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Queensland
PASTORAL WORKERS'
ACCOMMODATION
AMENDMENT BILL 2003
Queensland
PASTORAL WORKERS'
ACCOMMODATION AMENDMENT
BILL 2003
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Omission of s 3 (Savings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Omission of ss 67 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 8 (Accommodation for resident workers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
8 Amendment of s 9 (Group accommodation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9 Amendment of s 10 (Accommodation for non-resident workers etc.) . . . . . 6
10 Amendment of s 11 (Accommodation for workers employed on
other lands) ............................................. 6
11 Amendment of s 12 (Temporary accommodation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
12 Replacement of s 14 (Accommodation to be free of cost) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
14 Accommodation to be free of cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
13 Amendment of s 15 (Occupier to clean accommodation). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
14 Insertion of new ss 15A15B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
15A Accommodation to be free of vermin and clear of vegetation. . . . . . 8
15B Unused accommodation to be kept closed. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
15 Amendment of s 16 (Duties of workers accommodated) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
16 Omission of s 17 (Plans to be approved). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
17 Amendment of s 18 (Notice to comply with Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
18 Amendment of s 19 (Notice of commencement of shearing) . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
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19 Replacement of ss 2122. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
21 Evidence of authority. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
20 Amendment of s 24 (Occupiers and employers to furnish assistance) . . . . . 10
21 Amendment of s 26 (Obstruction of inspector). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
22 Omission of ss 2728 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
23 Replacement of s 29 (Time for commencement of prosecution) . . . . . . . . . 11
29 Time for commencing prosecution . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
24 Amendment of s 30 (Proceedings re offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
25 Amendment of s 31(Power to order remedying of offence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
26 Replacement of ss 3236. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
32 Evidentiary provision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
33 Regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
34 Transitional provision for Pastoral Workers' Accommodation
Amendment Act 2003 ................................. 13
2003
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend the Pastoral Workers' Accommodation Act 1980
s1 4 s5
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
1 Short title
Clause 2
This Act may be cited as the Pastoral Workers' Accommodation 3
Amendment Act 2003. 4
2 Commencement
Clause 5
This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 6
3 Act amended
Clause 7
This Act amends the Pastoral Workers' Accommodation Act 1980. 8
4 Omission of s 3 (Savings)
Clause 9
Section 3-- 10
omit. 11
5 Amendment of s 5 (Interpretation)
Clause 12
(1) Section 5, heading-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`5 Definitions'. 15
(2) Section 5, definitions "chief inspector" and "inspector"-- 16
omit. 17
(3) Section 5-- 18
insert-- 19
` "inspector" means an inspector appointed under the Industrial Relations 20
Act 1999, section 350.1 21
1 Industrial Relations Act 1999, section 350 (Appointment of inspectors)
s6 5 s8
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"structure" includes a transportable hut and a caravan.'. 1
(4) Section 5, definition "pastoral work", paragraph (d)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(d) work declared under a regulation to be pastoral work.'. 4
(5) Section 5, definition "worker", `, under a contract of service,'-- 5
omit. 6
6 Omission of ss 67
Clause 7
Sections 6 and 7-- 8
omit. 9
7 Amendment of s 8 (Accommodation for resident workers)
Clause 10
Section 8(1), as a penalty-- 11
insert-- 12
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 13
8 Amendment of s 9 (Group accommodation)
Clause 14
(1) Section 9(1), after `agree'-- 15
insert-- 16
`in writing'. 17
(2) Section 9(1A)-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`(1A) The last person to sign the agreement must send a copy of the 20
completed agreement to the chief executive within 7 days after it is 21
completed. 22
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 23
(3) Section 9(3), as a penalty-- 24
insert-- 25
`Maximum penalty for subsection (3)--10 penalty units.'. 26
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9 Amendment of s 10 (Accommodation for non-resident workers
Clause 1
etc.) 2
Section 10(1), as a penalty-- 3
insert-- 4
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 5
10 Amendment of s 11 (Accommodation for workers employed on
Clause 6
other lands) 7
(1) Section 11, after `person' first mention-- 8
insert-- 9
`(the "initiator")'. 10
(2) Section 11, `person he or she'-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`initiator, the initiator'. 13
(3) Section 11-- 14
insert-- 15
`(2) If accomodation is not provided as required by those sections, the 16
initiator commits an offence. 17
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 18
11 Amendment of s 12 (Temporary accommodation)
Clause 19
(1) Section 12(1)(a), (b) and (c), after `;'-- 20
insert-- 21
`or'. 22
(2) Section 12(1)(d)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
`(d) for any premises generally, in other circumstances the chief 25
executive considers appropriate;'. 26
(3) Section 12(1), `chief inspector'-- 27
omit insert-- 28
s 12 7 s 14
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`chief executive'. 1
(4) Section 12(4)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(4) The occupier of the premises must not contravene a requirement 4
under a regulation or permit mentioned in subsection (3). 5
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 6
(5) Section 12(5), from `chief inspector'-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`chief executive may extend the period.'. 9
12 Replacement of s 14 (Accommodation to be free of cost)
Clause 10
Section 14-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`14 Accommodation to be free of cost 13
`(1) If under this Act a person must provide accommodation for a 14
worker, the person must provide the accommodation without cost to the 15
worker. 16
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units. 17
`(2) However, the person does not contravene subsection (1) if an award 18
applying to the worker provides otherwise.'. 19
13 Amendment of s 15 (Occupier to clean accommodation)
Clause 20
Section 15, as a penalty-- 21
insert-- 22
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 23
14 Insertion of new ss 15A15B
Clause 24
After section 15-- 25
insert-- 26
s 15 8 s 16
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`15A Accommodation to be free of vermin and clear of vegetation 1
`An occupier must ensure that-- 2
(a) accommodation the occupier provides for workers is kept free of 3
vermin; and 4
(b) when the accommodation is being used, vegetation or 5
undergrowth in the area immediately surrounding the 6
accommodation that is or may be a safety hazard is regularly cut 7
and removed. 8
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units. 9
`15B Unused accommodation to be kept closed 10
`When accommodation provided by an occupier for workers is not being 11
used, the occupier must ensure the accommodation is kept securely closed. 12
13
Example--
14
A shearing team is engaged for a 2 week period in a year. The accommodation must be
15
kept securely closed for the rest of the year.
