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Referral

On 23 August 2011 the Health Legislation Amendment Bill was referred to the Committee.

The Committee of the Legislative Assembly has fixed 4 November 2011 for the Committee to report on the Bill.

The Bill

The Bill amends seven health portfolio Acts:

• Food Act 2006, to provide a framework for food business rating schemes
• Health Act 1937, to create a head of power to make fees
• Health Quality and Complaints Commission Act 2006, to clarify the Commission’s ability to interact with both national and state health practitioner registration boards about complaints
• Pest Management Act 2001, to prescribe a competency document to accompany a licence application
• Public Health Act 2005, to amend powers to control contagious conditions at schools and child care services
• Public Health (Infection Control for Personal Appearance Services) Act 2003
• Tobacco and Other Smoking Products Act 1998, to ban the sale of fruit-flavoured and confectionary flavoured cigarettes and the sale of objects that resemble smoking products, clarify designated outdoor smoking areas at licensed premises, and to provide that smoking products seized from children are forfeited to the state.

Revised Inquiry Timetable

Submissions closed: Monday 26 September 2011.

Public hearing: Wednesday 12 October 2011

Public Hearing

The Committee will hold a public hearing on Wednesday 12 October 2011 in the Parliamentary Annexe, Brisbane, at which it will hear from invited witnesses.

Briefing on the Bill

Public briefings on the Bill were held on Wednesday 7 and Monday 12 September 2011 in the Parliamentary Annexe, Brisbane.  

Other Information

The Health Legislation Amendment Bill 2011 and Explanatory Notes to the Bill are available from the Office of the Queensland Parliamentary Counsel website.

The Minister for Health, Geoff Wilson MP, introduced the Bill on 23 August 2011. 

See: Minister’s explanatory speech.