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Queensland Plan Bill 2014
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Queensland Plan Bill 2014
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Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
2 Act binds all persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
3 Main purposes of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
4 Definitions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Part 2 The Queensland Plan
5 Premier to facilitate development of plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
6 Ratification of plan by Legislative Assembly. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
7 Chief executive to publish the Queensland Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Part 3 Implementation of the Queensland Plan
Division 1 Premier and Ministers
8 Government response to the Queensland Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
9 Promotion of the Queensland Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Division 2 Public authorities
10 Policy, program and service alignment with government response 10
Division 3 Local governments
11 Preparation of corporate plans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Part 4 Reporting requirements
12 Annual progress report--Premier. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
13 Annual report--public authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
14 Annual report--local governments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Part 5 Review of the Queensland Plan and government response
15 Periodic review of the Queensland Plan. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
16 Revising the Queensland Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
17 Ratification of revised plan by Legislative Assembly . . . . . . . . . . 12
18 Review of government response . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
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Part 6 Queensland Plan Ambassadors Council
Division 1 Establishment and functions
19 Establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
20 Functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
21 Premier may give directions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Division 2 Membership
Subdivision 1 Appointment
22 Appointment of members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
23 Eligibility for appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
24 Term of office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
25 Conditions of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
26 Chairperson and deputy chairperson . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
27 Vacancy in office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Subdivision 2 Termination of appointment
28 Grounds for termination of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
29 Show cause notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
30 Representations about show cause notice. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
31 Ending show cause process without further action . . . . . . . . . . . 17
32 Termination of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Division 3 Proceedings
33 Conduct of business . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
34 Minimum requirement for meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
35 Presiding at meetings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
36 Quorum . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
37 Conduct of meetings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
38 Minutes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Part 7 Miscellaneous
39 Delegation by Premier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
40 Regulation-making power. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Part 8 Transitional provision
41 Plan developed or tabled before commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Schedule 1 Principles for the Queensland Plan . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
1 Long-term vision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
2 Visionary response. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
3 Strategic focus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4 Community and other involvement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
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5 Bipartisan participation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
6 Measurable outcomes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
7 Joint responsibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Schedule 2 Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
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2014
A Bill
for
An Act to provide for the development and implementation of
the Queensland Plan and related purposes
Queensland Plan Bill 2014
Part 1 Preliminary
[s 1]
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
Part 1 Preliminary 2
1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Queensland Plan Act 2014. 4
2 Act binds all persons 5
This Act binds all persons, including the State. 6
3 Main purposes of Act 7
The main purposes of this Act are to-- 8
(a) provide for the development and ratification of a plan, 9
known as the Queensland Plan, that-- 10
(i) establishes a long-term vision for the future growth 11
