Queensland Consolidated Acts

TRANSPORT OPERATIONS (PASSENGER TRANSPORT) ACT 1994 - SECT 113I

113I Application of Public Sector Ethics Act 1994

(1) This section applies if an employee of a railway manager or railway operator that is a rail government entity becomes a transit officer under section 111 (3) (b) .

(2) Subject to subsections (3) and (4) , the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 applies to the railway manager or railway operator in relation to the employee as if—

(a) the railway manager or railway operator were a public sector entity; and

(b) the chief executive officer of the railway manager or railway operator were—

(i) the chief executive officer of the public sector entity; and

(ii) the responsible authority for the public sector entity; and

(c) a prescribed person for the railway manager or railway operator were a public official.

(3) The Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 applies to a railway operator or railway manager, and prescribed persons for the railway manager or railway operator, only in relation to a prescribed person’s duties relating to the performance of a function or exercise of a power by the employee as a transit officer under this Act.

(4) Without limiting subsection (3) —

(a) the ethics values under the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 , part 3 apply to a prescribed person only in relation to the person’s duties relating to a transit officer performing a function or exercising a power under this Act; and

(b) the requirement to prepare a code of conduct under the Public Sector Ethics Act 1994 , part 4 is a requirement to prepare a code of conduct only for a prescribed person’s duties relating to a transit officer performing a function or exercising a power under this Act.