed; and 22
(iii) under section 103--ask for the chief executive's 23
decision on the review (the reviewed decision) to 24
be reviewed by QCAT; and 25
(iv) under the QCAT Act--apply to QCAT for the 26
reviewed decision to be stayed.'. 27
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 13 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994
[s 1772]
Clause 1772 Replacement of sch 2 (Reviewable decisions) 1
Schedule 2-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Schedule 2 Reviewable decisions 4
section 102 5
Section Description of decision
17 refusal to grant or renew operator accreditation
20 amendment, suspension or cancellation of operator
accreditation
28B category B driver disqualifying offence--refusal to grant or
renew driver authorisation or cancellation of driver
authorisation
28C category C driver disqualifying offence--refusal to grant or
renew driver authorisation or suspension or cancellation of
driver authorisation
29 refusal to grant or renew driver authorisation or the
imposition of a condition on driver authorisation
32 amendment, suspension or cancellation of driver
authorisation or the imposition of a condition on driver
authorisation
36B(1) decision to give essential infrastructure direction
36B(1) decision to fix conditions for essential infrastructure direction
46(8) requirement to take steps to remedy service inadequacies
46(9) termination of service contract for failure to remedy service
inadequacies
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Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 13 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Act 1994
[s 1773]
Section Description of decision
47(1) or (3) amendment, suspension or cancellation of a service
contract
47A(3) contract holder's performance has been unsatisfactory
62AC(4) contract holder's performance has been unsatisfactory
75(1) amendment of the conditions of a taxi service licence
77(2) requirement to pay amount as condition of transfer of taxi
service licence between areas
79 suspension or cancellation of a taxi service licence
88(1) amendment of conditions of a limousine service licence
91 suspension or cancellation of a limousine service licence
126D forfeiture of seized things
126N decision to give dangerous situation notice'.
Clause 1773 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary) 1
Schedule 3, definition information notice, paragraphs (a) and 2
(b)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(a) under section 102--ask for the decision to be reviewed 5
by the chief executive; and 6
(b) under the Transport and Planning Coordination Act 7
1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for the 8
decision to be stayed; and 9
(c) under section 103--ask for the chief executive's 10
decision on the review (the reviewed decision) to be 11
reviewed by QCAT; and 12
(d) under the QCAT Act--apply to QCAT for the reviewed 13
decision to be stayed.'. 14
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 14 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Regulation 2005
[s 1774]
Part 14 Amendment of Transport 1
Operations (Passenger 2
Transport) Regulation 2005 3
Clause 1774 Regulation amended 4
This part amends the Transport Operations (Passenger 5
Transport) Regulation 2005. 6
Clause 1775 Amendment of pt 10, hdg (Review of, and appeals 7
against, decisions not provided for under Act, chapter 10) 8
Part 10, heading, `, and appeals against,'-- 9
omit. 10
Clause 1776 Replacement of s 134 (Review of decisions) 11
Section 134-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`134 Review of decisions 14
`Sections 102 and 103 of the Act apply to a decision described 15
in schedule 7 as if the decision were described in schedule 2 16
of the Act.'. 17
Clause 1777 Replacement of sch 7 (Review and appeals against 18
decisions) 19
Schedule 7-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
Page 816
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 14 Amendment of Transport Operations (Passenger Transport) Regulation 2005
[s 1777]
`Schedule 7 Reviewable decisions 1
section 134 2
Section Description of decision
34(2) imposition of condition when granting driver authorisation
or amendment of driver authorisation to include a condition
74(1) grant of substitute taxi authority with conditions or refusal
to grant substitute taxi authority
77(1) cancellation of substitute taxi authority
87(1)(a) refusal to approve a taxi security camera system
87(1)(b) revocation of approval of taxi security camera system
95(4) refusal of application for membership of a taxi subsidy
scheme
96 cancellation of approval under a taxi subsidy scheme
112 refusal to grant substitute limousine authority
115(1) cancellation of substitute limousine authority
138 exclusion from free travel'.
Page 817
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 15 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
[s 1778]
Part 15 Amendment of Transport 1
Operations (Road Use 2
Management) Act 1995 3
Clause 1778 Act amended 4
This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use 5
Management) Act 1995. 6
Clause 1779 Amendment of s 19 (Procedure for amending, 7
suspending or cancelling approvals) 8
Section 19(3) to (7)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(3) The chief executive must give the holder a written notice 11
about the decision (subsection (3) notice). 12
`(4) The decision takes effect on the later of the following-- 13
(a) the day the subsection (3) notice is given to the holder; 14
(b) the day stated in the subsection (3) notice. 15
`(5) However, despite subsection (1), if the chief executive 16
considers it necessary in the public interest, the chief 17
executive may, by written notice (immediate suspension 18
notice) given to the holder, immediately suspend the approval 19
until the earliest of the following-- 20
(a) the chief executive, after complying with subsections (1) 21
and (2), gives the holder a subsection (3) notice; 22
(b) the end of 56 days after the day the immediate 23
suspension notice is given to the holder. 24
`(6) A subsection (3) notice, or an immediate suspension notice, 25
must state-- 26
(a) the reasons for the decision for which the notice is 27
given; and 28
(b) the prescribed review information for the decision. 29
Page 818
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 15 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
[s 1780]
`(7) If a subsection (3) notice is given about a decision to suspend 1
an approval on the condition mentioned in subsection 2
(2)(c)(ii), the subsection (3) notice must also state that the 3
approval may be cancelled under section 19A if the holder 4
fails to comply with the condition.'. 5
Clause 1780 Amendment of s 19A (Cancelling suspended approval for 6
failing to take remedial action) 7
Section 19A(3)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(3) The notice must state-- 10
(a) the reasons for the decision to cancel the approval; and 11
(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 12
Clause 1781 Amendment of s 43 (Forfeiture of seized things) 13
Section 43(4)(b)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 16
Clause 1782 Amendment of ch 4, hdg (Review of and appeals against 17
decisions) 18
Chapter 4, heading, `and appeals against'-- 19
omit. 20
Clause 1783 Replacement of s 65 (Review of and appeals against 21
decisions) 22
Section 65-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
Page 819
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 15 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
[s 1783]
`65 Internal review of decisions 1
`(1) A person whose interests are affected by a decision described 2
in schedule 3 (the original decision) may ask the chief 3
executive to review the decision. 4
`(2) The person is entitled to receive a statement of reasons for the 5
original decision whether or not the provision under which the 6
decision is made requires that the person be given a statement 7
of reasons for the decision. 8
`(3) The Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994, part 5, 9
division 2-- 10
(a) applies to the review; and 11
(b) provides-- 12
(i) for the procedure for applying for the review and 13
the way it is to be carried out; and 14
(ii) that the person may apply to QCAT to have the 15
original decision stayed. 16
`(4) In this section-- 17
chief executive means, if the original decision is made by the 18
commissioner, the commissioner. 19
`65A External review of decisions 20
`(1) If a reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the 21
applicant for the review, the chief executive must give the 22
applicant a QCAT information notice for the reviewed 23
decision. 24
`(2) The applicant may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 25
QCAT for a review of the reviewed decision. 26
`(3) If the decision is a prescribed authority decision, QCAT can 27
not make an order staying the operation of the decision. 28
`(4) In this section-- 29
chief executive means, if the reviewed decision is made by the 30
commissioner, the commissioner. 31
Page 820
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 15 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
[s 1784]
prescribed authority decision means a decision to withdraw a 1
person's authority to drive on a Queensland road under a 2
non-Queensland driver licence if the reason, or 1 of the 3
reasons, for the decision is the person's mental or physical 4
incapacity. 5
QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the 6
QCAT Act, section 157(2). 7
reviewed decision means the chief executive's decision on a 8
review under section 65.'. 9
Clause 1784 Amendment of s 80 (Breath and saliva tests, and analysis 10
and laboratory tests) 11
(1) Section 80(22C), after `No'-- 12
insert-- 13
`review or'. 14
(2) Section 80(22C), second sentence, before `an'-- 15
