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Agricultural College Bill 2005
Agricultural College Bill 2005
Explanatory Notes
General Outline
Short title
Agricultural College Bill 2005.
Policy objectives
The policy objectives of the Agricultural College Bill 2005 are to:
· Establish a governance framework which will meet the
expectations of key stakeholders in relation to the future delivery
of agricultural training in Queensland.
· establish a system for the effective and efficient provision of high
quality vocational education and training to meet the immediate
and future needs of the agricultural industry and the community;
· provide mechanisms for employees, employers, associations of
employees or employers and the community to advise
government on agricultural training needs and priorities to meet
those needs;
· support the continued development of high quality training by
and within the agricultural industry;
· facilitate the provision of agricultural courses that are relevant to
employment and encourages the generation of employment
opportunities;
· promote a community commitment towards supporting young
people in the compulsory participation phase; and
· implement initiatives that are consistent with the ministerial
declaration `Stepping forward: improving pathways for all young
people'.
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Reasons for the policy objectives
In July 2004, the Minister for Employment, Training and Industrial
Relations sponsored a review of the Queensland Agricultural Colleges in
response to a growing number of corporate governance, financial
management and training delivery problems.
A public discussion paper was developed as a framework to engage key
stakeholders in the development of recommendations regarding the future
governance and operations of the agricultural colleges. Invitations to face-
to-face consultations were extended to external stakeholders.
On 13 December 2004, Cabinet considered a submission detailing the
proposed changes to the present statutory structure regulating the four
established agricultural colleges and decided that the four colleges be
amalgamated into one single college to be governed by a corporation sole
constituted by the Chief Executive, Department of Employment and
Training.
Consequential amendments are being made to the following Acts to reflect
the objectives of this legislation:
· Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986
· Education (Overseas Student) Act 1996
· Education (Work Experience) Act 1996
· Public Sector Ethics Act 1994
· Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994
How the policy objectives will be achieved
It is proposed that the corporation will govern the single college to be
known as the Australian Agricultural College Corporation and will
maximise its potential to lead Australia in the provision of agricultural and
rural vocational education and training.
The Bill provides that the corporation may appoint a director of the
agricultural college. It will also establish the Australian Agricultural
College Corporation Advisory Board which will have advisory functions
including providing advice to the corporation about the:
· training of, and delivery of services to, students of the college;
· the needs of communities serviced by the college; and
· the needs of the agricultural and rural industries.
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In addition, a student advisory council is maintained to ensure student
support and enhanced youth representation is maintained in the agricultural
college.
Estimated administrative cost to government for
implementation
All costs associated with implementing the new legislation will be met
within existing budget resources.
Consistency with fundamental legislative principles
The provisions of the Bill are consistent with the fundamental legislative
principles provided for under the Legislative Standards Act 1992.
Consultation
Extensive consultation was undertaken during the review of the
Queensland Agricultural Colleges. A public discussion paper entitled
"Queensland Agricultural Colleges Review Report, December 2004" was
developed as a framework to engage key stakeholders in the development
of recommendations regarding the future governance and operations of the
Agricultural Colleges. A total of 237 people were engaged in face-to-face
consultations. The Department has also received 49 written submissions.
In the main, consultation revealed overwhelming support for the colleges.
There was also, however, strong support for action to be taken to address
issues impacting on the financial viability of the colleges including the
need to amalgamate the colleges and review the current governance
arrangements.
Cabinet considered the Queensland Agricultural Colleges Review and
resolved to amalgamate Queensland's Agricultural Colleges into a single
college governed by a corporation sole constituted by the Chief Executive
of the Department of Employment and Training.
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Notes On Provisions
Part 1 Preliminary
Short title
Clause 1 states the short title of the Bill is the Agricultural College Act
2005.
Commencement
Clause 2 states that the Bill will commence as an Act on a day to be fixed
by proclamation.
Dictionary
Clause 3 states that the dictionary is located in the schedule and defines
particular words used in the Bill.
Ministerial declaration `Stepping forward: improving pathways
for all young people'
Clause 4 provides the ministerial declaration which involves a commitment
to developing practical ways to increase the social, educational and
employment outcomes for all young people including those who are at risk,
disconnected or in vulnerable circumstances.
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Part 2 Australian Agricultural College
Corporation
Division 1 Establishment and capacity of corporation
Establishment of Australian Agricultural College Corporation
Clause 5 establishes the corporation sole to be constituted by the chief
executive and to be named the Australian Agricultural College
Corporation.
