Queensland Numbered Acts Queensland Numbered Acts(1) A person can not become, or continue as, a member of the board if the person--
(a) is, or has been, convicted of an indictable offence and the conviction is not a spent conviction; or
(b) is an insolvent under administration within the meaning of the Corporations Act, section 9 (an insolvent under administration).
(2) Also, a person can not become a member of the board if the person refuses to consent to the Minister requesting a report about the person's criminal history under section 247(1).
(3) The Minister may act under subsection (4) if the Minister considers it would be reasonable to do so having regard to--
(a) primarily, the welfare and best interests of children; and
(b) the circumstances of the indictable offence of which a person has been convicted or the circumstances under which the person became an insolvent under administration.
(4) The Minister may--
(a) if the person was a member when convicted or becoming an insolvent under administration--give notice to the chairperson and the person that the person is restored as a member of the board, and may be later reappointed, despite the conviction or being an insolvent under administration; or
(b) otherwise--give written approval for the person to become a member of the board despite the conviction or being an insolvent under administration.
(5) On the day the chairperson receives a notice under subsection (4)(a)--
(a) the person is restored as a member; and
(b) if another person has been appointed to fill the vacancy--the other person's appointment ends.
(6) If a person is restored as a member under subsection (5), the person's term of appointment as a member ends when it would have ended if the person had not been convicted of the offence or an insolvent under administration.