insert-- 16
`a review or'. 17
Clause 1785 Amendment of s 87 (Issue of restricted licence to 18
disqualified person) 19
Section 87(5B)(a), after `on'-- 20
insert-- 21
`a review or'. 22
Clause 1786 Amendment of s 122E (Notice to be given about refusal 23
or imposition of condition) 24
Section 122E(3)(b)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 27
Page 821
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 15 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
[s 1787]
Clause 1787 Amendment of s 122L (Notice to be given to crossing 1
supervisor) 2
Section 122L(2)(b)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 5
Clause 1788 Amendment of s 122N (Procedure for immediate 6
suspension of authority) 7
Section 122N(2)(c)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(c) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 10
Clause 1789 Amendment of s 131 (Appeals with respect to issue of 11
licences etc.) 12
(1) Section 131, heading, `Appeals'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Reviews and appeals'. 15
(2) Section 131(1AA), from `may appeal'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a 18
review of the refusal, suspension, cancellation or imposition.'. 19
(3) Section 131(1A) and (1B)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(1A) Despite the QCAT Act, the decision of QCAT on the review is 22
final and binding and without further appeal. 23
`(1B) Subsection (1BA) applies if the chief executive or 24
commissioner suspends or cancels the applicant's licence, 25
unless the reason, or 1 of the reasons, for the suspension or 26
cancellation is the mental or physical incapacity of the 27
applicant. 28
Page 822
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 15 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
[s 1790]
`(1BA) On the making of the application for review, the cancellation 1
or suspension is suspended pending the finalisation of the 2
review but, subject to QCAT's decision on the review, the 3
cancellation or suspension takes effect from the date of the 4
finalisation of the review for the part of the period for which it 5
was made that had not expired when the review started. 6
`(1BB) If the reason, or 1 of the reasons, for the suspension or 7
cancellation of the licence is the licence holder's mental or 8
physical incapacity, QCAT can not make an order staying the 9
operation of the suspension or cancellation.'. 10
(4) Section 131(1C), `Subsections (1) to (1B) shall be read and 11
construed so that an appeal hereunder shall'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Subsections (1AA) to (1BB) must be read and construed so 14
that a review does'. 15
(5) Section 131(1C)(c), `an appeal'-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`a review'. 18
Clause 1790 Amendment of s 153 (Exemptions) 19
Section 153(5)(c)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(c) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 22
Clause 1791 Amendment of s 153E (Decision on proposed action) 23
Section 153E(3)(c)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
`(c) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 26
Page 823
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 15 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
[s 1792]
Clause 1792 Amendment of s 153G (Immediate suspension in the 1
public interest) 2
Section 153G(3)(b)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 5
Clause 1793 Amendment of s 153H (Cancelling suspended exemption 6
for failing to take remedial action) 7
Section 153H(3)(b)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(b) the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 10
Clause 1794 Amendment of s 161B (Improvement notices) 11
Section 161B(4)(d)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(d) the prescribed review information for the decision;'. 14
Clause 1795 Amendment of s 161H (Dangerous situation notice) 15
Section 161H(2)(e)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(e) the prescribed review information for the decision;'. 18
Clause 1796 Amendment of s 168AA (Effect of other administrative 19
action in relation to fatigue regulated heavy vehicle) 20
Section 168AA(7)(c), from `that the person may'-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`the prescribed review information for the decision.'. 23
Page 824
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 15 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
[s 1797]
Clause 1797 Replacement of sch 3 (Reviewable decisions) 1
Schedule 3-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Schedule 3 Reviewable decisions 4
section 65 5
Section Description of decision
15 refusing to approve an alternative compliance scheme, or
approving an alternative compliance scheme on conditions
19 amending, suspending or cancelling approvals or
corresponding approvals
19A cancelling suspended approvals or corresponding approvals
43 forfeiture of seized things
46B issuing embargo notice
122C refusing to authorise a person
122D imposing conditions on an authority
122K(1) amending, suspending or cancelling an authority
122M(1) immediately suspending an authority
153 refusing to give exemption or giving an exemption on
conditions
153E amending, suspending or cancelling an exemption
153G immediately suspending an exemption
153H cancelling a suspended exemption
161B giving an improvement notice
161G giving a dangerous situation notice
Page 825
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 15 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995
[s 1798]
Section Description of decision
168AA not recognising corresponding decision
168AA imposing an additional condition on, or varying conditions
applying to, accreditation or exemption the subject of a
corresponding decision'.
Clause 1798 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 1
(1) Schedule 4, definition reviewed decision-- 2
omit. 3
(2) Schedule 4-- 4
insert-- 5
`prescribed review information, for a decision, means 6
information that the person whose interests are affected by the 7
decision may-- 8
(a) under section 65--ask for the decision to be reviewed 9
by-- 10
(i) if the decision was made by the commissioner, the 11
commissioner; or 12
(ii) otherwise, the chief executive; and 13
(b) under the Transport Planning and Coordination Act 14
1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for the 15
decision to be stayed; and 16
(c) under section 65A--ask for the commissioner's or chief 17
executive's decision on the review (the reviewed 18
decision) to be reviewed by QCAT; and 19
(d) under the QCAT Act--apply for the reviewed decision 20
to be stayed.'. 21
Page 826
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 16 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Accreditation and
Other Provisions) Regulation 2005
[s 1799]
Part 16 Amendment of Transport 1
Operations (Road Use 2
Management--Accreditation 3
and Other Provisions) 4
Regulation 2005 5
Clause 1799 Regulation amended 6
This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use 7
Management--Accreditation and Other Provisions) 8
Regulation 2005. 9
Clause 1800 Amendment of s 7 (Refusing application) 10
(1) Section 7(3), `written notice of'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`an information notice for'. 13
(2) Section 7(4)-- 14
omit. 15
Clause 1801 Amendment of s 41 (Notice of granting of accreditation) 16
Section 41(2)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(2) If the chief executive decides to impose a condition on the 19
accreditation, the chief executive must-- 20
(a) state the condition in the accreditation notice; and 21
(b) give the applicant an information notice for the 22
decision.'. 23
Page 827
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 16 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Accreditation and
Other Provisions) Regulation 2005
[s 1802]
Clause 1802 Amendment of s 43 (Notice of refusal to grant 1
accreditation) 2
Section 43, after `notice'-- 3
insert-- 4
`for the decision'. 5
Clause 1803 Amendment of s 73 (Granting registration) 6
Section 73(4)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(4) If the chief executive decides to impose a condition on the 9
registration, the chief executive must also give the applicant 10
an information notice for the decision with the registration 11
notice.'. 12
Clause 1804 Amendment of s 74 (Notice of refusal to grant 13
registration) 14
Section 74, after `notice'-- 15
insert-- 16
`for the decision'. 17
Clause 1805 Replacement of s 112 (Review of decisions) 18
Section 112-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`112 Review of decisions 21
`(1) Sections 65 and 65A of the Act apply to a schedule 7 decision 22
as if a reference to an original decision in the sections were a 23
reference to the schedule 7 decision. 24
`(2) In this section-- 25
schedule 7 decision means a decision described in schedule 26
7.'. 27
Page 828
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 16 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Accreditation and
Other Provisions) Regulation 2005
[s 1806]
Clause 1806 Replacement of sch 7 (Reviewable decisions) 1
Schedule 7-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Schedule 7 Reviewable decisions 4
section 112 5
Section Description of decision
7 refusing application for appointment as accredited person
39 refusing to grant accreditation or granting accreditation on a
condition imposed by the chief executive
39, 45 and refusing to grant renewal of accreditation or granting
46 renewal of accreditation on a condition imposed by the chief
executive
72 refusing to grant registration or granting registration on a
condition imposed by the chief executive
72, 77 and refusing to grant renewal of registration or granting renewal
78 of registration on a condition imposed by the chief
executive'.
