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Queensland
CONSUMER LAW
(MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS) BILL 1993
Queensland
CONSUMER LAW (MISCELLANEOUS
PROVISIONS) BILL 1993
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 Amended Acts--Schedule 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Repeals--Schedule 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
PART 2--AMENDMENT OF AUCTIONEERS AND AGENTS
ACT 1971
5 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6 Amendment of s.5 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
7 Amendment of s.6 (Auctioneers and Agents Committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
8 Amendment of s.16 (Classes of licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
9 Amendment of s.81B (Grounds for exercise of disciplinary powers
against licensed or registered individual) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
10 Amendment of s.81C (Grounds for exercise of disciplinary powers
against corporation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
11 Amendment of s.83 (Application of trust money) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
12 Amendment of s.96 (Registrar may enter into agreement with banks) . . . . 8
13 Amendment of s.99 (Claims against the Fund) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
14 Amendment of s.103 (Subrogation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF BILLS OF SALE AND OTHER
INSTRUMENTS ACT 1955
15 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
16 Amendment of s.26 (How stock to be described in mortgage etc.) . . . . . . . 10
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PART 4--AMENDMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OF
PUBLICATIONS ACT 1991
17 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
18 Amendment of long title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
19 Amendment of s.3 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
20 Insertion of new s.6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
6A Delegation by publications classification officer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
21 Amendment of s.12 (Sale etc. of prohibited publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
22 Replacement of s.14 (Possession of child abuse publication) . . . . . . . . . . . 11
14 Possession of child abuse publication or child abuse photograph . . 11
23 Amendment of s.15 (Exhibition or display of prohibited publication) . . . . . 12
24 Amendment of s.16 (Leaving prohibited publication in or on
public place) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
25 Amendment of s.18 (Procurement of minor for refused
classification publication) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
26 Amendment of s.20 (Leaving prohibited publication in or on
private premises) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
27 Amendment of s.33 (Indictable offences and summary offences) . . . . . . . . 13
28 Amendment of s.34 (Forfeiture) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
29 Amendment of s.35 (Return of seized publications) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
30 Amendment of s.37 (Exemptions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF HIRE-PURCHASE ACT 1959
31 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
32 Amendment of s.2 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF LAND SALES ACT 1984
33 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
34 Amendment of s.6 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
35 Replacement of s.7A (Part not to apply to large transactions) . . . . . . . . . . 15
7A Part not to apply to large transactions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
36 Replacement of s.31 (Contracting out of Act void) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
31 Contracting out of Act void . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
PART 7--AMENDMENT OF MOBILE HOMES ACT 1989
37 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
38 Amendment of s.4 (Particulars of agreement) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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39 Insertion of new s.11A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
11A Owner of site must comply with clause 6(2A) of implied terms . . . 17
40 Amendment of Schedule 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
PART 8--AMENDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES SECURITIES
ACT 1986
41 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
42 Amendment of s.28 (Compensation for loss etc. by holder of
security interest) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
43 Amendment of s.30 (Compensation for loss, etc. by purchaser) . . . . . . . . . 18
44 Insertion of new s.41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
41 Validations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
PART 9--AMENDMENT OF RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT
1988
45 Amended Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
46 Amendment of s.6 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
SCHEDULE 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
CONSEQUENTIAL AND MINOR AMENDMENTS
AUCTIONEERS AND AGENTS ACT 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
BILLS OF SALE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS ACT 1955 . . . . . . . . . . . 22
CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLICATIONS ACT 1991 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
FUNERAL BENEFIT BUSINESS ACT 1982 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
INVASION OF PRIVACY ACT 1971 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
LAND SALES ACT 1984 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
MOBILE HOMES ACT 1989 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
RETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
TRAVEL AGENTS ACT 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
SCHEDULE 2
REPEALS
1993
A BILL
FOR
An Act to amend certain Acts administered by the Deputy Premier,
Minister for Emergency Services and Minister for Rural
Communities and Consumer Affairs, and to repeal certain Acts
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
title 3
Short
This Act may be cited as the Consumer Law (Miscellaneous 4
Clause1.
Provisions) Act 1993. 5
6
Commencement
Clause2.(1) Section 8 commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 7
(2) The following amendments in Schedule 1 also commence on a day to 8
be fixed by proclamation-- 9
(a) amendments 3, 4, 8, 9, 36 and 38 of the Funeral Benefit 10
Business Act 1982; 11
(b) amendments 2, 3, 5 and 6 of the Retirement Villages Act 1988. 12
Acts--Schedule 1 13
Amended
Each Act mentioned in Schedule 1 is amended as set out in the 14
Clause3.
