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SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2009 - SECT 65 Transfer direction

SOUTH-EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (DISTRIBUTION AND RETAIL RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2009 - SECT 65

Transfer direction

65 Transfer direction

(1) The Minister may give a direction (a
"transfer direction" ) to any of the following (a
"relevant entity" ) to do anything the Minister considers necessary to achieve the transition to a distributor-retailer from its participating local governments—
(a) the distributor-retailer;
(b) the board;
(c) any of the distributor-retailer’s participating local governments.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , a transfer direction may be about—
(a) executing an instrument; or
(b) disclosing information; or
(c) for the distributor-retailer, according particular terms and conditions of employment to its employees affected by the transfer during a stated period after its establishment consistent with the staff support framework; or
(d) anything the Minister considers necessary to remedy a contravention of the staff support framework.
Note—
Section 79 provided for the approval of a staff support framework. That provision was repealed by the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Amendment Act 2012 .
(3) A transfer direction must be in writing and signed by the Minister.
(4) If a relevant entity is given a transfer direction
(a) the entity must comply with the direction; and
(b) if the entity is the distributor-retailer—its board must take the action necessary to ensure the distributor-retailer complies with the direction.
Penalty—
Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units.
(5) In this section—


"board" includes, for a local government, its councillors.