Clause 1807 Amendment of sch 9 (Dictionary) 6
Schedule 9, definition information notice, paragraph (d)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(d) the person to whom the notice is given may-- 9
(i) under section 65 of the Act--ask for the decision 10
to be reviewed by the chief executive; and 11
(ii) under the Transport Planning and Coordination 12
Act 1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for 13
the decision to be stayed; and 14
Page 829
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 17 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Dangerous Goods)
Regulation 2008
[s 1808]
(iii) under section 65A of the Act--ask for the chief 1
executive's decision on the review (the reviewed 2
decision) to be reviewed by QCAT; and 3
(iv) under the QCAT Act--apply for the reviewed 4
decision to be stayed.'. 5
Part 17 Amendment of Transport 6
Operations (Road Use 7
Management--Dangerous 8
Goods) Regulation 2008 9
Clause 1808 Regulation amended 10
This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use 11
Management--Dangerous Goods) Regulation 2008. 12
Clause 1809 Amendment of pt 19, hdg (Review and appeal of 13
decisions) 14
Part 19, heading, `and appeal'-- 15
omit. 16
Clause 1810 Replacement of s 220 (Review of and appeals against 17
decisions) 18
Section 220-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`220 Internal and external review of decisions 21
`(1) Sections 65 and 65A of the Act apply to a schedule 1 decision 22
as if a reference to an original decision in the sections were a 23
reference to the schedule 1 decision. 24
Page 830
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 18 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Driver Licensing)
Regulation 1999
[s 1811]
`(2) In this section-- 1
schedule 1 decision means a decision mentioned in schedule 2
1.'. 3
Clause 1811 Amendment of sch 4 (Dictionary) 4
Schedule 4, definition information notice, paragraph (b)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(b) that the person may-- 7
(i) under section 65 of the Act--ask for the decision 8
to be reviewed by the chief executive; and 9
(ii) under the Transport and Planning Coordination 10
Act 1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for 11
the decision to be stayed; and 12
(iii) under section 65A of the Act--ask for the chief 13
executive's decision on the review (the reviewed 14
decision) to be reviewed by QCAT; and 15
(iv) under the QCAT Act--apply for the reviewed 16
decision to be stayed.'. 17
Part 18 Amendment of Transport 18
Operations (Road Use 19
Management--Driver 20
Licensing) Regulation 1999 21
Clause 1812 Regulation amended 22
This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use 23
Management--Driver Licensing) Regulation 1999. 24
Page 831
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 18 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Driver Licensing)
Regulation 1999
[s 1813]
Clause 1813 Amendment of s 14AJ (Taking of practical driving test to 1
be eligible for class C P1 provisional licence) 2
Section 14AJ(2)(b), from `under' to `by'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`by the chief executive under section 38 or by QCAT or'. 5
Clause 1814 Amendment of ss 16, 33 and 33A 6
Sections 16(4)(c)(ii), 33(6)(b)(ii) and 33A(3)(b)(ii), 7
`appealing'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`applying for a review of the decision'. 10
Clause 1815 Amendment of s 30G (Persons who are eligible, or not 11
eligible, to apply for order) 12
Section 30G(3)(e), after `on'-- 13
insert-- 14
`a review by QCAT or'. 15
Clause 1816 Amendment of s 30U (Persons who are eligible, or not 16
eligible, to apply for order) 17
Section 30U(3)-- 18
insert-- 19
`(h) a suspension or cancellation that was set aside on a 20
review by QCAT.'. 21
Clause 1817 Amendment of s 38 (Reconsideration of decision by chief 22
executive) 23
Section 38(2) to (7)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
Page 832
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 18 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Driver Licensing)
Regulation 1999
[s 1817]
`(2) The person may apply, in the approved form, to the chief 1
executive to reconsider the original decision. 2
`(3) The application must be made-- 3
(a) for an original decision mentioned in subsection (1)(a) 4
to (e) or (g) to (k)--within 28 days after-- 5
(i) the day the notice of the decision is given to the 6
person; or 7
(ii) if the applicant is given oral notice of the decision 8
and asks for written notice--the day the written 9
notice is given to the applicant; or 10
(b) for an original decision mentioned in subsection 11
(1)(f)--within 7 days after the day notice of the 12
requirement is given to the person under section 37A(2). 13
`(4) After reconsidering the original decision, the chief executive 14
may-- 15
(a) confirm the decision; or 16
(b) set aside the decision and substitute another decision. 17
`(5) The chief executive must give the person a notice stating-- 18
(a) the reconsidered decision; and 19
(b) that the person may-- 20
(i) if the original decision is a decision mentioned in 21
subsection (1)(a), (b), (c), or (d)--under section 22
131(1AA) of the Act, apply to QCAT-- 23
(A) for a review of the reconsidered decision; 24
and 25
(B) unless the original decision is a prescribed 26
licence decision--for a stay of the 27
reconsidered decision; or 28
(ii) if the original decision is a decision mentioned in 29
subsection (1)(e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) or (k)--under 30
section 65A of the Act, apply to QCAT-- 31
Page 833
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 18 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Driver Licensing)
Regulation 1999
[s 1817]
(A) for a review of the reconsidered decision; 1
and 2
(B) unless the original decision is a prescribed 3
authority decision--for a stay of the 4
reconsidered decision. 5
`(6) If the original decision is a decision mentioned in subsection 6
(1)(e), (f), (g), (h), (i), (j) or (k), section 65A of the Act applies 7
to the reconsidered decision as if it were a reviewed decision 8
mentioned in that section. 9
`(7) In this section-- 10
original decision means a decision mentioned in any of 11
paragraphs (a) to (k) of subsection (1). 12
prescribed authority decision means a decision to withdraw a 13
person's authority to drive on a Queensland road under a 14
non-Queensland driver licence if the reason, or 1 of the 15
reasons, for the decision is the person's mental or physical 16
incapacity. 17
prescribed licence decision means a decision to suspend, 18
cancel or immediately suspend a person's licence if the 19
reason, or 1 of the reasons, for the decision is the person's 20
mental or physical incapacity. 21
reconsidered decision means the chief executive's decision on 22
the reconsideration of an original decision.'. 23
Page 834
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 19 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Fatigue
Management) Regulation 2008
[s 1818]
Part 19 Amendment of Transport 1
Operations (Road Use 2
Management--Fatigue 3
Management) Regulation 2008 4
Clause 1818 Regulation amended 5
This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use 6
Management--Fatigue Management) Regulation 2008. 7
Clause 1819 Amendment of s 155 (Amendment, suspension or 8
cancellation of class work and rest hours exemption) 9
(1) Section 155(3)(a), `(6)'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(5)'. 12
(2) Section 155(3)(b)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(b) the requirement to state, in a written notice to the holder 15
of an approval under section 19(1), (3), (5) or (9) of the 16
Act, information about the holder's ability to apply for 17
the review of particular decisions of the chief executive 18
is taken to be a requirement to state the information in 19
relation to a person whose interests may be affected by 20
the chief executive's decision;'. 21
(3) Section 155(3)(c), `(including a notice mentioned in section 22
19(6)(a) of the Act informing the holder of the chief 23
executive's decision)'-- 24
omit. 25
(4) Section 155(4), `(4)(b)'-- 26
omit, insert-- 27
`(7)'. 28
Page 835
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 19 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Fatigue
Management) Regulation 2008
[s 1820]
Clause 1820 Amendment of pt 7, div 4, hdg (Review and appeal of 1
decisions) 2
Part 7, division 4, heading, `Review and appeal'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Internal and external review'. 5
Clause 1821 Amendment of s 185 (Review of original decision) 6
(1) Section 185, heading-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`185 Internal review of decisions'. 9
(2) Section 185(3)(b)(ii), `the Magistrates Court'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`QCAT'. 12
