Queensland Academy of Sport Bill 2025 (Qld)

An Act to establish the Queensland Academy of Sport, and to amend this Act and the Public Sector Act 2022 for particular purposes The Parliament of Queensland enacts—

Part 1 Preliminary

1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Queensland Academy of Sport Act 2025.

2 Commencement This Act commences on 1 July 2025.

3 Main purpose of Act The main purpose of this Act is to establish the Queensland Academy of Sport— (a) to assist emerging and elite Queensland athletes to achieve success at the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games; and (b) to identify, and foster the development of, Queenslanders who demonstrate the talent to develop into future elite athletes; and (c) to collaborate with institutes of sport, and national and Queensland sporting organisations, to maximise the success of Australian athletes at the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games.

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

Part 2 Queensland Academy of Sport

Division 1 Establishment

5 Establishment The Queensland Academy of Sport is established.

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

7 Academy represents the State (1) The academy represents the State. (2) Without limiting subsection (1), the academy has the privileges and immunities of the State.

8 Application of other Acts The academy is— (a) a statutory body under the Financial Accountability Act 2009; and (b) a statutory body under the Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982; and Note— The Statutory Bodies Financial Arrangements Act 1982, part 2B sets out the way that Act affects the academy's powers. (c) a unit of public administration under the Crime and Corruption Act 2001.