Guardianship and Administration and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2017 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Government Owned Corporations Act 1993, the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000, the Integrity Act 2009, the Powers of Attorney Act 1998, the Public Guardian Act 2014 and the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Guardianship and Administration and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2017.

2 Commencement Parts 3, 5, 6 and 8 and schedule 1 commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

Part 2 Amendment of Government Owned Corporations Act 1993

3 Act amended This part amends the Government Owned Corporations Act 1993.

4 Amendment of s 156 (Application of Crime and Corruption Act) (1) Section 156— insert— (7A) This section is declared to be a Corporations legislation displacement provision for the purposes of the Corporations Act, section 5G, in relation to section 1317AE of that Act. Note— The Corporations Act, section 5G, provides that if a State law declares a provision of a State law to be a Corporations legislation displacement provision, any provision of the Corporations legislation with which the State provision would otherwise be inconsistent does not apply to the extent necessary to avoid the inconsistency. (2) Section 156(7A) and (8)— renumber as section 156(8) and (9).

Part 3 Amendment of Guardianship and Administration Act 2000

5 Act amended This part amends the Guardianship and Administration Act 2000. Note— See also the amendments in schedule 1.

6 Amendment of s 5 (Acknowledgements) (1) Section 5(c), 'with impaired capacity'— omit. (2) Section 5(c)(i)— omit.

7 Replacement of s 11 (Principles for adults with impaired capacity) Section 11— omit, insert—