sec.65Transfer direction

### sec.65 Transfer direction The Minister may give a direction (a transfer direction ) to any of the following (a relevant entity ) to do anything the Minister considers necessary to achieve the transition to a distributor-retailer from its participating local governments— the distributor-retailer; the board; any of the distributor-retailer’s participating local governments. Without limiting subsection (1) , a transfer direction may be about— executing an instrument; or disclosing information; or for the distributor-retailer, according particular terms and conditions of employment to its employees affected by the transfer during a stated period after its establishment consistent with the staff support framework; or anything the Minister considers necessary to remedy a contravention of the staff support framework. Section 79 provided for the approval of a staff support framework. That provision was repealed by the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Amendment Act 2012 . A transfer direction must be in writing and signed by the Minister. If a relevant entity is given a transfer direction— the entity must comply with the direction; and if the entity is the distributor-retailer—its board must take the action necessary to ensure the distributor-retailer complies with the direction. Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units. In this section— board includes, for a local government, its councillors. s 65 amd 2012 No. 13 s 5 (retro) (sec.65-ssec.1) The Minister may give a direction (a transfer direction ) to any of the following (a relevant entity ) to do anything the Minister considers necessary to achieve the transition to a distributor-retailer from its participating local governments— the distributor-retailer; the board; any of the distributor-retailer’s participating local governments. (sec.65-ssec.2) Without limiting subsection (1) , a transfer direction may be about— executing an instrument; or disclosing information; or for the distributor-retailer, according particular terms and conditions of employment to its employees affected by the transfer during a stated period after its establishment consistent with the staff support framework; or anything the Minister considers necessary to remedy a contravention of the staff support framework. Section 79 provided for the approval of a staff support framework. That provision was repealed by the South-East Queensland Water (Distribution and Retail Restructuring) Amendment Act 2012 . (sec.65-ssec.3) A transfer direction must be in writing and signed by the Minister. (sec.65-ssec.4) If a relevant entity is given a transfer direction— the entity must comply with the direction; and if the entity is the distributor-retailer—its board must take the action necessary to ensure the distributor-retailer complies with the direction. Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units. (sec.65-ssec.5) In this section— board includes, for a local government, its councillors. - (a) the distributor-retailer; - (b) the board; - (c) any of the distributor-retailer’s participating local governments. - (a) executing an instrument; or - (b) disclosing information; or - (c) for the distributor-retailer, according particular terms and conditions of employment to its employees affected by the transfer during a stated period after its establishment consistent with the staff support framework; or - (d) anything the Minister considers necessary to remedy a contravention of the staff support framework. - (a) the entity must comply with the direction; and - (b) if the entity is the distributor-retailer—its board must take the action necessary to ensure the distributor-retailer complies with the direction.