Healthy Futures Commission Queensland Bill 2017 (Qld)

An Act to establish the Healthy Futures Commission Queensland and to amend this Act and the Public Service Act 2008 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Healthy Futures Commission Queensland Act 2017.

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

3 Purpose The purpose of this Act is to establish the Healthy Futures Commission Queensland to— (a) support the capacity of children and families to adopt a healthy lifestyle; and (b) contribute to reducing health inequity for children and families.

4 Act binds all persons (1) This Act binds all persons, including the State. (2) Nothing in this Act makes the State liable to be prosecuted for an offence.

5 Definitions The dictionary in schedule 1 defines particular words used in this Act.

Part 2 Healthy Futures Commission Queensland

Division 1 Establishment

6 Establishment The Healthy Futures Commission Queensland (the commission) is established.

7 Legal status The commission— (a) is a body corporate; and (b) may sue and be sued in its corporate name.

8 Commission represents the State (1) The commission represents the State. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the commission has the status, privileges and immunities of the State.

Division 2 Functions

9 Functions of commission (1) The main functions of the commission are as follows— (a) to support the capacity of children and families to adopt a healthy lifestyle, including by promoting healthy eating and regular physical activity; (b) to contribute to reducing health inequity for children and families; (c) to advocate for the necessary social conditions and environments for matters mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b); (d) to develop partnerships or other arrangements with entities the commission considers appropriate for performing a function mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (c); (e) to give entities the commission considers appropriate grants relating to a matter mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d); Examples for paragraphs (d) and (e) of entities the commission may consider appropriate— • an industry or community organisation • a university or other educational or research institution • an entity carrying on a business • a local government • an instrumentality or agency of the Commonwealth, the State, another State or a local government (f) to consult with entities the commission considers appropriate about a matter mentioned in paragraphs (a) to (d). (2) The commission's functions also include any other function given to it under this Act or another Act. (3) In performing its functions under this Act, the commission must take into account— (a) the social determinants of health and the effects of the determinants on health inequity; and (b) the views, needs and vulnerabilities of groups of persons experiencing health inequity, including— (i) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities; and (ii) culturally and linguistically diverse communities; and (iii) regional and remote communities; and (iv) other communities affected by socioeconomic disadvantage. (4) In this section— social determinants of health means the societal conditions in which people are born, grow, live, work and age, as mentioned in the Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health. Note— The Rio Political Declaration on Social Determinants of Health was adopted by the World Health Assembly at the World Conference on Social Determinants of Health at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 21 October 2011.