Queensland Numbered Acts

NATIONAL INJURY INSURANCE SCHEME (QUEENSLAND) ACT 2016 - SECT 138

138 Referral of matters to parliamentary committee

(1) The Treasurer may refer a matter about the operation of the scheme to the parliamentary committee.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Treasurer may refer a matter about—

(a) the efficiency and effectiveness of the scheme; or

(b) the treatment, care and support received by participants under the scheme; or

(c) interactions between the scheme and the statutory insurance scheme under the Insurance Act .

(3) This section expires 5 years after the commencement.

(4) In this section—

"parliamentary committee" means—

(a) if the Legislative Assembly resolves that a particular committee of the Assembly is to be the parliamentary committee under this Act—that committee; or

(b) if paragraph (a) does not apply and the standing rules and orders under the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001 state that the portfolio area of a portfolio committee includes the scheme—that committee; or

(c) otherwise—the portfolio committee whose portfolio area includes the department, or the part of a department, in which this Act is administered.

"portfolio area" , of a portfolio committee, see the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001, section 88(2)(b) .

"portfolio committee" see the Parliament of Queensland Act 2001, section 88(1) .