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(2) However, the board must meet at least 4 times a
year.
(3) The chairperson of the board—
(a) may call a board meeting at any time; and
(b) must call a board meeting if asked by at
least 2 of the other members.
(4) The chairperson of the board presides at all board
meetings at which the chairperson is present.
(5) If the chairperson is absent, the deputy
chairperson presides.
(6) If both the chairperson and deputy chairperson are
absent, the member chosen by the members
present at the board meeting presides.
(7) At a board meeting—
(a) the number of members that is half the
number appointed at the time of the meeting
constitutes a quorum; and
(b) a question is to be decided by a majority of
votes of the members present and voting at
the meeting; and
(c) each member present has 1 vote on any
question arising for decision and, if the
votes are equal, the member presiding at the
meeting has a casting vote.
(8) For subsection (7)(a), if the number of members
that is half the number appointed at the time of the
meeting is not a whole number, the number must
be rounded up to the nearest whole number.
(9) The board must keep minutes of its meetings.
61 Committees
(1) The board may establish 1 or more committees to
advise and make recommendations to the board
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on particular subjects, including, for example, the
following—
(a) finance and audit;
(b) risk management;
(c) regulatory practice;
(d) people and culture;
(e) stakeholder engagement.
(2) A committee established under subsection (1)
consists of the persons, including, for example,
members of the board, chosen by the board.
(3) The board may choose a member of the
committee to be chairperson of the committee.
(4) The document establishing a committee must
include information about—
(a) the committee’s terms of reference; and
(b) the procedures, if any, with which the
committee is required to comply; and
(c) the composition of the committee’s
membership.
(5) The board may amend the document mentioned in
subsection (4) at any time.
(6) RSHQ must publish a copy of the document
mentioned in subsection (4), and any amendments
under subsection (5), on a Queensland
Government website.
62 Disclosure of interests
(1) This section applies to a member if—
(a) the member has an interest in an issue being
considered, or about to be considered, by the
board; and
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(b) the interest conflicts or may conflict with
the proper performance of the member’s
duties about the consideration of the issue.
(2) After the relevant facts come to the member’s
knowledge, the member must disclose the nature
of the interest to a board meeting.
(3) Unless the board otherwise directs, the member
must not—
(a) be present when the board considers the
issue; or
(b) take part in a decision of the board about the
issue.
(4) The member must not be present when the board
is considering whether to give the direction.
(5) If there is another person who must, under
subsection (2), also disclose an interest in the
issue, the other person must not—
(a) be present when the board is considering
whether to give the direction; or
(b) take part in making the decision about
giving the direction.
(6) Subsections (7) and (8) apply if—
(a) because of this section, a member is not
present at a board meeting for considering
or deciding the issue, or for considering or
deciding whether to give the direction; and
(b) there would be a quorum if the member
were present.
(7) The remaining members present are a quorum of
the board for considering or deciding the issue, or
for considering or deciding whether to give the
direction, at the meeting.
(8) If there are no members who may remain present
for considering or deciding the issue, the Minister
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may consider and decide the issue.
(9) The disclosure must be recorded in the minutes of
the board meeting.
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63 Statement of expectations
(1) The Minister may give the board a written
statement (a statement of expectations) about the
Minister’s expectations for the performance of the
board’s functions.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the statement of
expectations may—
(a) state a particular period for which the
statement applies; and
(b) provide for the nature and scope of the
board’s activities for a particular period.
(3) The board must have regard to the statement of
expectations in performing the board’s functions.
(4) RSHQ must publish a copy of the statement of
expectations, and any amendments to the
statement, on a Queensland Government website.
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72 Definitions for part
In this part—
former commissioner see section 74(1).
73 CEO appointed before commencement
(1) This section applies to a person who, immediately
before the commencement, held an appointment
under former section 14 as CEO.
(2) The person continues to be CEO under new
section 14 on the same terms of appointment that
applied to the person immediately before the
commencement.
(3) However, new section 19 applies to the person
despite any contract or other document or another
law.
(4) No compensation is payable to the person because
of subsection (3).
(5) To remove any doubt, it is declared that
subsections (3) and (4) do not limit or otherwise
affect the person’s right to a benefit or entitlement
that had accrued under the person’s instrument of
appointment before the removal.
(6) In this section—
former, in relation to a provision of this Act,
means the provision as in force from time to time
before the commencement.
new, in relation to a provision of this Act, means
the provision as in force from the commencement.
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(1) On commencement, the office of Commissioner
for Resources Safety and Health (the former
commissioner) is abolished.
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(2) No compensation is payable to a person because
of subsection (1).
(3) To remove any doubt, it is declared that
subsection (2) does not limit or otherwise affect a
person’s right to a benefit or entitlement that had
accrued under the person’s instrument of
appointment before the commencement.
75 Board successor in law of former
commissioner
(1) The board is the successor in law of the former
commissioner.
(2) Subsection (1) is not limited by another provision
of this part.
76 Continuation of acts and matters
(1) Anything done, or started but not completed,
under this Act, by the former commissioner
before the commencement is, if the context
permits, taken to have been done or started, and
may be completed, by the board.
(2) Subsection (1) is not limited by another provision
of this part.
77 Functions and powers
A function performed, or power exercised, under
this Act by the former commissioner before the
commencement is, if the context permits, taken to
have been performed, or exercised, by the board.
78 Assets and liabilities
On the commencement, the assets and liabilities
of the former commissioner immediately before
the commencement become the assets and
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liabilities of the board.
79 Records and other documents
On the commencement, the records and other
documents of the former commissioner
immediately before the commencement become
the records and other documents of the board.
80 Contracts, agreements, undertakings and
other arrangements
(1) This section applies in relation to a contract,
agreement, undertaking or arrangement—
(a) to which the former commissioner was a
party immediately before the
commencement; and
(b) that is still in effect on the commencement.
(2) On the commencement, the board becomes a
party to the contract, agreement, undertaking or
arrangement in place of the former commissioner.
81 Proceedings not yet started
(1) This section applies if, immediately before the
commencement, a proceeding could have been
started by or against the former commissioner
within a particular period.
(2) The proceeding may be started by or against the
board within the period.
82 Current proceedings
(1) This section applies to a proceeding that,
immediately before the commencement, had not
ended and to which the former commissioner was
a party.
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(2) On the commencement, the board becomes a
party to the proceeding in place of the former
commissioner.
83 References to former commissioner
In a document, a reference to the former
commissioner may, if the context permits, be
taken to be a reference to—
(a) to the extent the reference relates to the
former commissioner’s advisory,
governance or reporting functions—the
board; or
(b) to the extent the reference relates to
administrative or operational matters—the
CEO; or
(c) to the extent the reference relates to the
former commissioner’s functions as
chairperson of the coal mining safety and
health advisory committee—the chairperson
of that committee; or
(d) to the extent the reference relates to the
former commissioner’s functions as
chairperson of the mining safety and health
advisory committee—the chairperson of
that committee.
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(1) Schedule 1, definition commissioner—
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