Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) Department means--
(a) a department of government declared under the Public Service Act 2008, section 14(1); or
(b) a body for which an accountable officer is appointed under section 34(2); or
(c) the Office of the Governor; or
(d) the Legislative Assembly and parliamentary service; or
(e) a body mentioned in schedule 1, column 2.
(2) However, department--
(a) in relation to an ordinary Annual Appropriation Act, is a department mentioned in subsection (1)(a), (b), (c) or (e); or
(b) in relation to a parliamentary Annual Appropriation Act, is the department mentioned in subsection (1)(d).
(3) Subject to subsection (4), an authority, corporation, instrumentality or office is part of a department if--
(a) it represents the State, is established under an Act or is established for a purpose connected with the government of the State; and
(b) its expenditure is payable, in whole or part, out of--
(i) amounts paid to the department from the consolidated fund; or
(ii) controlled receipts of the department.
(4) Even though a body mentioned in subsection (1)(b) is part of a department mentioned in subsection (1)(a) for other purposes, for this Act the body is taken not to be part of the department.
(5) Expenditure is not taken to be payable as mentioned in subsection (3)(b)(i) merely because a payment in the nature of an endowment, grant in aid or subsidy may be made to the authority, corporation, instrumentality or office from amounts paid to a department from the consolidated fund.
(6) In this section--
corporation does not include a corporation registered under the Corporations Act.