Schedule. 15
2 16
Repeals--Schedule
Clause4. The Acts mentioned in Schedule 2 are repealed. 17
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ART 2--AMENDMENT OF AUCTIONEERS AND 1
P
AGENTS ACT 1971 2
Act 3
Amended
The Auctioneers and Agents Act 1971 is amended as set out in this 4
Clause5.
Part. 5
of s.5 (Interpretation) 6
Amendment
Section 5 (definitions "approved bank", "bank", "building 7
Clause6.(1)
society" and "credit union")-- 8
omit. 9
(2) Section 5-- 10
insert-- 11
` "approved financial institution" means a financial institution that-- 12
(a) has been prescribed by regulation to be a financial institution to 13
which section 96 applies; and 14
(b) has entered into an agreement under the section;'. 15
of s.6 (Auctioneers and Agents Committee) 16
Amendment
Section 6(2C)-- 17
Clause7.
omit `order in council', insert `the Governor in Council'. 18
of s.16 (Classes of licences) 19
Amendment
Clause8.(1) Section 16(4)(a)(ii)-- 20
omit. 21
(2) Section 16(4)(a)(iii)-- 22
renumber as subparagraph (ii). 23
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of s.81B (Grounds for exercise of disciplinary powers 1
Amendment
against licensed or registered individual) 2
Section 81B-- 3
Clause9.
insert-- 4
`(ba)that an amount has been paid from the Fund because the person 5
did, or omitted to do, something that gave rise to the claim against 6
the Fund;'. 7
of s.81C (Grounds for exercise of disciplinary powers 8
Amendment
against corporation) 9
Section 81C-- 10
Clause10.
insert-- 11
`(ba)that an amount has been paid from the Fund because the 12
corporation did, or omitted to do, something that gave rise to the 13
claim against the Fund;'. 14
of s.83 (Application of trust money) 15
Amendment
Clause11.(1) Section 83(1)(a)-- 16
omit `bank', insert `financial institution'. 17
(2) Section 83(1)(b)(iv), (6A) and (8)-- 18
omit `bank, building society or credit union', insert `financial institution'. 19
(3) Section 83(1)(b)(v)-- 20
omit `bank, building society or credit society', 21
insert `financial institution'. 22
of s.96 (Registrar may enter into agreement with banks) 23
Amendment
Clause12.(1) Section 96 (heading)-- 24
omit `banks', insert `financial institutions'. 25
(2) Section 96(1) and (4)-- 26
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omit `bank', insert `financial institution'. 1
(3) Section 96(2)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`(2) The Registrar may enter into an agreement with a financial institution 4
only if the institution has been prescribed by regulation to be a financial 5
institution to which this section applies.'. 6
of s.99 (Claims against the Fund) 7
Amendment
Section 99(2)-- 8
Clause13.(1)
omit `by action'. 9
(2) Section 99-- 10
insert-- 11
`(2A) A person who makes a claim against the Fund must give written 12
notice to the Committee if the person receives an amount or benefit (either 13
before or after the claim is finalised) from another source for the same 14
loss.'. 15
of s.103 (Subrogation) 16
Amendment
Section 103-- 17
Clause14.
insert-- 18
`(2) The Committee may enforce its rights of subrogation in its corporate 19
name.'. 20
PART 3--AMENDMENT OF BILLS OF SALE AND 21
OTHER INSTRUMENTS ACT 1955 22
Act 23
Amended
The Bills of Sale and Other Instruments Act 1955 is amended as 24
Clause15.
set out in this Part. 25
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of s.26 (How stock to be described in mortgage etc.) 1
Amendment
Section 26-- 2
Clause16.
omit all words from `some brand' to `of identification', 3
insert `the brand, earmark or other mark on them, or in another way that 4
reasonably allows them to be identified'. 5
PART 4--AMENDMENT OF CLASSIFICATION OF 6
PUBLICATIONS ACT 1991 7
Act 8
Amended
The Classification of Publications Act 1991 is amended as set out 9
Clause17.