The Australian College Corporation ("the corporation"):
· has perpetual succession and a seal; and
· may sue and be sued in its corporate name.
Corporation represents the State
Clause 6 prescribes that the corporation represents the State and has all the
State's privileges and immunities.
Legal capacity of corporation
Clause 7 provides that the corporation has all the powers of an individual
and may:
· enter into contracts;
· acquire, hold, dispose of, and deal with, property;
· appoint agents and attorneys;
· engage consultants;
· fix charges, and other terms, for services it supplies; and
· do anything necessary or convenient to be done in the
performance of its functions under this or another Act.
In addition, the corporation has the powers conferred on it by this Bill or
another Act and may exercise its powers inside and outside Queensland
and Australia.
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Corporation declared to be excluded matter
Clause 8 provides that the corporation is to be excluded from the operation
of the Corporations Act 2001.
Corporation's seal
Clause 9 provides that the corporation's seal is to be kept in the custody of
the chief executive and is only to be used by the chief executive, or another
person authorised, in writing, by the corporation.
Division 2 Functions
Corporation's functions generally
Clause 10 sets the functions of the corporation as follows:
· to promote the creation of employment opportunities in the State
by facilitating the provision of agricultural and rural vocational
education and training that is relevant to employment and
encourages the generation of employment opportunities;
· to establish a system for the effective and efficient provision of
high quality vocational education and training to meet the
immediate and future needs of the agricultural and rural
industries and the community;
· to provide mechanisms for employees, employers, associations
of employees or employers and the community to advise
government on agricultural training needs and priorities to meet
those needs;
· to work in cooperation with other governmental bodies, industry,
commerce and community groups and other persons on matters
relating to the agricultural and rural industries;
· to exploit commercially any facility or resource of the
corporation, including any study, research or knowledge,
developed by or belonging to the corporation;
· to provide facilities or services for study, research and training
relevant to the agricultural, rural and related industries, including
by ensuring the availability of appropriate resources and support
for the agricultural college;
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· to comply with national and State quality standards and audit
requirements for registered training organisations;
· to support the continued development of high quality training by
and within the agricultural industry;
· to promote a community commitment towards supporting young
people in the compulsory participation phase;
· to implement initiatives that are consistent with the ministerial
declaration `Stepping forward: improving pathways for all young
people' as mentioned in clause 4; and
· to perform other functions given to the corporation under this
Bill or another Act.
Additional functions in relation to agricultural college
Clause 11 sets out the corporation's functions specifically in relation to the
agricultural college:
· to control, operate and maintain the agricultural college;
· to establish and review the agricultural college's strategic
direction;
· to develop and implement strategic plans and business plans for
the agricultural college;
· to decide policy for achieving the agricultural college's business
purpose, and for other agricultural college purposes;
· to develop and implement appropriate risk management
strategies for the agricultural college;
· to improve the participation of Aboriginal people and Torres
Strait Islanders (indigenous people) in training by attracting
indigenous people to, and supporting indigenous people in,
training resulting in a qualification or statement of attainment in
numbers that reflect the composition of the community;
· to improve the participation of young people in training by
attracting young people to, and supporting young people in,
training resulting in a qualification or statement of attainment;
· to ensure pastoral care is available for students of the agricultural
college;
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· to develop and implement appropriate strategies to help students
made the transition from an educational environment to the
workplace;
· to maintain the industry links necessary for achieving support
from industry for the agricultural college's activities;
· to encourage opportunities for growth in the agricultural
college's training market, including opportunities outside
Australia; and
· to monitor the performance of the director and the agricultural
college.
Division 3 Financial matters
Corporation is statutory body
Clause 12 provides that the corporation is a statutory body and subject to:
· Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977; and
· Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982.
Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982, part 2B, sets
out the way in which the corporation's powers under this Act are
affected by the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act
1982, including, for example, section 7(4) and (5) of this Act.
Division 4 Directions and delegations
Minister's power to give directions
Clause 13 provides that the corporation is subject to the Minister and must
comply with a signed direction from the Minister about performance of a
function. If the Minister gives the corporation a direction, the corporation
must include particulars of the direction and particulars of the corporation's
response to the direction in its annual report under the Financial
Administration and Audit Act 1977.
