Parliamentary Commissioner and Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 1999 (Qld)

Queensland

PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT BILL 1999

PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER AND FREEDOM OF INFORMATION AMENDMENT BILL 1999

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PART 1—PRELIMINARY

1 Short title 2.0... eee eee 4 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT 1974 2 Act amended in pt2 .......... cee eee ee 4 3 Amendment of s 32 (Strategic review of commissioner) ............... 4 PART 3—AMENDMENT OF FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 1992 4 Act amended in pt3 2.2.2... cece cece cece eee eee 5 5 Insertion of new ss 108A and 108B .............. 00.002 6

108A Strategic review of commissioner ................20 20 eee eeee 6

108B Combining strategic reviews .......... 000s 7

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1974 and the Freedom of Information Act 1992

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Parliamentary Commissioner and Freedom of Information Amendment

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Short title

1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Commissioner and Freedom of Information Amendment Act 1999.

PART 2—AMENDMENT OF PARLIAMENTARY COMMISSIONER ACT 1974

Act amended in pt 2 2. This part amends the Parliamentary Commissioner Act 1974.

Amendment of s 32 (Strategic review of commissioner) 3.(1) Section 32(3)— omit, insert—

"(3) Each review is to be undertaken by an appropriately qualified person, appointed by the Governor in Council, who is to give a report on the review.!'.

(2) Section 32(8) to (11)— omit, insert—

"(8) The person must give a copy of a proposed report on the review to the Minister and the commissioner.

1 A review under this section may be combined with a review under the Freedom of Information Act 1992, section 108A: see section 108B of that Act. 111417 19

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