in this Part. 10
of long title 11
Amendment
Clause18. Long title (after `publications,')-- 12
insert `certain photographs,'. 13
of s.3 (Interpretation) 14
Amendment
Clause19.(1) Section 3 (heading)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Definitions'. 17
(2) Section 3-- 18
insert-- 19
` "child abuse photograph" means a photograph or any other image or 20
material (however produced or reproduced) that-- 21
(a) depicts or describes in pictorial or other form a minor (whether or 22
not engaged in sexual activity) who is, or is apparently, under the 23
age of 16 years in a way that is likely to cause offence to a 24
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reasonable adult person; and 1
(b) is not part of a publication;'. 2
of new s.6A 3
Insertion
Clause20. After section 6-- 4
insert-- 5
by publications classification officer 6
`Delegation
`6A. The publications classification officer may, with the written 7
approval of the chief executive of the department, delegate the officer's 8
powers under this Act to another officer of the department.'. 9
of s.12 (Sale etc. of prohibited publication) 10
Amendment
Clause21.(1) Section 12 (heading, after `publication')-- 11
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 12
(2) Section 12 (after `prohibited publication')-- 13
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 14
(3) Section 12 (penalty, paragraph (c), after `publication')-- 15
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 16
of s.14 (Possession of child abuse publication) 17
Replacement
Section 14-- 18
Clause22.
omit, insert-- 19
of child abuse publication or child abuse photograph 20
`Possession
`14. A person must not knowingly have possession of a child abuse 21
publication or child abuse photograph. 22
Maximum penalty--300 penalty units or imprisonment for 1 year.'. 23
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of s.15 (Exhibition or display of prohibited publication) 1
Amendment
Clause23.(1) Section 15 (heading, after `publication')-- 2
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 3
(2) Section 15 (after `prohibited publication')-- 4
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 5
(3) Section 15 (penalty, paragraph (c), after `publication')-- 6
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 7
of s.16 (Leaving prohibited publication in or on public 8
Amendment
place) 9
Clause24.(1) Section 16 (heading, after `publication')-- 10
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 11
(2) Section 16 (after `prohibited publication')-- 12
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 13
(3) Section 16 (penalty, paragraph (c), after `publication')-- 14
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 15
of s.18 (Procurement of minor for refused classification 16
Amendment
publication) 17
Clause25.(1) Section 18 (heading, after `publication')-- 18
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 19
(2) Section 18 (after `publication')-- 20
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 21
of s.20 (Leaving prohibited publication in or on private 22
Amendment
premises) 23
Clause26.(1) Section 20 (heading, after `publication')-- 24
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 25
(2) Section 20 (after `prohibited publication')-- 26
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insert `or child abuse photograph'. 1
(3) Section 20 (penalty, paragraph (c), after `publication')-- 2
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 3
of s.33 (Indictable offences and summary offences) 4
Amendment
Clause27.(1) Section 33(1)(a) (after `publication')-- 5
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 6
(2) Section 33(1)(b) (after `publication')-- 7
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 8
of s.34 (Forfeiture) 9
Amendment
Clause28.(1) Section 34(1) (after `prohibited publication')-- 10
insert `or child abuse photograph'. 11
(2) Section 34(1) (after `the publication')-- 12
insert `, photograph'. 13
(3) Section 34(2) (after `publication')-- 14
insert `, photograph'. 15
of s.35 (Return of seized publications) 16
Amendment
Clause29.(1) Section 35 (heading, after `publications')-- 17
insert `or photographs'. 18
(2) Section 35-- 19
insert-- 20
`(3) Unless otherwise ordered by a court, an inspector who seizes a child 21
abuse photograph must not return it to the person who is entitled to 22
possession of it.'. 23
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of s.37 (Exemptions) 1
Amendment
Clause30.(1) Section 37(1) (after `specified publications')-- 2
insert `or child abuse photographs'. 3
(2) Section 37(2)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`(2) An exemption may only be given for publications or photographs 6
that are-- 7
(a) of a medical, educational or scientific character; or 8
(b) intended to be used by the person or body for a medical, 9
educational or scientific purpose.'. 10
(3) Section 37(3)(a) and (b) (after `publications')-- 11
insert `or photographs'. 12
PART 5--AMENDMENT OF HIRE-PURCHASE ACT 13
1959 14
Act 15
Amended
The Hire-Purchase Act 1959 is amended as set out in this Part. 16
Clause31.
of s.2 (Interpretation) 17
Amendment
Clause32. Section 2(1) (definition "Hire-purchase agreement")-- 18
insert-- 19
`(d) that is a contract for the hiring of goods that is excluded from the 20
effect of section 15 of the Credit Act 1987 under section 21 of that 21
Act;'. 22
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ART 6--AMENDMENT OF LAND SALES ACT 1984 1
P
Act 2
Amended
The Land Sales Act 1984 is amended as set out in this Part. 3
Clause33.
