Crime and Corruption and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2024 (Qld)

An Act to amend the Crime and Corruption Act 2001, the Public Interest Disclosure Act 2010, the Public Sector Act 2022, the Right to Information Act 2009 and the Telecommunications Interception Act 2009 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Crime and Corruption and Other Legislation Amendment Act 2024.

2 Commencement The following provisions commence on a day to be fixed by proclamation— • sections 5 to 15 • sections 17 to 21 • section 22 to the extent it inserts new sections 182B and 182C • sections 23 to 38 • sections 40 and 42 • section 47 to the extent it inserts new sections 459 to 461 and 463 to 467 • section 48.

Part 2 Amendment of Crime and Corruption Act 2001

3 Act amended This part amends the Crime and Corruption Act 2001.

4 Amendment of s 20 (Meaning of unit of public administration ) Section 20— insert— (3) The Minister may recommend to the Governor in Council the making of a regulation under subsection (1)(h) prescribing an entity to be a unit of public administration only if the Minister— (a) is satisfied the entity— (i) is supported directly or indirectly by government funds or other government assistance; or (ii) is an entity over which government is in a position to exercise control; or (iii) is established under an Act; or (iv) is given public functions under an Act; and (b) considers it is in the public interest for the entity to be prescribed as a unit of public administration. (4) In deciding whether it would be in the public interest for the entity to be prescribed as a unit of public administration, the Minister may have regard to each of the following matters— (a) if the entity is a company, whether it is a company limited by shares; (b) the size of the entity, having regard to the number of the entity's employees or the entity's turnover; (c) the purpose of the entity, including whether it is performing functions that are generally identified with the functions of government; (d) the extent to which functions of the entity have previously been performed by government; (e) the extent to which the entity has been the subject of an adverse comment by a regulatory or investigatory body such as the auditor-general or the commission; (f) any other relevant matter. (5) Also, for subsection (1)(h), an entity may be prescribed under a regulation to be a unit of public administration in relation to only a part of the entity's functions.