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Queensland
FINANCIAL
ADMINISTRATION AND
OTHER LEGISLATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2003
Queensland
FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION AND
OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT
BILL 2003
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF FINANCIAL ADMINISTRATION
AND AUDIT ACT 1977
3 Act amended in pt 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 4A (Meaning of "department") . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 17 (Treasurer's consolidated fund bank account) . . . . . . . 4
6 Amendment of s 39 (Annual report by department and short
form annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 40C (No-one other than Treasurer may invest or
otherwise lend an amount) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 43D (Requirement to report to appropriate Minister
about derivatives). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Omission of s 43E (Treasurer may ask for reports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10 Amendment of s 46J (Annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
11 Replacement of s 69 (Audit of audit office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
69 Audit of audit office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Amendment of s 92 (Confidentiality) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
13 Amendment of s 109 (Delegation by Treasurer of certain powers) . . . . . . . 8
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14 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF MOTOR ACCIDENT INSURANCE
ACT 1994
15 Act amended in pt 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
16 Amendment of s 14 (Recommendations about levies and
administration fee) ....................................... 9
17 Amendment of s 15 (Report and recommendations when costs of
insurance exceed the affordability index) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PART 4--MINOR AMENDMENTS OF CASINO CONTROL
ACT 1982
18 Act amended--schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF CASINO CONTROL ACT 1982
2003
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977 and
the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994, and for other purposes
s1 4 s5
Financial Administration and Other Legislation
Amendment Bill 2003
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
1 Short title
Clause 3
This Act may be cited as the Financial Administration and Other 4
Legislation Amendment Act 2003. 5
2 Commencement
Clause 6
Section 4 commences on 1 July 2003. 7
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF FINANCIAL 8
ADMINISTRATION AND AUDIT ACT 1977 9
3 Act amended in pt 2
Clause 10
This part amends the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977. 11
4 Amendment of s 4A (Meaning of "department")
Clause 12
Section 4A-- 13
insert-- 14
`(6) In this section-- 15
"corporation" does not include a corporation registered under the 16
Corporations Act.'. 17
5 Amendment of s 17 (Treasurer's consolidated fund bank account)
Clause 18
Section 17-- 19
insert-- 20
s6 5 s7
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`(4) The Treasurer has the power to do all things necessary or convenient 1
to be done for keeping the Treasurer's consolidated fund bank account.'. 2
6 Amendment of s 39 (Annual report by department and short
Clause 3
form annual report) 4
(1) Section 39(7)-- 5
renumber as section 39(8). 6
(2) Section 39-- 7
insert-- 8
`(7) The accountable officer may prepare an annual report, or a short 9
form annual report, in electronic form if-- 10
(a) copies of the report are also available in paper form; and 11
(b) the electronic form of the report states, in a prominent way, that 12
copies of the report are also available in paper form and how the 13
copies may be obtained.'. 14
(3) Section 39(8) as renumbered, `the report in an electronic form'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`electronic form in an annual report'. 17
7 Amendment of s 40C (No-one other than Treasurer may invest or
Clause 18
otherwise lend an amount) 19
Section 40C(3)(b)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(b) a department to the extent it is doing a thing mentioned in that 22
subsection-- 23
(i) under a Treasurer's approval; or 24
(ii) for entering into a derivative transaction under 25
division 8A; or'. 26
s8 6 s 10
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8 Amendment of s 43D (Requirement to report to appropriate
Clause 1
Minister about derivatives) 2
Section 43D-- 3
insert-- 4
`(4) After a department gives a report to an appropriate Minister under 5
subsection (1), the department must give a copy of the report to the 6
Treasurer.'. 7
9 Omission of s 43E (Treasurer may ask for reports)
Clause 8
Section 43E-- 9
omit. 10
10 Amendment of s 46J (Annual report)
Clause 11
(1) Section 46J(6)-- 12
renumber as section 46J(8). 13
(2) Section 46J(2A) to (5)-- 14
renumber as section 46J(3) to (6). 15
(3) Section 46J-- 16
insert-- 17
`(7) The statutory body may prepare an annual report, or a short form 18
annual report, in electronic form if-- 19
(a) copies of the report are also available in paper form; and 20
(b) the electronic form of the report states, in a prominent way, that 21
copies of the report are also available in paper form and how the 22
copies may be obtained.'. 23
(4) Section 46J(8) as renumbered, from `subsection (3)(b)' to `electronic 24
form'-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
`subsection (4)(b) may be included in electronic form in an annual 27
report'. 28
s 11 7 s 12
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11 Replacement of s 69 (Audit of audit office)
Clause 1