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Delegation by corporation
Clause 14 provides that the corporation may delegate its powers to an
appropriately qualified officer or employee of the corporation, or an
appropriately qualified officer or employee of the department.
Division 5 Staff of corporation
Officers
Clause 15 provides that the corporation may employ officers it considers
necessary for staffing the corporation, and it may decide the officers' terms
of employment. However, conditions of employment are subject to any
relevant industrial instrument. Officers of the corporation are appointed
under this Bill and not the Public Service Act 1996.
Secondment as officer of corporation
Clause 16 provides that a public service employee may be seconded to the
corporation and while seconded the person is taken to be an officer of the
corporation under this Bill, and the Public Service Act 1996 does not apply
to the person.
Temporary and casual employees
Clause 17 prescribes that the corporation may employ temporary and
casual employees and may decide the employees' terms of employment.
However, the terms decided by corporation must be done subject to any
relevant industrial instrument. The clause also provides that the employees
of the corporation are employed under this Bill and not the Public Service
Act 1996.
Preservation of rights if public service employee appointed
Clause 18 provides that a public service employee who is appointed as an
officer of the corporation is entitled to retain all existing and accruing
rights as if service in that office were a continuation of service as a public
service employee.
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Preservation of rights if person becomes public service
employee
Clause 19 provides that on the appointment of a person holding office
under this Bill as a public service employee, the person's service must be
regarded as service as a public service employee.
Preservation of rights if public service employee seconded
Clause 20 provides that a public service employee seconded to the office of
the corporation is entitled to the person's existing and accruing rights as if
employment as an officer of the corporation were a continuation of
employment as a public service employee. The person may apply for
positions, and be employed, in the public service as if the person were a
public service employee. If the secondment ended for a reason other than
misconduct, the person is entitled to be employed as a public service
employee.
Part 3 Australian Agricultural College
Corporation Advisory Board
Division 1 Establishment and functions
Establishment of board
Clause 21 provides for the establishment of the Australian Agricultural
College Corporation Advisory Board.
Board's functions
Clause 22 sets out the functions of the Australian Agricultural College
Corporation Advisory Board. The board will have advisory functions
which will include providing advice to the corporation about the following:
· training of, and delivery of services to, students of the college;
· the needs of communities serviced by the college; and
· the needs of the agricultural and rural industries.
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Division 2 Board membership
Board membership
Clause 23 sets out that the Australian Agricultural College Corporation
Advisory Board is to consist of members appointed by the Minister and
that the appointments are by written notice.
Board chairperson and deputy chairperson
Clause 24 provides that the Minister must appoint one of the members of
the Australian Agricultural College Corporation Advisory Board as a
chairperson and may appoint another member as a deputy chairperson.
The chairperson and deputy chairperson holds office for the time decided
by the Minister. However, a vacancy in the office of the chairperson or
deputy chairperson may occur if they resign from the office or are removed
by the Minister. [This links with Clause 27.] Where a chairperson or deputy
chairperson resigns or is removed from office, they may continue to be a
member of the Australian Agricultural College Corporation Advisory
Board.
Term of appointment to board
Clause 25 provides for the appointment of members to the Australian
Agricultural College Corporation Advisory Board for a term stated in the
members' notice of appointment.
The clause also provides that a member may resign from the Australian
Agricultural College Corporation Advisory Board by giving a signed
notice to the Minister.
Conditions of appointment to board
Clause 26 provides that a member of the Australian Agricultural College
Corporation Advisory Board is not entitled to any remuneration, other than
the reimbursement of reasonable expenses and travel allowance, unless
remuneration is approved by the Minister. In addition to the conditions
stated in the Bill, the Minister may decide the conditions under which a
person holds office as a member of the Australian Agricultural College
Corporation Advisory Board.
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Vacating office
Clause 27 provides that a member's position on the Australian Agricultural
College Corporation Advisory Board becomes vacant if the member:
· resigns in writing to the Minister; or
· is absent from 3 consecutive meetings without the board's
permission, or without a reasonable excuse; or
· is removed from office by the Minister.
Division 3 Board meetings
Conduct of board's business
Clause 28 provides that the Australian Agricultural College Corporation
Advisory Board may conduct its business in the way it considers
appropriate, subject to the Bill.
