Queensland Numbered Acts

FISCAL REPAIR AMENDMENT ACT 2012 No. 25 - SECT 106

Part 12, division 16—

insert—

'(1) On the commencement—

(a) the Queensland Liquor and Gaming Commission is dissolved; and

(b) the commissioners of the Queensland Liquor and Gaming Commission go out of office.

'(2) No compensation is payable to a commissioner because of subsection (1).

'(1) This section applies to the following guidelines—

(a) guidelines issued by the commission under former section 17 and in force immediately before the commencement;

(b) guidelines issued by the chief executive under former section 54A and in force immediately before the commencement.

'(2) On the commencement, the guidelines are taken to be guidelines made by the commissioner under section 18.

'(1) This section applies to standards made by the chief executive under former section 54B and in force immediately before the commencement.

'(2) On the commencement, the standards are taken to be standards made by the commissioner under section 19.

'(1) This section applies to operators audit guidelines prepared by the chief executive under former section 176 and in force immediately before the commencement.

'(2) On the commencement, the guidelines are taken to be operators audit guidelines prepared by the commissioner under section 176.

'(1) This section applies to licensees audit guidelines prepared by the chief executive under former section 301 and in force immediately before the commencement.

'(2) On the commencement, the guidelines are taken to be licensees audit guidelines prepared by the commissioner under section 301.

'(1) This section applies if, before the commencement, a person made an application under this Act to the chief executive or commission and, immediately before the commencement, the application had not been finally dealt with.

'(2) The application is taken to have been made to the commissioner and the commissioner may deal or continue to deal with the application after the commencement.

'(1) This section applies to an order, direction, notice, approval, action, authorisation or decision of the chief executive or commission under this Act that is current immediately before the commencement.

'(2) After the commencement, the order, direction, notice, approval, action, authorisation or decision is taken to be an order, direction, notice, approval, action, authorisation or decision of the commissioner and the commissioner may deal or continue to deal with the matter the subject of the order, direction, notice, approval, action, authorisation or decision.

Examples—

1 A gaming machine licence current immediately before the commencement is, after the commencement, taken to have been granted by the commissioner and continues to be current.

2 A gaming machine licence granted before the commencement that, immediately before the commencement, is suspended is, after the commencement, taken to have been granted, and suspended, by the commissioner.

3 The chief executive gave a show cause notice under former section 214B and at the commencement the show cause period had not ended. After the commencement, the commissioner may continue to act in relation to the show cause notice under part 5, division 6.

'(3) In this section—

current includes in force.

'(1) This section applies if—

(a) before the commencement, the chief executive or commission had made a decision about a matter for which an information notice must be given to a person; and

(b) immediately before the commencement, the person had not appealed the decision.

'(2) The person may appeal the decision to the tribunal after the commencement as if the decision about the matter had been made by the commissioner.

'(3) Nothing in this section affects —

(a) the requirement that the person start the appeal within 28 days after receiving an information notice for the decision being appealed; or

(b) the tribunal's power to extend the time for starting an appeal.

'(1) This section applies to an appeal against a decision of the chief executive or commission if, immediately before the commencement, the appeal had not been finally dealt with.

'(2) The appeal is taken to be an appeal against a decision of the commissioner and the court or tribunal may hear or continue to hear and decide the appeal after the commencement as if the decision had been made by the commissioner.

'(1) This section applies to documents held by the chief executive or commission before the commencement that—

(a) relate to functions under this Act of the chief executive or commission before the commencement; and

(b) on the commencement, relate to similar functions to be performed by the commissioner under this Act.

'(2) On the commencement, the documents become the documents of the commissioner and may be used by the commissioner in performing the commissioner's functions under this Act.

'(1) This section applies to an approved form in force immediately before the commencement.

'(2) The approved form continues in force after the commencement as if it had been approved by the commissioner until the earlier of the following—

(a) the commissioner approves a new form for the matter the subject of the form;

(b) 12 months after the commencement.

'A reference in an Act or document to the commission may, if the context permits, be taken to be a reference to the commissioner.'.