of s.6 (Interpretation) 4
Amendment
Section 6(1)-- 5
Clause34.
insert-- 6
` "agreement" means-- 7
(a) a written contract of sale, or another instrument, under which a 8
sale or purchase is entered upon; or 9
(b) an oral contract of sale-- 10
(i) under which a sale or purchase is entered upon; and 11
(ii) that is enforceable because of a memorandum or note 12
satisfying section 59 of the Property Law Act 1974;'. 13
of s.7A (Part not to apply to large transactions) 14
Replacement
Section 7A-- 15
Clause35.
omit, insert-- 16
not to apply to large transactions 17
`Part
`7A.(1) This Part does not apply to the sale or purchase of a 18
subdivisional portion, or proposed subdivisional portion, of relevant land if 19
the sale or purchase is part of a large transaction. 20
`(2) In subsection (1)-- 21
"large transaction" means the sale or purchase of 6 or more subdivisional 22
portions, or proposed subdivisional portions, of relevant land if-- 23
(a) the vendor of each portion is the same person; and 24
(b) the purchaser of each portion is the same person; and 25
(c) the sale or purchase is the subject of-- 26
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(i) a single agreement; or 1
(ii) 2 or more agreements entered into within 24 hours.'. 2
of s.31 (Contracting out of Act void) 3
Replacement
Section 31-- 4
Clause36.
omit, insert-- 5
out of Act void 6
`Contracting
`31.(1) In this section-- 7
"avoidance provision" means a covenant, condition or other provision-- 8
(a) entered into, or imposed, in or for an agreement intended to bind 9
a person for the sale or purchase of relevant land or a proposed 10
lot; and 11
(b) under which it is agreed or acknowledged that a provision of this 12
Act does not apply to the agreement or a transaction under the 13
agreement. 14
`(2) An avoidance provision is void.'. 15
ART 7--AMENDMENT OF MOBILE HOMES ACT 16
P
1989 17
Act 18
Amended
The Mobile Homes Act 1989 is amended as set out in this Part. 19
Clause37.
of s.4 (Particulars of agreement) 20
Amendment
Clause38.(1) Section 4(1) and (2) (at the end)-- 21
insert-- 22
`Maximum penalty--90 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.'. 23
(2) Section 4-- 24
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insert-- 1
`(1A) The owner of the site must not charge a fee for giving the 2
statement. 3
Maximum penalty--90 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.'. 4
of new s.11A 5
Insertion
Clause39. After section 11-- 6
insert-- 7
of site must comply with clause 6(2A) of implied terms 8
`Owner
`11A.(1) An owner of a site who does not comply with clause 6(2A) of 9
the implied terms of a relevant agreement mentioned in Part 1 of Schedule 1 10
commits an offence. 11
Maximum penalty--90 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months. 12
`(2) An owner does not commit an offence against subsection (1) if-- 13
(a) the owner reasonably asked the occupier concerned for 14
information about the proposed assignee to help the owner to 15
make a decision to which clause 6(2A) applies; and 16
(b) the occupier did not comply with the request.'. 17
of Schedule 1 18
Amendment
Clause40. Schedule 1, Part 1 (clause 6(2))-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`(2) The owner must not unreasonably refuse to approve a proposed 21
assignee. 22
`(2A) If the occupier gives the owner a written request to approve a 23
proposed assignee, the owner must, within 1 month of receiving the 24
request-- 25
(a) give the occupier written notice of the owner's decision; and 26
(b) if the owner refuses the request--give written reasons for the 27
refusal.'. 28
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ART 8--AMENDMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES 1
P
SECURITIES ACT 1986 2
Act 3
Amended
The Motor Vehicles Securities Act 1986 is amended as set out in 4
Clause41.
