Source: https://www.legislation.qld.gov.au/view/whole/html/speciallabel/bill-2019-052/act-2009-052
Timestamp: 2020-01-18 00:40:15
Document Index: 510823308

Matched Legal Cases: ['art 2', 'art 1', 'art 2', 'art 3', 'art 2', 'art\n40']

An Act to provide for an integrity commissioner, to facilitate the giving of advice to Ministers and others on ethics or integrity issues, to ensure Ministers and others appropriately manage conflicts of interest, and to establish a register of lobbyists and provide appropriate limitations on the contact between lobbyists and government representatives and contact between lobbyists and key representatives for the Opposition, including by providing for a code of conduct and prohibiting the payment of success fees
(a)to give written advice to a designated person or former designated person on ethics or integrity issues as provided for under chapter 3, part 2;
(2)Also, a particular designated person or former designated person (also the advisee) may, by written request to the integrity commissioner, ask for the integrity commissioner’s advice on an ethics or integrity issue as provided for by sections 16 to 20A.
(3)The advisee must disclose to the integrity commissioner all information relevant to the ethics or integrity issue.
(4)The integrity commissioner may ask the advisee for further information for the purpose of giving the advice on the ethics or integrity issue.
(5)To remove any doubt, it is declared that, subject to sections 16 and 20A, the integrity commissioner’s advice must not be requested by or about a person who has been, but is not presently, a designated person.
(a)the request under section 15 for advice on the ethics or integrity issue;
(1)This section applies if a designated person or former designated person makes a request under section 15 for advice on an ethics or integrity issue.
Chapter 3A Managing conflicts of interest
Part 1 Ministers
40AConflicts of interest
(1)This section applies if a Minister has an interest that conflicts or may conflict with the discharge of the Minister’s responsibilities.
(2)The Minister must not, with intent to dishonestly obtain a benefit for the Minister or another person, or to dishonestly cause a detriment to another person, fail to disclose the nature of the interest and conflict to—
(a)for a conflict relating to a matter being considered by Cabinet—Cabinet or, for a Minister other than the Premier, Cabinet or the Premier; or
(b)for a conflict relating to a matter being considered by a committee of Cabinet—the committee or Cabinet or, for a Minister other than the Premier, the committee, Cabinet or the Premier; or
(c)otherwise—Cabinet or, for a Minister other than the Premier, Cabinet or the Premier.
benefit includes property, advantage, service, entertainment, the use of or access to property or facilities, and anything of benefit to a person whether or not it has any inherent or tangible value, purpose or attribute.
detriment, caused to a person, includes detriment caused to a person’s property.
40BProceeding for offence against s 40A
(1)An offence against section 40A is a misdemeanour.
(2)A proceeding for an offence against section 40A may be started only with the written consent of the director of public prosecutions.
(3)A proceeding for an offence against section 40A may be taken, at the election of the prosecution—
(4)However, a magistrate must not hear an indictable offence against section 40A summarily if the magistrate is satisfied, on an application made by the defence, that because of exceptional circumstances the offence should not be heard and decided summarily.
For examples of exceptional circumstances, see the examples stated in the Criminal Code, section 552D(2).
(6)A Magistrates Court that summarily deals with a charge of an offence against section 40A—
director of public prosecutions means the Director of Public Prosecutions appointed under the Director of Public Prosecutions Act 1984.
40CUse of information for investigation or prosecution
(1)This section applies to information about a person given to the integrity commissioner under this Act, including, for example—
(a)information given in a request for advice under chapter 3, part 2; and
(b)information given in a meeting under chapter 3, part 3.
(2)The information may be—
(a)recorded, used and disclosed for the purpose of the investigation or prosecution of an offence against section 40A; and
(b)given in a proceeding against a person for an offence against section 40A to the extent necessary to prosecute the person for the offence.
(3)Subsection (2) applies despite—
(b)any other law, rule or practice to the contrary.
Part 2 Statutory office holders
40DDefinition for part
40EDeclaration of interests
40FConflicts of interest
(a)details of compliance by statutory office holders with requirements to give the integrity commissioner statements and written advice under section 72Csection 40E; and
(a)a statutory office holder who has not complied with section 72Csection 40E; or
(b)until the day the Sustainable Planning Act 2009, section 764 commences.
Division 3 Provision for Electoral and Other Legislation (Accountability, Integrity and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2019
102Application of s 40A to existing conflicts
(1)This section applies if, on the commencement, a Minister has an interest that conflicts or may conflict with the discharge of the Minister’s responsibilities.
(2)Section 40A applies in relation to the interest and the conflict.
(3)However, the Minister does not contravene section 40A for a failure to disclose the interest or the conflict within the first month after the commencement.
Schedule 1 Statutory office holders for section 72C40E
section 72C40E(1)(a)
Legislative Standards Act 1992Personalised Transport Ombudsman Act 2019
•the parliamentary counselpersonalised transport ombudsman
Schedule 1, entry for Personalised Transport Ombudsman Act 2019 is an uncommenced amendment—see 2019 Act No. 24 pt 7 div 2.
relevant Minister see section 72B40D.