Queensland Numbered Acts

SOUTH EAST QUEENSLAND WATER (RESTRUCTURING) ACT 2007 NO. 58

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Contents

           CHAPTER 1--PRELIMINARY

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

           CHAPTER 2--NEW WATER ENTITIES
           Part 1--Establishment, powers and functions

   6.      Establishment of new water entities
   7.      Powers of new water entities
   8.      Authentication of documents
   9.      Functions of new water entities other than the water grid manager
   10.     Functions of the water grid manager
   11.     Functions to be carried out commercially
   12.     Powers and functions in or out of Queensland
   13.     Delegation
           Part 2--Boards
           Division 1--Establishment, membership and related matters
   14.     Establishment and status of boards
   15.     Role of boards
   16.     Appointment of members
   17.     Chairperson
   18.     Deputy chairperson
   19.     Terms and ending of appointments
           Division 2--Business
   20.     Conduct of business
   21.     Time and place of meetings
   22.     Quorum
   23.     Presiding at meetings
   24.     Conduct of meetings
   25.     Minutes
   26.     Disclosure of interests
           Part 3--Senior employees
           Division 1--Chief executive officer
   27.     Appointment of chief executive officer
   28.     Term of appointment
   29.     Conditions of appointment
   30.     Qualifications for appointment
   31.     Chief executive officer's responsibilities
   32.     Things done by chief executive officer
           Division 2--Senior executives
   33.     Appointment of senior executives
           Part 4--Reporting and accountability
           Division 1--Application of other Acts
   34.     Application of financial Acts
   35.     Application of Crime and Misconduct Act 2001
           Division 2--Reporting generally
   36.     Quarterly reports
   37.     Board to keep responsible Ministers informed
   38.     Reporting to department
   39.     Other reporting requirements
           Division 3--Annual reports
   40.     Definition for div 3
   41.     Deletion of commercially sensitive matters from annual report
   42.     Annual report may include a summary of a matter
   43.     Matters to be included in annual report
           Division 4--Strategic and operational plans
   44.     Interaction with the FAA Act
   45.     Draft strategic and operational plans
   46.     Procedures
   47.     Strategic or operational plan pending agreement
   48.     Strategic or operational plan on agreement
   49.     Compliance with strategic and operational plans
   50.     Modifications of strategic or operational plan
   51.     Content of operational plan
           Part 5--Annual returns
   52.     Non-application to water grid manager
   53.     Requirement to pay annual return
   54.     Amount of annual return
           Part 6--Community service obligations
   55.     Non-application to water grid manager
   56.     Meaning of community service obligations
   57.     Community service obligations to be stated in operational plan
           Part 7--Acquisition and disposal of assets and subsidiaries
   58.     Direction not to dispose of stated asset
   59.     Disposal of main undertakings
   60.     Acquiring and disposing of subsidiaries
           Part 8--Other government direction
   61.     Responsible Ministers may give directions in public interest
   62.     Liability for Commonwealth tax equivalents
   63.     New water entity and board not otherwise subject to government direction
           Part 9--Expiry
   64.     Expiry of new water entities

           CHAPTER 3--THE PROJECT
           Part 1--Preliminary

   65.     Water entities
   66.     The project
           Part 2--Particular Ministerial powers
   67.     Transfer notice
   68.     Project direction
           Part 3--Matters relating to the Water Act
           Division 1--Preliminary
   69.     Definitions for pt 3
   70.     Words have meanings given by the Water Act
           Division 2--Matters relating to new water entities
   71.     Non-application to water grid manager
   72.     New water entities are service providers
   73.     Entry into service provider register
   74.     Submission of plans
   75.     Application of pricing direction
           Division 3--Matters relating to water entities
   76.     Automatic transfer of instruments relating to transferred works
   77.     References to SEQ Water relating to particular transferred authority
   78.     Transfer of infrastructure
           Part 4--Application of other laws and instruments
   79.     Constructing authority for particular land acquired under the Acquisition of Land Act 1967
   80.     Matters relating to the Integrated Planning Act 1997
   81.     Non-liability for State taxes
           Part 5--Other matters
   82.     Time within which Minister may act
   83.     Chapter applies despite other laws and instruments
   84.     Decisions not reviewable
   85.     Effect on legal relationships
   86.     Excluded matter for Corporations Act
   87.     Disclosure and use of information for the project
   88.     Registering authority to register or record transfer
   89.     Entry to, and use of, water entity's land after transfer of asset attached to the land
   90.     Preservation of rights of transferred employees
   91.     Prohibition on retrenchment because of project

           CHAPTER 4--OTHER MATTERS
           Part 1--Miscellaneous

   92.     Staff support framework
   93.     Things done by, or given to, responsible Ministers
   94.     Delegation by Minister
   95.     Evidentiary aids
   96.     Regulation-making power
           Part 2--Transitional provisions
   97.     Appointment of first chief executive officer
   98.     Appointment of board members
   99.     New water entity's first strategic and operational plans
   100.    New water entity's first quarterly plan
   101.    New water entity's first plans under FAA Act
   102.    Annual return for a new water entity's first financial year
   103.    Amendment of regulation
           Part 3--Amendments
           Division 1--Amendment of Superannuation (State Public Sector) Act 1990
   104.    Act amended in div 1
   105.    Amendment of s 2 (Interpretation)
   106.    Amendment of s 3 (Establishment of board)
   107.    Amendment of s 6F (Delegation by board)
   108.    Amendment of s 11 (Investment of fund)
   109.    Omission of s 11A (Investment of defined benefit assets)
   110.    Amendment of s 31A (Transfer of employees)
   111.    Amendment of s 43 (QIC continues as investment manager)
           Division 2--Amendment of State Development and Public Works Organisation Act 1971
   112.    Act amended in div 2
   113.    Insertion of new s 153J
           Division 3--Amendment of Transport Infrastructure Act 1994
   114.    Act amended in div 3
   115.    Insertion of new s 85B
   116.    Insertion of new s 93A
           Division 4--Amendment of other laws
   117.    Laws amended in sch 2
           SCHEDULE 1 LOCAL GOVERNMENTS THAT ARE WATER ENTITIES
           SCHEDULE 2 AMENDMENT OF OTHER LAWS
           SCHEDULE 3 DICTIONARY