Clause 1822 Replacement of s 186 (Appeal against reviewed decision) 13
Section 186-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`186 External review of decisions 16
`(1) If a reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the 17
applicant for the review, the chief executive must give the 18
applicant a QCAT information notice for the reviewed 19
decision. 20
`(2) The applicant may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 21
QCAT for a review of the reviewed decision. 22
Note-- 23
The QCAT Act, section 22(3) provides that QCAT may stay the 24
operation of the reviewed decision, either on application by a person or 25
on its own initiative. 26
`(3) In this section-- 27
Page 836
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 19 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Fatigue
Management) Regulation 2008
[s 1823]
QCAT information notice means a notice complying with the 1
QCAT Act, section 157(2). 2
reviewed decision means the chief executive's decision on a 3
review under section 185.'. 4
Clause 1823 Replacement of sch 4, hdg (Review and appeal) 5
Schedule 4, heading-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Schedule 4 Reviewable decisions 8
section 185'. 9
Clause 1824 Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary) 10
Schedule 6, definition information notice, paragraph (b)(i) 11
and (ii)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(i) under section 185--ask for the decision to be 14
reviewed by the chief executive; and 15
(ii) under the Transport Planning and Coordination 16
Act 1994, part 5, division 2--apply to QCAT for 17
the decision to be stayed; and 18
(iii) under section 186--ask for the chief executive's 19
decision on the review (the reviewed decision) to 20
be reviewed by QCAT; and 21
(iv) under the QCAT Act--apply for the reviewed 22
decision to be stayed.'. 23
Page 837
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 20 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Vehicle
Registration) Regulation 1999
[s 1825]
Part 20 Amendment of Transport 1
Operations (Road Use 2
Management--Vehicle 3
Registration) Regulation 1999 4
Clause 1825 Regulation amended 5
This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use 6
Management--Vehicle Registration) Regulation 1999. 7
Clause 1826 Replacement of s 66 (Review of decisions) 8
Section 66-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`66 Review of decisions 11
`(1) Sections 65 and 65A of the Act apply to a division 4 decision 12
as if a reference to an original decision in the sections were a 13
reference to the division 4 decision. 14
`(2) In this section-- 15
division 4 decision means a decision to which this division 16
applies as mentioned in section 65.'. 17
Page 838
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 21 Amendment of Transport Operations (Road Use Management--Vehicle Standards
and Safety) Regulation 1999
[s 1827]
Part 21 Amendment of Transport 1
Operations (Road Use 2
Management--Vehicle 3
Standards and Safety) 4
Regulation 1999 5
Clause 1827 Regulation amended 6
This part amends the Transport Operations (Road Use 7
Management--Vehicle Standards and Safety) Regulation 8
1999. 9
Clause 1828 Replacement of s 44 (Review of decisions) 10
Section 44-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`44 Review of decisions 13
`(1) Sections 65 and 65A of the Act apply to an approval decision 14
as if a reference to an original decision in the sections were a 15
reference to the approval decision. 16
`(2) In this section-- 17
approval decision means a decision of the issuing authority-- 18
(a) to refuse an approval; or 19
(b) to issue an approval on a condition.'. 20
Page 839
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 22 Amendment of Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994
[s 1829]
Part 22 Amendment of Transport 1
Planning and Coordination Act 2
1994 3
Clause 1829 Act amended 4
This part amends the Transport Planning and Coordination 5
Act 1994. 6
Clause 1830 Amendment of s 29 (What part applies to) 7
(1) Section 29(a), after `review'-- 8
insert-- 9
`, by the chief executive,'. 10
(2) Section 29(a), `; and'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`; or'. 13
Clause 1831 Amendment of s 30 (Definitions) 14
(1) Section 30, definition appeal court, `29(1)'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`29(b)'. 17
(2) Section 30, definition original decision, `29(1)'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`29(a)'. 20
Clause 1832 Amendment of s 32 (Stay of operation of original 21
decision) 22
(1) Section 32, `appeal court'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
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Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 22 Amendment of Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994
[s 1833]
`relevant entity'. 1
(2) Section 32(2), `the court'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`or review by the relevant entity'. 4
(3) Section 32(7), after `the decision'-- 5
insert-- 6
`or apply for a review of the decision as provided under the 7
QCAT Act'. 8
(4) Section 32-- 9
insert-- 10
`(9) In this section-- 11
relevant entity means-- 12
(a) if the reviewed decision may be reviewed by 13
QCAT--QCAT; or 14
(b) if the reviewed decision may be appealed to the appeal 15
court--the appeal court.'. 16
Clause 1833 Amendment of s 34 (Decision on review) 17
(1) Section 34(4)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(4) If the reviewed decision is not the decision sought by the 20
applicant for the review, the decision notice-- 21
(a) for a reviewed decision that may be reviewed by 22
QCAT--must comply with the QCAT Act, section 23
157(2); or 24
(b) for a reviewed decision that may be appealed to the 25
appeal court--must state-- 26
(i) the reasons for the reviewed decision; and 27
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Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 13 Department of Transport and Main Roads
Part 22 Amendment of Transport Planning and Coordination Act 1994
[s 1834]
(ii) that the applicant may, within 28 days, appeal 1
against the reviewed decision to the appeal court.'. 2
(2) Section 34(6)-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`(6) In applying to QCAT for a review or appealing to the appeal 5
court, the decision subject to review or appeal is the reviewed 6
decision and not the original decision.'. 7
Clause 1834 Insertion of new s 34A 8
Part 5, division 3-- 9
insert-- 10
`34A Application of div 3 11
`This division does not apply to a reviewed decision if, under 12
the transport Act providing for the review, a person may apply 13
to QCAT for a review of the reviewed decision.'. 14
Clause 1835 Omission of s 36DA (Commissioner for Children and 15
Young People and Child Guardian) 16
Section 36DA-- 17
omit. 18
Page 842
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 1 Amendment of Community Ambulance Cover Act 2003
[s 1836]
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury 1
Part 1 Amendment of Community 2
Ambulance Cover Act 2003 3
Clause 1836 Act amended 4
This part amends the Community Ambulance Cover Act 2003. 5
Clause 1837 Amendment of s 92B (Special provision for notification of 6
hot water system exemption for power card arrangement 7
instead of s 92(3) and (4)) 8
Section 92B(4)(b), `objection or appeal'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`objection, appeal or review'. 11
Clause 1838 Amendment of s 131 (Notice of decision) 12
Section 131(2)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`(2) The notice must comply with the QCAT Act, section 15
157(2).'. 16
Clause 1839 Replacement of pt 9, div 2 (Appeals) 17
Part 9, division 2-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
Page 843
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 1 Amendment of Community Ambulance Cover Act 2003
[s 1839]
`Division 2 Reviews by QCAT 1
`132 Applications for review of decisions 2
`An objector who is dissatisfied with the commissioner's 3
decision on an objection may apply, within 60 days after the 4
objector receives notice of the commissioner's decision on the 5
objection and as otherwise provided under the QCAT Act, to 6
QCAT for a review of the decision. 7
`133 QCAT to decide review on evidence before the 8
commissioner 9
`(1) This section applies to a proceeding for a review by QCAT of 10
a decision of the commissioner on an objection. 11
`(2) QCAT must-- 12
(a) hear and decide the review of the decision by way of a 13
reconsideration of the evidence before the commissioner 14
when the decision was made, unless QCAT considers it 15
necessary in the interests of justice to allow new 16
evidence; and 17
(b) decide the review of the decision in accordance with the 18
same law that applied to the making of the original 19
