Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2004 (Qld)

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Queensland

Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2004

Queensland

Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2004

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A Bill

for An Act to amend the Freedom of Information Act 1992

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Freedom of Information Amendment Bill 2004

The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Clause 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom of Information Amendment Act 2004.

Clause 2 Act amended

This Act amends the Freedom of Information Act 1992.

Clause 3 Insertion of new s 47A After section 47—

insert—

'47A_ Matter relating to investment incentive scheme

'(1) Matter is exempt matter if its disclosure could reasonably be expected to disclose information about—

(2)

(a)

(b)

a particular incentive given to or arranged for a relevant person under an investment incentive scheme; or

an incentive sought by or proposed for a relevant person whether or not an incentive was, in fact, given to or arranged for the relevant person under an investment incentive scheme.

In this section—

department means the department in which the State

Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971 is administered.

incentive includes any of the following—

(a)

(b)

(c)

an amount that is a refund of all or part of an amount paid as a tax, fee or charge;

another amount, whether as a lump sum or by instalments;

a benefit that is not an amount mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).

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investment incentive scheme means a written scheme to promote projects by providing incentives, that includes processes for assessing an application under the scheme and is administered by the department.