Queensland Consolidated Acts

PUBLIC SERVICE ACT 2008 - SECT 101

101 Declaration of interests

(1) This section applies to any chief executive on appointment.

Note—

Appointment includes reappointment. See the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 , definition appoint .

(2) The chief executive must, within 1 month, give the relevant people a statement about his or her interests.

(3) The statement must include the information required under a directive of the commission chief executive.

(4) Subsections (5) and (6) apply if—

(a) a change to the chief executive’s interests happens after the giving of the statement; and

(b) the change is of a type prescribed under a directive of the commission chief executive.

(5) The chief executive must give the relevant people a revised version of the statement.

(6) The revised version must—

(a) be given as soon as possible after the relevant facts about the change come to the chief executive’s knowledge; and

(b) comply with subsection (3) .

(6A) When giving the integrity commissioner and commission chief executive a statement under subsection (2) or (5) , the chief executive must also give the integrity commissioner and commission chief executive written advice that the chief executive has given the statement to the departmental Minister.

(7) For the interpretation of a reference to an interest, see section 65 (4) .

(8) In this section—

"relevant people" means—

(a) the departmental Minister; and

(b) the integrity commissioner; and

(c) the commission chief executive.