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109 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79
110 Omission of s 8 (Eligibility for appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
111 Amendment of s 9 (Chairperson and deputy chairperson of board) 80
112 Amendment of s 10 (Duration of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
113 Insertion of new ss 11A and 11B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
11A Disqualification from membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
11B Leave of absence for members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
114 Replacement of ss 12 and 12A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
12 Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
12A Duration of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
12AA Conditions of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
115 Amendment of s 17 (Delegation by director) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
116 Insertion of new ss 18 and 18A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
18 Leave of absence for director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
18A Acting director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
117 Amendment of s 19 (Functions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
118 Amendment of s 27 (Use of proceeds from sale of other works of art)
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119 Omission of s 28 (Disposal of certain abandoned property) . . . . 86
120 Amendment of s 29 (Board must give notice of public auction) . 86
121 Amendment of s 30 (Effect of sale or other disposal of certain works of
art or other property) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
122 Amendment of s 40 (Delegation by board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
123 Amendment of s 40A (Board may enter into work performance
arrangements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
124 Amendment of s 40C (Foundation committee) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
125 Amendment of s 40D (Function) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
126 Amendment of s 40E (Powers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
127 Insertion of new pt 2, divs 8 and 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Division 8 Other committees
40I Other committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89
Division 9 Criminal history
40J Definition for division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
40K Criminal history reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
40L Requirement to disclose changes in criminal history 91
40M Confidentiality of criminal history information . . . . . . 92
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128 Amendment of s 43 (Draft strategic and operational plans) . . . . 93
129 Amendment of s 45 (Strategic and operational plans on agreement) 93
130 Omission of ss 48–50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
131 Insertion of new s 50 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93
50 Minister may give statement of expectations . . . . . . 93
132 Amendment of s 53 (Annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
133 Amendment of s 54 (Delegation by Minister) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
134 Replacement of s 55 (Protection from liability of members) . . . . 95
55 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
135 Amendment of s 56 (Illegal borrowing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
136 Insertion of new pt 7, div 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Division 5 Transitional provision for Education and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2026
83 Application of new s 11A and new pt 2, div 9 . . . . . . 97
137 Insertion of new sch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Schedule 1 Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Part 13 Amendment of Queensland Museum Act 1970
138 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
139 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
140 Omission of s 8 (Eligibility for appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
141 Amendment of s 9 (Chairperson and deputy chairperson of board) 99
142 Amendment of s 10 (Duration of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
143 Insertion of new ss 11A and 11B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
11A Disqualification from membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100
11B Leave of absence for members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
144 Amendment of s 12 (Functions of board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 101
145 Omission of s 21 (Disposal of certain abandoned property) . . . . 103
146 Amendment of s 22 (Board must give notice of public auction) . 103
147 Amendment of s 23 (Effect of sale or other disposal of specimens or
other property) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 103
148 Omission of s 24 (Committees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
149 Amendment of s 34 (Delegation by board) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
150 Replacement of ss 35 and 35A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104
35 Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
35A Duration of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
35AA Conditions of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
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151 Amendment of s 39 (Delegation by director) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 105
152 Insertion of new ss 40 and 40A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
40 Leave of absence for director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
40A Acting director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106
153 Insertion of new pt 2, divs 5A and 5B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Division 5A Committees
41 Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
Division 5B Criminal history
41A Definition for division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 107
41B Criminal history reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108
41C Requirement to disclose changes in criminal history 108
42 Confidentiality of criminal history information . . . . . . 109
154 Amendment of s 42A (Board may enter into work performance
arrangements) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 110
155 Amendment of s 45 (Draft strategic and operational plans) . . . . 110
156 Amendment of s 47 (Strategic and operational plans on agreement)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
157 Omission of ss 50–52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
158 Insertion of new s 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 111
52 Minister may give statement of expectations . . . . . . 111
159 Amendment of s 55 (Annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
160 Amendment of s 56 (Delegation by Minister) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112
161 Replacement of s 57 (Protection from liability of persons acting under the
Act) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
57 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 113
162 Amendment of s 58 (Illegal borrowing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114
163 Insertion of new pt 7, div 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Division 4 Transitional provision for Education and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2026
81 Application of new s 11A and new pt 2, div 5B . . . . . 115
164 Insertion of new sch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Schedule 1 Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 115
Part 14 Amendment of Queensland Performing Arts Trust Act 1977
165 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
166 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116
167 Omission of s 8 (Eligibility for appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
168 Amendment of s 9 (Chairperson and deputy chairperson of trust) 118