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 16
15 Amendment of s 16 (Duties of workers accommodated)
Clause 17
(1) Section 16(3A), `$40'-- 18
omit, insert-- 19
`$100'. 20
(2) Section 16(4), as a penalty-- 21
insert-- 22
`Maximum penalty for subsection (4)--10 penalty units.'. 23
16 Omission of s 17 (Plans to be approved)
Clause 24
Section 17-- 25
omit. 26
s 17 9 s 18
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17 Amendment of s 18 (Notice to comply with Act)
Clause 1
(1) Section 18(2), as a penalty-- 2
insert-- 3
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 4
(2) Section 18(3) and (4), `chief inspector'-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`chief executive'. 7
18 Amendment of s 19 (Notice of commencement of shearing)
Clause 8
(1) Section 19, heading, `commencement of'-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`beginning'. 11
(2) Section 19(1), from `shearing is commenced'-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`the day on which it is proposed to start shearing, give to an inspector at 14
the department's nearest office written notice of the proposed starting 15
date.'. 16
(3) Section 19(1), as a penalty-- 17
insert-- 18
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 19
(4) Section 19(2)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(2) If in an emergency it becomes necessary to immediately begin 22
shearing, the occupier must give the inspector the written notice within 23
1 day after shearing starts. 24
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 25
(5) Section 19-- 26
insert-- 27
`(3) However, the occupier does not contravene subsection (1) or (2) if-- 28
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(a) in extenuating circumstances, it is not possible for the occupier to 1
give written notice; and 2
(b) the occupier gives the inspector the notice by telephone in the 3
time mentioned in subsection (1) or (2). 4
`(4) In this section-- 5
"shearing" includes crutching.'. 6
19 Replacement of ss 2122
Clause 7
Sections 21 and 22-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`21 Evidence of authority 10
`(1) Before exercising a power under this Act in relation to a person, an 11
inspector must-- 12
(a) identify himself or herself as an inspector under this Act and the 13
Industrial Relations Act 1999; and 14
(b) produce the inspector's identity card as an inspector under the 15
Industrial Relations Act 1999 for the person's inspection before 16
exercising the power or have the identity card displayed so it is 17
clearly visible to the person when exercising the power. 18
`(2) However, if it is not practicable to comply with subsection (1), the 19
inspector must, at the first reasonable opportunity-- 20
(a) identify himself or herself as required under subsection (1)(a); 21
and 22
(b) produce the identity card for the person's inspection.'. 23
20 Amendment of s 24 (Occupiers and employers to furnish
Clause 24
assistance) 25
Section 24, as a penalty -- 26
insert-- 27
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 28
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21 Amendment of s 26 (Obstruction of inspector)
Clause 1
Section 26(1), as a penalty-- 2
insert-- 3
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 4
22 Omission of ss 2728
Clause 5
Sections 27 and 28-- 6
omit. 7
23 Replacement of s 29 (Time for commencement of prosecution)
Clause 8
Section 29-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`29 Time for commencing prosecution 11
`A prosecution for an offence against this Act must be commenced 12
within the later of the following-- 13
(a) 1 year after the offence is committed; 14
(b) 6 months after the commission of the offence comes to the 15
complainant's knowledge, but within 2 years after the 16
commission of the offence.'. 17
24 Amendment of s 30 (Proceedings re offences)
Clause 18
Section 30(4)-- 19
omit. 20
25 Amendment of s 31(Power to order remedying of offence)
Clause 21
Section 31(3)-- 22
omit, insert-- 23
`(3) A person must not contravene an order made under subsection (1). 24
Maximum penalty--10 penalty units. 25
s 26 12 s 26
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`(4) An offence against subsection (3) is a continuing offence and may 1
be charged in 1 or more complaints for periods the offence continues. 2
Maximum penalty for each day the offence continues after a conviction 3
against subsection (3)--0.2 penalty units.'. 4
26 Replacement of ss 3236
Clause 5
Sections 32 to 36-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`32 Evidentiary provision 8
`(1) This section applies to a proceeding under this Act. 9
`(2) The appointment as an official of a person claiming to be, or stated 10
to be, an official, and the authority of an official to take proceedings or do 11
any act must be presumed unless a party, by reasonable written notice of 12
not less than 7 days, requires proof of-- 13
(a) the appointment; or 14
(b) the power to do anything under this Act. 15
`(3) A signature purporting to be an official's signature is evidence of the 16
signature it purports to be. 17
`(4) A document purporting to be a copy of a notice or permit issued 18
under this Act by an official is evidence of the issue of the notice or permit 19
and of the things in it. 20
`(5) In this section-- 21
"official" means-- 22
(a) the chief executive; or 23
(b) an inspector. 24
`33 Regulation-making power 25
`(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. 26
`(2) A regulation may provide for a maximum penalty of not more than 27
10 penalty units for a contravention of a regulation. 28
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`34 Transitional provision for Pastoral Workers' Accommodation 1
Amendment Act 2003 2
`Section 29, as in force immediately before the commencement of this 3
section, continues to apply to a prosecution for an offence committed 4
before the commencement.'. 5
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