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Queensland
Family Responsibilities
Commission Amendment
Bill 2014
Queensland
Family Responsibilities Commission
Amendment Bill 2014
Contents
Page
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Insertion of new s 8A (Meaning of welfare reform community area) 4
8A Meaning of welfare reform community area . . . . . . . . 4
5 Amendment of s 20 (Disqualification from being local commissioner) 4
6 Replacement of 43 (Notice about offences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
43 Notice about offences. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
7 Amendment of s 94 (Education chief executive may give particular
information) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 Amendment of s 123 (Board meetings) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 Amendment of s 151 (Regulation-making power) . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10 Omission of s 152 (Expiry of Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11 Omission of ss 155 and 156 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2014
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Family Responsibilities Commission Act
2008 for particular purposes
Family Responsibilities Commission Amendment Bill 2014
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Clause 1 Short title 2
This Act may be cited as the Family Responsibilities 3
Commission Amendment Act 2014. 4
Clause 2 Commencement 5
This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 6
Clause 3 Act amended 7
This Act amends the Family Responsibilities Commission Act 8
2008. 9
Clause 4 Insertion of new s 8A (Meaning of welfare reform 10
community area) 11
Part 1-- 12
insert-- 13
8A Meaning of welfare reform community area 14
(1) A welfare reform community area is an area 15
prescribed by regulation as a welfare reform 16
community area. 17
(2) Before recommending to the Governor in 18
Council that an area be prescribed as a welfare 19
reform community area the Minister must have 20
regard to the main objects of this Act. 21
Clause 5 Amendment of s 20 (Disqualification from being local 22
commissioner) 23
Section 20(1)(b)-- 24
omit, insert-- 25
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[s 6]
(b) a protection order has been made against the 1
person at any time during-- 2
(i) 5 years before the person is proposed to 3
be appointed under section 12(2); or 4
(ii) the person's term of appointment; or 5
Clause 6 Replacement of 43 (Notice about offences) 6
Section 43-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
43 Notice about offences 9
(1) Subsection (2) applies if-- 10
(a) for a person who is an adult-- 11
(i) in a proceeding before a court sitting in 12
a welfare reform community area, 13
Cooktown or Mossman, the person is 14
convicted of an offence; or 15
(ii) in a proceeding before another court, 16
the person is convicted of an offence 17
and the court officer has been advised 18
that the person lives, or at any time 19
after the commencement of this section 20
has lived, in a welfare reform 21
community area; or 22
(b) for a person who is a child-- 23
(i) in a proceeding before a court, the 24
child is convicted of an offence; and 25
(ii) publication of identifying information 26
about the child is not prohibited under 27
the Youth Justice Act 1992, section 28
299A or 301; and 29
(iii) the court officer has been advised that 30
any parent of the child lives, or at any 31
time after the commencement of this 32
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paragraph has lived, in a welfare 1
reform community area. 2
(2) The court officer of the court in which the 3
proceeding was heard must give the commission 4
notice of the conviction-- 5
(a) if subsection (1)(a)(i) applies--as soon as 6
practicable but not more than 10 business 7
days after the person is convicted; or 8
(b) if subsection (1)(a)(ii) applies--as soon as 9
practicable but not more than 10 business 10
days after the court officer has been advised 11
about a matter mentioned in subsection 12
(1)(a)(ii); or 13
(c) if subsection (1)(b) applies--as soon as 14
practicable but not more than 10 business 15
days after the court officer has been advised 16
about a matter mentioned in subsection 17
(1)(b)(iii). 18
(3) Also, notice given under subsection (2) must 19
include, if known, the following-- 20
(a) the day of the conviction; 21
(b) the name and address of the person 22
convicted; 23
(c) information to identify the offence of which 24
the person was convicted and the court for 25
the proceeding; 26
(d) information to identify the welfare reform 27
community area where-- 28
(i) the conduct the subject of the 29
conviction happened; or 30
(ii) for a person who is an adult--the 31
person convicted lives or lived; 32
(e) for a person who is a child and whose parent 33
lives or lived in a welfare reform community 34
area--information to identify the welfare 35
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reform community area where any parent of 1
the child lives or lived. 2
(4) In this section-- 3
conviction includes a finding of guilt made 4
against a child. 5
court means the following-- 6
(a) the Childrens Court; 7
(b) the District Court; 8
(c) a Magistrates Court; 9
(d) the Supreme Court. 10
court officer, of a court in which a proceeding is 11
heard, means the following-- 12
(a) for the Childrens Court--the registrar or the 13
clerk of the court; 14
(b) for the District Court--the registrar of the 15
court; 16
(c) for a Magistrates Court--the clerk of the 17
court; 18
(d) for the Supreme Court--the registrar of the 19
court. 20
finding of guilt see the Youth Justice Act 1992, 21
schedule 4. 22
identifying information, about a child, see the 23
Youth Justice Act 1992, schedule 4. 24
Clause 7 Amendment of s 94 (Education chief executive may give 25
particular information) 26
Section 94(3), definition welfare reform community area-- 27
omit. 28
Clause 8 Amendment of s 123 (Board meetings) 29
Section 123(2), `3'-- 30
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omit, insert-- 1
6 2
Clause 9 Amendment of s 151 (Regulation-making power) 3
Section 151(2)-- 4
omit. 5
Clause 10 Omission of s 152 (Expiry of Act) 6
Section 152-- 7
omit. 8
Clause 11 Omission of ss 155 and 156 9
Sections 155 and 156-- 10
omit. 11
Clause 12 Amendment of schedule (Dictionary) 12
(1) Schedule, definitions Aurukun area, Coen area, Hope Vale 13
area, Mossman Gorge area and welfare reform community 14
area-- 15
omit. 16
(2) Schedule-- 17
insert-- 18
welfare reform community area see section 19
8A(1). 20
(3) Schedule, definition conviction notice, `a'-- 21
omit. 22
(4) Schedule, definition relevant person, paragraph (d)-- 23
omit, insert-- 24
(d) for each conviction notice-- 25
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[s 12]
(i) if the person the subject of the notice is 1
a child--a parent of the child; or 2
(ii) otherwise--the person the subject of 3
the notice; or 4
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