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Queensland
INTELLECTUALLY
DISABLED CITIZENS
AMENDMENT BILL 1993
Queensland
INTELLECTUALLY DISABLED
CITIZENS AMENDMENT BILL 1993
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Omission of ss.2 and 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Amendment of s.4 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Omission of s.6 (Administration of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
6 Replacement of s.8 (Composition of Council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Composition of Council . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Replacement of s.9 (Term of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Term of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Omission of s.10 (Casual vacancies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 Amendment of s.11 (Vacation of office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
10 Amendment of s.13 (Panel members) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 Amendment of s.13A (Allocation of duties to panels) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Replacement of s.14 (Fees and allowances) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
14 Fees and allowances . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
13 Amendment of s.15 (Holder of office not affected by restrictive
employment provisions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
14 Replacement of ss.18 and 19 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
18 Quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
19 Meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
15 Amendment of s.20 (Conduct of affairs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
16 Replacement of s.21 (Minutes) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
21 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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17 Omission of s.22 (Validity of proceedings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
18 Amendment of s.26 (Legal Friend) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
19 Amendment of s.27 (Applications for approvals and reviews) . . . . . . . . . . . 11
20 Amendment of s.29 (Notice of proceedings, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
21 Amendment of s.31 (Information supplied to Council) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
22 Amendment of s.31A (Consideration of applications, etc.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
23 Amendment of s.32 (Public Trustee to manage estates of certain
assisted citizens) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
24 Amendment of s.33 (Solicitor not to act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
25 Amendment of s.44 (Access to certain intellectually disabled citizens) . . 13
26 Omission of ss.47 and 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
27 Renumbering of s.49 (Annual Report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
28 Insertion of new ss.48 and 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
48 Protection from liability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
49 Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
1993
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Intellectually Disabled Citizens Act 1985
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
title 2
Short
This Act may be cited as the Intellectually Disabled Citizens 3
Clause1.
Amendment Act 1993. 4
Act 5
Amended
The Intellectually Disabled Citizens Act 1985 is amended as set out 6
Clause2.
in this Act. 7
mission of ss.2 and 3 8
O
Sections 2 and 3-- 9
Clause3.
omit. 10
of s.4 (Interpretation) 11
Amendment
Clause4.(1) Section 4 (heading)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Definitions'. 14
(2) Section 4 (definitions "Chairman", "citizen", "Department", 15
"Minister", "nearest relative" and "Public Trustee")-- 16
omit. 17
(3) Section 4-- 18
insert-- 19
` "Chairperson" means the Chairperson of the Council; 20
"citizen" means an adult resident of Queensland; 21
"nearest relative" of an intellectually disabled citizen is the 1st of the 22
following relatives who, in descending order of priority, is reasonably 23
available-- 24
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(a) a spouse; 1
(b) an adult son or daughter; 2
(c) a parent; 3
(d) a grandparent; 4
(e) an adult brother or sister; 5
(f) another adult relative who, in the Council's opinion, has a proper 6
interest in the wellbeing of the citizen;'. 7
of s.6 (Administration of Act) 8
Omission
Section 6-- 9
Clause5.
omit. 10
of s.8 (Composition of Council) 11
Replacement
Section 8-- 12
Clause6.
omit, insert-- 13
of Council 14
`Composition
`8.(1) The Council is to consist of at least 7 members appointed by the 15
Governor in Council by Gazette notice. 16
`(2) Members are to be persons who have, in the Governor in Council's 17
opinion, appropriate knowledge about intellectual disability because of their 18
qualifications or personal or professional experience. 19
`(3) A person is not eligible for appointment as a member if the person 20
is-- 21
(a) an officer or employee of the department; or 22
(b) a paid employee of an entity whose principal function is the 23
delivery of services related to intellectual disability. 24
`(4) The Governor in Council may, by Gazette notice, appoint-- 25
(a) a member to be Chairperson; and 26
(b) a member to be First Deputy Chairperson; and 27
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(c) a member to be Second Deputy Chairperson. 1
`(5) The First Deputy Chairperson acts as Chairperson-- 2
(a) while there is a vacancy in the office of Chairperson; and 3
(b) while the Chairperson is absent or is, for another reason, unable 4
to perform the duties of Chairperson. 5
`(6) The Second Deputy Chairperson acts as Chairperson-- 6
(a) while there are vacancies in the offices of both Chairperson and 7
First Deputy Chairperson; and 8
(b) while both the Chairperson and the First Deputy Chairperson are 9
absent or are, for another reason, unable to perform the duties of 10
Chairperson.'. 11
of s.9 (Term of appointment) 12
Replacement
Section 9-- 13
Clause7.
