Queensland Consolidated Acts

EDUCATION (GENERAL PROVISIONS) ACT 2006 - SECT 485

485 Provisions about parents and citizens associations

(1) This section applies to a parents and citizens association or an interim parents and citizens association (in either case, the
"existing association" ) formed under the repealed E(GP) Act, section 81 or 82, and in existence immediately before the commencement.

(2) The existing association continues in existence, subject to this Act, and is taken to have been established as a parents and citizens association or an interim parents and citizens association (in either case, the
"new association" ) under section 118 or 119.

(3) The persons who were members, including honorary life members, of the existing association immediately before the commencement continue as members, including as honorary life members, subject to this Act, of the new association.

(4) An officer of the existing association holding office under the repealed E(GP) Act, section 87, immediately before the commencement continues in office, subject to this Act, as an equivalent officer of the new association until the first annual general meeting of the new association held under this Act.

(5) A subcommittee established for the existing association under the repealed E(GP) Act, section 90, and in existence immediately before the commencement continues as a subcommittee of the new association under section 130.

(6) An agreement entered into by the existing association or by the Minister under the repealed E(GP) Act, section 96, and in force immediately before the commencement continues as a relevant agreement entered into by the new association or by the Minister under section 137.

(7) The repealed E(GP) Act, section 100, continues to apply to things done or omitted to be done by a member of the existing association before the commencement as if this Act had not commenced and for that purpose a reference in the section to the Minister is taken to be a reference to the Minister under this Act.

(8) If the procedure for removal of a nominated person has started but not ended under the repealed E(GP) Act, section 111, immediately before the commencement, the procedure may continue as if it had started under section 152.

(9) For a nominated person who was removed under the repealed E(GP) Act, section 111, before the commencement, section 153 applies as if the person had been removed under section 152 and any submission relating to the removal received under the repealed E(GP) Act, section 112, and not finally dealt with under section 113 of that Act is taken to have been received under section 153.

(10) Subsection (11) applies if—

(a) immediately before the commencement a person could have appealed to a Magistrates Court against a decision of the Minister under the repealed E(GP) Act, section 113, and had not appealed; or

(b) a person had appealed to a Magistrates Court against a decision mentioned in paragraph (a) and the appeal has not been finalised before the commencement.

(11) For the purpose of appealing the decision or for finalising the appeal, the decision is taken to be a decision of the Minister under section 154.

(12) The existing association’s constitution as in force under the repealed E(GP) Act immediately before the commencement continues, subject to this Act, as the existing association’s constitution under this Act.