and prosperity of Queensland; and 12
(ii) reflects the aspirations of the community, business 13
and industry for the future of Queensland; and 14
(b) provide for the implementation of the Queensland Plan, 15
including by-- 16
(i) developing a government response to the 17
Queensland Plan and aligning the policies, 18
programs and services of public authorities to the 19
strategic direction of the government response; and 20
(ii) aligning local government planning to the strategic 21
direction of the Queensland Plan; and 22
(iii) encouraging the community, business and industry 23
to implement the Queensland Plan; and 24
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(c) establish the ambassadors council to advocate for the 1
implementation of the Queensland Plan by the 2
community, business and industry. 3
4 Definitions 4
The dictionary in schedule 2 defines particular words used in 5
this Act. 6
Part 2 The Queensland Plan 7
5 Premier to facilitate development of plan 8
(1) The Premier must facilitate the development of a plan to 9
provide a long-term vision for key areas affecting the future 10
growth and prosperity of Queensland. 11
(2) The key areas under the plan may include, for example, the 12
following-- 13
· education 14
· community 15
· regions 16
· economy 17
· health and wellbeing 18
· environment 19
· people 20
· infrastructure 21
· governance. 22
(3) The plan must-- 23
(a) be developed having regard to the principles stated in 24
schedule 1; and 25
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(b) outline the strategic direction for the key areas under the 1
plan; and 2
(c) set targets, and include measures, for the key areas. 3
6 Ratification of plan by Legislative Assembly 4
(1) The Premier must table a plan developed under section 5 in 5
the Legislative Assembly for ratification. 6
(2) On being ratified by the Legislative Assembly, the plan has 7
effect as the Queensland Plan. 8
7 Chief executive to publish the Queensland Plan 9
The chief executive must-- 10
(a) publish the Queensland Plan on a government website; 11
and 12
(b) make the Queensland Plan available for inspection, free 13
of charge, during business hours at the department's 14
head office. 15
Editor's notes-- 16
1 The government website for the Queensland Plan is at 17
. 18
2 The department's head office is at 100 George Street, Brisbane. 19
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Part 3 Implementation of the Queensland Plan
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Part 3 Implementation of the 1
Queensland Plan 2
Division 1 Premier and Ministers 3
8 Government response to the Queensland Plan 4
(1) The Premier must develop a response to the Queensland Plan 5
(the government response) that outlines a 6
whole-of-government approach for the State's contribution to 7
implementing the Queensland Plan. 8
(2) The government response must-- 9
(a) state the strategic direction (the strategic direction) for 10
the State's contribution to implementing the Queensland 11
Plan; and 12
(b) recognise the role of the community, business and 13
industry in achieving the targets established for the key 14
areas under the Queensland Plan. 15
(3) Also, the government response may-- 16
(a) state the core outcomes to be achieved by a stated public 17
authority; and 18
(b) require a particular strategy or action to be taken by a 19
stated public authority; and 20
(c) state the timeframe within which an outcome is to be 21
achieved or a strategy or action is to be taken. 22
9 Promotion of the Queensland Plan 23
(1) A Minister whose principal ministerial responsibilities 24
include a key area under the Queensland Plan must-- 25
(a) promote awareness of the key area within the 26
community, business and industry; and 27
(b) encourage the community, business and industry, in 28
carrying out their activities, to have regard to-- 29
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(i) the key area; and 1
(ii) the targets established by the Queensland Plan for 2
the key area. 3
(2) In this section-- 4
principal ministerial responsibility, for a Minister, means the 5
public business of the State for which the Minister is given 6
responsibility under administrative arrangements made under 7
the Constitution of Queensland 2001, section 44. 8
Division 2 Public authorities 9
10 Policy, program and service alignment with government 10
response 11
The chief executive of a public authority must ensure the 12
following are consistent with the strategic direction of the 13
government response to the Queensland Plan-- 14
(a) the authority's policies and programs; 15
(b) the services delivered by the public authority. 16
Division 3 Local governments 17
11 Preparation of corporate plans 18
(1) This section applies to a local government preparing a 19
corporate plan. 20
(2) The local government must have regard to the Queensland 21
Plan in deciding the following matters for the corporate 22
plan-- 23
(a) the strategic direction of the local government; 24
(b) the performance indicators for measuring the local 25
government's progress in achieving its vision for the 26
future of the local government area. 27
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Part 4 Reporting requirements
[s 12]
Part 4 Reporting requirements 1
12 Annual progress report--Premier 2
(1) The Premier must prepare a report for each financial year on 3
the progress made, during the financial year, to implement the 4
Queensland Plan. 5