omit, insert-- 14
of appointment 15
`Term
`9. The appointment of a member is to be for a term of not more than 16
3 years.'. 17
of s.10 (Casual vacancies) 18
Omission
Section 10-- 19
Clause8.
omit. 20
of s.11 (Vacation of office) 21
Amendment
Section 11(1)(d)-- 22
Clause9.(1)
omit, insert-- 23
`(d) is convicted of an indictable offence; or'. 24
(2) Section 11(1)(f) and (g)-- 25
omit, insert-- 26
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`(f) becomes-- 1
(i) an officer or employee of the department; or 2
(ii) a paid employee of an entity whose principal function is the 3
delivery of services related to intellectual disability.'. 4
of s.13 (Panel members) 5
Amendment
Section 13(3)-- 6
Clause10.(1)
omit, insert-- 7
`(3) The appointment of a panel member is to be for a term of not more 8
than 3 years. 9
`(3A) A panel member holds office on the terms of appointment 10
determined by the Minister.'. 11
(2) Section 13(6)-- 12
omit `Workers' Compensation Act 1916-1988', 13
insert `Workers' Compensation Act 1990'. 14
of s.13A (Allocation of duties to panels) 15
Amendment
Section 13A(2)-- 16
Clause11.(1)
omit `members of the Council', insert `members'. 17
(2) Section 13A(2)(a)(i)-- 18
omit `as a paid employee of the Department or a paid employee of any 19
other organization or body the principal function of which', 20
insert `as an officer or employee of the department or a paid employee of 21
an entity whose principal function'. 22
of s.14 (Fees and allowances) 23
Replacement
Section 14-- 24
Clause12.
omit, insert-- 25
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and allowances 1
`Fees
`14.(1) Members and panel members are to be paid the fees and 2
allowances determined by the Governor in Council. 3
`(2) Members and panel members are to be paid the expenses incurred 4
by them in discharging their functions if the payment is approved by the 5
chief executive.'. 6
of s.15 (Holder of office not affected by restrictive 7
Amendment
employment provisions) 8
Section 15-- 9
Clause13.
omit `, subject to section 14(2),'. 10
of ss.18 and 19 11
Replacement
Sections 18 and 19-- 12
Clause14.
omit, insert-- 13
Quorum 14
`
`18.(1) At a meeting of the Council (other than a meeting mentioned in 15
subsection (2)), a quorum is at least half the members constituting the 16
Council at the time, of whom 1 must be the Chairperson. 17
`(2) At a meeting of the Council to consider a report and the 18
recommendations of a panel constituted under section 13A(2), a quorum 19
is-- 20
(a) the person who, under section 19(2), is to preside at the meeting; 21
and 22
(b) 2 other members. 23
24
`Meetings
`19.(1) Meetings of the Council are to be held at the times and places 25
determined by the Chairperson. 26
`(2) The Chairperson is to preside at all meetings. 27
`(3) However, at a meeting of the Council held for the purpose 28
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mentioned in section 18(2)-- 1
(a) if the Chairperson is not present at the meeting, but the First 2
Deputy Chairperson is present--the First Deputy Chairperson is 3
to preside; and 4
(b) if the Chairperson and the First Deputy Chairperson are not 5
present at the meeting, but the Second Deputy Chairperson is 6
present--the Second Deputy Chairperson is to preside; and 7
(c) if the Chairperson, the First Deputy Chairperson and the Second 8
Deputy Chairperson are not present at the meeting--a member 9
nominated by the Chairperson is to preside. 10
`(4) A nomination for the purpose of subsection (3)(c)-- 11
(a) must be in writing; and 12
(b) may be of general or limited application; and 13
(c) may be revoked by the Chairperson by written notice given to the 14
nominee. 15
`(5) Two or more meetings of the Council may be held concurrently for 16
the purpose mentioned in section 18(2).'. 17
of s.20 (Conduct of affairs) 18
Amendment
Clause15. Section 20 (3rd sentence)-- 19
omit `Chairman', insert `person presiding'. 20
of s.21 (Minutes) 21
Replacement
Section 21-- 22
Clause16.
omit, insert-- 23
Minutes 24
`
`21. The Council must keep minutes of its proceedings.'. 25
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of s.22 (Validity of proceedings) 1
Omission
Section 22-- 2
Clause17.