Times and places of board meetings
Clause 29 provides that the Australian Agricultural College Corporation
Advisory Board may hold meetings at the times and places it decides but
must meet at least twice a year. The chairperson of the board or the
Minister may call a meeting of the board at any time.
Presiding at board meetings
Clause 30 provides for the chairing of meetings of the Australian
Agricultural College Corporation Advisory Board. If the chairperson is not
present at a meeting, the deputy is to preside if one has been appointed. If
both the chairperson and deputy are not present, the members present at the
meeting are to choose a person to preside.
Voting at board meetings
Clause 31 provides that questions considered at a meeting of the Australian
Agricultural College Corporation Advisory Board are to be decided by a
majority vote of the members present (including the chairperson or person
presiding over the meeting). If a member abstains from voting, the member
is taken to have voted in the negative. In a situation where there is an equal
number of votes, the person presiding at the meeting has the casting vote.
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Quorum for board meeting
Clause 32 provides that the quorum at a meeting of the Australian
Agricultural College Corporation Advisory Board will be the number equal
to one half of the members appointed to the Board, or the next highest even
number. For example, if 12 members are appointed to the board the quorum
will consist of 6 members; if 13 members are appointed to the board, a
quorum will consist of 7 members.
Meetings held by contemporaneous communication
Clause 33 provides that the Australian Agricultural College Corporation
Advisory Board may hold meetings using communication technology
which allows members to hear and take part in the meeting.
This clause also provides that a resolution is valid, even if it is not passed at
a board meeting, if--
· notice of the resolution is given to the board members under
procedures approved by the board; and
· the number of members required for a quorum agree in writing to
the resolution.
Board minutes
Clause 34 requires the Australian Agricultural College Corporation
Advisory Board to keep a record of its minutes and its decisions.
Division 4 Other provisions
Establishing committees
Clause 35 provides that, with the corporation's written approval, the
Australian Agricultural College Corporation Advisory Board may establish
committees to assist it to perform its functions. When seeking the
corporation's approval, the board must state the terms of reference for, or
functions of, the committee. However, the board does not have to seek the
corporation's approval to form a committee for its own members.
The board may make appointments to a committee only if the person has
the skills or experience appropriate to the committee's terms of reference or
functions. A committee member is not entitled to any remuneration, other
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than the reimbursement of reasonable expenses and travel allowance,
unless remuneration is approved in writing by the corporation.
Part 4 Agricultural college, director and student
advisory council
Division 1 Agricultural college
Agricultural college
Clause 36 provides for the existence of the agricultural college and
acknowledges that the college has no legal existence apart from the
corporation. In addition the corporation may give the college a name as
well as establish campuses of the agricultural college.
Division 2 Director and other staff of agricultural
college
Director and other staff
Clause 37 provides that the corporation may appoint a director of the
agricultural college. The director, subject to the corporation, is responsible
for the day to day management of the agricultural college.
The clause also provides that the corporation may employ other officers
and employees it considers necessary for the agricultural college, and the
corporation may decide the terms of employment for the director and other
officers and employees, subject to any relevant industrial instrument. The
director and the staff of the agricultural college are appointed under this
Bill and not under the Public Service Act1996.
Acting director
Clause 38 prescribes that the corporation may appoint a person to act as
director during any vacancy, in the office, or during any period when the
director is absent from the State or, for another reason, cannot perform the
functions of the office.
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Division 3 Student Advisory Council
Student advisory council
Clause 39 establishes the student advisory council for the agricultural
college. The student advisory council is established to support and
enhance youth representation in the agricultural college and will consist of
1 student from each campus of the agricultural college and 2 members of
staff of the agricultural college.
Student representatives on the student advisory council are to be elected by
the students of each campus. Staff representatives on the student advisory
council are to be elected by staff of the agricultural college. Elections of
representatives are to be held as and when required by the corporation.
Functions
Clause 40 provides that the functions of the student advisory council are to
advise the corporation or the director on:
· matters referred to it by the corporation or the director; and
· matters about the college or students that it considers should be
referred to the corporation or director.
The student advisory council may have other functions conferred on it by
the Bill. The student advisory council is not the employee or agent of the
corporation.
Term of membership
Clause 41 prescribes that members of the student advisory council will
hold office until the end of the calendar year unless they resign by written
notice to the director. However, a student advisory council member who is
a student or a staff member stops being a member of the advisory council
on stopping being a student or a staff member.
