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Queensland
EMERGENCY SERVICES
LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
BILL 2002
Queensland
EMERGENCY SERVICES LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2002
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF AMBULANCE SERVICE ACT 1991
3 Act amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 4A (Acting commissioner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Amendment of s 28 (Constitution) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 29 (Members of committees). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Insertion of new s 29A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
29A Dealing with vacancy in office of a member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Insertion of new pt 4, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Division 3--Other matters about committees
31A Minister may approve or amend constitution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
31B Commissioner to give constitution to committees. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 Insertion of new pt 8, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Division 4--Provisions for Emergency Services Legislation Amendment
Act 2002
87 Definitions for div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
88 Former constitution ceases to apply. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
89 Committee members continue in office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
90 Office holders continue to hold office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
91 Minister must notify approval day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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PART 3--AMENDMENT OF FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE ACT
1990
11 Act amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
12 Amendment of s 6 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
13 Amendment of s 8B (Functions of service). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
14 Amendment of s 11 (Acting commissioner) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
15 Amendment of s 36 (Membership of council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
16 Amendment of s 53 (Powers of authorised officer in dangerous situations). 12
17 Amendment of s 55 (Powers of authorised officer for preventative or
investigative purposes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
18 Omission of s 94 (Interpretation of part). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
19 Amendment of s 97 (Off-site emergency plans) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
20 Amendment of s 144 (Charges for services) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF STATE COUNTER-DISASTER
ORGANISATION ACT 1975
21 Act amended in pt 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
22 Amendment of s 25 (Powers upon declaration of state of disaster) . . . . . . . 13
PART 5--OTHER AMENDMENTS
23 Minor amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
MINOR AMENDMENTS
AMBULANCE SERVICE ACT 1991. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE ACT 1990 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2002
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Ambulance Service Act 1991, Fire and Rescue
Service Act 1990 and State Counter-Disaster Organisation Act 1975
s1 4 s4
Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2002
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
1 Short title
Clause 3
This Act may be cited as the Emergency Services Legislation 4
Amendment Act 2002. 5
2 Commencement
Clause 6
This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 7
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF AMBULANCE SERVICE 8
ACT 1991 9
3 Act amended in pt 2
Clause 10
This part amends the Ambulance Service Act 1991. 11
4 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions)
Clause 12
(1) Section 2, `In this Act--'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this 15
Act.'. 16
(2) Section 2-- 17
insert-- 18
` "constitution", of a committee, means the committee's constitution 19
under this Act.'. 20
(3) Section 2, definitions (as amended)-- 21
relocate to the schedule as inserted by this Act. 22
s5 5 s7
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5 Amendment of s 4A (Acting commissioner)
Clause 1
(1) Section 4A, `Governor in Council'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Minister'. 4
(2) Section 4A-- 5
insert-- 6
`(2) The Minister's power to appoint a person to act in the office of 7
commissioner does not limit the Governor in Council's powers under the 8
Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 25(1)(b)(iv) and (v).1 9
6 Amendment of s 28 (Constitution)
Clause 10
(1) Section 28, heading-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`28 Conduct of business'. 13
(2) Section 28(1) to (3)-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`(1) Subject to its constitution, a committee may conduct its business, 16
including its meetings, in the way it considers appropriate.'. 17
(3) Section 28(4)-- 18
renumber as section 28(2). 19
7 Amendment of s 29 (Members of committees)
Clause 20
(1) Section 29(1)(a) and (2)(a), `administrative'-- 21
omit. 22
(2) Section 29-- 23
insert-- 24
`(2A) Also, a person is not eligible to be a member of a committee while 25
the person is a member of another committee.'. 26
1 Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 25 (Powers of appointment imply certain
incidental powers)
s8 6 s8
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(3) Section 29(3), `5 other'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`11 other'. 3
(4) Section 29-- 4
insert-- 5
`(3A) Despite subsection (3), a committee may consist of more than 6
11 other members if the Minister is satisfied additional members are 7
required to ensure the community is adequately represented on the 8
committee.'. 9
(5) Section 29(4), from `manner'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`way stated in the committee's constitution, from members of the 12
public.'. 13
(6) Section 29(9), from `dismiss' to `committee,'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`remove a member of a committee from office'. 16
8 Insertion of new s 29A
Clause 17
After section 29-- 18
insert-- 19
`29A Dealing with vacancy in office of a member 20
`(1) This section applies if a vacancy arises in the office of a member of a 21
committee (the "first member"). 22
