Resources Safety and Health Queensland Bill 2019 (Qld)

An Act to establish a statutory body called Resources Safety and Health Queensland to regulate safety and health in the resources sector, establish an employing office, provide for the Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health, and to amend this Act, the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999, the Explosives Act 1999, the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999, the Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, the Public Service Act 2008, the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Regulation 2019 and the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Resources Safety and Health Queensland Act 2019.

2 Commencement This Act, other than sections 120 and 122, commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation.

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

4 Main purposes The main purposes of this Act are— (a) to establish an independent statutory body called Resources Safety and Health Queensland to regulate safety and health in the resources sector; and (b) to establish the Resources Safety and Health Queensland employing office; and (c) to provide for the Commissioner for Resources Safety and Health.

Part 2 Resources Safety and Health Queensland

Division 1 Establishment

5 Establishment of RSHQ Resources Safety and Health Queensland (RSHQ) is established.

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

7 Membership RSHQ consists of— (a) the CEO; and (b) the organisational unit under the control of the CEO.

8 RSHQ represents the State (1) RSHQ represents the State. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), RSHQ has the privileges and immunities of the State.