Trading (Allowable Hours) and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2022 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006, the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005 and the Trading (Allowable Hours) Act 1990 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Trading (Allowable Hours) and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2022.

Part 2 Amendment of Education (General Provisions) Act 2006

2 Act amended This part amends the Education (General Provisions) Act 2006.

3 Insertion of new s 129A After section 129— insert—

129A Attendance at meetings (1) This section applies in relation to an association meeting if a provision of this Act requires or permits a person to physically attend the meeting. (2) A person who is required or permitted to attend the association meeting may do so by using any technology allowing reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication between persons taking part in the meeting. Examples of use of technology— teleconferencing, videoconferencing (3) A person who attends an association meeting under subsection (2) is taken to be present at the meeting.

Part 3 Amendment of Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005

4 Act amended This part amends the Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005.

5 Amendment of s 181 (Power to require information or attendance) (1) Section 181(b)— omit, insert— (b) to attend before the investigator to answer questions by— (i) attending in person at a stated reasonable time and place; or (ii) attending by audio link or audio visual link at a stated reasonable time; or (c) to produce a stated thing to the investigator by— (i) attending before the investigator at a stated reasonable time and place to produce the thing in person; or (ii) producing the thing at or before a stated reasonable time in another stated way that does not involve physically attending before the investigator. Examples of a way a thing may be produced for subparagraph (ii)— by post, by email (2) Section 181— insert— (2) In this section— audio link means facilities, including telephone, that enable reasonably contemporaneous and continuous audio communication between persons at different places. audio visual link means facilities, including closed-circuit television, that enable reasonably contemporaneous and continuous audio and visual communication between persons at different places.