`(2) Despite section 29(1), the remaining members of the committee may 23
appoint a subscriber (a "replacement member") to the office. 24
`(3) Subject to section 29(2), (2A) and (9) and section 35, a replacement 25
member holds office for the balance of the first member's term of office. 26
`(4) In this section-- 27
"subscriber" does not include a person who is not eligible to be a member 28
of a committee under section 29(2) or (2A).'. 29
s9 7 s9
Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2002
9 Insertion of new pt 4, div 3
Clause 1
Part 4, after section 31-- 2
insert-- 3
`Division 3--Other matters about committees 4
`31A Minister may approve or amend constitution 5
`(1) The Minister may approve a constitution for the conduct of a 6
committee's business. 7
`(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the constitution may provide for the 8
following-- 9
(a) the election of committee members; 10
(b) the term of office of a committee member; 11
(c) the times and places of committee meetings; 12
(d) the quorum for meetings; 13
(e) other matters the Minister considers relevant to the conduct of a 14
committee's business. 15
`(3) The Minister may amend the constitution approved under 16
subsection (1). 17
`(4) The constitution as approved and amended from time to time under 18
this section is the constitution for each committee. 19
`31B Commissioner to give constitution to committees 20
`(1) The commissioner must give a copy of the constitution to each 21
committee as soon as practicable after it is approved under section 31A(1). 22
`(2) Also, if a committee is established after the commencement of this 23
section, the commissioner must give a copy of the constitution to the 24
committee as soon as practicable after it is established. 25
`(3) If the Minister amends the constitution, the commissioner must, as 26
soon as practicable after it is amended, give each committee-- 27
(a) a written notice stating the amendment; or 28
(b) a copy of the amended constitution.'. 29
s 10 8 s 10
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10 Insertion of new pt 8, div 4
Clause 1
Part 8-- 2
insert-- 3
`Division 4--Provisions for Emergency Services Legislation Amendment 4
Act 2002 5
`87 Definitions for div 4 6
In this division-- 7
"approval day" means the day the Minister approves, under 8
section 31A(1), the constitution for the conduct of a committee's 9
business. 10
"former constitution", of a committee, means the committee's 11
constitution immediately before the approval day. 12
`88 Former constitution ceases to apply 13
`On the approval day, a committee's former constitution ceases to apply 14
to the committee. 15
`89 Committee members continue in office 16
`(1) This section applies to a person who, immediately before the 17
approval day, is a member of a committee. 18
`(2) Subject to section 29(2), (2A) and (9) and section 35,2 the person 19
continues as a member of the committee, unless the person earlier 20
resigns-- 21
(a) for the period the person would have been a member under the 22
committee's former constitution; or 23
(b) until the end of any longer period specified under section 29(6). 24
2 Sections 29 (Members of committees) and 35 (Dissolution of committees)
s 11 9 s 12
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`90 Office holders continue to hold office 1
`(1) This section applies to a person who, immediately before the 2
approval day, holds an office mentioned in section 29(3)(a) to (d) for a 3
committee. 4
`(2) Subject to section 29(2), (2A) and (9) and section 35, the person 5
continues to hold the office, unless the person earlier resigns-- 6
(a) for the period the person would have been a member of the 7
committee under the committee's former constitution; or 8
(b) until the end of any longer period specified under section 29(6). 9
`91 Minister must notify approval day 10
The Minister must notify the approval day by a gazette notice.'. 11
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF FIRE AND RESCUE 12
SERVICE ACT 1990 13
11 Act amended in pt 3
Clause 14
This part amends the Fire and Rescue Service Act 1990. 15
12 Amendment of s 6 (Definitions)
Clause 16
(1) Section 6, `In this Act--'-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
`The dictionary in schedule 6 defines particular words used in this Act.'. 19
(2) Section 6, definition "chemical incident"-- 20
omit. 21
(3) Section 6-- 22
insert-- 23
` "ADG Code" means the Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous 24
Goods by Road and Rail approved by the Ministerial Council for 25
Road Transport, as in force from time to time. 26
s 12 10 s 12
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"chemical" see the Environmental Protection Regulation 1998, 1
schedule 9. 2
"combustible liquid" means a combustible liquid under the flammable 3
and combustible liquids standard. 4
"dangerous goods" means goods defined under the ADG Code as 5
dangerous goods or goods too dangerous to be transported. 6
"environment" includes-- 7
(a) ecosystems and their constituent parts; and 8
(b) all natural and physical resources; and 9
(c) the qualities and characteristics of locations, places and areas, 10
however large or small, that contribute to their biological 11
diversity and integrity, intrinsic or attributed scientific value or 12
interest, amenity, harmony and sense of community; and 13
(d) the social, economic, aesthetic and cultural conditions that affect, 14
or are affected by, things mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c). 15
"flammable and combustible liquids standard" see the Dangerous 16
Goods Safety Management Act 2001, schedule 2.3 17
"hazardous material" means-- 18
(a) all dangerous goods, combustible liquids and chemicals; or 19
(b) any other substance with potential to cause harm to persons, 20
property or the environment because of 1 or more of the 21
following-- 22
(i) the chemical properties of the substance; 23
(ii) the physical properties of the substance; 24
(iii) the biological properties of the substance. 25
"hazardous materials emergency" means a situation involving hazardous 26
materials or suspected hazardous materials that includes a loss of 27
control, or an imminent risk of loss of control, of the materials or a 28
loss of control of anything that may impact on the materials if the loss 29
3 Dangerous Goods Safety Management Act 2001, schedule 2--
"flammable and combustible liquids standard" means--
(a) if a standard is prescribed under a regulation as a flammable and
combustible liquids standard--that standard; or
(b) otherwise--AS 1940.