decision. 20
`(3) The grounds on which the application for review is made are 21
limited to the grounds of the relevant objection, unless QCAT 22
otherwise orders. 23
`(4) The applicant for the proceeding has the onus of proving the 24
applicant's case. 25
`(5) If QCAT decides, under the QCAT Act, section 139, that the 26
proceeding should be reopened, the issues in the proceeding 27
that are reheard must be-- 28
(a) heard and decided by way of a reconsideration of the 29
evidence given in the proceeding for the review of the 30
decision; and 31
Page 844
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 1 Amendment of Community Ambulance Cover Act 2003
[s 1840]
(b) decided in accordance with the same law that applied to 1
the making of the original decision. 2
`(6) In this section-- 3
new evidence means evidence that was not before the 4
commissioner when the decision on the objection was made. 5
original decision means a matter mentioned in section 6
127(1)(a) to (d) that was a subject of the relevant objection. 7
relevant objection means the objection to which the decision 8
relates. 9
`134 Representation of parties before QCAT 10
`(1) This section applies to a party in a proceeding before QCAT 11
relating to an application under section 132. 12
`(2) The party may be represented by a lawyer.'. 13
Clause 1840 Amendment of s 139 (Effect of a non-reviewable decision) 14
Section 139(b), `objection or appeal'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`objection, appeal or review'. 17
Clause 1841 Amendment of s 148 (Evidentiary provision for 18
statements of levy liability) 19
Section 148(1)(b)(i), `against'-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`against, or review of,'. 22
Page 845
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 2 Amendment of Debits Tax Repeal Act 2005
[s 1842]
Part 2 Amendment of Debits Tax 1
Repeal Act 2005 2
Clause 1842 Act amended 3
This part amends the Debits Tax Repeal Act 2005. 4
Clause 1843 Amendment of s 5 (Saving provision for pre-repeal 5
debits) 6
Section 5-- 7
insert-- 8
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), a person who, under the 9
repealed Debits Tax Act 1990, had a right to request the 10
commissioner to refer the commissioner's decision relating to 11
an objection to the Supreme Court may-- 12
(a) request the commissioner to refer the commissioner's 13
decision relating to the objection to the Supreme Court; 14
or 15
(b) apply, within 60 days after the person is given notice of 16
the commissioner's decision relating to the objection 17
and as otherwise provided under the QCAT Act, to 18
QCAT for a review of the decision of the commissioner 19
relating to the objection. 20
`(3) A person may only apply to QCAT under subsection (2)(b) if 21
the person has paid the amount of the tax payable under the 22
assessment to which the objection relates.'. 23
Clause 1844 Insertion of new ss 8-10 24
After section 7-- 25
insert-- 26
Page 846
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 2 Amendment of Debits Tax Repeal Act 2005
[s 1844]
`8 Effect of making reassessment after review started 1
`(1) This section applies if-- 2
(a) a person applies to QCAT for a review of the decision of 3
the commissioner relating to an objection against an 4
assessment of the taxpayer's liability for tax (the QCAT 5
review); and 6
(b) the commissioner makes a reassessment relevant to the 7
assessment of the taxpayer's liability for tax. 8
`(2) On receiving the assessment notice for the reassessment, the 9
person to whom the reassessment applies may-- 10
(a) continue or withdraw the person's application for 11
review; or 12
(b) instead of objecting to the reassessment, change the 13
grounds of the review by filing notice of the change with 14
the principal registrar of QCAT. 15
`(3) However, the person may change the grounds of the review 16
only to the extent that the person would have a right of 17
objection to the reassessment. 18
`9 Proceedings for a review by QCAT 19
`(1) This section applies to a proceeding for a review by QCAT of 20
a decision of the commissioner relating to an objection. 21
`(2) QCAT may not, under the QCAT Act, section 61(1), extend 22
the period within which a person may apply to QCAT under 23
section 5(2)(b). 24
`(3) QCAT must-- 25
(a) hear and decide the review of the decision by way of a 26
reconsideration of the evidence before the commissioner 27
when the decision was made, unless QCAT considers it 28
necessary in the interests of justice to allow new 29
evidence; and 30
Page 847
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 2 Amendment of Debits Tax Repeal Act 2005
[s 1844]
(b) decide the review of the decision in accordance with the 1
same law that applied to the making of the original 2
decision. 3
`(4) The grounds on which the application for review is made are 4
limited to the grounds of the relevant objection, unless QCAT 5
otherwise orders. 6
`(5) The applicant for the proceeding has the onus of proving the 7
applicant's case. 8
`(6) If QCAT decides, under the QCAT Act, section 139, that the 9
proceeding should be reopened, the issues in the proceeding 10
that are reheard must be-- 11
(a) heard and decided by way of a reconsideration of the 12
evidence given in the proceeding for the review of the 13
decision; and 14
(b) decided in accordance with the same law that applied to 15
the making of the original decision. 16
`(7) A party to the proceeding may be represented by a lawyer. 17
`(8) In this section-- 18
new evidence means evidence that was not before the 19
commissioner when the decision was made. 20
original decision means assessment, of the taxpayer's liability 21
for tax, that was the subject of the relevant objection. 22
relevant objection means the objection to which the 23
commissioner's decision relates. 24
`10 Transfer of appeals from Supreme Court only with 25
consent 26
`Despite the QCAT Act, section 268(4) the court may not 27
transfer a proceeding to QCAT without the consent of the 28
applicant for the proceeding.'. 29
Page 848
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 3 Amendment of Duties Act 2001
[s 1845]
Part 3 Amendment of Duties Act 2001 1
Clause 1845 Act amended 2
This part amends the Duties Act 2001. 3
Clause 1846 Amendment of s 5 (Relationship of Act with 4
Administration Act) 5
Section 5(2)(d), `against'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`against, or reviews of,'. 8
Clause 1847 Amendment of s 411 (Application for exemption for 9
dutiable transaction or relevant acquisition) 10
(1) Section 411(4)(d)(i)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(i) after the ruling is made but before the application 13
for the exemption is decided, a legislative change 14
takes effect, a judgment of a court is given or a 15
decision is made by QCAT;'. 16
(2) Section 411(4)(d)(ii), `change or judgment'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`change, judgment or decision'. 19
Clause 1848 Replacement of ch 13, hdg (Review and appeals) 20
Chapter 13, heading-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
Page 849
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 3 Amendment of Duties Act 2001
[s 1849]
`Chapter 13 Internal and external 1
reviews'. 2
Clause 1849 Amendment of ch 13, pt 1, hdg (Reviews) 3
Chapter 13, part 1, heading, after `Reviews'-- 4
insert-- 5
`by commissioner'. 6
Clause 1850 Amendment of s 474 (Notice of review decision) 7
Section 474(2)-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`(2) The notice must comply with the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 10
Clause 1851 Replacement of ch 13, pt 2 (Appeals) 11
Chapter 13, part 2-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Part 2 Reviews by QCAT 14
`475 Applying for review by QCAT of a review decision 15
`The applicant for the review of the original decision who is 16
dissatisfied with the review decision may apply, as provided 17
under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review of the review 18
decision. 19
`476 QCAT to decide external review on evidence given 20
in the proceeding for the review 21
`(1) This section applies to a proceeding for a review by QCAT of 22
a review decision. 23
`(2) QCAT must-- 24
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Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 3 Amendment of Duties Act 2001
[s 1851]
(a) hear and decide the review of the decision by way of a 1
reconsideration of the evidence before the commissioner 2
when the decision was made, unless QCAT considers it 3
necessary in the interests of justice to allow new 4
evidence; and 5
(b) decide the review of the decision in accordance with the 6
same law that applied to the making of the original 7
decision to which the proceeding for the review relates. 8
