Queensland Consolidated Acts

RESIDENTIAL TENANCIES AND ROOMING ACCOMMODATION ACT 2008 - SECT 526

526 Reporting a matter relating to the Residential Services (Accreditation) Act

(1) This section applies to a person if—

(a) the person is an authorised person, a public service officer in the department or an officer of the authority; and

(b) in the course of carrying out a function or exercising a power under this Act, the person becomes aware of a matter that the person reasonably believes is a contravention of the Residential Services (Accreditation) Act 2002 or is relevant to a decision under that Act about the registration or accreditation of a residential service.

(2) The person must report the matter to the chief executive of the department within which that Act is administered, unless—

(a) the person knows, or reasonably supposes, that the chief executive of that department is aware of the matter; or

(b) the person reasonably believes the matter is a trivial contravention of the Residential Services (Accreditation) Act 2002 or of minor relevance to a decision under that Act about the registration or accreditation of a residential service.