(2) In preparing the report, the Premier must consult with the 6
ambassadors council. 7
(3) The Premier must table a copy of the report for a financial 8
year in the Legislative Assembly by 30 November in the 9
following financial year. 10
13 Annual report--public authorities 11
The chief executive of a public authority must ensure the 12
public authority's annual report for each financial year 13
includes a statement about the authority's progress, during the 14
financial year, in developing policies and programs, and 15
delivering services, that are consistent with the strategic 16
direction of the government response to the Queensland Plan. 17
14 Annual report--local governments 18
A local government's annual report for each financial year 19
must include a statement about the local government's 20
actions, during the financial year, in relation to matters in its 21
corporate plan that relate to the Queensland Plan. 22
Part 5 Review of the Queensland Plan 23
and government response 24
15 Periodic review of the Queensland Plan 25
(1) The Premier must review the Queensland Plan-- 26
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(a) within 5 years after the Queensland Plan takes effect 1
under section 6; and 2
(b) at further intervals of not more than 5 years. 3
(2) The objects of the review include deciding whether-- 4
(a) the long-term vision established by the Queensland Plan 5
for the future of Queensland still reflects the aspirations 6
of the community, business and industry; and 7
(b) the ways of implementing the long-term vision, as stated 8
in the Queensland Plan, can be improved; and 9
(c) having regard to the matters mentioned in paragraphs (a) 10
and (b), the Queensland Plan should be revised. 11
(3) In reviewing the Queensland Plan, the Premier must-- 12
(a) consult with the ambassadors council about the matters 13
mentioned in subsection (2); and 14
(b) consider any issues raised by the council; and 15
(c) engage with the community, business and industry in 16
accordance with the principles stated in schedule 1. 17
16 Revising the Queensland Plan 18
(1) If the Premier decides the Queensland Plan should be revised, 19
the Premier must develop a revised plan. 20
(2) Section 5 applies to the development of a revised plan under 21
this section. 22
(3) In developing the revised plan, the Premier must-- 23
(a) consult with the ambassadors council; and 24
(b) consider any issues raised by the council. 25
17 Ratification of revised plan by Legislative Assembly 26
(1) The Premier must table a revised plan developed under 27
section 16 in the Legislative Assembly for ratification. 28
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(2) On being ratified by the Legislative Assembly, the revised 1
plan has effect as the Queensland Plan. 2
18 Review of government response 3
(1) If the revised plan tabled under section 17(1) is ratified by the 4
Legislative Assembly, the Premier must-- 5
(a) review the government response to the Queensland Plan 6
within 6 months after the ratification of the plan; and 7
(b) if the Premier considers it appropriate, revise the 8
government response to the Queensland Plan. 9
(2) Nothing in this section prevents the Premier from reviewing 10
or revising the government response at any other time. 11
Part 6 Queensland Plan Ambassadors 12
Council 13
Division 1 Establishment and functions 14
19 Establishment 15
The Queensland Plan Ambassadors Council is established. 16
20 Functions 17
The ambassadors council has the following functions-- 18
(a) to promote awareness, and advocate for the 19
implementation, of the Queensland Plan within the 20
community, business and industry; 21
(b) to advise the Premier on matters relating to the 22
implementation of the Queensland Plan. 23
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21 Premier may give directions 1
(1) The Premier may give the ambassadors council directions in 2
relation to the performance of its functions. 3
(2) The ambassadors council must perform its functions subject 4
to-- 5
(a) the general direction and control of the Premier; and 6
(b) any specific written directions given to it by the Premier. 7
(3) Without limiting subsection (2)(b), a direction may require the 8
ambassadors council to give the Premier, or provide the 9
Premier with access to, information in its possession about a 10
matter stated in the direction. 11
Division 2 Membership 12
Subdivision 1 Appointment 13
22 Appointment of members 14
(1) The ambassadors council is to consist of not more than 15 15
members appointed by the Premier. 16
(2) In making an appointment, the Premier must have regard to 17
the desirability of the members collectively representing the 18
following-- 19
(a) the community; 20
(b) business or industry; 21
(c) regional Queensland. 22
23 Eligibility for appointment 23
(1) A person is eligible for appointment as a member of the 24
ambassadors council only if the Premier is satisfied-- 25
(a) the person represents 1 or more of the following-- 26
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(i) the community; 1
(ii) business or industry; 2
(iii) regional Queensland; and 3
(b) the person has the ability to promote the vision 4
established by the Queensland Plan for the future of 5
Queensland. 6
(2) However, a person is not eligible for appointment as a 7
member of the ambassadors council if the person-- 8
(a) is an insolvent under administration under the 9