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of control causes, or the loss of control or imminent risk of loss of 1
control has the potential to cause, material harm to persons, property 2
or the environment.'. 3
(4) Section 6, definitions (as amended)-- 4
relocate to schedule 6 as inserted by this Act. 5
13 Amendment of s 8B (Functions of service)
Clause 6
(1) Section 8B(a), `chemical incidents'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`hazardous materials emergencies'. 9
(2) Section 8B(c)(ii), `chemical incident'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`hazardous materials emergency'. 12
14 Amendment of s 11 (Acting commissioner)
Clause 13
(1) Section 11, `Governor in Council'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Minister'. 16
(2) Section 11-- 17
insert-- 18
`(2) The Minister's power to appoint a person to act in the office of 19
commissioner does not limit the Governor in Council's powers under the 20
Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 25(1)(b)(iv) and (v).4 21
15 Amendment of s 36 (Membership of council)
Clause 22
Section 36(1), `14 members'-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`16 members'. 25
4 Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 25 (Powers of appointment imply certain
incidental powers)
s 16 12 s 20
Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2002
16 Amendment of s 53 (Powers of authorised officer in dangerous
Clause 1
situations) 2
Section 53(1)(a), `chemical incident'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`hazardous materials emergency'. 5
17 Amendment of s 55 (Powers of authorised officer for preventative
Clause 6
or investigative purposes) 7
Section 55(1)(a), (c) and (2), `chemical incident'-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`hazardous materials emergency'. 10
18 Omission of s 94 (Interpretation of part)
Clause 11
Section 94-- 12
omit. 13
19 Amendment of s 97 (Off-site emergency plans)
Clause 14
Section 97(4), `chemical incident'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`hazardous materials emergency'. 17
20 Amendment of s 144 (Charges for services)
Clause 18
Section 144(5), `chemical incident'-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`hazardous materials emergency'. 21
s 21 13 s 23
Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2002
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF STATE 1
COUNTER-DISASTER ORGANISATION ACT 1975 2
21 Act amended in pt 4
Clause 3
This part amends the State Counter-Disaster Organisation Act 1975. 4
22 Amendment of s 25 (Powers upon declaration of state of disaster)
Clause 5
(1) Section 25(1)(a)(ii), `effect of the disaster'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`effects of the disaster, or minimise the potential effects of the 8
impending disaster,'. 9
(2) Section 25(1)(a)(iii) and (b)(i), after `disaster'-- 10
insert-- 11
`or minimise the potential effects of the impending disaster'. 12
(3) Section 25(1)(a)(v), after `disaster'-- 13
insert-- 14
`, or potential effects of the impending disaster'. 15
PART 5--OTHER AMENDMENTS 16
23 Minor amendments
Clause 17
The schedule amends the Acts it mentions. 18
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SCHEDULE 1
MINOR AMENDMENTS 2
section 23 3
AMBULANCE SERVICE ACT 1991 4
1 Part 4, before section 26-- 5
insert-- 6
`Division 1--Establishment and functions of committees'. 7
2 Part 4, before section 28-- 8
insert-- 9
`Division 2--Conduct of business and membership of committees'. 10
3 After section 91, as inserted by this Act-- 11
insert-- 12
`SCHEDULE 13
`DICTIONARY 14
section 2'. 15
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SCHEDULE (continued)
FIRE AND RESCUE SERVICE ACT 1990 1
1 Section 64(2), from `issued' to `adjoining'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`given to the occupier of adjoining land prohibiting the lighting of fires 4
on the adjoining'. 5
2 Section 104A-- 6
insert-- 7
` "IPA" means the Int eg rated Plannin g Act 199 7
.'. 8
3 After schedule 5-- 9
insert-- 10
`SCHEDULE 6 11
`DICTIONARY 12
section 6'. 13
© State of Queensland 2002
AMENDMENTS TO BILL
1
Emergency Services Legislation Amendment Bill 2002
EMERGENCY SERVICES LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2002
AMENDMENTS AGREED TO IN COMMITTEE
1 Clause 7--
At page 6, after line 16--
insert--
`(7) Section 29(9), after `to do so'--
insert--
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