Parliamentary Members (Office of Profit) Amendment Bill 1999 (Qld)

Queensland

PARLIAMENTARY MEMBERS (OFFICE OF PROFIT) AMENDMENT BILL

PARLIAMENTARY MEMBERS (OFFICE OF PROFIT) AMENDMENT BILL 1999

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

Section Page PART 1—PRELIMINARY 1 Short title 20.6... 4 PART 2—AMENDMENT OF LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY ACT2 Act amended in pt2 ......... 0... eee 4 3 Amendment of s 7A (Eligibility of members to hold offices etc.)........ 4 4 Amendment of s 7B (Eligibility of members to perform services) ....... 5 5 Omission Of S7C oo... eee nett ete enn ees 6 Amendment of s 7D (Meaning of expressions) ...............00000005 6

PART 3—AMENDMENT OF OFFICIALS IN PARLIAMENT ACT 7 Act amended in pt3 2... .. cece cece eect eee ene

8 Amendment of s 5 (Government officers not to sit in Legislative Assembly except as mentioned) .............0...00 0.000 e eee eee eee

A BILL FOR

An Act to amend the Legislative Assembly Act 1867 and the Officials in Parliament Act 1896

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Parliamentary Members (Office of Profit) Amendment

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Short title

Clause 1. This Act may be cited as the Parliamentary Members (Office of

PART 1—PRELIMINARY

Profit) Amendment Act 1999.

PART 2—AMENDMENT OF LEGISLATIVE

ASSEMBLY ACT 1867

Act amended in pt 2

Clause 2. This part amends the Legislative Assembly Act 1867.

Amendment of s 7A (Eligibility of members to hold offices etc.) Clause 3.(1) Section 7A(4)(a)—

omit, insert—

'(a) any office or place of profit under the Crown or any position of the prescribed description if—

(i)

(ii)

an Act requires or expressly permits that the office, place or position be held by a member of the Assembly, however described; or

when the office, place or position is held by a member of the Assembly, neither the member nor any other person is entitled to or is entitled to and receives any fee or other reward on account of the member holding the office, place or position; or'. 1114 161921 Clause