Queensland Consolidated Acts Queensland Consolidated Acts(1) A person who holds any of the following offices, or who is a deputy of anyone holding any of the following offices, must resign office immediately on the person being nominated under the Electoral Act 1992, section 84, as a candidate for election--
(a) anti-discrimination commissioner;
(b) auditor-general;
(c) chairperson, commissioner or assistant commissioner of the Crime and Misconduct Commission;
(d) the Clerk;
(e) Commissioner for Children and Young People and Child Guardian;
(f) commissioner of the police service;
(g) Crown solicitor;
(h) director of public prosecutions;
(i) electoral commissioner;
(j) a commission member under the Health Quality and Complaints Commission Act 2006;
(k) information commissioner;
(l) integrity commissioner;
(m) ombudsman;
(n) parliamentary counsel;
(o) parliamentary crime and misconduct commissioner;
(p) a commissioner of the Public Service Commission;
(q) public trustee;
(r) solicitor-general.
(2) An office holder who fails to comply with subsection (1) is taken to resign office on becoming a candidate under the Electoral Act 1992, section 88(3), despite any other law.
(3) For subsection (1), a person is not a deputy of anyone holding an office only because the person is temporarily acting in the office of deputy.