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Queensland
FIRE AND RESCUE
AUTHORITY AMENDMENT
BILL 1997
Queensland
FIRE AND RESCUE AUTHORITY
AMENDMENT BILL 1997
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s 8I (Membership of board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 8J (Term of office of appointed members) . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Amendment of s 19C (Delegation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Replacement of ss 20 and 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
20 Fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Replacement of s 117 (Collection fee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
117 Retention of administration fee by component local
governments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s 118 (Payments by component local
governments to authority) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
10 Amendment of s 119 (Failure by component local government to
make payment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 Amendment of s 123 (Recovery of arrears) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Insertion of new s 155 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
155 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Insertion of new s 170 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
170 Previous fund . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
1997
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Fire and Rescue Authority Act 1990
s1 4 s5
Fire and Rescue Authority Amendment
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Fire and Rescue Authority Amendment 3
Act 1997. 4
5
Commencement
Clause 2.(1) Subject to subsections (2) and (3), this Act commences on a day to 6
be fixed by proclamation. 7
(2) Section 12 is taken to have commenced on 24 February 1997. 8
(3) Section 8 is taken to have commenced on 1 July 1997. 9
amended 10
Act
Clause 3. This Act amends the Fire and Rescue Authority Act 1990. 11
of s 8I (Membership of board) 12
Amendment
Clause 4.(1) Section 8I(4)-- 13
renumber as section 8I(5). 14
(2) Section 8I-- 15
insert-- 16
`(4) A fire authority officer may be appointed as an appointed member.'. 17
of s 8J (Term of office of appointed members) 18
Amendment
Clause 5.(1) Section 8J(2)(d) and (e)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(d) becomes a contractor of the authority; or 21
(e) is removed from office by the Governor in Council under 22
subsection (4) or (5).'. 23
s6 5 s7
Fire and Rescue Authority Amendment
(2) Section 8J(3) and (4)-- 1
renumber as section 8J(4) and (5). 2
(3) Section 8J-- 3
insert-- 4
`(3) Also, the office of an appointed member (other than an appointed 5
member who was a fire authority officer at the time of being appointed) 6
becomes vacant if the member becomes employed by the authority.'. 7
of s 19C (Delegation) 8
Amendment
Clause 6.(1) Section 19C(2)-- 9
renumber as section 19C(3). 10
(2) Section 19C-- 11
insert-- 12
`(2) A delegation of a power by the authority to the chief commissioner 13
may permit the subdelegation of the power by the chief commissioner, 14
under section 19, to an appropriately qualified fire authority officer.1'. 15
of ss 20 and 21 16
Replacement
Clause 7. Sections 20 and 21-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
und 19
`F
`20.(1) This section applies to a fund established by the Treasurer under 20
the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977, section 112 for the 21
purposes of the authority. 22
1 Section 19 (Delegation by chief commissioner)
2 The Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977, section 11 (Powers of Treasurer
re trust and special funds) provides, in part, that the Treasurer `... may establish
additional funds that will form part of the trust and special funds and specify the
purpose for which each such additional fund is established ...'. Under
section 10(1) of that Act, the public accounts consist of the consolidated fund
and the trust and special funds.
s8 6 s8
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`(2) The following must be paid into the fund-- 1
(a) amounts received for prescribed property as contributions under 2
part 10;3 3
(b) amounts received from other sources; 4
(c) interest from investment of the fund. 5
`(3) Subsection (2) does not limit the Financial Administration and Audit 6
Act 1977, section 10(6).4'. 7
of s 117 (Collection fee) 8
Replacement
Clause 8. Section 117-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
of administration fee by component local governments 11
`Retention
`117.(1) For each financial year, a component local government is 12
entitled to an amount (an "administration fee") for performing functions 13
under this part, including determining the annual contributions payable for 14
prescribed properties, giving fire levy notices and collecting contributions 15
for prescribed properties. 16
`(2) The administration fee for a financial year may be kept from annual 17
contributions for prescribed properties paid or payable for the financial year. 18
`(3) Each component local government may decide the way in which it 19
keeps the administration fee. 20
`(4) A regulation may prescribe the way in which the administration fee 21
is to be calculated.'. 22
3 Part 10 (Funding)
4 The Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977, section 10 (The public
accounts) deals with various matters about the public accounts. Section 10(6)
states--
`(6) There shall be paid into each fund of the trust and special funds--
(a) all moneys that are required by this Act or any other Act or law to be paid
into that fund;
(b) all moneys received for the purposes for which that fund is established.'.
