Integrity Act 2009 (Qld)

Integrity Act 2009

An Act to provide for the Queensland Integrity Commissioner and Office of the Queensland Integrity Commissioner, to facilitate the giving of advice to Ministers, chief executives and others on ethics or integrity issues, to ensure Ministers, chief executives and others appropriately manage conflicts of interest, and to regulate particular lobbying activities with government representatives and Opposition representatives including by a code of conduct, a training course and directives

Chapter 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Integrity Act 2009.

2 Commencement This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

3 Dictionary The dictionary in schedule 2 defines particular words used in this Act. Note— Core concepts for chapter 3 are defined in chapter 3, part 1, and core concepts for chapter 4 are defined in chapter 4, part 1, with signposts to those definitions set out in schedule 2.

4 Purpose The purpose of this Act is to encourage confidence in public institutions by— (a) helping Ministers, members of the Legislative Assembly, and others to deal appropriately with ethics or integrity issues; and (b) regulating contact between lobbyists and State or local government representatives, and contact between lobbyists and key representatives for the Opposition, so that lobbying is conducted in accordance with public expectations of transparency and integrity.

5 Act binds all persons (1) This Act binds all persons including the State and, as far as the legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Commonwealth and all the other States. (2) Subsection (1) does not make the State, the Commonwealth or another State liable for an offence.

Chapter 2 Queensland Integrity Commissioner and Office of the Queensland Integrity Commissioner