Queensland Numbered Acts

PUBLIC SECTOR ACT 2022 - SECT 182

182 Declaration of interests—chief executive of department

(1) This section applies to a person appointed as chief executive of a department.

Note—

Appointment includes reappointment. See the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 , schedule 1 , definition appoint .

(2) The chief executive must, within 1 month after the appointment, give each designated person for the chief executive a statement about the chief executive’s interests.

(3) The statement must include the information required under a directive made by the commissioner.

(4) Subsection (5) applies if—

(a) a change to the chief executive’s interests happens after the giving of the statement; and

(b) the change is of a type prescribed under a directive made by the commissioner.

(5) The chief executive must give each designated person for the chief executive a revised version of the statement, including the change, as soon as possible after the relevant facts about the change come to the chief executive’s knowledge.

(6) When giving the commissioner a statement under subsection (2) or (5) , the chief executive must also give the commissioner written advice that the chief executive has given the statement to the chief executive’s Minister.

(7) In this section—

"designated person" , for a chief executive, means—

(a) the chief executive’s Minister; or

(b) the commissioner.