s9 7 s 11
Fire and Rescue Authority Amendment
of s 118 (Payments by component local governments to 1
Amendment
authority) 2
Clause 9.(1) Section 118(3), `30 days'-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`14 days'. 5
(2) Section 118(5), definition, "declared period"-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
` "declared period" means a period in a financial year declared under a 8
regulation as a declared period.'. 9
of s 119 (Failure by component local government to 10
Amendment
make payment) 11
Clause 10. Section 119(1), from `at a rate'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`at the percentage prescribed under a regulation under the Local 14
Government Act 1993, section 614(3)(a).5'. 15
of s 123 (Recovery of arrears) 16
Amendment
Clause 11.(1) Section 123(1), `at the prescribed rate'-- 17
omit. 18
(2) Section 123(2)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(2) For subsection (1), the rate of the interest is the percentage decided 21
by the component local government, under the Local Government Act 1993, 22
5 The Local Government Act 1993, section 614 (Overdue rates may bear interest)
sets out various matters about overdue rates under that Act. Specifically,
section 614(3) provides that for overdue rates `the rate of interest must not be
more than ... the percentage prescribed by regulation ... '.
s 12 8 s 13
Fire and Rescue Authority Amendment
section 614(1), in relation to an overdue rate for the period for which the 1
amount remains unpaid.6'. 2
of new s 155 3
Insertion
Clause 12. Part 12-- 4
insert-- 5
`Definitions 6
`155. In this part-- 7
"amendment Act" means the Fire Service Amendment Act 1996. 8
"commencement" means the commencement of section 8 of the 9
amendment Act. 10
"commissioner" means the corporation sole under this Act as in force 11
immediately before the commencement. 12
"fire service" means the Queensland Fire Service in existence immediately 13
before the commencement. 14
"transferred officer" means a person taken to be employed as a fire 15
authority officer under section 160.7'. 16
of new s 170 17
Insertion
Clause 13. After section 169-- 18
insert-- 19
revious fund 20
`P
`170.(1) The State Fire Services Trust Fund is closed. 21
`(2) The amount standing at credit in the State Fire Services Trust Fund 22
immediately before the commencement of this section must be transferred 23
6 The Local Government Act 1993, section 614(1) (Overdue rates may bear
interest) provides that an `overdue rate bears interest ..... at the percentage
decided by the local government ...'.
7 Section 160 (Fire authority officers)
s 13 9 s 13
Fire and Rescue Authority Amendment
by the Treasurer to a fund established by the Treasurer under the Financial 1
Administration and Audit Act 1977, section 11, for the purposes of the 2
authority.8'. 3
4
8 The Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977, section 11 (Powers of Treasurer
re trust and special funds) provides, in part, that the Treasurer `.. may establish
additional funds that will form part of the trust and special funds and specify the
purpose for each such additional fund .... '.
10
Fire and Rescue Authority Amendment
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section 3 3
1. Section 6-- 4
insert-- 5
` "appointed member" see section 8I(2). 6
"authorised fire officer" see section 6A'. 7
2. Section 8B(a), `with perpetual succession'-- 8
omit. 9
3. Section 24(1), `funds of the authority'-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`fund mentioned in section 20(1).'. 12
4. Section 144(13)(a), `commissioner'-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`authority'. 15
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