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Committee Report

The Committee tabled its Report No. 24, 55th Parliament - Major Sports and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016 on 10 October 2016.  The Bill was passed with amendment on 2 November 2016.

View:    Report No. 24, 55th Parliament - Major Sports and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
View:    Government Response - Report No. 24
View:    Minister’s speech introducing the Bill into the Queensland Parliament 
View:    Major Sports Facilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016
View:    Explanatory Notes to the Major Sports Facilities and Other Legislation Amendment Bill 2016About the Bill

The Bill proposed to amend the following five Acts:

• Gaming Machine Act 1991
• Keno Act 1996
• Land Act 1994
• Major Sports Facilities Act 2001
• Transport Infrastructure Act 1994

The Explanatory Notes provided that the purpose of the Bill is to amend the:

Gaming Machine Act 1991 to prescribe a percentage of gaming machine tax of the monthly taxable metered win to be paid by a licensee, per premises owned by the licensee – this will benefit clubs that operate more than one premises in order to balance the existing controlled approach to club expansions

Keno Act 1996 to introduce a new keno pooling agreement to allow larger, interstate, pooled jackpots – this will enable Queensland’s solo keno licensee, Keno (Qld) Pty Ltd to combine, under a keno pooling agreement, the jackpot growth component of jackpot keno games with the jackpot growth component offered in other jurisdictions for the same jackpot keno games so as to allow potentially bigger jackpot prizes

Land Act 1994 to provide for the leasing of a functioning non-tidal boundary watercourse to the State under the Land Act - currently the Land Act provides for the allocation of land within a non-tidal boundary watercourse or lake only if the allocation applies to part of a no-longer functioning watercourse or lake that has been declared as former watercourse land

Major Sports Facilities Act 2001 to provide an additional, alternative process for the declaration of events and event periods at major sports facilities to ensure that all events, despite late scheduling, can be protected from unauthorised advertising by rival businesses which have not contributed to the event; and to make other minor amendments to the Act

Transport Infrastructure Act 1994 to facilitate a change in the tolling arrangements for the Logan Motorway and Gateway Motorway to fund the Logan Motorway Enhancement Project – the amendment would allow the Minister to make a tolling declaration solely to facilitate the Logan Motorway Enhancement Project. The Government has announced that this project, if approved, would be funded through toll increases for heavy vehicles and a toll point for all vehicles on new south-facing ramps at Compton Road.

Inquiry Timeline

Submissions Closed:      15 September 2016 - see "view submissions" tab above
Public Briefing:              14 September 2016 - Transcript
Report tabled:                10 October 2016 - Report