omit. 3
of s.26 (Legal Friend) 4
Amendment
Clause18.(1) Section 26(3) (after `care')-- 5
insert `(whether a single item of treatment or care or a course of 6
treatment or care over a period)'. 7
(2) Section 26(5)-- 8
omit `In giving', insert `Before deciding whether or not to give'. 9
(3) Section 26(5)(d)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(5A) In giving consent, the Legal Friend must ensure that, as far as 12
possible, the consent is for the least restrictive option available, after taking 13
into consideration the health, wellbeing and expressed wishes of the assisted 14
citizen.'. 15
(4) Section 26(7)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`(7) Subject to any directions of the Minister, the Legal Friend may 18
delegate the Legal Friend's powers under this Act to a barrister or solicitor. 19
`(7A) The Legal Friend must not delegate a power that may involve the 20
expenditure of an amount unless the chief executive has approved the 21
expenditure.'. 22
(5) Section 26(9)(b)(ii) (after `care')-- 23
insert `(whether a single item of treatment or care or a course of 24
treatment or care over a period)'. 25
(6) Section 26(11)-- 26
omit `(3), (4) and (5)', insert `(3) to (5A)'. 27
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of s.27 (Applications for approvals and reviews) 1
Amendment
Clause19.(1) Section 27(2)(a)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(a) an adult relative of the citizen;'. 4
(2) Section 27-- 5
omit `a member of the Police Force', insert `a police officer'. 6
(3) Section 27(2)(e)-- 7
omit `any other person, who has attained the age of 18 years,', 8
insert `any other adult'. 9
(4) Section 27(3)(b)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(b) an adult relative of the citizen;'. 12
(5) Section 27(3)(c)-- 13
omit `any other person, who has attained the age of 18 years,', 14
insert `any other adult'. 15
of s.29 (Notice of proceedings, etc.) 16
Amendment
Section 29(2)-- 17
Clause20.
omit `any other relative or other person, who has attained the age of 18
18 years,', 19
insert `any other adult'. 20
of s.31 (Information supplied to Council) 21
Amendment
Section 31(1)-- 22
Clause21.
omit, insert-- 23
`31.(1) If a person is asked by the Chairperson or the convenor of a panel 24
to supply to the Council or the panel information relevant to the 25
consideration of an application under section 27 or the conduct of a review 26
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under section 28, the person must comply with the request to the extent that 1
the person is able.'. 2
of s.31A (Consideration of applications, etc.) 3
Amendment
Section 31A(4)(a)-- 4
Clause22.(1)
omit `(3)(b)', insert `(3)(b)(ii) or (iii)'. 5
(2) Section 31A(4)(a)(i)-- 6
omit `for the purpose of section 26(1)(a)'. 7
of s.32 (Public Trustee to manage estates of certain 8
Amendment
assisted citizens) 9
Section 32(1A)(c)-- 10
Clause23.(1)
omit. 11
(2) Section 32-- 12
insert-- 13
`(5) In subsections (2) to (4)-- 14
"assisted citizen" includes a citizen mentioned in subsection (1A)(a).'. 15
of s.33 (Solicitor not to act) 16
Amendment
Section 33(2)-- 17
Clause24.
omit, insert-- 18
`(2) In this section-- 19
"proceedings" has the meaning given by section 6 of the Public Trustee 20
Act 1978; 21
"property" has the meaning given by section 6 of the Public Trustee Act 22
1978;'. 23
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of s.44 (Access to certain intellectually disabled citizens) 1
Amendment
Clause25. Section 44(6) and (7)-- 2
omit `member of the Police Force', insert `police officer'. 3
of ss.47 and 48 4
Omission
Sections 47 and 48-- 5
Clause26.
omit. 6
of s.49 (Annual Report) 7
Renumbering
Section 49-- 8
Clause27.
renumber as section 47. 9
of new ss.48 and 49 10
Insertion
Clause28. After section 47 (as renumbered)-- 11
insert-- 12
from liability 13
`Protection
`48.(1) This section applies to-- 14
(a) the Minister; and 15
(b) a member; and 16
(c) a panel member; and 17
(d) the Legal Friend. 18
`(2) A person to whom this section applies does not incur civil liability 19
for an act or omission done honestly and without negligence under this Act. 20
`(3) A liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the person 21
attaches instead to the State. 22
23
`Regulations
`49.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations for the purposes 24
of this Act. 25
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`(2) A regulation may be made prescribing fees and charges for the 1
purposes of this Act.'. 2
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