Queensland Numbered Acts

QUEENSLAND RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY ACT 2013 NO. 19

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents

           CHAPTER 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title
   2.      Commencement
   3.      Main purpose
   4.      Extraterritorial application of Act
   5.      Dictionary

           CHAPTER 2--QUEENSLAND RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY
           Part 1--Establishment, powers and functions

   6.      Establishment of Queensland Rail Transit Authority
   7.      Powers of Authority
   8.      Authentication of documents
   9.      Functions of Authority
   10.     Functions to be carried out commercially
   11.     Powers and functions in or out of Queensland
   12.     Ministerial directions
   13.     Delegations
           Part 2--Board
           Division 1--Establishment, membership and related matters
   14.     Establishment and status of board
   15.     Role of board
   16.     Appointment of members
   17.     Chairperson
   18.     Deputy chairperson
   19.     Terms and ending of appointments
   20.     Vacation of office
   21.     Casual vacancy
           Division 2--Business
   22.     Conduct of business
   23.     Time and place of meetings
   24.     Quorum
   25.     Presiding at meetings
   26.     Conduct of meetings
   27.     Minutes
   28.     Disclosure of interests
           Part 3--Senior employees
           Division 1--Chief executive officer
   29.     Appointment of chief executive officer
   30.     Term of appointment
   31.     Conditions of appointment
   32.     Qualifications for appointment
   33.     Chief executive officer's responsibilities
   34.     Things done by chief executive officer
           Division 2--Senior executives
   35.     Appointment of senior executives
           Part 4--Reporting and accountability
           Division 1--Application of other Acts
   36.     Application of financial Acts
   37.     Application of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
           Division 2--Reporting generally
   38.     Quarterly reports
   39.     Board to keep responsible Ministers informed
   40.     Reporting to department
   41.     Other reporting requirements
           Division 3--Annual reports
   42.     Definition for div 3
   43.     Deletion of commercially sensitive matters from annual report
   44.     Annual report may include a summary of a matter
   45.     Matters to be included in annual report
           Division 4--Strategic and operational plans
   46.     Interaction with the Financial Accountability Act 2009
   47.     Draft strategic and operational plans
   48.     Procedures
   49.     Strategic or operational plan pending agreement
   50.     Strategic or operational plan on agreement
   51.     Compliance with strategic and operational plans
   52.     Modifications of strategic or operational plan
   53.     Content of operational plan
           Part 5--Directions about equity and dividends
           Division 1--Direction about equity
   54.     Giving direction
           Division 2--Direction about dividends
   55.     Giving direction
   56.     Amount of dividend
           Part 6--Community service obligations
   57.     Meaning of community service obligations
   58.     Community service obligations to be stated in operational plan
           Part 7--Acquisition and disposal of assets and subsidiaries
   59.     Direction not to dispose of stated asset
   60.     Disposal of main undertakings
   61.     Acquiring and disposing of subsidiaries
           Part 8--Commonwealth tax equivalents
   62.     Liability for Commonwealth tax equivalents
           Part 9--Matters relating to change of name of Authority
   63.     Change of name of Authority to Queensland Rail
   64.     Change of name does not affect legal personality, etc.
   65.     References to Queensland Rail Transit Authority

           CHAPTER 3--PROVISIONS FOR RESTRUCTURE OF DECLARED ENTITIES
           Part 1--Interpretation

   66.     Declared entities
           Part 2--Transfer of shares and change of status of Queensland Rail Limited
   67.     Transfer of shares
   68.     Change of status of Queensland Rail Limited
           Part 3--Application of IRA
   69.     Application of IRA to the Authority and its employees
           Part 4--Transfer of employees of Queensland Rail Limited
   70.     Definitions for pt 4
   71.     Matters for transfer of employees to Authority
   72.     Preservation of rights of employees
   73.     Federal enterprise agreements taken to be certified agreements
   74.     Interpretation of particular clause in federal enterprise agreement
   75.     Negotiations for replacement of particular certified agreement
   76.     Applicable award
   77.     Individual contracts of employment
           Part 5--Transfer notices and restructure directions
   78.     Transfer notice
   79.     Restructure direction
           Part 6--Other matters for restructure
   80.     Effect of changes to Queensland Rail Limited
   81.     Non-liability for duty
   82.     Preservation of rights of transferred employees
   83.     Disposal of public records
   84.     Application of instruments
   85.     Registering authority to note transfer or other dealing
   86.     Act applies despite other laws and instruments
   87.     Excluded matter for Corporations Act
   88.     Effect on legal relationships
   89.     Things done under this Act
   90.     Decisions not reviewable
   91.     Severability
           Part 7--Miscellaneous
   92.     Delegations
   93.     Regulation-making power

           CHAPTER 4--TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS FOR QUEENSLAND RAIL TRANSIT AUTHORITY ACT 2013

   94.     Appointment of board members
   95.     Appointment of chief executive officer and senior executives
   96.     Authority's first strategic and operational plans
   97.     Authority's first quarterly report
   98.     Authority's first plans under Financial Accountability Act 2009
   99.     Dividend for 2012–2013 financial year
   100.    Application of Transport (Rail Safety) Act 2010 to Queensland Rail Limited and the Authority
   101.    Existing certified agreements
   102.    References to Queensland Rail Limited in documents
   103.    Effect of regulation amendment
   104.    Transitional regulation-making power

           CHAPTER 5--AMENDMENTS OF LEGISLATION
           Part 1--Amendment of this Act

   105.    Act amended
   106.    Amendment of s 5 (Dictionary)
   107.    Renumbering of sch 2 (Dictionary)
           Part 2--Amendment of Industrial Relations Act 1999
   108.    Act amended
   109.    Amendment of 691C (Particular provisions are of no effect)
           Part 3--Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
   110.    Act amended
   111.    Amendment of ch 4, pt 4, hdg (Transport GOCs)
   112.    Amendment of s 20 (Transport GOCs)
   113.    Amendment of s 26 (State-controlled roads on rail corridor land)
   114.    Amendment of s 85A (Franchised road on rail corridor land)
   115.    Replacement of s 248 (Rail GOC and wholly owned subsidiary not common carrier)
   116.    Amendment of s 477C (Concurrent subleases for declared projects)
   117.    Amendment of s 477E (Licences under Land Act for declared projects)
   118.    Amendment of s 486 (Application of Judicial Review Act 1991 to a transport GOC)
   119.    Amendment of sch 6 (Dictionary)
           Part 4--Consequential and minor amendments of other legislation
   120.    Legislation amended
           SCHEDULE 1 -- LEGISLATION AMENDED
           SCHEDULE 2 -- DICTIONARY