this Part. 5
of s.28 (Compensation for loss etc. by holder of security 6
Amendment
interest) 7
Section 28(1)-- 8
Clause42.(1)
omit `Minister', insert `accountable officer'. 9
(2) Section 28(2) and (3)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`(2) The accountable officer may make a payment to the applicant under 12
section 106 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977. 13
`(3) The accountable officer may make a payment for loss suffered after 14
the cancellation of a registration under section 20 only if the officer is 15
satisfied that the applicant did not show sufficient cause under the section 16
why the registration should not be cancelled-- 17
(a) because of circumstances beyond the applicant's control; or 18
(b) for reasons that ought reasonably to be excused.'. 19
(3) Section 28(5)-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`(5) In this section-- 22
"accountable officer" means the accountable officer of the department 23
under the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977.'. 24
of s.30 (Compensation for loss, etc. by purchaser) 25
Amendment
Section 30(1)-- 26
Clause43.(1)
omit `Minister', insert `accountable officer'. 27
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(2) Section 30(2)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(2) The accountable officer may make a payment to the applicant under 3
section 106 of the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977.'. 4
(3) Section 30(3)-- 5
omit `The Governor in Council shall not grant an application under 6
subsection (1) where', 7
insert `The accountable officer must not make a payment if'. 8
(4) Section 30(4)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
` "accountable officer" means the accountable officer of the department 11
under the Financial Administration and Audit Act 1977.'. 12
of new s.41 13
Insertion
Clause44. After section 40-- 14
insert-- 15
16
`Validations
`41.(1) Any power or function of the Registrar under this Act (other than 17
the power of delegation) exercised or performed at a time after 18
30 November 1986 and before 20 November 1992 by a person who, at the 19
time, was appointed a Deputy Registrar of Commercial Acts, Brisbane 20
under the Administration of Commercial Laws Act 1962 is taken to have 21
been validly exercised or performed. 22
`(2) A document purporting to be under this Act and sealed at a time 23
after 3 December 1992 and before 1 June 1993 with the seal of the 24
Registrar of Commercial Acts, Brisbane is taken to have been sealed with 25
the seal of the Registrar within the meaning of this Act. 26
`(3) The purported delegations on 7 and 10 September 1992 of the 27
powers and functions of the Registrar by the Director-General, Department 28
of Justice purporting to act as the Registrar are taken to have been as valid 29
as if the delegations had been made by the Registrar at the time. 30
`(4) The exercise of a power, or the performance of a function, of the 31
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Registrar to which subsection (1) applies cannot be challenged, appealed 1
against, reviewed, quashed or questioned in any way on the ground that the 2
Deputy Registrar of Commercial Acts, Brisbane did not have authority to 3
do the thing. 4
`(5) The validity of anything done or not done in reliance on a document 5
to which subsection (2) applies cannot be challenged, appealed against, 6
reviewed, quashed or questioned in any way on the ground that the 7
document was not sealed with the seal of the Registrar. 8
`(6) The validity of anything done in reliance on a delegation validated 9
under subsection (3) cannot be challenged, appealed against, reviewed, 10
quashed or questioned in any way on the ground that the delegation was not 11
a valid delegation under this Act. 12
`(7) This section is a law to which section 20A of the Acts Interpretation 13
Act 1954 applies. 14
`(8) This section expires 1 month after it commences.'. 15
ART 9--AMENDMENT OF RETIREMENT 16
P
VILLAGES ACT 1988 17
Act 18
Amended
The Retirement Villages Act 1988 is amended as set out in this 19
Clause45.
Part. 20
of s.6 (Interpretation) 21
Amendment
Section 6(1) (definition "retirement village", after paragraph 22
Clause46.
(b))-- 23
insert-- 24
`but does not include a site within the meaning of the Mobile Homes 25
Act 1989;'. 26
27
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CHEDULE 1 1
¡S
ONSEQUENTIAL AND MINOR AMENDMENTS 2
C
section 3 3
UCTIONEERS AND AGENTS ACT 1971 4
´A
1. Section 90(1)(a)(i)-- 5
omit `banks or other'. 6
2. Section 91(1), (3) and (4)(b)-- 7
omit `bank or other'. 8
3. Section 106(1), (3), (5), (8) and (13)-- 9
omit `bank', insert `financial institution'. 10
4. Section 106(16) (definition "bank")-- 11
omit. 12
5. Section 106(16) (definition "trust money", paragraph (b))-- 13
omit `bank', insert `financial institution'. 14
6. Section 107 (definition "bank")-- 15
omit. 16
7. Section 107 (definition "money")-- 17
omit `bank', insert `financial institution'. 18
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