Corporations Act, section 9; or 10
(b) is disqualified from managing corporations under the 11
Corporations Act, part 2D.6; or 12
(c) has been convicted of an indictable offence. 13
24 Term of office 14
Subject to this division, a member holds office for the term of 15
no longer than 5 years stated in the member's instrument of 16
appointment. 17
25 Conditions of appointment 18
(1) A member is to be paid the remuneration and allowances 19
decided by the Premier. 20
(2) A member holds office on the terms and conditions, not 21
provided for by this Act, decided by the Premier. 22
26 Chairperson and deputy chairperson 23
(1) The Premier may appoint-- 24
(a) a member of the ambassadors council to be the 25
chairperson of the council; and 26
(b) another member of the ambassadors council to be the 27
deputy chairperson of the council. 28
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(2) A member may be appointed as the chairperson or deputy 1
chairperson at the same time as the person is appointed as a 2
member. 3
(3) The chairperson or deputy chairperson holds office for the 4
term, ending not later than his or her term of appointment as a 5
member, stated in his or her appointment as chairperson or 6
deputy chairperson. 7
(4) The deputy chairperson is to act as chairperson-- 8
(a) during a vacancy in the office of chairperson; and 9
(b) during all periods when the chairperson is absent from 10
duty or for another reason can not perform the duties of 11
the office. 12
27 Vacancy in office 13
A member's office becomes vacant if-- 14
(a) the member resigns office by signed notice given to the 15
Premier; or 16
(b) the member becomes a person who is an insolvent under 17
administration under the Corporations Act, section 9; or 18
(c) the member is disqualified from managing corporations 19
under the Corporations Act, part 2D.6; or 20
(d) the member is convicted of an indictable offence; or 21
(e) the member's appointment is terminated by the Premier 22
under subdivision 2. 23
Subdivision 2 Termination of appointment 24
28 Grounds for termination of appointment 25
The Premier may terminate the appointment of a member only 26
if the Premier is satisfied the member-- 27
(a) has been guilty of misconduct; or 28
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(b) is incapable of performing the member's duties; or 1
(c) has neglected the member's duties or has performed 2
them incompetently. 3
29 Show cause notice 4
(1) This section applies if the Premier believes a ground exists to 5
terminate the appointment of a member under section 28. 6
(2) The Premier must first give the member a notice (a show 7
cause notice) stating the following-- 8
(a) that the Premier proposes to terminate the member's 9
appointment; 10
(b) the grounds for the proposed termination; 11
(c) an outline of the facts and circumstances forming the 12
basis for the grounds; 13
(d) that the member may, within a stated period (the show 14
cause period), make written representations to the 15
Premier to show why the member's appointment should 16
not be terminated. 17
(3) The show cause period must end at least 28 days after the 18
member is given the show cause notice. 19
30 Representations about show cause notice 20
(1) The member may, within the show cause period, make written 21
representations to the Premier about why the member's 22
appointment should not be terminated. 23
(2) The Premier must consider all representations (the accepted 24
representations) made under subsection (1). 25
31 Ending show cause process without further action 26
If, after considering the accepted representations for the show 27
cause notice, the Premier no longer believes a ground exists to 28
terminate the member's appointment, the Premier-- 29
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(a) must not take any further action about the show cause 1
notice; and 2
(b) must give the member a notice that no further action is 3
to be taken about the show cause notice. 4
32 Termination of appointment 5
(1) This section applies if-- 6
(a) there are no accepted representations for the show cause 7
notice; or 8
(b) after considering the accepted representations for the 9
show cause notice, the Premier-- 10
(i) still believes a ground exists to terminate the 11
member's appointment; and 12
(ii) believes the termination of the appointment is 13
warranted. 14
(2) The Premier may terminate the member's appointment. 15
(3) If the Premier decides to take action under subsection (2), the 16
Premier must as soon as practicable give the member written 17
notice of the decision. 18
(4) The decision takes effect on the day the notice is given to the 19
member. 20
Division 3 Proceedings 21
33 Conduct of business 22
Subject to this division, the ambassadors council may conduct 23
its business, including its meetings, in the way it considers 24
appropriate. 25
34 Minimum requirement for meetings 26
The ambassadors council must meet at least twice a year. 27
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35 Presiding at meetings 1
(1) The chairperson is to preside at all meetings of the 2
ambassadors council at which the chairperson is present. 3
(2) If the chairperson is not present at a meeting, the deputy 4
chairperson is to preside. 5
(3) If neither the chairperson nor the deputy chairperson is 6
present at a meeting, a member chosen by the members 7
present is to preside. 8
36 Quorum 9
The quorum at a meeting of the ambassadors council is a 10