Section 69-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`69 Audit of audit office 4
`(1) The Governor in Council must appoint a person who is a registered 5
company auditor under the Corporations Act to conduct an audit of the 6
audit office for each financial year for which the person is appointed. 7
`(2) A person may not be appointed under subsection (1) for more than 8
5 consecutive financial years. 9
`(3) The person is entitled to be paid the fee decided by the Governor in 10
Council for each financial year for which the person is appointed. 11
`(4) For conducting an audit under subsection (1)-- 12
(a) the person has all the powers of an authorised auditor; and 13
(b) this Act and other Acts apply to the person as if the person were 14
an authorised auditor. 15
`(5) After an audit, the person must give-- 16
(a) a report about the audit to the Premier; and 17
(b) a copy of the report to the auditor-general and the Treasurer. 18
`(6) The auditor-general must include the person's report in the annual 19
report of the audit office.'. 20
12 Amendment of s 92 (Confidentiality)
Clause 21
(1) Section 92(1)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(1) This section applies to a person who is or has been any of the 24
following, including before the commencement of this subsection-- 25
(a) an authorised auditor; 26
(b) a person engaged by the auditor-general; 27
(c) a person engaged or employed by a contract auditor.'. 28
s 13 8 s 13
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(2) Section 92(2), `A person to whom this section applies must not'-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`The person must not'. 3
(3) Section 92(2)(c) and (d), `or for the purposes of'-- 4
omit. 5
(4) Section 92(3)(a) and (b)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(a) the parliamentary committee; or 8
(b) the Public Works Committee; or'. 9
(5) Section 92-- 10
insert-- 11
`(4) In this section-- 12
"protected information" means information, other than information that 13
is publicly available, that-- 14
(a) is disclosed to, or obtained by, a person to whom this section 15
applies in relation to an audit that has been, is being or will be 16
conducted under this Act; and 17
(b) is relevant to the audit. 18
"Public Works Committee" means the Public Works Committee 19
established under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001, 20
section 80.1'. 21
13 Amendment of s 109 (Delegation by Treasurer of certain powers)
Clause 22
Section 109(2), after `16,'-- 23
insert-- 24
`17(4),'. 25
1 Parliament of Queensland Act 2001, section 80 (Establishment of statutory
committees)
s 14 9 s 17
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14 Amendment of sch 3 (Dictionary)
Clause 1
Schedule 3, definition "short form annual report", paragraph (b), 2
`section 46J(4)'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`section 46J(5)'. 5
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF MOTOR ACCIDENT 6
INSURANCE ACT 1994 7
15 Act amended in pt 3
Clause 8
This part amends the Motor Accident Insurance Act 1994. 9
16 Amendment of s 14 (Recommendations about levies and
Clause 10
administration fee) 11
Section 14(1)(c), after `year'-- 12
insert-- 13
`and the component, if any, to be included in the levy for satisfying 14
liabilities of the Nominal Defendant under section 33(2)2'. 15
17 Amendment of s 15 (Report and recommendations when costs of
Clause 16
insurance exceed the affordability index) 17
(1) Section 15(5), definition "insurance premium", after `does not 18
include'-- 19
insert-- 20
`the relevant insolvency liability component or'. 21
2 Section 33 (Nominal Defendant as the insurer)
s 18 10 s 18
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(2) Section 15(5)-- 1
insert-- 2
` "relevant insolvency liability component" means the amount included 3
in the Nominal Defendant levy that the Minister considers is 4
attributable to satisfying liabilities of the Nominal Defendant under 5
section 33(2).'. 6
PART 4--MINOR AMENDMENTS OF CASINO 7
CONTROL ACT 1982 8
18 Act amended--schedule
Clause 9
The schedule amends the Casino Control Act 1982. 10
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SCHEDULE 1
MINOR AMENDMENTS OF CASINO CONTROL 2
ACT 1982 3
section 18 4
1 Sections 14(2), 43A(5), 108(1) and 110, penalty, `imprisonment for 5
1 year'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`1 year's imprisonment'. 8
2 Section 31(12)(a), `warranted;'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`warranted; or'. 11
3 Section 31(12)(b), `to do so;'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`to do so; or'. 14
4 Section 31(12)(c), `in the notice;'-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`in the notice; or'. 17
5 Section 34(1)(b), `of or above the age of 18 years'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`18 years or more'. 20
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SCHEDULE (continued)
6 Section 34(2)(b), `the age of'-- 1
omit. 2
7 Section 47(1)(a), `employee;'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`employee; or'. 5
8 Section 47(1)(b), `operator;'-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`operator; or'. 8
9 Section 99(5), `impose'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`impose a'. 11
10 Section 102(1), (2), (3)(a) and (b) and (4), `the age of'-- 12
omit. 13
11 Section 102(5)(a) and (b), `of or above the age of 18 years'-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`18 years or more'. 16
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SCHEDULE (continued)
12 Sections 103, 104, 107, 109 and 111(1) and (2), penalty, 1
`imprisonment for 2 years'-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`2 years imprisonment'. 4
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