8. Section 111 (heading)-- 1
omit `bank', insert `financial institution'. 2
9. Section 111(1)-- 3
omit `bank account', insert `account with a financial institution'. 4
10. Section 111(1)-- 5
omit `bank' (2nd mention), insert `financial institution'. 6
11. Section 11(2) and (3)-- 7
omit `bank', insert `financial institution'. 8
12. Section 131(n)(ii)-- 9
omit `bank', insert `financial institution'. 10
ILLS OF SALE AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS ACT 11
´B
1955 12
1. Section 17(1A)-- 13
omit `prima facie'. 14
2. Section 17(2)-- 15
omit `, in the absence of evidence in rebuttal of it,'. 16
3. Schedule 5, clause 1(2) (after `Part X')-- 17
insert `of the'. 18
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
CLASSIFICATION OF PUBLICATIONS ACT 1991 1
´
1. Section 7-- 2
omit `order in council', insert `regulation'. 3
2. Section 38(1)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`38.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act.'. 6
UNERAL BENEFIT BUSINESS ACT 1982 7
´F
1. Section 4-- 8
omit. 9
2. Section 5 (definitions "Director-General", "the Minister" and 10
"valuer")-- 11
omit. 12
3. Section 5 (definition "the Registrar")-- 13
omit. 14
4. Section 5-- 15
insert-- 16
` "registrar" means the Registrar of Funeral Benefit Businesses appointed 17
under section 6;'. 18
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
5. Section 5-- 1
insert-- 2
` "valuer" means a registered valuer within the meaning of the Valuers 3
Registration Act 1992.'. 4
6. Section 5 (definition "authorised accountant", paragraph (a))-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`(a) a person registered as an auditor under Part 9.2 of the 7
Corporations Law;'. 8
7. Section 5 (definition "funeral benefit" or "benefit", provision (ix))-- 9
omit `determined by the Governor in Council by Order in Council', 10
insert `prescribed by regulation'. 11
8. Section 5 (definition "inspector")-- 12
omit `and each Deputy Registrar of Funeral Benefit Businesses'. 13
9. Section 6-- 14
omit, insert-- 15
`Registrar 16
`6.(1) The Governor in Council may appoint a registrar of Funeral 17
Benefit Business. 18
`(2) The Public Service Management and Employment Act 1988 applies 19
to a person appointed as registrar. 20
`Delegation by registrar 21
`6A. The registrar may delegate the registrar's powers under this Act to 22
an officer or employee of the department.'. 23
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
10. Section 11(3)-- 1
omit `Order in Council', insert `the Governor in Council'. 2
11. Section 12-- 3
omit. 4
12. Section 13(1)-- 5
omit, insert-- 6
`13.(1) As soon as practicable after the end of each financial year, the 7
trustees must prepare and give to the Minister a report on the operations of 8
the Fund during the financial year.'. 9
13. Section 40(1)(a)-- 10
omit `Order in Council', insert `the Governor in Council'. 11
14. Section 41(5) (penalty)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`Maximum penalty--6 penalty units.'. 14
15. Section 52(4) and (13) (penalties)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`Maximum penalty--6 penalty units.'. 17
16. Section 52(10)-- 18
omit `, Registrar of Dealings'. 19
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
17. Section 53 (penalty)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.'. 3
18. Section 54(2) and (4) (penalties)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.'. 6
19. Section 55(a)-- 7
omit, insert-- 8
`(a) a friendly society within the meaning of the Friendly Societies Act 9
1991;'. 10
20. Section 55(c) and (d)-- 11
omit, insert-- 12
`(c) an industrial organisation registered under the Industrial 13
Relations Act 1990; or 14
(d) an association of persons registered as an organisation under the 15
Industrial Relations Act 1987 (Cwlth);'. 16
21. Section 56(1) (after `The Minister may')-- 17
insert `, by Gazette notice,'. 18
22. Section 56(1)-- 19
omit all words from `and, where he' to `judicially noticed'. 20
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
23. Section 56(3)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`(3) The winding-up starts on the publication of the Gazette notice.'. 3
24. Section 56(5)-- 4
omit `, Registrar of Dealings'. 5
25. Section 56(8) (penalty)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.'. 8
26. Section 56(10) (penalty)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`Maximum penalty--4 penalty units.'. 11
27. Section 62(2)-- 12
omit, insert-- 13
`(2) An award may be enforced as if it were an arbitration agreement 14
under the Commercial Arbitration Act 1990.'. 15
28. Section 62(3) (penalty)-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Maximum penalty--6 penalty units.'. 18
29. Section 65(8) (penalty)-- 19
omit, insert-- 20
`Maximum penalty--20 penalty units.'. 21
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
30. Section 68(2) (penalty)-- 1
omit, insert-- 2
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 3
31. Section 69(3) (penalty)-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Maximum penalty--10 penalty units.'. 6
