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Page 27 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel [s 48] Queensland Productivity Commission Bill 2024 Part 6 Transitional provisions 48 Application of directives to transferring employees (1) This section applies if an existing directive applied to a transferring employee immediately before the commencement. (2) The existing directive continues to apply to the transferring employee until the directive is revoked or replaced by a directive made after the commencement. (3) To the extent a change to the existing directive takes effect after the commencement, the change applies for the purposes of the directive’s application under subsection (2). (4) The Public Sector Act 2022, sections 228 and 229, apply in relation to the existing directive. (5) In this section— directive see the Public Sector Act 2022, schedule 2. existing directive means— (a) a directive; or (b) a continued directive under the Public Sector Act 2022, section 307 or 308. 49 Transfer of particular records to commission (1) On the commencement, the chief executive must give each relevant public record to the commission. (2) For subsection (1), a relevant public record is a public record that— (a) was held by the department immediately before the commencement; and (b) is any of the following— (i) a public record related to a transferring employee; (ii) a public record that was, on the abolition of the Queensland Productivity Commission under the repealed Queensland Productivity Commission Act 2015, transferred to the department; 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

Page 28 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel [s 49] Queensland Productivity Commission Bill 2024 Part 6 Transitional provisions (iii) a public record related to the administration of regulatory best practice policies; (iv) a public record related to any other activity that was, immediately before the commencement, carried out by the administrative unit within the department known as the Office of Productivity and Red Tape Reduction and that relates to a function to be performed by the commission after the commencement; (v) any other public record related to a function to be performed by the commission after the commencement. (3) This section does not limit the application of the Public Records Act 2023 in relation to a relevant public record. (4) In this section— public record see the Public Records Act 2023, section 9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16

Schedule 1 Queensland Productivity Commission Bill 2024 Page 29 Authorised by the Parliamentary Counsel Schedule 1 Dictionary section 4 board means the board established under section 12. commission means the Queensland Productivity Commission established under section 5. commissioner means a person appointed as a commissioner under section 15(1). confidential information— (a) means information that— (i) could identify a person; or (ii) is commercially sensitive; or (iii) is otherwise of a confidential nature; but (b) does not include— (i) information that is publicly available; or (ii) statistical, commercial or other information that could not reasonably be expected to result in the identification of the person to whom it relates. contractor, of the commission, means a person, other than a commissioner or member of the commission’s staff, who provides services for the commission— (a) under a contract between the person and the commission; or (b) under an arrangement between the commission and another person. conviction means a finding of guilt or acceptance of a plea of guilty by a court, regardless of whether a conviction is recorded. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27