`(3) The grounds for the review by QCAT are limited to the 9
grounds of the review by the commissioner, unless QCAT 10
orders otherwise. 11
`(4) If QCAT decides, under the QCAT Act, section 139, that the 12
proceeding should be reopened, the issues in the proceeding 13
that are reheard must be-- 14
(a) heard and decided by way of a reconsideration of the 15
evidence given in the proceeding for the review of the 16
decision; and 17
(b) decided in accordance with the same law that applied to 18
the making of the original decision to which the 19
proceeding for the review relates. 20
`(5) In this section-- 21
new evidence means evidence that was not before the 22
commissioner when the review decision was made. 23
`477 Representation of parties before QCAT 24
`(1) This section applies to a party in a proceeding before QCAT 25
relating to an application under section 475. 26
`(2) The party may be represented by a lawyer.'. 27
Page 851
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 4 Amendment of Financial Intermediaries Act 1996
[s 1852]
Part 4 Amendment of Financial 1
Intermediaries Act 1996 2
Clause 1852 Act amended 3
This part amends the Financial Intermediaries Act 1996. 4
Clause 1853 Amendment of pt 12, hdg (Review of decisions and 5
appeals) 6
Part 12, heading, `and appeals'-- 7
omit. 8
Clause 1854 Amendment of pt 12, div 1, hdg (Review of decisions) 9
Part 12, division 1, heading, after `decisions'-- 10
insert-- 11
`by registrar'. 12
Clause 1855 Amendment of s 203 (Affected person may apply for 13
review) 14
Section 203, heading, after `review'-- 15
insert-- 16
`by registrar'. 17
Clause 1856 Amendment of s 205 (Decision on review) 18
Section 205(3)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(3) The notice must comply with the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 21
Page 852
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 4 Amendment of Financial Intermediaries Act 1996
[s 1857]
Clause 1857 Replacement of pt 12, div 2 (Appeals against review 1
decisions) 2
Part 12, division 2-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Division 2 External review of decisions by 5
QCAT 6
`206 Affected person may apply for external review by 7
QCAT 8
`(1) A person whose interests are affected by the review decision 9
may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a 10
review of the review decision. 11
`(2) A copy of the application must be served on the registrar 12
within 7 days of applying to QCAT. 13
`207 Tribunal to decide review on evidence before the 14
chief executive 15
`(1) In a proceeding for a review of a decision of the chief 16
executive by the tribunal, the tribunal must-- 17
(a) hear and decide the review of the decision by way of a 18
reconsideration of the evidence before the chief 19
executive when the decision was made; and 20
(b) decide the review of the decision in accordance with the 21
same law that applied to the making of the original 22
decision. 23
`(2) If the tribunal decides, under the QCAT Act, section 139, that 24
a proceeding for a review of a decision should be reopened, 25
the issues in the proceeding that are reheard must be-- 26
(a) heard and decided by way of a reconsideration of the 27
evidence given in the proceeding for the review of the 28
decision; and 29
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Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 4 Amendment of Financial Intermediaries Act 1996
[s 1857]
(b) decided in accordance with the same law that applied to 1
the making of the original decision. 2
`(3) In this section-- 3
original decision means the decision of the chief executive to 4
which the proceeding for the review relates. 5
`208 Tribunal may give leave for review to be decided on 6
new evidence in particular circumstances 7
`(1) Despite section 207, the tribunal may grant a party in a 8
proceeding for a review of a decision of the chief executive 9
(the decision) leave to present new evidence if the tribunal is 10
satisfied-- 11
(a) the party did not know, and could not reasonably be 12
expected to have known, of the existence of the new 13
evidence before the decision; and 14
(b) in the circumstances, it would be unfair not to allow the 15
party to present the new evidence. 16
`(2) If the tribunal gives leave under subsection (1), the tribunal 17
must adjourn the proceedings for a stated reasonable time to 18
allow the chief executive to reconsider the decision together 19
with the new evidence and to allow for further submissions by 20
affected persons. 21
`(3) In this section-- 22
new evidence means evidence that was not before the chief 23
executive when the decision was made.'. 24
Page 854
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 5 Amendment of First Home Owner Grant Act 2000
[s 1858]
Part 5 Amendment of First Home 1
Owner Grant Act 2000 2
Clause 1858 Act amended 3
This part amends the First Home Owner Grant Act 2000. 4
Clause 1859 Amendment of s 50 (Effect of writing off liability) 5
Section 50, `court ordered costs'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`costs ordered by a court or QCAT'. 8
Clause 1860 Amendment of pt 5, hdg (Objections and appeals) 9
Part 5, heading, `appeals'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`reviews'. 12
Clause 1861 Amendment of s 58 (Notice of decision) 13
Section 58(2)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(2) The notice must comply with the QCAT Act, section 157(2).'. 16
Clause 1862 Replacement of pt 5, div 2 (Appeals) 17
Part 5, division 2-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`Division 2 Review of decision on objections 20
Page 855
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 5 Amendment of First Home Owner Grant Act 2000
[s 1862]
`59 Right of review by QCAT 1
`An objector who is dissatisfied with the commissioner's 2
decision on the objection may apply, within 60 days after the 3
objector receives notice of the commissioner's decision on the 4
objection and as otherwise provided under the QCAT Act, to 5
QCAT for a review of the decision. 6
`60 QCAT to decide review on evidence before the 7
commissioner 8
`(1) This section applies to a proceeding for a review by QCAT of 9
a decision of the commissioner on an objection. 10
`(2) QCAT must-- 11
(a) hear and decide the review of the decision by way of a 12
reconsideration of the evidence before the commissioner 13
when the decision was made, unless QCAT considers it 14
necessary in the interests of justice to allow new 15
evidence; and 16
(b) decide the review of the decision in accordance with the 17
same law that applied to the making of the original 18
decision. 19
`(3) The grounds on which the application for review is made are 20
limited to the grounds of the relevant objection unless QCAT 21
otherwise orders. 22
`(4) If QCAT decides, under the QCAT Act, section 139, that the 23
proceeding should be reopened, the issues in the proceeding 24
that are reheard must be-- 25
(a) heard and decided by way of a reconsideration of the 26
evidence given in the proceeding for the review of the 27
decision; and 28
(b) decided in accordance with the same law that applied to 29
the making of the original decision. 30
`(5) In this section-- 31
Page 856
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 6 Amendment of Fuel Subsidy Act 1997
[s 1863]
new evidence means evidence that was not before the 1
commissioner when the decision on the objection was made. 2
original decision means the decision of the commissioner that 3
was the subject of the relevant objection. 4
relevant objection means the objection to which the decision 5
of the commissioner relates. 6
`61 Representation of parties before QCAT 7
`(1) This section applies to a party in a proceeding before QCAT 8
relating to an application under section 59. 9
`(2) The party may be represented by a lawyer.'. 10
Clause 1863 Amendment of s 68 (Offence to disclose confidential 11
information) 12
Section 68(5), after `a court'-- 13
insert-- 14
`or QCAT'. 15
Part 6 Amendment of Fuel Subsidy 16
Act 1997 17
Clause 1864 Act amended 18
This part amends the Fuel Subsidy Act 1997. 19
Clause 1865 Amendment of ch 5, pt 4, hdg (Reviews and appeals) 20
Chapter 5, part 4, heading, `and appeals'-- 21
omit. 22
Page 857
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 6 Amendment of Fuel Subsidy Act 1997
[s 1866]
Clause 1866 Replacement of ch 5, pt 4, div 2, hdg (Reviews and 1
appeals under this Act) 2
Chapter 5, part 4, division 2, heading-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Division 2 Internal and external reviews of 5
decisions'. 6
Clause 1867 Amendment of s 117 (Definitions for div 2) 7
Section 117, definition court-- 8
omit. 9
Clause 1868 Amendment of s 120 (Who may apply for review) 10
Section 120, heading, after `review'-- 11
insert-- 12
`by commissioner'. 13
Clause 1869 Amendment of s 122 (Review decision) 14