32. Section 70(2) (at the end)-- 7
insert-- 8
`Maximum penalty--4 penalty units.'. 9
33. Section 71 (penalty)-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
`Maximum penalty--4 penalty units.'. 12
34. Section 72 (penalty)-- 13
omit, insert-- 14
`Maximum penalty--6 penalty units.'. 15
35. Section 74-- 16
omit, insert-- 17
`Proceedings for offences 18
`74. A proceeding for an offence against this Act must start-- 19
(a) within 1 year from the commission of the offence; or 20
(b) within 6 months from when the offence comes to the 21
complainant's knowledge, but within 2 years from the 22
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
commission of the offence; 1
whichever is the later.'. 2
36. Section 77(a)-- 3
omit `a Deputy Registrar,'. 4
37. Section 77(e)-- 5
omit `and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive 6
evidence'. 7
38. Section 78-- 8
omit, insert-- 9
`Protection from liability 10
`78.(1) This section applies to-- 11
(a) the registrar; and 12
(b) a person acting under the registrar's authorisation; and 13
(c) an inspector; and 14
(d) the State Actuary. 15
`(2) The person does not incur civil liability for an act or omission done 16
honestly and without negligence under this Act. 17
`(3) A liability that would, apart from this section, attach to the person 18
attaches instead to the State.'. 19
39. Section 80-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
`Regulations 22
`80.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. 23
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
`(2) A regulation may be made with respect to any of the following 1
matters-- 2
(a) forms to be used under this Act; 3
(b) the functions and duties of the Registrar; 4
(c) the inspection of documents kept by the Registrar; 5
(d) the registration of corporations to carry on funeral benefit 6
business; 7
(e) the payment by registered corporations of proportions of 8
contributions received into Benefits Trust Funds and funeral 9
benefit business trust fund accounts and the transfer of amounts 10
from Benefits Trust Funds to the Trustees of the Funeral Benefit 11
Trust Fund for placing in the Fund; 12
(f) the business and meetings of the Trustees of the Funeral Benefit 13
Trust Fund and the conduct of the administration of the Fund; 14
(g) the maximum number of contracts a registered corporation may 15
enter into for a single person; 16
(h) the matters for which fees are payable under this Act, the amount 17
of the fees, the persons who are liable to pay fees, when the fees 18
are payable, and the recovery of unpaid amounts of fees; 19
(i) prescribing offences for contraventions of a regulation and fixing 20
a maximum penalty of not more than 1 penalty unit for a 21
contravention; 22
(j) advertising by registered corporations about the funeral benefit 23
business; 24
(k) the winding-up of funeral benefit business of corporations or 25
persons other than corporations under section 56, including, for 26
example-- 27
(i) the realisation of property; and 28
(ii) the proving, ranking and payment of the debts and 29
obligations of corporations or persons; and 30
(iii) determining the debts or obligations to contributors, 31
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
including the basis for the determination of the debt or 1
obligation.'. 2
40. Section 81-- 3
omit. 4
41. Schedule-- 5
omit. 6
INVASION OF PRIVACY ACT 1971 7
´
1. Section 8(1)(e) (after `Governor in Council' (1st mention))-- 8
insert `by Gazette notice'. 9
2. Section 14-- 10
omit `constituted under The Magistrates Courts Acts 1921 to 1964'. 11
3. Section 43(2)(c)(i)-- 12
omit `member of the police force', insert `police officer'. 13
AND SALES ACT 1984 14
´L
1. Section 5(1)-- 15
omit `contract for sale or other instrument', insert `agreement'. 16
2. Section 5(2)-- 17
omit `instrument', insert `agreement'. 18
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
3. Section 8(2)-- 1
omit `instrument', insert `agreement'. 2
4. Section 35-- 3
omit `The chief executive', insert `The chief executive of the department'. 4
OBILE HOMES ACT 1989 5
´M
1. Section 8(1), (3) and (4) (at the end)-- 6
insert-- 7
`Maximum penalty--90 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.'. 8
2. Section 9(1) (at the end)-- 9
insert-- 10
`Maximum penalty--90 penalty units or imprisonment for 6 months.'. 11
3. Section 12-- 12
omit. 13
4. Section 14(a)-- 14
omit all words from `and, in the absence', 15
insert `of the matters stated; and'. 16
5. Section 14(b)-- 17
omit all words from `and, in the absence', 18
insert `of the matters stated in the certificate; and'. 19
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
6. Section 14(c)-- 1
omit all words from `and, in the absence', 2
insert `of the matters stated in the certificate.'. 3
7. Section 15-- 4
omit, insert-- 5
`Regulations 6
`15.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. 7
`(2) A regulation may make provision with respect to-- 8
(a) the forms to be used under this Act; or 9
