Queensland Consolidated Acts

QUEENSLAND CIVIL AND ADMINISTRATIVE TRIBUNAL ACT 2009 - SECT 292

292 Retrospective operation of amended s 237

(1) Amended section 237 is taken to have always applied in relation to the performance of a protected person’s functions.

(2) The rights and liabilities of a protected person in relation to the performance of a function of the protected person before the commencement are the same, and are taken to have always been the same, as they would be or would have been if amended section 237 had been in force at the time of the performance of the function.

(3) However, subsections (1) and (2) do not apply for the purposes of a proceeding against a protected person started before the introduction day.

(4) In this section—

"amended section 237" means section 237 as amended by the Respect at Work and Other Matters Amendment Act 2024 .

"introduction day" means the day the Bill for the Respect at Work and Other Matters Amendment Act 2024 was introduced into the Legislative Assembly.

"protected person" means an officer or other person on whom protection and immunity is conferred under section 237(1) to (6).