majority of its members for the time being. 11
37 Conduct of meetings 12
(1) A question at a meeting of the ambassadors council is decided 13
by a majority of the votes of the members present. 14
(2) Each member present at a meeting has a vote on each question 15
to be decided and, if the votes are equal, the member presiding 16
also has a casting vote. 17
(3) A member who is present at a meeting and abstains from 18
voting is taken to have voted for the negative. 19
(4) A meeting may be held using any technology allowing 20
reasonably contemporaneous and continuous communication 21
between members. 22
Example of use of technology-- 23
teleconferencing 24
(5) A member who takes part in a meeting under subsection (4) is 25
taken to be present at the meeting. 26
38 Minutes 27
The ambassadors council must keep minutes of its meetings. 28
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Part 7 Miscellaneous 1
39 Delegation by Premier 2
(1) The Premier may delegate any of the Premier's functions 3
under this Act to another Minister. 4
(2) In this section-- 5
functions includes powers. 6
40 Regulation-making power 7
The Governor in Council may make regulations under this 8
Act. 9
Part 8 Transitional provision 10
41 Plan developed or tabled before commencement 11
(1) If the Premier develops a plan (the original plan) for the 12
purpose, and in the way, mentioned in section 5 before the 13
commencement of section 5, the original plan is taken to have 14
been developed under that section. 15
(2) If the Premier tables the original plan in the Legislative 16
Assembly for ratification before the commencement of 17
section 6(1), the Premier is taken to have complied with that 18
section in relation to the original plan. 19
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Schedule 1
Schedule 1 Principles for the Queensland 1
Plan 2
section 5(3) 3
1 Long-term vision 4
The Queensland Plan is to establish a long-term vision for the 5
future of Queensland for implementation by all levels of 6
government and by the community, business and industry. 7
2 Visionary response 8
The Queensland Plan is to position the State to respond 9
effectively and strategically to existing and future economic, 10
social, environmental and other issues. 11
3 Strategic focus 12
The Queensland Plan is to provide a strategic approach to 13
planning for the future of Queensland that-- 14
(a) is coordinated, proactive and long-term; and 15
(b) establishes a clear direction for implementation. 16
4 Community and other involvement 17
The vision established by the Queensland Plan is to be 18
developed through-- 19
(a) community consultation activities held throughout 20
Queensland; and 21
(b) consultation with the following-- 22
(i) the community, business and industry; 23
(ii) entities representing the interests of the 24
community, business or industry; 25
(iii) local governments; 26
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(iv) any other entity the Premier considers appropriate. 1
5 Bipartisan participation 2
The process for developing the Queensland Plan is to include 3
bipartisan participation. 4
6 Measurable outcomes 5
The targets and measures included in the Queensland Plan for 6
the key areas under the plan must enable the following matters 7
to be monitored and reported on-- 8
(a) progress in relation to the targets for the key areas; 9
(b) whether the targets for the key areas are achievable. 10
7 Joint responsibility 11
Implementation of the Queensland Plan, including the 12
achievement of targets established by the plan for the key 13
areas under the plan, is the joint responsibility of-- 14
(a) the State; and 15
(b) local governments; and 16
(c) the community, business and industry. 17
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Schedule 2
Schedule 2 Dictionary 1
section 4 2
accepted representations see section 30(2). 3
ambassadors council means the Queensland Plan 4
Ambassadors Council established under section 19. 5
annual report means-- 6
(a) for a public authority--the annual report required to be 7
prepared for the public authority under the Financial 8
Accountability Act 2009, section 63; or 9
(b) for a local government--the annual report required to be 10
prepared for the local government under the Local 11
Government Act 2009 or the City of Brisbane Act 2010. 12
corporate plan, for a local government, means a corporate 13
plan that forms part of the local government's system of 14
financial management established under the Local 15
Government Act 2009, section 104(5)(a) or the City of 16
Brisbane Act 2010, section 103(1)(b). 17
government response, to the Queensland Plan, see section 18
8(1). 19
key area, under the Queensland Plan, means a key area for the 20
future of Queensland stated in the plan. 21
public authority means-- 22
(a) a department; or 23
(b) a statutory body. 24
Queensland Plan means-- 25
(a) a plan that has effect as the Queensland Plan under 26
section 6(2); or 27
(b) if a revised plan has taken effect as the Queensland Plan 28
under section 17(2)--the revised plan. 29
show cause notice see section 29(2). 30
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show cause period see section 29(2)(d). 1
statutory body see the Financial Accountability Act 2009, 2
section 9. 3
strategic direction, for the government response to the 4
Queensland Plan, see section 8(2)(a). 5
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