Right to Information and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2022

1Short title

This regulation may be cited as the Right to Information and Other Legislation Amendment Regulation 2022.

2Regulation amended

This part amends the Information Privacy Regulation 2009.

3Replacement of s 7 (Principal office—Act, sch 5, definition principal officer, paragraph (e))

Section 7—
omit, insert—

7Principal office—Act, sch 5, definition principal officer

(1)This section applies for schedule 5 of the Act, definition principal officer, paragraph (e).

(2)For a public authority stated in column 1 of the table in schedule 1, the office stated opposite the public authority in column 2 of the table is declared to be the principal office for the public authority.

(3)In schedule 1, court services officer means a public service employee of the justice department who holds an office that—

(a)is responsible for providing services to support the administration of the Coroners Court; and

(b)is nominated by the chief executive of the justice department as the principal office for the Coroners Court.

(4)In this section—

justice department means the department in which the Coroners Act 2003 is administered.

4Insertion of new sch 1

After section 7—
insert—

Schedule 1 Declared principal offices for public authorities

section 7

Column 1	Column 2
Public authority	Declared principal office
the Supreme Court of Queensland	the principal registrar of the Supreme Court of Queensland
the District Court of Queensland	the principal registrar of the District Court of Queensland
a Magistrates Court	the principal registrar of Magistrates Courts
the Industrial Court of Queensland	the registrar under the Industrial Relations Act 2016
the Land Court	the registrar of the Land Court
the Mental Health Court	the registrar of the Mental Health Court
the Childrens Court of Queensland constituted by a Childrens Court judge	the principal registrar of the District Court of Queensland
the Planning and Environment Court	the principal registrar of the District Court of Queensland
the Childrens Court of Queensland constituted by a Childrens Court magistrate	the principal registrar of Magistrates Courts
the Coroners Court	the court services officer
an Industrial Magistrates Court	the registrar under the Industrial Relations Act 2016
QCAT	the principal registrar under the QCAT Act
the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission	the registrar under the Industrial Relations Act 2016
the Mental Health Review Tribunal	the executive officer of the Mental Health Review Tribunal under the Mental Health Act 2016
a development tribunal under the Planning Act 2016	the registrar under the Planning Act 2016
a medical assessment tribunal under the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003	the secretary appointed to the medical assessment tribunal under the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003, section 496(a)
the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal	the chairman under the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal Act 2013
Central Queensland University	the vice-chancellor of Central Queensland University
Griffith University	the vice-chancellor of Griffith University
James Cook University	the vice-chancellor of James Cook University
Queensland University of Technology	the vice-chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology
The University of Queensland	the vice-chancellor of The University of Queensland
University of Southern Queensland	the vice-chancellor of the University of Southern Queensland
University of the Sunshine Coast	the vice-chancellor of the University of the Sunshine Coast

5Regulation amended

This part amends the Right to Information Regulation 2009.

6Replacement of s 10 (Principal office—Act, sch 5, definition principal officer, paragraph (e))

Section 10—
omit, insert—

10Principal office—Act, sch 5, definition principal officer

(1)This section applies for schedule 5 of the Act, definition principal officer, paragraph (e).

(2)For a public authority stated in column 1 of the table in schedule 1, the office stated opposite the public authority in column 2 of the table is declared to be the principal office for the public authority.

(3)In schedule 1, court services officer means a public service employee of the justice department who holds an office that—

(a)is responsible for providing services to support the administration of the Coroners Court; and

(b)is nominated by the chief executive of the justice department as the principal office for the Coroners Court.

(4)In this section—

justice department means the department in which the Coroners Act 2003 is administered.

7Insertion of new sch 1

After section 13—
insert—

Schedule 1 Declared principal offices for public authorities

section 10

Column 1	Column 2
Public authority	Declared principal office
the Supreme Court of Queensland	the principal registrar of the Supreme Court of Queensland
the District Court of Queensland	the principal registrar of the District Court of Queensland
a Magistrates Court	the principal registrar of Magistrates Courts
the Industrial Court of Queensland	the registrar under the Industrial Relations Act 2016
the Land Court	the registrar of the Land Court
the Mental Health Court	the registrar of the Mental Health Court
the Childrens Court of Queensland constituted by a Childrens Court judge	the principal registrar of the District Court of Queensland
the Planning and Environment Court	the principal registrar of the District Court of Queensland
the Childrens Court of Queensland constituted by a Childrens Court magistrate	the principal registrar of Magistrates Courts
the Coroners Court	the court services officer
an Industrial Magistrates Court	the registrar under the Industrial Relations Act 2016
QCAT	the principal registrar under the QCAT Act
the Queensland Industrial Relations Commission	the registrar under the Industrial Relations Act 2016
the Mental Health Review Tribunal	the executive officer of the Mental Health Review Tribunal under the Mental Health Act 2016
a development tribunal under the Planning Act 2016	the registrar under the Planning Act 2016
a medical assessment tribunal under the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003	the secretary appointed to the medical assessment tribunal under the Workers’ Compensation and Rehabilitation Act 2003, section 496(a)
the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal	the chairman under the Queensland Independent Remuneration Tribunal Act 2013
Central Queensland University	the vice-chancellor of Central Queensland University
Griffith University	the vice-chancellor of Griffith University
James Cook University	the vice-chancellor of James Cook University
Queensland University of Technology	the vice-chancellor of the Queensland University of Technology
The University of Queensland	the vice-chancellor of The University of Queensland
University of Southern Queensland	the vice-chancellor of the University of Southern Queensland
University of the Sunshine Coast	the vice-chancellor of the University of the Sunshine Coast