Conduct of meetings
Clause 42 prescribes that the chairperson of the student advisory council
must be a student member and chosen by the student advisory council. The
advisory council may regulate its proceedings as it considers appropriate.
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Subdivision 2 Campus student advisory councils
Director may establish campus student advisory councils
Clause 43 provides that the director may establish a student advisory
council for each campus of the agricultural college.
Functions
Clause 44 provides the functions of the student advisory council for a
campus of the agricultural college are to advise the director on:
· matters the director refers to the advisory council; and
· matters about the campus or students the compass student
advisory council considers should be referred to the director.
The student advisory council is not the employee or agent of the
corporation.
Part 5 General
Driver training
Clause 45 provides that despite the Transport Operations (Road Use
Management) Act 1995, a student who is required to drive a specifically
constructed vehicle in agricultural college grounds as part of the student's
training at the agricultural college and is at least 16 years and 6 months of
age is taken to hold a learner licence to drive the specifically constructed
vehicle.
However, this does not apply to a student whose driver's licence has been
suspended or cancelled, or by an order of an Australian Court, has been
disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence. `Driver licence'
and `learner licence' has the meaning given by the Transport Operations
(Road Use Management) Act 1995, schedule 4, and `specifically
constructed vehicle' has the meaning given by the Transport Operations
(Road Use Management) Act 1995, schedule 6.
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Delegation by Minister
Clause 46 provides that the Minister may delegate the Minister's powers
under the Bill to the corporation.
Regulation-making power
Clause 47 empowers the Governor in Council to make regulations for the
purposes of the Bill. In particular, it is provided that regulations may be
made for fees including the refunding of fees, and for the creation of
offences and the imposition of penalties. The maximum penalty that can be
prescribed is 20 penalty units.
Part 6 Repeal and transitional provisions
Division 1 Repeal
Repeal of Agricultural Colleges Act 1994
Clause 48 provides that the Agricultural Colleges Act 1994 No. 58 is
repealed.
Division 2 Transitional provisions for Agricultural
Colleges Act 2005
Definitions for div 2
Clause 49 provides the definitions for division 2.
References to repealed Act or college board
Clause 50 provides that references to the repealed Act may, if the context
permits, be taken as a reference to the new Act. Additionally, a reference in
an Act or document to a former agricultural college or a college board may,
if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to the corporation.
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Dissolution of college boards
Clause 51 provides that on commencement of the new Act each of the
college boards is dissolved, and the members of each of the board go out of
office.
Additionally, no compensation is payable to a member of a college board
because they go out of office.
Assets and liabilities
Clause 52 provides that on commencement of the new Act:
· the assets and liabilities of the college boards will become the
assets and liabilities of the corporation;
· any contracts entered into by or on behalf of a college boards and
all guarantees, undertakings and securities given by or on behalf
of a college board, in force immediately before the
commencement of the new Act are taken to have been entered
into or given by or to the corporation and may be enforced
against or by the corporation;
· any property that, immediately before the commencement, was
held on trust, or subject to a condition, by a college board
continues to be held on the same trust, or subject to the same
condition, by the corporation; and
· any lease granted by, or to, a college board, in force immediately
before the commencement of the new Act, is taken to have been
granted by, or to, the corporation.
Additionally the clause provides that the registrar of titles or other person
responsible for keeping a register for dealings in property must, if asked by
the corporation, record the vesting of the property under this section in the
corporation.
Proceedings
Clause 53 provides that a proceeding that could have been started or
continued by or against a college board before the commencement of the
new Act may be started or continued by or against the corporation.
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Existing decisions of college boards
Clause 54 provides that if a decision of a college board had not had full
effect at the commencement of the new Act, the decision continues in
force, subject to the new Act, and is taken to be a decision of the
corporation.
However, if the decision is one in relation to which a person had a right to
appeal against the decision that had not ended immediately before the
commencement of the new Act, the person may appeal against the decision
as if it were a decision of the corporation.
Dealing with disciplinary matters
Clause 55 provides that a matter under a disciplinary rule which started to
be, or could have been, dealt with by a former agricultural college before
the commencement of the new Act may be continued, or started, to be dealt
with by the director.
Administrator
Clause 56 provides that an administrator for a former agricultural college
immediately before the commencement of the new Act will stop holding
office at the commencement of the new Act and any decisions made by the
administrator while in office that has not had full effect continues in force,
subject to the new Act, and is taken to be a decision of the corporation.
