Freedom of Information Amendment Act 2004 (Qld)

Queensland Freedom of Information Amendment Act 2004 Act No. 22 of 2004

Queensland Freedom of Information Amendment Act 2004 Contents Page 1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 3 Insertion of new s 47A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 47A Matter relating to investment incentive scheme . . . . . 4

Queensland Freedom of Information Amendment Act 2004 Act No. 22 of 2004 An Act to amend the Freedom of Information Act 1992 [Assented to 13 September 2004]

s1 4 s3 Freedom of Information Amendment Act 2004 No. 22, 2004 The Parliament of Queensland enacts— 1 Short title This Act may be cited as the Freedom of Information Amendment Act 2004 . 2 Act amended This Act amends the Freedom of Information Act 1992. 3 Insertion of new s 47A After section 47— insert— ‘47A Matter relating to investment incentive scheme ‘(1) Matter is exempt matter if its disclosure could reasonably be expected to disclose information about— (a) a particular incentive given to or arranged for a relevant person under an investment incentive scheme; or (b) an incentive sought by or proposed for a relevant person whether or not an incentive was, in fact, given to or arranged for the relevant person under an investment incentive scheme. ‘(2) In this section— department means the department in which the StateDevelopmentandPublicWorksOrganisationAct1971 is administered. incentive includes any of the following— (a) an amount that is a refund of all or part of an amount paid as a tax, fee or charge; (b) another amount, whether as a lump sum or by instalments; (c) a benefit that is not an amount mentioned in paragraph (a) or (b).

s3 5 s3 Freedom of Information Amendment Act 2004 No. 22, 2004 investment incentive scheme means a written scheme to promote projects by providing incentives, that includes processes for assessing an application under the scheme and is administered by the department. project means a project or proposed project that involves investing or spending money, or the continued investing or spending of money, and is intended to create job opportunities or to continue existing jobs. relevant person means a person to the extent the person is or was any 1 or more of the following— (a) a person who inquires of, or enters into discussions with, the department or a public service employee about an incentive for a project, whether or not the person makes an application under an investment incentive scheme for an incentive; (b) a person who makes an application under an investment incentive scheme, whether or not the person is given an incentive; (c) a person who is given an incentive for a project, whether or not the person continues to be subject to a provision of an agreement about the incentive that allows the department to monitor the person or project.’. © State of Queensland 2004