(b) enforcing orders of Small Claims Tribunals and the powers of 10
persons enforcing the orders.'. 11
ETIREMENT VILLAGES ACT 1988 12
´R
1. Section 5-- 13
omit. 14
2. Section 7(2)-- 15
omit, insert-- 16
`(2) A Registrar of Retirement Villages is to be appointed.'. 17
3. Section 7(3)-- 18
omit. 19
4. Section 8-- 20
omit, insert-- 21
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
`Delegation by registrar 1
`8. The registrar may delegate the registrar's powers under this Act to an 2
officer or employee of the department.'. 3
5. Section 9-- 4
omit `, deputy registrar or a person acting in the office of any of them'. 5
6. Section 9-- 6
omit `, a deputy registrar or person so acting'. 7
7. Section 15-- 8
omit. 9
8. Section 18-- 10
insert-- 11
`(4) A person controlling the operation of a scheme for a retirement 12
village must comply with the conditions of the approval. 13
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 14
9. Section 23-- 15
insert-- 16
`(2A) A person must comply with a requirement of the registrar under 17
subsection (2). 18
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 19
10. Section 28-- 20
insert-- 21
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
`(6) A person who contravenes this section commits an offence. 1
Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 2
11. Section 44(1) (at the end)-- 3
insert-- 4
`Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 5
12. Section 44(2)-- 6
omit, insert-- 7
`(2) In subsection (1)-- 8
"insolvent under administration" has the meaning given by the 9
Corporations Law.'. 10
13. Section 45 (at the end)-- 11
insert-- 12
`Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 13
14. Section 46(1), (2) and (3) (at the end)-- 14
insert-- 15
`Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 16
15. Section 47(1) (at the end)-- 17
insert-- 18
`Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 19
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
16. Section 48(1) and (2) (at the end)-- 1
insert-- 2
`Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 3
17. Section 48(3)-- 4
omit `registered company auditor within the meaning of the Companies 5
(Queensland) Code', 6
insert `person registered as an auditor under Part 9.2 of the Corporations 7
Law'. 8
18. Section 51(6)(b)(i)-- 9
omit, insert-- 10
`(i) the Industrial Relations Act 1990; or'. 11
19. Section 53(1) and (3) (at the end)-- 12
insert-- 13
`Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 14
20. Section 54 (at the end)-- 15
insert-- 16
`Maximum penalty--40 penalty units.'. 17
21. Section 55(1)-- 18
omit. 19
22. Section 56-- 20
omit `and, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, conclusive evidence 21
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
of the matters contained therein, that is to say:--', 1
insert `of the matters contained in the certificate--'. 2
23. Section 60-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
`Regulations 5
`60.(1) The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. 6
`(2) A regulation may be made with respect to any of the following 7
matters-- 8
(a) the form and content of applications under this Act for the 9
registrar's approval; 10
(b) the form and content of advertisements and documents to be 11
published for the information of the public about a scheme for a 12
retirement village; 13
(c) the form of register to be kept by the registrar under this Act and 14
the way of keeping it; 15
(d) the accounts and records to be kept about the operation of a 16
scheme for a retirement village and the way of keeping the 17
accounts and records; 18
(e) the matters for which fees are payable under this Act, the amount 19
of the fees, the persons who are liable to pay fees, when the fees 20
are payable, and the recovery of unpaid amounts of fees; 21
(f) how the registrar and officers authorised by the registrar to help 22
the registrar are to perform functions or exercise powers under 23
this Act; 24
(g) prescribing offences for contraventions of a regulation and fixing 25
a maximum penalty of not more than 10 penalty units for a 26
contravention.'. 27
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SCHEDULE 1 (continued)
RAVEL AGENTS ACT 1988 1
´T
1. Section 6 (heading)-- 2
omit, insert-- 3
`Definitions'. 4
2. Section 6(1) (definitions "Commissioner" or "Commissioner for 5
Consumer Affairs", "inspector" and "officer")-- 6
omit. 7
3. Section 6(1)-- 8
insert-- 9
` "Commissioner" or "Commissioner for Consumer Affairs" means 10
the Commissioner appointed under the Fair Trading Act 1989; 11
"inspector" means an inspector appointed under the Fair Trading Act 12
1989; 13
"officer" of a body corporate has the meaning given by the Corporations 14
Law;'. 15
4. Section 6(2) and (3)-- 16
omit. 17
18
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CHEDULE 2 1
S
REPEALS 2
section 4 3
Business Names Act Amendment Act 1976 4
Contractors' Trust Accounts Act 1974 5
Contractors' Trust Accounts Act Amendment Act 1978 6
Registration of Deaths on War Service Act 1942 7
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