Section 122(3)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(3) If the review decision is not the decision sought by the person, 17
the notice under subsection (2) must comply with the QCAT 18
Act, section 157(2).'. 19
Clause 1870 Replacement of ch 5, pt 4, div 2, sdiv 3 (Appeals) 20
Chapter 5, part 4, division 2, subdivision 3-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
Page 858
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 6 Amendment of Fuel Subsidy Act 1997
[s 1870]
`Subdivision 3 External review of decision 1
`123 Who may apply for review by QCAT 2
`A person who has applied for the review of a decision under 3
division 2 and is dissatisfied with the review decision may 4
apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a review 5
of the review decision. 6
`124 No stay of operations of decisions 7
`QCAT may not, under the QCAT Act, section 22(3), grant a 8
stay of the operation of the review decision. 9
`125 QCAT to decide review on evidence before the 10
commissioner 11
`(1) This section applies to a proceeding for a review by QCAT of 12
a review decision. 13
`(2) QCAT must-- 14
(a) hear and decide the review of the decision by way of a 15
reconsideration of the evidence before the commissioner 16
when the decision was made, unless QCAT considers it 17
necessary in the interests of justice to allow new 18
evidence; and 19
(b) decide the review of the decision in accordance with the 20
same law that applied to the making of the original 21
decision to which the proceeding for the review relates. 22
`(3) The grounds on which the application for review is made are 23
limited to the grounds of the application relevant to the review 24
decision, unless QCAT otherwise orders. 25
`(4) If QCAT decides, under the QCAT Act, section 139, that the 26
proceeding should be reopened, the issues in the proceeding 27
that are reheard must be-- 28
Page 859
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 6 Amendment of Fuel Subsidy Act 1997
[s 1871]
(a) heard and decided by way of a reconsideration of the 1
evidence given in the proceeding for the review of the 2
decision; and 3
(b) decided in accordance with the same law that applied to 4
the making of the original decision to which the 5
proceeding for the review relates. 6
`(5) In this section-- 7
new evidence means evidence that was not before the 8
commissioner when the decision on the objection was made. 9
original decision means the decision for which the person 10
applied to the commissioner for a review of, under part 4, 11
division 2, subdivision 2. 12
`126 Representation of parties before QCAT 13
`(1) This section applies to a party in a proceeding before QCAT 14
relating to an application under section 123. 15
`(2) The party may be represented by a lawyer.'. 16
Clause 1871 Amendment of s 141A (Refusal to disclose particular 17
information) 18
Section 141A(2), after `a court'-- 19
insert-- 20
`or QCAT'. 21
Clause 1872 Replacement of sch 1 (Decisions subject to review and 22
appeal) 23
Schedule 1-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
Page 860
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 6 Amendment of Fuel Subsidy Act 1997
[s 1872]
`Schedule 1 Decisions subject to review 1
section 117 2
Section Description of decision
13(2) requiring person to refund a subsidy
19(4) deciding anticipated annual subsidy or refusing a
request to decide an anticipated annual subsidy
20(2) deciding a different date for paying, or not to pay,
a provisional subsidy to a licensed retailer
21(1) requiring a retailer to give a written guarantee
22(3) requiring a retailer to lodge claims on stated day
25(3) deciding a licensed retailer has not complied
with licence conditions
34A(3) deciding chapter 3, part 2, division 1 does not
apply to a bulk end user
34C(2) deciding provisional subsidy for a bulk end user
34D(2) deciding subsidy to which the bulk end user is
entitled
34F(3) deciding a licensed bulk end user has not
complied with the licence conditions
34G(1) deciding chapter 3, part 2, division 1 does not
cease to apply to a bulk end user
35(3) deciding a claim period for a bulk end user
36(4) deciding a licensed bulk end user has not
complied with the licence conditions
43(2) deciding to impose conditions on a licence
Page 861
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 7 Amendment of Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994
[s 1873]
Section Description of decision
43(3) refusing application for a licence
44(3) fixing effective date for a licence other than as
applied for
50(2) cancelling a licence
51(2) suspending a licence
52(2) suspending a licence
53(1) changing conditions of a licence
83(1)(c) forfeiting a thing to the commissioner
133(1) deciding records not sufficient to satisfy
commissioner that subsidy amount paid was
correct
135(1) requiring a person to pay an amount under a
prescribed section'.
Part 7 Amendment of Motor Accident 1
Insurance Act 1994 2
Clause 1873 Act amended 3
This part amends the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994. 4
Clause 1874 Replacement of s 68 (Appeals against the commission's 5
decisions) 6
Section 68-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
Page 862
Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal (Jurisdiction Provisions) Amendment Bill 2009
Chapter 14 Department of Treasury
Part 8 Amendment of Pay-roll Tax Act 1971
[s 1875]
`68 Review of the commission's decisions by QCAT 1
`(1) An insurer may apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to 2
QCAT for a review of a decision by the commission to 3
withdraw or suspend the insurer's licence. 4
`(2) For a proceeding of QCAT for a review under this section, 5
QCAT must be constituted by at least 1 judicial member 6
within the meaning of the QCAT Act. 7
`(3) If QCAT changes or reverses the commission's decision, the 8
commission must publish notice of QCAT's decision in the 9
gazette.'. 10
Part 8 Amendment of Pay-roll Tax Act 11
1971 12
Clause 1875 Act amended 13
This part amends the Pay-roll Tax Act 1971. 14
Clause 1876 Amendment of s 8 (Relationship of Act with 15
Administration Act) 16
Section 8(2)(d), `against'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`against, or reviews of,'. 19
Clause 1877 Amendment of s 104 (This Act as a revenue law for the 20
Administration Act) 21
(1) Section 104(3)(d)-- 22
omit. 23
(2) Section 104(3)(e)-- 24
renumber as section 104(3)(d). 25
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Clause 1878 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 1
Schedule, definition prescribed pay-roll tax liability, 2
paragraph (d), `court ordered costs'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`costs ordered by a court or QCAT'. 5
Part 9 Amendment of Taxation 6
Administration Act 2001 7
Clause 1879 Act amended 8
This part amends the Taxation Administration Act 2001. 9
Clause 1880 Amendment of s 17 (Commissioner's general power to 10
make reassessments) 11
Section 17(2) and (3)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(2) However, the commissioner may make a reassessment of a 14
taxpayer's liability assessed under a compromise assessment 15
only-- 16
(a) with the taxpayer's written agreement; or 17
(b) if the commissioner reasonably believes the 18
compromise assessment was-- 19
(i) obtained by fraud; or 20
(ii) made on the basis of a false or misleading 21
statement or there was a failure to give material 22
information. 23
`(3) The commissioner may make a reassessment under subsection 24
(1) even if an objection or appeal against, or review of, the 25
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assessment of the taxpayer's liability for tax has started but 1
not yet been decided.'. 2
Clause 1881 Amendment of s 19 (When commissioner must make 3
reassessment--objections or court decisions) 4
(1) Section 19, heading, `objections or court decisions'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`objections, court decisions or QCAT decisions'. 7
(2) Section 19(1), after `or a court'-- 8
insert-- 9
`or QCAT'. 10
(3) Section 19(2), `court's decision'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`decision of a court or QCAT'. 13
Clause 1882 Amendment of s 20 (Legal interpretations and practices 14
applying to particular reassessments) 15
Section 20(4)(a), after `court'-- 16
insert-- 17
`or QCAT'. 18
Clause 1883 Amendment of s 23 (Limitation period does not apply to 19
particular reassessments) 20
Section 23(a)-- 21
omit, insert-- 22
`(a) if an appeal against, or review of, a decision on an 23
objection to an assessment is started, the commissioner 24
may, under section 17, make a reassessment after the 25
limitation period and before a decision is made on the 26
appeal or review if the taxpayer agrees; and'. 27
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Clause 1884 Amendment of s 61 (Interest on particular overpayments 1
