Queensland Numbered Acts

BIODISCOVERY AND OTHER LEGISLATION AMENDMENT ACT 2020

- As at 20 August 2020
- Act 27 of 2020

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

   PART 1 - PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement

   PART 2 - AMENDMENT OF BIODISCOVERY ACT 2004

   3.      Act amended
   4.      Amendment of long title
   5.      Amendment of s 3 (Purposes of Act)
   6.      Amendment of s 4 (Why this Act was enacted)
   7.      Amendment of s 7 (Relationship with other Acts)
   8.      Insertion of new s 7A
   9.      Amendment of s 9 (Extra-territorial application of Act)
   10.     Insertion of new pt 2A
   11.     Amendment of s 11 (Procedural requirements for application)
   12.     Amendment of s 12 (Content of approved form)
   13.     Amendment of s 14 (Deciding application)
   14.     Amendment of s 28 (Public access to collection authority register)
   15.     Amendment of s 29 (Identifying native biological material)
   16.     Amendment of s 33 (Power to enter into benefit sharing agreement)
   17.     Amendment of s 34 (Content of benefit sharing agreement)
   18.     Amendment of s 35 (Conditions of benefit sharing agreement)
   19.     Omission of pt 5, div 2 (Approval of biodiscovery plans)
   20.     Amendment of s 44 (Establishing compliance code)
   21.     Amendment of s 52 (False or misleading information given by applicant)
   22.     Amendment of s 53 (False or misleading documents given by applicant)
   23.     Amendment of s 61 (Appointment and qualifications)
   24.     Omission of pt 9, div 2 (Decisions of DSDI chief executive)
   25.     Amendment of s 109 (Appointments and authority)
   26.     Amendment of s 111 (Evidentiary matters)
   27.     Amendment of s 115 (Liability of executive officer—particular offences committed by corporation)
   28.     Amendment of s 117 (Disclosure of information about collection authority, benefit sharing agreement, subsequent use agreement or biodiscovery plan)
   29.     Replacement of s 119 (Protecting officials from liability)
   30.     Amendment of s 120 (Whistleblowers’ protection)
   31.     Omission of s 121 (Review of Act)
   32.     Replacement of s 122 (Approval of forms)
   33.     Replacement of pt 13, hdg (Transitional provisions)
   34.     Replacement of pt 15, hdg (Repeal of Year 2000 Information Disclosure Act 1999)
   35.     Insertion of new pt 13, div 3
   36.     Amendment of schedule (Dictionary)

   PART 3 - AMENDMENT OF RIGHT TO INFORMATION ACT 2009

   37.     Act amended
   38.     Insertion of new ch 7, pt 7
   39.     Amendment of sch 1 (Documents to which this Act does not apply)
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