Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Any person who, being employed in the public service, knowingly acquires or holds, directly or indirectly, otherwise than as a member of a registered joint stock company consisting of more than 20 persons, a private interest in any contract or agreement which is made on account of the public service with respect to any matter concerning the department of the service in which the person is employed, is guilty of a misdemeanour, and is liable to imprisonment for 3 years, and to be fined at the discretion of the court.
(2) A reference in subsection (1) to a person employed in the public service includes a ministerial staff member under the Ministerial and Other Office Holder Staff Act 2010 and, for that purpose—
(a) a ministerial staff member employed in the office of a Minister is taken to be employed in each department administered by the Minister; and
(b) a ministerial staff member employed in the office of a Parliamentary Secretary is taken to be employed in each department for which the Parliamentary Secretary is given responsibility under his or her functions.
Note—
Under the Constitution of Queensland 2001, section 25, a Parliamentary Secretary has the functions decided by the Premier.