following court's decision) 2
(1) Section 61(1)-- 3
insert-- 4
`(c) a reassessment giving effect to a decision of QCAT on 5
an application for review made by the taxpayer under 6
section 69.'. 7
(2) Section 61(2), after `court'-- 8
insert-- 9
`or QCAT'. 10
Clause 1885 Amendment of pt 6, hdg (Objections and appeals against 11
assessments) 12
Part 6, heading, `Objections'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Objections, reviews'. 15
Clause 1886 Amendment of s 68 (Notice of decision) 16
Section 68(2)(a) to (c)-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`(a) the decision; 19
(b) the reasons for the decision; 20
(c) the taxpayer has a right to-- 21
(i) appeal to the Supreme Court; or 22
(ii) apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT 23
for a review of the commissioner's decision; 24
(d) how, and the period within which, the taxpayer may 25
appeal or apply for the review; 26
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(e) any right the taxpayer has to have the operation of the 1
decision stayed.'. 2
Clause 1887 Replacement of pt 6, div 2 (Appeals) 3
Part 6, division 2-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Division 2 Appeals and reviews 6
`Subdivision 1 Right of appeal or review 7
`69 Right of appeal or review 8
`(1) This section applies to a taxpayer if-- 9
(a) the taxpayer is dissatisfied with the commissioner's 10
decision on the taxpayer's objection; and 11
(b) the taxpayer has paid the whole of the amount of the tax 12
and late payment interest payable under the assessment 13
to which the decision relates. 14
`(2) The taxpayer may, within 60 days after notice is given to the 15
taxpayer of the commissioner's decision on the objection-- 16
(a) appeal to the Supreme Court; or 17
(b) apply, as provided under the QCAT Act, to QCAT for a 18
review of the commissioner's decision. 19
`(3) QCAT may not, under the QCAT Act, section 61(1)(a), extend 20
the period under subsection (2) within which the taxpayer 21
may apply to QCAT for the review. 22
`69A Effect of making reassessment after appeal or 23
review started 24
`(1) This section applies if-- 25
(a) a taxpayer-- 26
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(i) appeals to the Supreme Court against the decision 1
of the commissioner relating to an objection 2
against an assessment of the taxpayer's liability for 3
tax; or 4
(ii) applies to QCAT for a review of the decision of the 5
commissioner relating to an objection against an 6
assessment of the taxpayer's liability for tax (the 7
QCAT review); and 8
(b) the commissioner makes a reassessment of the 9
taxpayer's liability for tax after the appeal or review has 10
started but before the appeal or review has been decided. 11
`(2) On receiving the assessment notice for the reassessment, the 12
taxpayer may-- 13
(a) continue or withdraw-- 14
(i) the existing appeal; or 15
(ii) the taxpayer's application for review; or 16
(b) instead of objecting to the reassessment, change the 17
grounds of the appeal or review, by filing notice of the 18
change with-- 19
(i) for an appeal--the registrar of the Supreme Court; 20
or 21
(ii) for a review--the registrar of QCAT. 22
`(3) However, the taxpayer may change the grounds of the appeal 23
or review only to the extent that the taxpayer would have a 24
right of objection to the reassessment. 25
`Subdivision 2 Appeals to the Supreme Court 26
`70 How to start appeal to the Supreme Court 27
`(1) An appeal to the Supreme Court is started by giving written 28
notice of the appeal to the commissioner within 7 days after 29
the notice of appeal is filed. 30
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`(2) The notice of appeal must be filed within 60 days after notice 1
is given to the taxpayer of the commissioner's decision on the 2
objection. 3
`(3) The Supreme Court must not extend the time for filing the 4
notice. 5
`(4) The notice of appeal must state fully the grounds of the appeal 6
and the facts relied on. 7
`(5) The grounds of an appeal to the Supreme Court are limited to 8
the grounds of objection unless the court otherwise orders. 9
`70A Onus on appeal 10
`On the appeal, the appellant has the onus of proving the 11
appellant's case. 12
`70B Admissibility of new evidence 13
`(1) Subsection (2) applies if-- 14
(a) the Supreme Court is satisfied evidence material to the 15
objection was not before the commissioner when the 16
objection was decided; and 17
(b) subject to section 70(5), the court admits the evidence. 18
`(2) The court must-- 19
(a) adjourn the hearing of the appeal; and 20
(b) direct the commissioner to reconsider the objection 21
having regard to the evidence and any other evidence 22
obtained by the commissioner. 23
`(3) However, subsection (2) does not apply if the commissioner 24
asks the court to continue the hearing without the 25
commissioner reconsidering the objection. 26
`(4) For reconsidering the objection, the commissioner has all the 27
powers conferred under this Act. 28
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`70C Deciding appeal 1
`The Supreme Court must allow the appeal completely or 2
partly or disallow it. 3
`Subdivision 3 Reviews by QCAT 4
`71 QCAT to decide review on evidence before the 5
commissioner 6
`(1) This section applies to a proceeding for a review by QCAT of 7
a decision of the commissioner on an objection. 8
`(2) The grounds on which the application for review is made are 9
limited to the grounds of the relevant objection, unless QCAT 10
otherwise orders. 11
`(3) QCAT must-- 12
(a) hear and decide the review of the decision by way of a 13
reconsideration of the evidence before the commissioner 14
when the decision was made, unless QCAT considers it 15
necessary in the interests of justice to allow new 16
evidence; and 17
(b) decide the review of the decision in accordance with the 18
same law that applied to the making of the original 19
decision. 20
`(4) If QCAT decides, under the QCAT Act, section 139, that the 21
proceeding should be reopened, the issues in the proceeding 22
that are reheard must be-- 23
(a) heard and decided by way of a reconsideration of the 24
evidence given in the proceeding for the review of the 25
decision; and 26
(b) decided in accordance with the same law that applied to 27
the making of the original decision. 28
`(5) In this section-- 29
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new evidence means evidence that was not before the 1
commissioner when the decision on the objection was made. 2
original decision means the assessment or reassessment that 3
was the subject of the relevant objection. 4
relevant objection means the objection to which the decision 5
of the commissioner relates. 6
`72 Representation of parties before QCAT 7
`(1) This section applies to a party in a proceeding before QCAT 8
relating to an application under section 69(2)(b). 9
`(2) The party may be represented by a lawyer. 10
`73 Onus on review 11
`On the review, the applicant has the onus of proving the 12
applicant's case.'. 13
Clause 1888 Amendment of s 76 (Effect of non-reviewable decisions) 14
Section 76(b), `objection or appeal'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`objection, appeal or review'. 17
Clause 1889 Amendment of s 113 (Refusal of disclosure of particular 18
information) 19
Section 113(1), after `court'-- 20
insert-- 21
`or QCAT'. 22
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Clause 1890 Amendment of s 132 (Evidentiary provisions for 1
assessments) 2
Section 132(1)(b)(i), `against'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`against, or review of,'. 5
Clause 1891 Amendment of s 157 (Repealed Stamp Act is revenue law 6
for particular provisions) 7
Section 157(2), `part 6 (Objections and appeals against 8
assessments), other than sections 75 and 76 to the extent they 9
relate to the other provisions of this Act for the repealed 10
Stamp Act'-- 11
omit. 12
Clause 1892 Insertion of new pt 14 13
After section 164-- 14
insert-- 15
`Part 14 Transitional provision for 16
Queensland Civil and 17
Administrative Tribunal 18
(Jurisdiction Provisions) 19
Amendment Act 2009 20
`165 Transfer of appeals from Supreme Court only with 21
consent 22
`Despite the QCAT Act, section 268(4) the court may not 23
transfer a proceeding to QCAT without the consent of the 24
applicant for the proceeding.'. 25
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Part 10 Amendment of Taxation 1
Administration Regulation 2002 2
Clause 1893 Regulation amended 3
This part amends the Taxation Administration Regulation 4
2002. 5
Clause 1894 Amendment of s 11 (Non-application of s 147 of Act) 6
Section 11(1)(c), `order'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`order or decision of QCAT'. 9
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