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169 Amendment of s 10 (Duration of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118
170 Insertion of new ss 11A and 11B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
11A Disqualification from membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
11B Leave of absence for members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119
171 Amendment of s 12 (Functions of trust) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120
172 Omission of s 19 (Disposal of certain abandoned property) . . . . 121
173 Amendment of s 20 (Trust must give notice of public auction) . . 121
174 Amendment of s 21 (Effect of sale or other disposal of property) 122
175 Amendment of s 31 (Delegation by trust) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 122
176 Replacement of ss 32 and 32A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
32 Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
32A Duration of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
32AA Conditions of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 123
177 Amendment of s 36 (Delegation by director) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
178 Insertion of new ss 36A and 36B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
36A Leave of absence for director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
36B Acting director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124
179 Insertion of new pt 2, divs 6 and 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Division 6 Committees
38A Committees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
Division 7 Criminal history
38B Definition for division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 125
38C Criminal history reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 126
38D Requirement to disclose changes in criminal history 126
38E Confidentiality of criminal history information . . . . . . 127
180 Amendment of s 44 (Draft strategic and operational plans) . . . . 128
181 Amendment of s 46 (Strategic and operational plans on agreement)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128
182 Omission of ss 49–51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
183 Insertion of new s 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 129
51 Minister may give statement of expectations . . . . . . 129
184 Amendment of s 54 (Annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
185 Insertion of new pt 6A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
Part 6A Resale of tickets
54A Definitions for part . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 130
54B Restriction on resale of tickets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
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186 Amendment of s 55 (Delegation by Minister) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132
187 Replacement of s 56 (Protection from liability of members) . . . . 133
56 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 133
188 Amendment of s 57 (Illegal borrowing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134
189 Insertion of new pt 8, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Division 3 Transitional provision for Education and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2026
73 Application of new s 11A and new pt 2, div 7 . . . . . . 135
190 Insertion of new sch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Schedule 1 Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135
Part 15 Amendment of Queensland Theatre Company Act 1970
191 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
192 Amendment of s 2 (Definitions) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136
193 Omission of s 8 (Eligibility for appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
194 Amendment of s 9 (Chairperson and deputy chairperson of theatre
company) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
195 Amendment of s 10 (Duration of appointment) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 137
196 Insertion of new ss 11A and 11B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
11A Disqualification from membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138
11B Leave of absence for members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 139
197 Amendment of s 12 (Functions of the theatre company) . . . . . . 139
198 Omission of ss 18–20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140
199 Amendment of s 30 (Delegation by theatre company) . . . . . . . . 140
200 Replacement of ss 31 and 31A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
31 Director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
31A Duration of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
31AA Conditions of appointment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 141
201 Amendment of s 35 (Delegation by director) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
202 Insertion of new ss 35A and 35B . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
35A Leave of absence for director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
35B Acting director . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 142
203 Amendment of s 38 (Committees) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
204 Insertion of new pt 2, div 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
Division 7 Criminal history
38A Definition for division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
38B Criminal history reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 143
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38C Requirement to disclose changes in criminal history 144
38D Confidentiality of criminal history information . . . . . . 145
205 Amendment of s 44 (Draft strategic and operational plans) . . . . 146
206 Amendment of s 46 (Strategic and operational plans on agreement)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
207 Omission of ss 49–51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 146
208 Insertion of new s 51 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
51 Minister may give statement of expectations . . . . . . 147
209 Amendment of s 54 (Annual report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
210 Amendment of s 55 (Delegation by Minister) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148
211 Replacement of s 56 (Protection from liability of members) . . . . 148
56 Confidentiality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 149
212 Amendment of s 57 (Illegal borrowing) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
213 Insertion of new pt 8, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 150
Division 3 Transitional provision for Education and Other
Legislation Amendment Act 2026
75 Application of new s 11A and new pt 2, div 7 . . . . . . 151
214 Insertion of new sch 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Schedule 1 Dictionary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
Part 16 Amendment of Working with Children Check Act 2000
215 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
216 Amendment of sch 1 (Regulated employment and businesses for
employment screening) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151
217 Amendment of sch 7 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Part 17 Other amendments
218 Legislation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152
Schedule 1 Other amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Duties Act 2001 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 153
Education (Queensland College of Teachers) Act 2005 . . . . . . . 153
Integrity Act 2009 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 155
Libraries Act 1988 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Public Sector Act 2022 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 156
Queensland Art Gallery Act 1987 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Queensland Museum Act 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157
Queensland Performing Arts Trust Act 1977 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158
Queensland Theatre Company Act 1970 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 158