There is to be no compensation payable to an administrator because the
administrator stops holding office.
Continuation of appointment of staff
Clause 57 provides that a person who held the position of director of a
former agricultural college, or a member of a former agricultural college, is
taken to be an officer of the corporation at the commencement of the new
Act.
The clause also provides that until otherwise decided, the person is taken to
be employed by the corporation on the same conditions on which the
person was employed by the former agricultural college. The person,
subject to any relevant industrial instrument, will:
· keep all rights accrued or accruing to the person as an employee
of the former agricultural college;
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· be entitled to receive long service, recreation and sick leave and
any similar entitlements accrued or accruing to the person as an
employee of the former agricultural college; and
· keep all entitlements accrued or accruing to the person as a
member of the superannuation scheme; and
Amalgamation of former agricultural colleges
Clause 58 provides that on the commencement of the new Act the former
agricultural colleges are amalgamated and taken to be the agricultural
college under clause 36(1) and each former agricultural college is taken to
be a campus of the agricultural college as if it had been established by the
corporation as a campus under clause 36(2).
Registered providers under the Education (Overseas Students)
Act 1996
Clause 59 provides that immediately before the commencement of the new
Act, the director of the agricultural college will be taken to be the
registered provider under the Education (Overseas Students) Act 1996. The
director must return any registration certificate given to the former
agriculture college, and the chief executive of the department in which the
Education (Overseas Students) Act 1996 is administered must return to the
director the certificate suitably amended or give the director a suitable new
registration certificate. The certificate must include a condition stating the
campuses of the agricultural college where registered courses under the
Education (Overseas Students) Act 1996 may be delivered.
Part 7 Amendment of Acts
Acts amended in sch 1
Clause 60 refers to schedule 1 which amends the Acts mentioned in it.
Schedule 1 Consequential amendments
Clause 60:
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Criminal Law (Rehabilitation of Offenders) Act 1986
Clause 1 ensures consistency with the Agricultural College Act 2005 by
omitting a reference to `an agricultural college under the Agricultural
Colleges Act 1994' and inserting `the agricultural college under the
Agricultural College Act 2005'.
Education (Overseas Students) Act 1996
Clause 1 ensures consistency with the Agricultural College Act 2005 by
omitting section 5(1)(a)(iii) and inserting with `the director of the
agricultural college.
Clause 2 ensures consistency with the Agricultural College Act 2005 by
omitting section 19(2) and inserting `the director of the agricultural
college.
Clause 3 ensures consistency with the Agricultural College Act 2005 by
omitting section 19(2) and inserting `or college'.
Clause 4 ensures consistency with the Agricultural College Act 2005 by
omitting the Schedule definitions `agricultural college' and `chairperson of
the board of an agricultural college' and inserting:
`agricultural college 'means the agricultural college under the Agricultural
College Act 2005.
`director, of the agricultural college', means the person appointed under the
Agricultural College Act 2005, section 37, as the director of the agricultural
college.'.
Education (Work Experience) Act 1996
Clause 1 ensures consistency with the Agricultural College Act 2005 by
omitting section 5(1)(f) `an agricultural college under the Agricultural
Colleges Act 1994' and inserting `the agricultural college under the
Agricultural College Act 2005'.
Public Sector Ethics Act 1994
Clause 1 ensures consistency with the Agricultural College Act 2005 by
omitting Schedule, definition `agricultural college' and inserting
`agricultural college' means the agricultural college under the Agricultural
College Act 2005.
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Whistleblowers Protection Act 1994
Clause 1 ensures consistency with the Agricultural College Act 2005 by
omitting Schedule 6, definition `agricultural college' and inserting
`agricultural college' means the agricultural college under the Agricultural
College Act 2005.
Schedule 2 Dictionary
Schedule introduces the definitions referred to in clause 3.
Attachment
Ministerial Declaration `stepping Forward: Improving Pathways
For All Young People'
Attachment inserts the Ministerial Declaration `Stepping Forward:
improving the pathways for all young people' referred to in clause 4A as an
attachment to the new Act. The declaration sets out the commitment by
Ministers for Education, Employment, Training, Youth Affairs and
Community Services to developing practical ways to increase the social,
educational and employment outcomes of Australia's young people,
including those who are at risk, disconnected or in vulnerable
circumstances.
© State of Queensland 2005